WKPWP Interview Classic (5 Yrs Ago): Keller interviews former WWE Creative Kevin Eck talking WM33, backstage operations in WWE, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Interview Classic episode, we jump back five years to PWTorch editor Wade Keller's interview with former WWE Creative Team member Kevin Eck who at the top of the show evaluates the WrestleMania 33 line-up with specific thoughts on the top several matches. Then they take calls and respond to emails regarding WM33 angles specifically and WWE’s creative process generally, including the writing process for Raw and Smackdown, the Bray Wyatt character’s creation and evolution, the 2014 Royal Rumble and the Daniel Bryan controversy, the pros and cons of various ways to present Roman Reigns, the ROH-WWE negotiations, and much more.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:23.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way.
0:29.0	One benefit of the VIP membership is access to our back issue library contemporaneous in depth
0:35.8	inside a reporting on pro wrestling in real time over the past 30 plus years and And throughout the year of 2022,
0:43.2	we're going to begin our March through the year 2002
0:45.9	with back issues posted each week in PDF and all text formats.
0:50.9	You can read it in a PDF format
0:52.3	with our original magazine
0:53.4	slash newsletter style layout on your screen and flip through the pages or you can
0:57.8	read a straightforward all text format on your phone or tablet or laptop. The back issues early in 2002 covered the
1:04.1	arrival of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan to W. W. W. E. and all the
1:08.1	controversy that came with them. Plus my cover story that broke the news on the planned launch by Jerry and Jeff Jarrett of a promotion called TNA
1:17.8	Also the early 2002 features are 2001 year and review features including ranking Pro Wrestling's most influential powerbrokers and our Torch
1:26.4	Year and Awards, the Year in quotes, and the top 50 stories ranked in order from the year 2001.
1:34.0	So go VIP and dive into our back issues.
1:36.8	We have most of our back issues available
1:38.7	as soon as you sign up with new back issues
1:40.8	week by week from the year 2002 2002 one at a time throughout the year
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