NEW FLAGSHIP: Keller & Fann on Punk absorbing hypocrisy claims, Queen and King tournaments, AEW Unified Title, Truth, Goldberg, Becky-Bayley

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Leisure, Sports, Tv & Film

3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Tuesday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Rich Fann, a PWTorch columnist and podcaster. They cover these topics:

Lay of the land in the Queen of the Ring and King of the Ring tournaments including the return of Asuka
Goldberg's return and being gifted a title shot against Gunther including how WWE could have made that more palatable and credible
Does it seem C.M. Punk is flustered lately - including his interactions with John Cena on TV - with the social media backlash against him going to Saudi Arabia and are his critics relishing calling him a hypocrite?
The latest with R-Truth and Ron Killings
A look at the state of TNA as Rich is heading to TNA tapings this weekend
Thoughts on streaming overtaking broadcast and cable as the main way people consume programming now
The latest with WBD and the changes in the corporate structure
Tidbits and thoughts on recent podcast highlights with Cody Rhodes, Undertaker, and the Bellas
The new AEW Unified Title and where it could all be headed
A review of the Becky Lynch-Bayley exchange on Raw this week
Paul Levesque steps on rakes again when it comes to making political appearances and comments
Closing thoughts on the battle of the Mall of America compared to Canada's mega-man in Edmonton

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1:17.0	It's time for the weekly flagship talking current events in pro wrestling.
1:29.1	All right, Rich. I promised on the raw poster last night that on the flagship, I would take a deep dive into the king and queen of the ring with you and get your take on the lay of the land now that
1:34.7	it's set after last night's raw. And we spent more time on the men than the women. So let's start
1:40.0	with the women's lay of the land going into night of champions we have oska versus bliss
1:46.8	oska on the raw brand so if she went she faces eo um if she wins a tournament and uh Alexa
1:52.6	Bliss on the smackdown side of thing so she were to win going to win she'd face Tiffany
1:56.5	Stratton and then you have jade cargo also SmackDown. So she'd face Tiffany if she won.
2:01.5	Or Roxanne Perez, who's part of Ross, so she'd face EO. That's what remains in the women's field.
2:06.7	First, are you surprised at the semifinals that we're looking at now? Oscar versus Bliss and Jade
2:13.3	versus Roxanne, were you, I mean, obviously did did you have a strong feeling that somebody
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