5 YRS AGO FLAGSHIP: Keller & Powell: Bryan’s future, two nights of WM, idea to safely continue live weekly wrestling indefinitely, AEW, NXT

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Leisure, Sports, Tv & Film

3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (3-19-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by cohost Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. They discussed Daniel Bryan announcing he’s looking to cut back to monthly matches when his WWE contract expires later this year, two nights of WrestleMania, comparing WWE Raw and Smackdown without fans in the stands at the Performance Center compared to AEW Dynamite at Daily’s Place, an idea to safely keep live wrestling matches happening indefinitely for both WWE and AEW with bonus content as a result, thoughts on several key WrestleMania storylines including Roman Reigns’s promo and John Cena and Bray Wyatt, NXT’s format this week and why it’s worth watching despite no live new matches, and more.

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1:11.4	Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.
1:19.2	Five years ago this week on the flagship with Jason Powell, we talked about Daniel Brian's future. He announced he's looking to cut back to monthly matches when his
1:23.5	W.B contract expired later that year. What does that mean to his future? Also, two nights of WrestleMania comparing W.RWA in Smackdown without fans in the stands
1:33.4	at the Performance Center compared to A.A.W.
1:36.3	Dynamite at Daly's Place.
1:38.0	Also, an idea to safely keep live wrestling matches happening indefinitely for both W&AW and
1:42.7	AAB and bonus content as a result.
1:45.9	Thoughts on several key WrestleMania storylines, including Roman Ranges promo and John Cena and Bray
1:49.7	Wyatt, NXT's format this week and why it's worth watching despite no new live matches and more.
1:56.0	Again, a strange time early in the pandemic as progressing was adjusting.
1:59.7	Everybody was adjusting what we didn't know if it would just shut down or how long fans
2:03.5	would be gone or what options would be explored.
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