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Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

1,128 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★ - 751 ratings

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

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Episodes

WKPWP - WWE Summerslam Preview w/ex-WWE Creative Team member Matt McCarthy, stories on McMahon, Baszler, Cena, Miz, NXT Takeover (8-17-18)

August 17, 2018 07:04 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring ex-WWE Creative Member Matt McCarthy who previews the top matches and storylines at Summerslam and then NXT Takeover. He shares stories about working behind the scenes in WWE and how it shapes how he looks at today's product including how storylines lately have been constructed and how promos are written. They go in-depth on Miz, Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, and more. Support PWTorch when you shop Am...

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Martin: Summerslam Preview, Raw and Smackdown analysis, G1 Climax finals overview (8-16-18)

August 16, 2018 05:59 - 1 hour - 101 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Todd Martin, a VIP Audio analyst. They begin with Todd’s take on the conclusion of the New Japan G1 Climax Tournament and the pros and cons of the choice to go with Hiroshi Tanahashi, but the strength of how they did it once they made that call. Also, is there any pushback by those who believe someone else should have won. Then a rundown of top angles and promos on Raw and Smackdown framed around a match-by-match pr...

WKPWP - Interview Friday: Tony Schiavone joins Keller and Mitchell for part 2 of 2 including Sting's rise, WCW management changes (8-10-18)

August 10, 2018 05:57 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring Tony Schiavone who talks about Sting's rise, WCW management changes and growth, color commentators, Gorilla Monsoon, wrestling media coverage, anecdotes about color commentators he worked with, and much more. This is part two of two. Support PWTorch when you shop Amazon by starting at www.pwtorch.com/amazon. Become a PWTorch VIP member where all of our podcasts go ad-free plus you get tons of VIP-exclusive podcasts daily and tho...

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Powell: Lesnar-Heyman-Reigns speculation, All In matches, Summerslam, NXT Takeover, Mailbag (8-9-18)

August 09, 2018 05:05 - 1 hour - 85.9 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Jason Powell from the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast and ProWrestling.net. They discuss the All In line-up and distribution channels, does it matter to fans how involved ROH is, where might the Brock Lesnar-Roman Reigns-Paul Heyman saga be headed, early thoughts on the Summerslam and Takeover line-ups, Miz & Mrs thoughts, and the Mailbag including Asuka's push, Mae Young Classic, NXT's strengths, and more.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Parks: Lesnar-Reigns scenarios at Summerslam, NXT Takeover taking shape (8-2-18)

August 02, 2018 05:49 - 1 hour - 104 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Greg Parks, host of the PWTorch Livecast "Wrestling Night in America" and PWTorch Newsletter columnist. They discuss these topics: Brock Lesnar-Roman Reigns scenarios at Summerslam, NXT Takeover taking shape, New Japan G1 analysis, "Nitro" book review, Cedric Alexander & Tye Dillinger apologies for old tasteless Tweets, and finally the Mailbag including Becky Lynch, First-Time Match Obsession, Randy Orton, Automatic...

WKPWP - Interview Friday: DDP talks to Keller about his WWE Performance Center visit last week including Cain Velasquez, Michaels (7-27-18)

July 27, 2018 05:05 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring "Diamond" Dallas Page. DDP talks to Keller about his WWE Performance Center visit last week including Cain Velasquez, Shawn Michaels, William Regal, and more. He also compares the Performance Center to the 1990s WCW Power Plant and how young wrestlers today are different and similar to young wrestlers in the 1990s.

WKPWP - Interview Friday: DDP talks to Keller about his WWE Performance Center visit last week including Cain Velasquez, Michaels (7-27-18)

July 27, 2018 05:05 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring "Diamond" Dallas Page. DDP talks to Keller about his WWE Performance Center visit last week including Cain Velasquez, Shawn Michaels, William Regal, and more. He also compares the Performance Center to the 1990s WCW Power Plant and how young wrestlers today are different and similar to young wrestlers in the 1990s.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Martin: In-depth review of new Nitro book, Evolution announcement, Hogan's bad apology, G1 (7-26-18)

July 26, 2018 06:48 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Todd Martin featuring an in-depth review of new Nitro book, strong opinions on the Evolution announcement on WWE Raw, reaction to the reaction to Hulk Hogan's bad apology, G1 thoughts, Matt Riddle's WWE prospects, and a full Impact Wrestling Slammiversary PPV review.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Martin: In-depth review of new Nitro book, Evolution announcement, Hogan's bad apology, G1 (7-26-18)

July 26, 2018 06:48 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Todd Martin featuring an in-depth review of new Nitro book, strong opinions on the Evolution announcement on WWE Raw, reaction to the reaction to Hulk Hogan's bad apology, G1 thoughts, Matt Riddle's WWE prospects, and a full Impact Wrestling Slammiversary PPV review.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Powell talk Hogan's return to WWE, MSG's ROH/New Japan show WM weekend, Universal Title situation (7-19

July 19, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 37 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Jason Powell from the Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast and ProWrestling.net. In this episode, they discuss these topics: Hulk Hogan's return to WWE and locker room visit, MSG hosting ROH/New Japan Show WrestleMania weekend, SummerSlam Universal Title situation, and more.

