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Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

WKPWP Interview Classic with Sean "X-Pac" Waltman (5 Yrs Ago): Was Bret Montreal doublecross potentially a work, what is "WWE Styles," more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Interview Classic episode from five years ago (11/17/2017 and 11/24/2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents his two-plus hour interview with “X-Pac” Sean Waltman. They talk about a wide range of topics including:

- The wrestling hosted podcast boom and what it’s been like him to dive head first into that venture with some memories of his early career radio interviews
- How he doesn’t feel he has to hold back in criticizing WWE and other pro wrestling products on his show
- Why he’s still wrestling today
- How he looks at the wrestling industry now compared to 10 or 15 years ago
- How the in-ring style has changed to cut back on concussion risks is concerns about how wrestlers are trained now
- What “WWE Style” was back in the late 1990s and how WWE style is different today
- Which wrestler he most likes to watch now
- What a key is to a good match other than the variety of athletic moves
- The power balance between pro wrestling promoters and wrestlers today compared to ten or twenty years ago
- How have fans changed and are they more critical than years ago
- Does Sean stand by his conspriracy theory from years ago that the so-called "Montreal Screwjob" was maybe, just maybe Bret Hart and Vince McMahon working on it together
- The merits of squash matches in 2017
- Triple H’s addition to the Clique back in the 1990s and whether he’s surprised he’s risen to the position he has in WWE
- Braun Strowman’s rise in the last year
- The future of Undertaker and potential opponents for him at WrestleMania next year
- What makes A.J. Styles so special
- What is John Cena’s legacy or can’t we tell yet
- The work-shoot approach to various promos such as Miz-Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns-John Cena, Rock-John Cena, and his favorite podcast interviews he’s conducted so far.

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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

Ah, she's brilliant.

0:31.0

Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, three for a city break.

0:37.0

It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent.

0:41.0

Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

0:43.2

All right.

0:44.0

Roger Jr. and his dog, Roger Senior.

0:46.8

And don't get us started on Mel.

0:49.4

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:52.8

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.

0:55.6

Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.

0:58.1

P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.

1:00.8

As many of you know, I like my food analogies when it comes to pro wrestling.

1:04.0

Don't ask me how I make it work, but I think I do some of the time.

1:07.0

I really actually am into food. I like nutrient-dense food. I think about what I eat. I think about what I put in my body. I think I make

1:14.7

good choices and I have good energy and I maintain my weight well and part of that is whole foods and

1:21.2

nutrient density, but that's not always possible when you're in a

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