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Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

INTERVIEW CLASSIC - Taz and Dixie Carter (10 YRS AGO): Wade talks with Taz about Cena injury, being an announcer; Dixie on new Pop TV deal

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Interview Classic podcasts, we jump back to ten years ago this week (1-7-2016) when PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews Taz in the first half hour and TNA President Dixie Carter in the second half hour, then takes calls on breaking news in the final 30 minutes. Taz talks about being an announcer on Smackdown and what Mauro Ranallo is in for plus the wrestler mentality of facing a serious shoulder injury like John Cena. Dixie talks about TNA’s debut on Pop TV this week, the future of TNA, how she hopes Pop will be their best TV partner yet, what TNA’s focus will be this year, and more.

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1:09.6

Now, PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast.

1:10.7

It's time for this week's interview classic, where Wade Keller interviews one of pro

1:14.9

wrestling's newsmakers.

1:21.3

Ten years ago this week in a doubleheader interview, I interviewed TAS and TNA

1:25.2

President Dixie Carter.

1:26.9

First up was Taz, who talked about

1:29.2

being an announcer on Smackdown and what Morrow Rinaloa was in for as an announcer in WWE, plus

1:35.7

the wrestler mentality of facing a serious shoulder injury like John Sina. Then Dixie Carter talked about

1:40.9

TNA's debut on pop TV that week, the future of TNA, how she hoped

1:44.4

pop would be their best TV partner yet, what TNA's focus would be that year and more.

1:50.2

And then in a bonus 30 minutes, I took live calls on breaking news.

1:54.0

So let's get to it.

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