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Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: WrestleMania Rock-Cena build, TNA shocking surprise, Undertaker vs. Triple H, Hall of Fame, Jericho's future

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 183 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Feb. 23 and 24, 2011.

On the Feb. 23, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Pat McNeill, they take a record number of calls most of the hour on the current events this week including WrestleMania, The Rock, Triple H-Undertaker, TNA's big surprise, WWE Hall of Fame, Seth Rollins call-up timeline, and more.

In the VIP Aftershow, besides the McNeill Event Center update, they answer email and VIP Forum questions on other topics including whether the McMahons will ever be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Then on the Feb. 24, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks discussed with live callers Mistico's breaking news signing with WWE right at the top of the show, then take numerous calls on Sting and his role in TNA, how it compares to being a one-off attraction in WWE vs. just another returning legend with the law of diminishing returns in TNA, TNA's Super Surprise Shocker on Impact, WrestleMania 27 with Triple H vs. Undertaker, what should be the WrestleMania main event?, Sheamus at WM, Awesome Kong, Who will be in the Hall of Fame first - Warrior or Jake Roberts, and more.

In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discussed the high level of interest in Sting, more on TNA's current product, Chris Jericho's future and how/when to reintroduce him, the overall state of WWE's product and concerns that Taker, Hunter, and Rock can't cover, plus more.

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You hear us talk about ways to unlock VIP membership through your Apple account in the Apple

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podcast app and also through Patreon or Spotify to unlock a full VIP membership with full

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the Apple Podcast app and many iOS and Android apps along with streaming ability right from our ad-free mobile

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site, go to pwtorch.com slash go VIP. That's pwtorch.com slash go VIP. That'll give you all

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the details on everything you're missing out on by not being a VIP member. The whole array of

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VIP exclusive podcasts, like the White Keller news bulletins, our post pay-per-view roundt member, the whole array of VIP exclusive podcasts like the Wade Keller, news bulletins,

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our post-paper-view roundtables, the fix that I host with Todd Martin, everything with Rich

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and Wade, and an array of other shows with different hosts and different themes, along with

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unlocking our archives dating back nearly four decades, nearly 2,000 Pro Wrestling Torch weekly

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newsletters. Over two decades, a podcast

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on demand dating back to the mid-2000s, starting with pay-per-view roundtables, hundreds of

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fascinating retro radio shows, including many that I hosted in the 1990s, and an ad-free website,

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exclusive content on that website only for VIP members written and audio and a lightning fast smooth ad

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yourself to a VIP membership pwtorch.com slash go VIP go all the way go VIP pwtorch.com

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Now, PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.

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On today's Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast for Friday, February 27th, and 2026, we're jumping back 15 years to two episodes from February 23rd and 24th, 2011,

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beginning with my show with Pat McNeil as my co-host, taking a record number of calls in the hour on big events that week, including the WrestleMania Roxena build.

2:08.2

Also, Triple H Undertaker, TNA's big surprise, W.B. Hall of Fame, speculation, and more.

2:13.6

And then in the previously VIP exclusive after show, we talked about other topics, including whether the McMan's would ever be inducted in the WWB Hall of Fame.

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