5 YRS AGO FLAGSHIP: Keller & Fann & Powell: Evaluating likely WrestleMania line-up, Cody’s emergence, Hangman Page + Powell & Keller Mailbag

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Leisure, Sports, Tv & Film

3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 174 minutes

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In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (2-20-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Rich Fann. They evaluated the current WrestleMania likely line-up with particular attention to The Fiend vs. Roman Reigns, Randy Orton vs. Edge, Undertaker vs. A.J. Styles, Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley, Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler, and John Cena vs. Elias. They also discuss Cody’s emergence as the centerpiece AEW babyface and his role as the public face of the company as an executive along the lines of Triple H. They also discussed previous night’s NXT Takeover follow-up and what’s next for Adam Cole, Finn Balor, Dominic Dijakovic, Velveteen Dream, and Keith Lee. They also talk about Jon Moxley, Hangman Page, The Young Bucks, and more. Mailbag questions include comments Jim Ross’s announcing, Darby Allin, and more.

Then in a bonus segment from two days earlier (2-18-2020), Jason Powell joined Wade for a special Mailbag episode covering these topics for just over 30 minutes: A look at the intriguing WrestleMania Women’s matches with disappointing build-up so far, whether there are too many wrestlers in WWE getting a ton of TV time while saying very little, the battle WWE faces with over-saturation and potential changes in the WWE Network offerings, and more.

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1:19.8	Five years ago this week on the flagship, QW. Torch's Rich fan join me, and we evaluated the then-current WrestleMania likely lineup with particular attention paid to the fiend against Roman Raines,
1:25.0	Randy Orton against Edge, Undertaker against A.J. Stiles,
1:32.5	Charlotte Flair against Ria Ripley, Becky Lynch against Shana Basler, and John Sina against Elias.
1:40.9	We also discussed Cody's emergence as a centerpiece AW Babyface and his role as a public face of the company as an executive along the lines of Triple H.
1:43.7	We also discussed the previous night's NXT takeover.
1:48.7	We followed up on what's next for Adam Cole, Finn Baller, Dominic, Dajakovic,
1:50.6	Velveteen Dream, and Keith Lee.
1:53.7	We also talked about John Moxley, Hangman Page, The Young Bucks, and more.
1:58.0	We had some mailbag questions, including Jim Ross's announcing, Darby, Allen, and other topics.
2:06.4	Then in a bonus segment from two days earlier, Jason Paul joined me for a special mailbag episode of the Wade Keller podcast covering these topics for just over 30 minutes.
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