WKPWP - Interview Friday: Sam Roberts joins Keller to preview WWE Extreme Rules including match order plus Summerslam forecast (7-13-18)

July 13, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 40.5 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring Sam Roberts as they preview Extreme Rules including the pros and cons of match order, plus Summerslam forecast and behind scenes at WWE Kickoff Shows.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Fann analyzing Lesnar situation, Ross New Japan injury, NJPW Cow Palace special, Cody's potential retur

July 12, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.1 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Rich Fann from "The Deep Dive" PWTorch Livecast and East Coast Cast VIP edition. In this episode, they discuss these topics: Brock Lesnar's Universal Title reign and UFC/WWE situation, Jim Ross's New Japan injury controversy, NJPW Cow Palace special on AXS, Cody's potential return to WWE, the scary Takahashi injury, and more.

WKPWP - Interview Thursday w/Cody discussing facing Kenny Omega this Saturday night, will there be an All In 2, will he return to WWE, more

July 06, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 36 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring Cody who discusses facing Kenny Omega this Saturday night live on New Japan's event in San Francisco at the Cow Palace airing live on AXS TV, will there be an All In 2, will he return to WWE, how has he adjusted to being a promoter, his thoughts on Vince McMahon and Triple H, the blunt thing he told the Young Bucks about their ring style, building a fan base outside of WWE, and much more.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Martin analyze Team Hell No, Reigns-Lashley, Lethal's title win, Dalton Castle's reign, NJPW in SF prev

July 05, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.5 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Todd Martin from "The Fix with Todd Martin & Wade Keller" (a weekly PWTorch VIP exclusive podcast). They discuss in-depth the Jay Lethal ROH Title win and why Todd is against the move. They compare Lethal being defined a certain way early in his career and how Bret Hart's journey to WWF main events in the 1990s is similar and different. Then Todd previews the New Japan event Saturday night in San Francisco at the Co...

WKPWP - Mailbag Friday w/Keller & Powell discuss Hell in a Cell Foley-Taker anniversary, Lesnar's inactivity, Reigns's vest, Rey WWE dream m

June 29, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special "Mailbag Friday" with cohost Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net. They discuss the 20th anniversary of the Hell in a Cell Undertaker vs. Mick Foley match, Brock Lesnar's inactivity, Roman Reigns's vest, Rey Mysterio's WWE dream match potential, pro wrestling's creepiest smile, women's division problems, Smackdown's move to Friday, and more.

WKPWP - Thursday Flagship w/Keller & Powell evaluating WWE's list of their Pop-Culture Icons, Extreme Rules developments, ROH PPV Preview (6

June 28, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the "Thursday Flagship" with guest cohost Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net. They evaluate WWE's list of their Pop-Culture Icons in their press releases on the new TV deals this week. Does Triple H belong? How about the Bellas? Who was left off? Plus Extreme Rules developments and a look at the line-up, plus a preview of ROH's PPV this Friday.

WKPWP - Flagship Friday w/Keller & Parks talking the path to Summerslam for WWE Universal and WWE Titles, plus Mailbag (6-22-18)

June 22, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.6 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Flagship Friday" with PWTorch Newsletter columnist and PWTorch Livecast host Greg Parks. They dive into the topic of Greg's feature column in this week's PWTorch Newsletter looking at the path to Summerslam for the top two men's titles on Raw and Smackdown. They begin looking at the surprise Rusev vs. A.J. Styles title match at Extreme Rules and then what the options are after that for Summerslam. Then they look at the various candidates to enter and win t...

WKPWP - Interview Thursday w/Ex-WWE Creative Team Member Kevin Eck talk WWE Money in the Bank fallout, Carmella's push, Vader's legacy (6-21

June 21, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.6 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Thursday" featuring ex-WWE Creative Team Member Kevin Eck. Eck worked behind the scenes in WWE from 2011 to 2014. In this show, he talks current events from this past week but sprinkles relevant anecdotes and insights from his time in WWE about Vince McMahon, the creative process, the women's division, and some specific wrestlers. Topics covered include the multi-man match at Extreme Rules and whether Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar is something fa...

