5 YRS AGO FLAGSHIP: Keller & Martin talk AEW and NXT viewership drops, Omega as Impact Champ, Pinnacle-Inner Circle, Backlash hype, UFC 261

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (4-29-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin. They begin with reaction to the drop in viewership for both NXT and AEW this week. Then they discuss NXT from Tuesday night and AEW Dynamite from last night. From there, a review of Impact’s Rebellion PPV including Kenny Omega beating Rich Swann for the Impact Title and thoughts on where the Omega title run goes from here. Then reviews of WWE Smackdown and WWE Monday Night Raw, the latest from New Japan, and then Todd’s thoughts on UFC 261 including the gruesome Chris Weidman leg break.

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0:00.0	You hear us talk about ways to unlock VIP membership through your Apple account in the Apple
0:04.6	podcast app and also through Patreon or Spotify to unlock a full VIP membership with full
0:10.0	access to archives and ad-free website and customizable podcast feeds that are compatible with
0:15.5	the Apple Podcast app and many iOS and Android apps along with streaming ability right from our ad-free mobile
0:22.3	site, go to pwtorch.com slash go VIP. That's pwtorch.com slash go VIP. That'll give you all
0:30.5	the details on everything you're missing out on by not being a VIP member. The whole array of
0:35.7	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,
0:39.4	our post-paper-view roundtables, the fix that I host with Todd Martin, everything with Rich
0:44.0	and Wade, and an array of other shows with different hosts and different themes, along with
0:48.0	unlocking our archives dating back nearly four decades, nearly 2,000 Pro Wrestling Torch weekly
0:53.6	newsletters. Over two decades, a podcast
0:56.0	on demand dating back to the mid-2000s, starting with pay-per-view roundtables, hundreds of
1:00.3	fascinating retro radio shows, including many that I hosted in the 1990s, and an ad-free website,
1:06.4	exclusive content on that website only for VIP members written and audio and a lightning fast smooth ad
1:12.8	free VIP mobile site for all of our content don't miss out on all the benefits treat
1:17.8	yourself to a VIP membership pwtorch.com slash go VIP go all the way go VIP pwtorch.com
1:25.6	slash go VIP. PwTorch.com slash go VIP.
1:44.2	Now, PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.
1:52.2	Five years ago on the flagship, Todd Martin, P.W.Torch v. Appianalyst, join me.
1:59.7	We reacted to the drop in viewership for both NXT and A.A.A.W. shortly after they split nights and NXT moved to Tuesday nights.
2:01.3	We talked about NXT show from Tuesday night and A.A.W. Dynamite from the night before. We talked about NXT show from Tuesday night
2:01.9	and AWD dynamite
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