5 YRS AGO FLAGSHIP: Keller & Martin talk NXT Takeover 31, AEW Dynamite with Cody’s big promo, Smackdown and Raw, UFC, New Japan G1, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (10-8-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by cohost Todd Martin, a PWTorch VIP analyst. They discussed NXT Takeover 31, NXT on USA, AEW Dynamite, Smackdown, Raw, UFC, and New Japan G1. Among the hot topics are: Did WWE underplay Randy Orton’s attack on legends last week? A theory on what’s up with Undisputed Era? Who was the top star in wrestling at that point in time based on that week’s performance on TV? And much more.

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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 year-in review
0:51.1	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
1:02.5	2001. So go VIP and dive into our back issues. We have most of our back issues available
1:08.2	as soon as you sign up with new back issues week
1:10.8	by week from the year 2002, one at a time throughout the year 2022.
1:15.6	Pwtorch.com slash go VIP.
1:17.9	Pwtorch.com slash go VIP.
1:20.0	That's pwtorch.com slash go VIP for full information and our sign up form.
1:26.7	It's more than podcasts.
1:28.3	It's an unmatched library of wrestling history spending more than three decades as soon as
1:33.5	you sign up with more issues added throughout the year.
1:53.7	Now. Now, P.W. Torch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.
2:07.2	With AWD dynamite moved from Wednesday to Tuesday this week, we are shifting the flagship schedule and bringing you today the five years ago flagship flashback.
2:09.6	Later this week, we'll have the flagship probably tomorrow.
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