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Torch Today TORCH MONTHLY AWARD VOTING: Polls OPEN for best/worst in pro wrestling from the month of June (Part 2 of 2) TORCH MONTHLY AWARD VOTING: Polls OPEN for best/worst in pro wrestling from the month of June (Part 1 of 2) TORCH MONTHLY AWARD VOTING: Nominate best and worst in pro wrestling from the month of June WWE News WWE News: Chris Jericho discusses art form of staying heel, taking a dive for Mickey Rourke, wrestling Ricky Steamboat this weekend WWE News: Jim Ross comments on brutal travel schedule and Roddy Piper DUI arrest WWE News: Preview for tonight's Superstars on WGN - Punk vs. Edge, Morrison vs. Haas TNA News TNA News: Sting talks Shockmaster with Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette (w/VIDEOS) TNA News: Preview for tonight's Impact - TNA World Title match, Mafia vs. Team 3D, Young vs. Rhino (w/VIDEO) TNA News: Homicide says he has more freedom to wrestle on independent shows compared to TNA, describes character differences ROH News ROH News: Lance Storm's first match out of retirement announced, details on second match against Chris Hero ROH News: Notes on Toronto Gauntlet match, Nigel McGuinness below-average performances into storyline, ROH selling PWG DVDs TOP FIVE STORIES - Weekend edition: Three WWE PPV title changes, WWE announcer leaving, Lashley blasts Sapp, Jerry Lawler's son arrested, "State of TNA" address Other News Other News: Torch Talk All-Star Lanny Poffo Video interview, great poem on taking out Hulk Hogan Other News: Brian Blair denies hitting his children in Father's Day Fight; local news runs 911 call leading to arrest (w/VIDEO) Other News: New clip of Rob Van Dam doing a stunt for his upcoming movie (w/VIDEO) PPV Reports THE BASH PPV COVERAGE: Listing of the Torch's WWE PPV coverage - Title changes, Jericho writes on Rey match, Miz on Cena match RADICAN'S WWE THE BASH PPV BLOG 6/28: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Orton vs. Hunter PPV CALDWELL'S WWE THE BASH PPV REPORT 6/28: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Orton vs. Triple H, Punk vs. Hardy TV Reports WWE News: Preview for tonight's Smackdown - Mysterio vs. Kane and Edge & Jericho vs. Punk & Jeff Hardy PARKS' TNA IMPACT REPORT 7/2: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including Team 3D vs. Booker & Steiner KELLER'S TNA IMPACT TAKE 7/2: Thoughts, observations, nitpicks, and quotebook Arena Reports 6/27 ROH in Chicago: Austin Aries vs. Nigel McGuinness, KENTA vs. Black, Petey Williams looks odd, Crowd eats up Flair's generic promo 6/28 PWG in California: Joey Ryan vs. Necro Butcher, Davey Richards vs. Young Buck, Michael Jackson entrance themes 6/21 WWE in Iowa: Cena vs. Orton, Big Show vs. MVP, Miz vs. Goldust, Santino vs. Kendrick MMA / UFC Coverage UFC News: Kimbo Slice, Rampage Jackson, Rashad Evans plus rest of cast of TUF 10 to be revealed... UFC - ENNIS COLUMN: The Lay of the Lane - A look at MMA's top heavyweights from Brock to Mir to Carwin to Fedor to... MMA: Plan a week of UFC and other MMA viewing with the Torch's viewer's guide including Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva KELLER'S TAKE KELLER: How bookers, like Jeff Jarrett last night, show that they're the toughest SOBs in the world KELLER'S TNA IMPACT TAKE 7/2: Thoughts, observations, nitpicks, and quotebook KELLER'S ECW ON SCI-FI REPORT 6/30: Results, star ratings, thoughts, observations, nitpicks, and quotebook MITCHELL'S TAKE MITCHELL SHORT: WWE Proving Once Again That Life is Easy... MOJO MITCHELL'S 6/29 Raw Stream Of Randy Orton Faces ECW and Loses and That's The Main Event Mitchell Short: Your Thank-You Note to WWE MCNEILL'S TAKE The Names Have Been Changed To Protect The Buyrates: McNEILL Previews WWE Bash 2009! Redemption: McNEILL previews TNA Slammiversary 7! MCNEILL BLOG: A Modest Proposal For Monday Night Trump CALDWELL'S TAKE CALDWELL: Analysis of WWE's roster shuffle from the 15-person trade - who benefited, which brand needs help CALDWELL: Instant Reaction to key storylines on Raw and post-PPV developments CALDWELL: WWE Smackdown/The Bash PPV analysis - Don't Mess with C.M. Punk's dynamic character RADICAN'S TAKE RADICAN: Torch readers sounds off on Mark Henry's shining moment on Raw (w/Radican Reax) RADICAN: Mark Henry's shining moment on Raw leaves a bad smell in the room RADICAN: