NEW FLAGSHIP: Keller & Powell discuss Sabu's career and legacy, Heyman's Faction, AEW Beach Break, TNA, more
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.8 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
- In-depth discussion on Sabu's career and where he fits in on an ECW depth chart of biggest stars in that company's history and some personal anecdotes
- A look at the latest happenings in WWE after Backlash including thoughts on the state of the new Paul Heyman faction and whether Seth Rollins will sacrifice his singalongs to get actual heel heat
- A preview of AEW Beach Break including Samoa Joe as a challenger, the big tag match, and more
- A variety of other topics related to Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW residency twice this summer for TV events, the state of TNA, and more
- And some sidebars including Grand Old Day history in St. Paul and how it relates to pro wrestling's popularity
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| 1:23.8 | All, Jason, let's start talking about Saboo. |
| 1:30.9 | I'm really sad to hear about his death this weekend at age 60. Just weeks after his retirement match, he took a nasty spill. He'd been going through tough times for a while in his |
| 1:36.4 | personal life. You know, friends just say he never fully recovered from the death of his wife |
| 1:41.9 | a little while back. But on a legacy note, I think Saboo is a |
| 1:48.4 | really influential figure in this industry. We used to when our ProRosing Torch yearbooks do a list |
| 1:54.2 | of ProRosing's most influential people. And it was, you know, not all that often that a wrestler |
| 1:57.7 | would be on there who didn't also have some booking poll. But I'm pretty sure, and I meant to look this up, he made our most influential wrestler list, |
| 2:04.6 | at least once, because his style was so influential in the United States, because he was a |
| 2:12.6 | flashy flyer with innovative moves off the ropes, who wasn't a luchador or perceived as a |
| 2:20.6 | little guy, a junior heavyweight bland. So he was a character who you could imagine being |
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