Announcing – HIT: The dream team of Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone was a major success. This was one of the smoothest announcing crews we’ve seen in AEW. Everyone on the team has a wealth […]
The Announcers – MISS: With two new green announcers, Vic Joseph and Dio Maddin on the Raw team on this “season premiere,” it was good to hear an old voice in Jerry “the King” Lawler […]
The Wednesday Night War Begins A new era in the world of professional wrestling begins tonight as AEW and WWE are going head-to-head in the Wednesday Night Wars. NXT got a head start over AEW […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER PHOENIX, AZ. AT THE TALKING STICK RESORT ARENA SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Vic Joseph, Jerry “The King” […]
It’s been three months since ROH ran a traditional pay-per-view event and a lot has changed. NJPW talent are appearing very sporadically in ROH these days whereas CMLL talent have never been more prolific. The […]
Take a walk by the checkout lanes at your local Target or Walmart, and you’re likely to see several different recent Topps WWE products, along with a plethora of other sports and non-sports cards. But […]
Episode 1 Tony Schiavone – HIT: Tony Schiavone brings a level of professionalism from doing wrestling announcing for decades and an established bond with the audience. Schiavone is another recognizable voice that may help to […]
Rowan vs. Bryan – HIT: The mic work from Rowan which started off Smackdown was ok. He just isn’t very good on the mic yet. But, the impromptu match between him and Daniel Bryan which […]
Opening Segment – HIT:Seeing the undisputed era holding all four NXT title belts while standing high above the crowd was such a cool visual and a refreshing way to start the night. It kicked off […]
NXT ON USA – EPISODE 2 SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 WINTER PARK, FLA. AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY AIRS ON USA NETWORK (HOUR 1) & WWE NETWORK (HOUR 2) Week 2 of NXT on USA Network Just […]
Opening Segment – MISS: This is a marginal Miss as the opening segment did at least build towards the main event for this show, while also fitting in with the storyline coming out of Night […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 ATLANTA, GA. AT THE STATE FARM ARENA AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton Arena and […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. AT THE CHASE CENTER SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young […]
Kenny Omega – MISS: In 2018, Omega became a legend in the wrestling business. Earning himself the nickname of “Best Bout Machine”. Omega’s work in Japan opened the eyes of wrestling fans to what a […]
New Day vs. Orton & The Revival – HIT: It was nice to see Smackdown start off with a very good 6 man tag match that went 20 minutes. There were a few parts that […]
Opening video segment – HIT: Goosebumps. That video package was an incredible way to introduce the USA Network audience to NXT. The music and visuals accompanied by Hunter’s commentary was very well done. If you had just […]
A quick reminder I’m still gathering responses on my 4th year “Elite Performers” Survey, and would love to get more input from you the readers, so please if you haven’t already, take a few moments […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joel Dehnel, previously the Lucha Underground TV reporter for PWTorch.com, now will present his weekly AEW Hits & Misses column following their weekly “Dynamite” TV show on TNT. This week he presents an […]
Opening Segment – MISS: Last week, the first two hours of Raw were really good, but the third hour was bad. This week was kind of the opposite, as the first two hours were mostly […]
NXT ON USA – EPISODE 1 SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 WINTER PARK, FLA. AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY AIRS ON USA NETWORK (HOUR 1) & WWE NETWORK (HOUR 2) A New ERA of NXT Begins A new […]
Damien Priest vs. Boa – HIT: But just barely. Where this was a relatively lackluster match, it was nearly a miss for me. It was match to advance Priest’s winning streak, nothing more and nothing […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 ATLANTA, GA. AT THE STATE FARM ARENA AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton Arena and […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER KNOXVILLE, TENN. AT THE THOMSON-BOLING ARENA SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young Arena, […]
So it’s possible, even likely, that I’m going to get all of these wrong. Follow @Colohue for updates. 1. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. “Fire & Desire” (Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville) – Women’s Tag […]
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