Best of PWTorch Livecast - 10 Yrs Ago - Reaction to Chyna’s death, Samoa Joe’s NXT Title win, McGregor, Prince, Raw Analysis, Balor Club

About this episode

The episode revisits discussions from ten years ago about significant wrestling events including Chyna's death and Samoa Joe's NXT Title win.

Today we jump back ten years to a pair of back-to-back PWTorch Livecasts from ten years ago. First, the Apr. 22, 2016 episode with PWTorch's Bruce Mitchell and Travis Bryant discussing all of the big topics from a busy week in wrestling including Chyna’s death, Samoa Joe winning the NXT Title, Conor McGregor-UFC weirdness, Prince, and more, plus live phone calls on what’s next for Finn Balor on the main roster and the various WWE storyline directions available for the Bullet/Balor Club. Then the Apr. 25, 2016 episode with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill with live calls and emails breaking down Monday’s Raw leading into the Payback PPV. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pwtorch-dailycast--3276210/support .

People in this episode

Hosts: Bruce Mitchell, Travis Bryant, James Caldwell, Pat McNeill

Topics covered

• wrestling
• NXT
• WWE
• Chyna
• Samoa Joe
• Conor McGregor
• Finn Balor

Keywords

• Chyna
• Samoa Joe
• NXT Title
• Conor McGregor
• Finn Balor
• WWE
• wrestling analysis

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