Wade Keller Email & Phone Number

TDH Communications Inc. is the parent company of Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter, PWTorch.com, MMATorch.com, the PWTorch and MMATorch phone apps, and the PWTorch Livecast.Pro Wrestling Torch is a 12 page weekly print newsletter distributed by postal mail and PDF format to online subscribers, with over 1,500 issues published and millions of copies sold. The newsletter, while marketed to wrestling fans, is also viewed within the pro wrestling industry as a trade journal, covering the business-side of pro wrestling including analysis of TV ratings trends, PPV buys, public stock trends, ownership changes, management changes, contract negotiations, and other business matters.Pro Wrestling Torch is widely regarded as a leading source of pro wrestling news for over two decades. It features Keller's multi-hour in-depth Torch Talk interviews on a regular basis with top wrestlers and executives, such as Hulk Hogan, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jesse Ventura, Eric Bischoff, Jim Ross, Bill Goldberg, and others.The PWTorch Livecast launched in 2009 on the Blog Talk Radio Network and is consistently among it's top five podcasts in any category. Hosted by Keller four days a week, with other niche shows with other Torch hosts, it includes breaking news, industry analysis, and caller and email interaction.PWTorch.com launched in December 1999 and includes a free website with an ad-based revenue model and a membership option with added features based on a subscription model.MMATorch.com launched in 2005. Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter had covered the emerging sport of mixed martial arts from its inception in the early-1990s. As the sport became a separate entity with dedicated media coverage, the Torch split its coverage of MMA off of the PWTorch brand and into a separate MMATorch brand.In December 2008, the PWTorch and MMATorch Apps were launched on the iPhone in partnership with UIEvolution. It expanded to include Samsung Widgets and TV apps.

Wrote articles covering UFC PPV events for Heart's UGO.com sports section, one of the top 2,500 websites in the country.

Host of "The Ultimate Insiders" DVD series featuring on-camera sit-down studio interviews with top pro wrestling writers (Vince Russo, Ed Ferrara) and wrestlers (Matt & Jeff Hardy). DVDs distributed online and in national retail outlets including Best Buy and FYE, distributed by Big Vision Entertainment.

Intern at the news department. Wrote news copy, edited news copy, participated in editorial meetings planning newscast, partnered on stories in the field with reporters and photojournalists, did research for stories, edited video of stories for newscasts.

Produced and hosted Pro Wrestling Focus radio show, a top rated Sunday morning two hour radio show in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minn. Booked guests, interviewed guests, fielded live calls, reported breaking stories.

Provided national rankings of the most talented active pro wrestlers for a national sports content syndicator. Rankings were credited to me and published in hundreds of newspapers across the country in sports section box score areas.

Photographed live pro wrestling events across the country, including Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, New York. Photos appeared in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine and sister publications. (A freelance photo credit includes the final cover of Frank Deford's National Sports Daily, a photo of pro wrestler-turned-boxer Derrick Dukes.)

Broadcast Media

As part of a partnership with Macalester College, broadcast journalism courses offered in broadcast media at University of St. Thomas.

Bachelors, Economics, Pre-Law, Journalism/Mass Communications

Graduated in four years with a 3.5 GPA.