{"podcast":{"title":"Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast","slug":"wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast-606210","podcast_index_feed_id":606210,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3076978/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.pwtorch.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e0b50a0d249ecc85d927a398e9561f18.jpg","author":"Wade Keller","episode_count":1000,"summary":"30+ year veteran Hall of Fame pro wrestling journalist Wade Keller from Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter and PWTorch.com discusses the top stories of the week in pro wrestling with top-level guest cohosts and interviews pro wrestling's newsmakers each week. 640160 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast--3076978/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T02:21:10.880451+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast-606210"},"episode":{"title":"15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: Next Breakout Star, Arn Anderson, Sting vs. RVD, TNA's \"Wrestling Matters\" campaign, Smackdown ratings drop, more","slug":"15-yrs-ago-livecasts-next-breakout-star-arn-anderson-sting-vs-rvd-tna-s-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-drop-more","published_at":"2026-05-26T03:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast-606210/15-yrs-ago-livecasts-next-breakout-star-arn-anderson-sting-vs-rvd-tna-s-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-drop-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast-606210","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-yrs-ago-livecasts-next-breakout-star-arn-anderson-sting-vs-rvd-tna-s-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-drop-more--72158312","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72158312/20260525wkpwp_15yrsago.mp3","summary":"Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from May 6 and 9, 2011. On the May 13, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell discusses with live callers last night's Impact show & ratings & re-branding, Chris Jericho and Batista potentially returning to WWE, The Pope suggesting he might be leaving TNA, titles & title matches lacking value in WWE (in-depth discussion begins at 60:00), plus Sean Radican calls in around 15:00 to discuss technology advancements affecting pro wrestling and how independent promotions can better market & distribute their product. Then on the May 16, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch's Bruce Mitchell, they discussed the TNA \"Wrestling Matters\" campaign, Smackdown ratings hitting a 2011 low, Impact quarter-hours showing an encouraging trend, and more, and then they take calls on Sting vs. RVD, Chikara, New Japan Pro Wrestling in New York, Arn Anderson, the Next Breakout Stars, and more. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast--3076978/support .","meta_description":"Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from May 6 and 9, 2011. On the May 13, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant ed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8827,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast-606210/episodes/15-yrs-ago-livecasts-next-breakout-star-arn-anderson-sting-vs-rvd-tna-s-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-drop-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast-606210/15-yrs-ago-livecasts-next-breakout-star-arn-anderson-sting-vs-rvd-tna-s-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-drop-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}