New Japan’s G1 Climax tournament, the 34th of its kind, is rapidly approaching. The first night of the nearly month-long event takes place on Saturday. This year, NJPW returns the tourney to its more traditional […]
Rarely does NXT take a new talent, especially one without significant name value on a national stage, and vault them to the top of the card. Yet that’s exactly what has happened with Je’Von Evans. […]
The booking of AEW’s Women’s Division has been oft-criticized through the years, and at times rightfully so. At Forbidden Door, however, the women brought in from elsewhere, Mina Shirakawa and Stephanie Vaquer arguably out-performed their […]
The long-awaited return of the Bray-influenced Wyatt storyline occurred two weeks ago, with the newly-dubbed Wyatt Sicks leaving a path of destruction in their wake. Fans groused about the usual problems that come with a […]
The relationship between WWE and TNA has blossomed into more than just TNA sending a wrestler to participate in the Royal Rumble. Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace recently challenged NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez at NXT […]
As I watched New Japan Dominion this past weekend, I was struck by the lack of star power throughout the card. Oh, there was Naito, still there, wrestling in the opener but later challenging Jon […]
It has been over a year-and-a-half since WWE’s last Raw vs. Smackdown draft. While the brand split is still in effect, wrestlers have, once again, migrated from show to show without explanation more often lately. […]
Two recently released pro wrestling books are very different in their subject matter, but both offer unique glimpses behind the curtain. •First up, “Life is Short and So Am I: My Life Inside, Outside, and […]
With Roman Reigns out indefinitely as he battles leukemia, and with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn still on the shelf due to injury, there is an opening or two at the top of the card […]
Remember the episode of Seinfeld when George Costanza feared his life with his friends, where he could be friend-George, was beginning to bleed into his life with his girlfriend, where he had to be boyfriend-George? […]
Vince McMahon often crows about how WWE is all about putting smiles on people’s faces. At Summerslam, WWE can do just that with a number of popular babyfaces who could have an opportunity for their […]
This week begins tapings of the 2018 edition of the Mae Young Classic at Full Sail University. The first iteration of the tournament last summer was a big part of WWE’s Women’s Evolution, which this […]
As expected, Glenn Jacobs, better known as Kane, won the mayoral race in Knox County, Tennessee tonight. Jacobs becomes the most well-known wrestler to win a political race since Jesse Ventura became governor of Minnesota […]
At Summerslam, Brock Lesnar defends his Universal Title. Lesnar, a once-loved figure in WWE, has become hated by the fans for his lengthy hiatus. His matches have been criticized of late for being one-dimensional. He […]
Impact Wrestling has put together a pretty strong card for Sunday’s Slammiversary pay per-view. Television has been mostly solid leading up to this show. Ratings, however, have dipped after steadily increasing during the spring. Nevertheless, […]
New Japan’s G1 special from San Francisco featured a shocking end, when the Guerillas of Destiny, Tonga Loa and Tama Tonga, as well as their father Haku, attacked and laid out most of the rest […]
Despite their best efforts, WWE wasn’t able to crack the Emmy Award ballot, as it was announced yesterday. This is not surprising to folks who watch WWE programming every week. Nor is it surprising to […]
Enough is enough. The uniqueness of Brock Lesnar being WWE Universal Champion, while also being seen on TV with the rarity of a Bigfoot sighting, has worn off. Whether it’s at Summerslam, by forfeit, or […]
Friday night at the NJPW G1 Special, Hiromu Takahashi took a scary bump off an errant Phoenix suplex delivered by Dragon Lee. It stunned observers at the time, given that Takahashi landed on his neck […]
Wrestlemania weekend cards draw not only some of the best independent talent from all over the world, but they also form once-in-a-lifetime match-ups. And the winner? The customer. Fans are able to take in almost […]
Greg Parks, Torch columnist (8.0): Man, B-shows certainly ain’t what they used to be. Not after last month’s No Mercy featured two WrestleMania-caliber matches, and this month’s Hell in a Cell featured the latest incarnation […]
After much speculation and prodding from fans over the years, WWE has finally decided to use the “Starrcade” name, one of the trademarks WWE acquired in the purchase of WCW in 2001. It was announced […]
Greg Parks, Torch columnist (7.0): Slammiversary was a strong first PPV effort from the Anthem/GFW group. A lot of babyfaces went over as the company seemed to want to make a good impression with the […]
On Tuesday’s night Smackdown Live, Carmella retained her Money in the Bank briefcase in a re-do of the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. James Ellsworth gifted Carmella the briefcase at the PPV, so […]
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