15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: WWE disrespecting Jim Ross, McMahon leaving TV, Samoa Joe, Kanyon, TNA, U.S. & IC titles

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Leisure, Sports, Tv & Film

3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Apr. 2 and 5, 2010.

On the Apr. 2, 2010 episode, PWTorch assistant editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch columnist Greg Parks. They fielded phone calls for 60 minutes on a variety of subjects including TNA struggling in trying to compete with WWE including the use of Sting, A.J. Styles, Kurt Angle, and Samoa Joe, plus Jack Swagger's push, Last Call with Scott Hall, and more. Plus in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discussed the prospects of Shawn Michaels vs. C.M. Punk and Jim Ross's future.

Then on the Apr. 5, 2010 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Prowrestling.net's Jason Powell talked about Kanyon's death and then take live calls for 60 minutes on a variety of subjects including WWE disrespecting Jim Ross, ECW-TNA, Vince McMahon leaving TV, the U.S. & IC titles, why Eric Bischoff made sense in his Torch Talk but is part of the failed TNA product, the Samoa Joe storyline, TNA ineptness with a list of three angles in particular, plus in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow they talk about the TNA Impact timeslot shift and the prospects of Jim Ross running TNA.

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0:00.0	One benefit of VIP membership is access to our back issue library, contemporaneous, in-depth, insider reporting on pro wrestling in real time over the past 30-plus years.
0:11.7	And throughout the year 2022, we're going to begin our March through the year 2002 with back issues posted each week in PDF and all text formats.
0:20.8	You can read it in a PDF format with our original
0:22.7	magazine slash newsletter style layout on your screen and flip through the pages, or you can read
0:28.0	a straightforward all text format on your phone or tablet or laptop. The back issues early in 2002
0:33.5	covered the arrival of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan to WWE, and all the controversy
0:38.4	that came with them. Plus my cover story that broke the news on the planned launch by Jerry
0:44.3	and Jeff Jarrett of a promotion called TNA. Also, the early 2002 features are 2001
0:50.4	year-in review features, including ranking Pro Wrestling's most influential power brokers and our
0:55.9	torch year-end awards, the year in quotes, and the top 50 stories ranked in order from the year
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1:53.3	Now. Now, P.W. Torch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast.
2:10.5	Today on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, we're bringing you two live call-in shows from 15 years ago this month, beginning with the April 2nd, 2010 episode, where I was joined by Pro Wrestling Torch columnist Greg Parks.
2:17.9	We talked about TNA's struggles to try to compete with WWE head-to-head, including the misuse of Sting, AJ Styles, Kurt Engel, and Samoa Joe.
2:22.6	We also talked about Jack Swager's WWE push, last call with Scott Hall, and more.
2:28.8	And then in the previously VIP exclusive after show, we discussed the prospects of Sean Michaels versus C.M. Punk and Jim Ross's future.
2:34.5	And then in the April 5th episode, Jason Powell from Pro Wrestling.net. Join me. We talked about the death of Chris Canyon. Then we took live calls on a variety of subjects afterwards, including
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