{"id":12235,"date":"2019-01-24T16:31:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=12235"},"modified":"2019-01-24T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:31:24","slug":"royal-rumble-is-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/24\/royal-rumble-is-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Rumble is This Sunday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finn B\u00e1lor faces The Beast<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12235-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rr_rd1_ts_30nfm2_768x432.mp4?_=1\" \/><a 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