A follow up on the Death Before Dishonor audio with Feinstein with notes on Special K angle, Punk-Raven feud, where's Misawa now? The Specialists CHARACTER MATTERS: Why The Game Doesn't Play with Me - The Flaws of Triple H's On-Air Persona ABSURDITY OF IT ALL - 7/2 TNA Impact: Kurt Angle saw "The Hangover," Stacker2, A.J. Styles Eats a Lot of Cookies, Stacker2, Jeff Jarrett Has the Power of Flight HITS & MISSES - TNA IMPACT 7/2: Kevin Nash's sit-down, Kurt Angle Plays the Game, Matt Morgan a Hit?, Samoa Joe muted, Bad acting, Raven MIA Guest Editorials EDITORIAL: Historical perspective on Austin Aries's ROH Title victory - his journey from main event to mid-card back to main event EDITORIAL: TNA needs to K.I.S.S. the King of the Mountain match to make it more appealing to TNA viewers EDITORIAL: How WWE could have better handled the Vickie-Edge segment on Raw and caught up with the year 2009 Torch Feedback ECW TV Reax #2: "Yoshi is already on the road to being the next Funaki at this point" ECW TV Reax #1: "I think Abraham Washington has some charisma, but dear Lord, that was the most pointless segment in pro wrestling history" WWE Raw Reax #4: "I'm not sure how WWE could have made it any clearer that MVP isn't in Triple H's league" Ask the Editor Ask the Editor: Wouldn't incorporating MMA-style holds into pro wrestling matches just be trying to be something it's not? ASK THE EDITOR: Have the Michaels-Batista promos crossed a line with use of insider terms, references to "jobs"? ASK THE EDITOR: Why do wrestlers in WWE refer to wrestling as "the business" and not "the sport"? DVDs - VGames - Books RADICAN'S ROH DVD REVIEW SERIES: 2/7 "Proving Ground: Night 2" (Danielson-Generico, Steen-Richards) RADICAN'S TORCH DVD REVIEW SERIES: YouShoot with Sabu: Sabu opens up about working in WWE, incident with Kurt Angle, negotions with TNA, more... RADICAN'S PWTorch DVD review: The Best of RVD TV Vol. 1: RVD trains MMA with a UFC fighter, talks the power of the mind with The Ultimate Warrior, discusses love on a beach with Samoa Joe Torch Flashbacks KELLER'S TNA IMPACT REPORT (5 Yrs. Ago): Eric Young headlines, Jerry Lynn, R-Truth, Dusty Rhodes, Sabu, A.J. Styles, Jarrett, D-Ray 3000! OWEN HART 10 YRS. AGO: Bruce Mitchell Feature Column - The Fluke Death of Owen Hart - May 23, 1999 OWEN HART 10 YRS. AGO: Torch Newsletter #550 cover story on Owen Hart's death (PART TWO) - May 23, 1999 VIP Exclusive Features 7/3 Radican Audio Showcase w/Burgan (pt. 2): Radican and Burgan discuss the excellent Cabana shoot interview, DGUSA PPV and DVD differences, ROH must-see matches just released, more (54 min.) 7/3 Radican Audio Showcase (pt. 1): Radican discusses PWG's Secret of Guerrilla Island with guest Mike Roe (Strong-Omega, Jackson-Richards) (28 min.) 7/3 Wade Keller Hotline - The Impact Rant: Why last night's show was maddeningly terrible in terms of character and storyline development and logic (16 min.) Torch Trivia TORCH TRIVIA 2/28: Which wrestler backed out of a WWA PPV in February 2002? TORCH TRIVIA 2/27: Who said this quote about Hulk Hogan's athleticism 11 years ago? TORCH TRIVIA 2/25: What said this quote about WWE's mid-1990s drug testing policy? Torch Instant Polls 7/3 SMACKDOWN MICROSCOPE POLL: What related topic from tonight's Smackdown do you want to see analyzed Under the Microscope? TNA IMPACT POLL: Who was the MVP of the 7/2 episode if you saw the show? TORCH MORNING POLL: If TNA decides to compete head-to-head with WWE, what should they do? PWTorch Free Podcast 6/23 Nostalgia Audio with Brian Hoops: Former WCW rapmaster PN News joins Brian Hoops to preview upcoming Midwest shows (10 min.) FREE AUDIO: Keller & Mitchell Discuss Randy Savage's Place in WWE History, Elizabeth's Strengths and Weaknesses FREE FOR ALL TODAY - 5/31 Keller Hotline: Tons of info on Kennedy situation, immediate future, plus what top star's days in TNA are numbered, what's working against Kennedy getting big push in TNA, much more Annual Obituaries SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 1999 - Muchnick, Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Renegade... SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2000 - Solie, Albright, Duncum, Tsuruta, Blue Demon, Al Costello SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2001: Johnny Valentine, Terry Gordy, Chris Adams, Bertha Faye, Helen Hart