WKPWP - Interview Thursday w/Ex-WWE Creative Team Member Jason Allen gives backstage insights on Punk, Cena, Orton, Cody, Prichard, pt. 3 (6

June 15, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 35.1 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring ex-WWE Creative Team Member Jason Allen on the ten year anniversary of his time with WWE in 2008. In this third and final installment, he expands on the John Cena "Poopy" moment with JBL's limo and describes the backstage reaction he faced after doing that. He also talked about Freddie Prinze Jr. on the creative team, the Legacy trio with Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, and Randy Orton, his on-camera debut at Extreme Rules and what we...

WKPWP - Flagship with Keller & Todd Martin - Punk's UFC fight analysis and future, NXT Takeover Preview, New Japan Dominion Analysis (6-14-1

June 14, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.2 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch VIP Analyst Todd Martin for the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast weekly Thursday Flagship. They focus on three prime topics: C.M. Punk's latest UFC fight, his future in MMA and pro wrestling, how Vince McMahon, fans, and other wrestlers might look at him differently now, and whether he was delusional to think he could be a legit MMA fighter. Then they discuss NXT Takeover with a preview of this Saturday night's show in Chicago along with a look...

WKPWP - Interview Thursday w/Ex-WWE Creative Team Member Jason Allen on the ten year anniversary of his time with WWE in 2008, pt. 2 (6-8-18

June 08, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 30.4 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring ex-WWE Creative Team Member Jason Allen on the ten year anniversary of his time with WWE in 2008 talks about when he realized life as a WWE writer might not have been a good long-term fit including a conversation on a plane with Mick Foley about his doubts, plus insights into some happenings in WWE in 2008 including John Cena's "Poopy" incident with JBL's limo, the Mike Adamle disaster, insight into Vince McMahon's quirky Millio...

WKPWP - Flagship with Keller & Fairplay - Who should be HBK's opponent if he makes a comeback, Morrison on Survivor, Mailbag, more (6-7-18)

June 07, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Jonny Fairplay of "Survivor" fame and TNA to discuss hot topics in pro wrestling this week including a long discussion at the start about Shawn Michaels's tease of a one-time nostalgia comeback. Who should he face on the current WWE roster? The pros of cons of just about every option. Also, some talk about John Morrison/Johnny Nitro/Johnny Impact/Johnny Mundo/Johnny Island being a contestant on the next season of Survivor and how Fairplay believes he'll...

WKPWP - Flagship with Keller & Fairplay - HBK comeback opponent options, Mailbag, more (6-7-18)

June 07, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Jonny Fairplay of "Survivor" fame and TNA to discuss hot topics in pro wrestling this week including a long discussion at the start about Shawn Michaels's tease of a one-time nostalgia comeback. Who should he face on the current WWE roster? The pros of cons of just about every option. Also, some talk about John Morrison/Johnny Nitro/Johnny Impact/Johnny Mundo/Johnny Island being a contestant on the next season of Survivor and how Fairplay believes he'll...

WKPWP - Interview Thursday w/Ex-WWE Creative Team Member Jason Allen on the ten year anniversary of his time with WWE in 2008, pt. 1 (6-1-18

June 01, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 34.1 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring ex-WWE Creative Team Member Jason Allen on the ten year anniversary of his time with WWE in 2008 talking about life as a writer, how he got his job, what it was like on the first day, how he adapted to the lifestyle, why it came to an end, and various fascinating anecdotes about the creative process and big names he worked with. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcas...

WKPWP - Flagship with Keller & Powell talking Enzo, impact of Fox-WWE Smackdown deal on WWE, Impact, Indy Scene (5-31-18)

May 31, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net with a focus on the impact of the Fox-WWE Smackdown deal on WWE, Impact, Indy Scene, plus Roman Reigns taking the week off, Roseanne controversy affected WWE's scripted promos and social media, and more. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3076978/advertisement

WKPWP - Sam Roberts joins Wade to talk WWE-Fox deal and its many ramifications, plus Superstar Shake-up so far, MITB PPV preview (5-25-18)

May 25, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MB

PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents "Interview Friday" featuring Sam Roberts & Keller discussing the many ramifications of the new WWE TV deal with Fox, assess the Superstar Shake-up so far and which wrestlers and which brand seem to have benefited the most, plus they predict the Money in the Bank match order. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3076978/advertisement

Guests

Matt McCarthy
17 Episodes
Jason Allen
2 Episodes
Colt Cabana
1 Episode
Darby Allin
1 Episode
Jim Ross
1 Episode
Logan Paul
1 Episode

Books

Money in the Bank
1 Episode