WKPWP Interview Classics (5 & 10 Yrs Ago): Keller chats with Mark Madden about Nitro days, future of industry, then Big Vito talks ECW, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary

In the first of a double-header Interview Classic episode, we jump back five years to Wade's interview from Dec. 29, 2016 with former Pro Wrestling Torch columnist and WCW Nitro cohost Mark Madden who talks about WWE women’s rise, Ronda Rousey-WWE, Cruiserweights, Nitro era and the demise of WCW, today’s announcing, Roman Reigns, and more.

Then in a bonus flashback from Dec. 28, 2011 with hosts PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill and PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell, McNeill interviews Big Vito with live callers and emails. Topics include his WWE & WCW & ECW runs, memories of the Mamalukes, wearing a dress in WWE, working in the ECW Arena, why Vito stopped wearing a dress in WWE, his stiffest opponent, wanting to work with Kurt Angle, his current standing with WWE & TNA, not being retired and still working, why TNA's angle with Angle fighting in a bar was unrealistic, WWE.com's "turkey" feature that he took offense to, and more. In the VIP Aftershow, Caldwell & McNeill dive into the McNeill Mailbag and break down the Live Events Center.

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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. Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way.
0:31.0	A P.W. Torch VIP membership doesn't just give you ad-free access to these shows and a ton of other
0:35.2	VIP exclusive podcasts throughout the week, but you also gain access to our unmatched vast library of wrestling history.
0:41.5	Our contemporaneous week-to-week coverage through our
0:43.6	Pro Wrestling Torch weekly newsletters dating back to the late 1980s, along with
0:47.4	streaming and download access to hundreds of retro radio shows from the 1990s
0:51.9	including some of my interviews with wrestling's top newsmakers
0:55.1	in the 90s.
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