15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: TNA's Monday ratings slide against Raw, who fills HBK's shoes, Orton as a babyface, Sapolsky-ROH, Jericho, Ross
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.8 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 151 minutes
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Summary
On the Mar. 31, 2010 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill took phone calls, emails, and chat room questions on the TNA Impact ratings dropping significantly, whether they will move up an hour, if WWE Raw will go to three-hours of that happens, the major Smackdown Spoiler for Friday's show, Positives & Negatives on the decision, the key to Randy Orton's success as a babyface, a defense of the Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon match, Smackdown's future on MyNet, how to fix TNA, when they will reach a breaking point, and much more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, Caldwell & McNeill answer listener questions from the McNeill Mailbag, analyze the NXT ratings, and McNeill Sings The Hits!
Then on the Apr. 1, 2010 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller, he fielded phone calls for 60 minutes on a variety of subjects including who might replace Shawn Michaels as the most reliable four-star match producer, more complaints about TNA, the prospects of Jim Ross staying in WWE or perhaps going to TNA, thoughts on the next breakout star in WWE, Chris Jericho on color commentary, Gabe Sapolsky's falling out with ROH, and much more.
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| 1:11.1 | Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast. |
| 1:19.1 | Today on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, we jump back 15 years to a double header of back-to-back episodes of our live call-in show. First up, it was James Caldwell and Pat McNeil, |
| 1:25.1 | taking phone calls, emails, and chat room questions for an hour, |
| 1:28.1 | talking about TNA impact ratings dropping significantly and whether they would move up an hour, |
| 1:32.8 | if WW Raw would go to three hours if that happened, and the future of that Monday battle. |
| 1:37.7 | Also, a major Smackdown spoiler for Friday show, positives and negatives on that decision. |
| 1:42.9 | The key to Randy Orton's success is a baby face, a defense of the Brett Hart-Finsick |
| 1:46.1 | man match, SmackDown's Future on My Net, remember that? |
| 1:49.6 | How to Fix TNA. |
| 1:50.9 | When will they reach a breaking point? |
| 1:52.1 | And much more. |
| 1:53.0 | And then in the previously VIP exclusive after show, James and Pat answered listener |
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