Before beginning the main thrust of this column, it would be a disservice to not say that Seth Rollins re-injuring his surgically repaired knee Monday night on Raw is awful news for both Rollins and fans. […]
RISING STAR OF THE WEEK: Samoa Joe Injury to Seth Rollins notwithstanding, this has been quite the week for everyone’s real favorite Samoan. If we put his age of 37 in terms of wrestling years, […]
SMACKDOWN HITS Opening Segment: There was a lot going on in Smackdown’s opening segment. You had Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan announcing the wrestlers who will be in the Elimination Chamber match. You had a […]
Welcome once again to the NXT TRACKER, where I pick an NXT talent, assess their progression to this point and make bold, sure-to-look-hilarious-in-retrospect predictions about their future prospects. Let’s have a look at the still-undefeated […]
Talking Smack has quickly become must see TV. That is very high praise for a network special that promotes sitting down and talking over wrestling on a wrestling network. It’s smooth, easy viewing that appeals […]
RAW HITS Owens and Jericho: I enjoyed the start of Raw. Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho were very good in gloating about Owens still being the WWE Universal Champion and Jericho setting the record for […]
When John Cena began his promo on A.J. Styles on Smackdown last Tuesday, fans responded the way you’d expect when a brand’s top babyface starts laying into a top heel. When Cena mentioned that Styles […]
Roman Reigns is one of the most divisive and talked about WWE performers in history. The company makes desperate play after desperate play to make him their number one star – thus far to no […]
SMACKDOWN PREVIEW JANUARY 31st, 2017 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. AT THE AMERICAN BANK CENTER FROM By Joey Galizia (@RamJam89) “I HEAR VOICES” THE LEGEND KILLER. THE APEX PREDATOR. The star of THE CONDEMNED 2. (It’s the Empire […]
RAW PREVIEW JANUARY 30th, 2017 FROM THE LAREDO ENERGY ARENA IN LAREDO, TX By Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTorch contributor “THE DESTROYER IS COMING” First things first: Takeover once again cemented their legacy in putting on […]
By Pat McNeill, PWTorch Columnist Yes, PWTorch Columnist Pat McNeill is getting caught up, and the WWE Royal Rumble is underway. Wow. Check out all the empty chairs! Nothing like watching WWE Network while the […]
So, I had planned to do 2014 or 2015, but I frankly didn’t know whether I was ready to go through them again. Instead, I’ll cover Royal Rumble 2013, the first Royal Rumble I attended […]
WWE NETWORK: PICK OF THE WEEK Pick of the Week: Stone Cold Podcast with Vince McMahon Originally Aired: December 1, 2014 By Ryan Tailor, PWTorch Specialist December 2014, saw the very first Stone Cold Podcast […]
By Pat McNeill, PWTorch columnist Wake the pets & call the neighbors, it’s time for our exclusive WWE Network pseudo-pay-per-view projections. DISCLAIMER: Projections are based on what the columnist would do if he were booking […]
Before I get into the NXT Takeover results and their possible impact on the game, and follow that with a Royal Rumble preview for later today, I want to discuss a bit about card value. […]
HITS The Young Bucks: During the opening match with Coast to Coast (Leon St. Giovanni & Shaheem Ali) vs. The Tempura Boyz vs. Cheeseburger & Will Ferrara, The Young Bucks come out and call out […]
Welcome again to the NXT Tracker. Normally, this feature focuses on a wrestler’s progress through in-ring work and booking; today we’re going to look at the state of the booking as we head into NXT […]
Let me start this week off by stating that Smackdown really stole my heart. What they’ve been doing in comparison to Raw has been a little more polished and buttoned-up, and because of that consistency […]
NJPW FLASHBACK JANUARY 5, 2015 Ryogoku Kokugikan Part 3 & Hakata Starlanes By R.W. Andrews, PWTorch contributor Pain Game: A NEVER Openweight Love Song I mentioned last week that I came running back to NJPW with […]
In what seems to be shaping up as the most unpredictable Royal Rumble in recent memory, so many matches including the main event have tremendous implications on how the Wrestlemania card shapes up. Lets take […]
by Pat McNeill, PWTorch Columnist They’re off to find the hero of the day But what if they should fall by someone’s wicked way? – “Hero Of The Day” by Metallica Wake the pets and […]
Hey everyone. A couple of notes before we begin. First off, Mike McMahon and I hosted the second ever PWTorch Livecast TNA Impact Post-Show last night. Catch us every week right after Impact goes off the […]
The talk leading up to this year’s Royal Rumble has been about how wide-open the field of possible winners truly is. Wade Keller and Sean Radican wrote about it in latest Torch Newsletter, and others […]
SMACKDOWN HITS Mickie James: Mickie James was a little over the top in her performance, but on the whole it was pretty good. I particularly liked the way her interview was written. It would make […]
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