HITS Opening Segment: Minor Hit I give this a lesser Hit, based on the power of both Pau Heyman and L.A. Knight to control the crowd. To the naysayers, yes Knight flubbed a couple of […]
Last Saturday on AEW Collision, Adam Copeland and Ricky Starks had a verbal exchange that included extemporaneous insults fired back and forth which, I asserted at the time, was ultimately counter-productive for both wrestlers and […]
Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs ??? The reason there are question marks there is because it’s unclear who the new tag team champions are feuding with. They were part of a messy opening segment […]
There is absolutely nothing in the world quite like pro wrestling. It’s been compared to soap operas and held to a standard similar to sports and reality TV, but always with an asterisk. Some are […]
HITS Tag Team Battle Royal: Hit The beginning was the typical ‘quick elimination’ of teams, but when it came down to the last few teams, it became more enjoyable. Los Lotharios (are they still called […]
I wasn’t sure how to approach this week’s episode of Dynamite after being so disappointed with the decision-making last week in regards to the Juice Robinson “quarters” angle. While I did not get the company […]
IMPACT WRESTLING HITS AND MISSES OCTOBER 12, 2023 MEMPHIS, TN AT GRACELAND LIVE AIRED ON AXS TV BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (1) THE RASCALZ (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)(c) vs. RICH SWANN & SAMI […]
HITS Opening Segment: Most of this segment was a Hit (the Miss coming later). I actually liked the John Cena acknowledgement of Roman’s rein and the line about earning a shot. I’m a huge fan […]
Here’s a look at some recent PWTorch poll results… We polled our followers on Twitter/X for their thoughts on the Juice Robinson-MJF angle with an antisemitic theme. Four options were offered. Two for continuing with […]
Juice Robinson said on Dynamite earlier this week as he pulled out a roll of quarters that he had something MJF would “really like.” The implication, of course – with the smallest thread of (im)plausible […]
Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. FTR The best tag team in the world, a team whose harmonious tag team skills I’ve compared to The Bee Gees, got absolutely smoked by Ricky Starks & Big […]
This week marked the first time since the advent of this column that we had a Premium Live Event. As these rankings reflect the priority placed on wrestlers featured on WWE’s two most-watched weekly programs, […]
HITS Cody Rhodes Announcements: Minor Hit You knew that a Men’s Breakout Tournament would be coming, but I give the majority of the Hit to the return of The Dusty Classic, especially with it coming […]
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IMPACT HITS AND MISSES OCTOBER 5, 2023 MEMPHIS, TENN. AT GRACELAND LIVE AIRED ON AXS TV REPORT BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (1) TASHA STEELZ vs. KILLER KELLY (w/Masha Slamovich) – HIT It was good […]
AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES OCTOBER 7, 2023 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AIRED LIVE ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentators: Nigel McGuiness, Ian Riccaboni, Jim Ross – Hey! Welcome to another edition […]
On October 7, 2023, WWE Fastlane will emanate from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Seth Rollins (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, World Heavyweight Championship Last Man Standing match Story in a nutshell: Wanting revenge on Shinsuke […]
You hear it all the time. It’s all about the follow-up. Well, I thoroughly enjoyed WrestleDream on Sunday. The matches were memorable and the debut of Adam Copeland was one of those moments that had […]
Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a hot start with the brawl between Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax which started before they could have their match. Raquel Rodriguez and Rhea Ripley also came […]
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AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 SEATTLE, WASH. AIRED LIVE ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentators: Nigel McGuiness, Kevin Kelly – Hey! Welcome to another AEW Collision Hits & Misses […]
(1) CHRIS SABIN (c) vs. ALAN ANGELS — Impact Wrestling X Division Title match – HIT I was a bit surprised that this was starting off the night. It’s the only title defense of the […]
HITS Eddie Kingston vs. Katsuyori Shibata (ROH Title & NJPW Strong Openweight Title): I didn’t go into this thinking that Shibata had much of a chance of winning but the match was still very enjoyable […]
POLL: What’s your general satisfaction level with AEW’s product taking into account the last three months? Very high, as usual Very high, better than usual High, as usual High, better than usual Moderate, as usual […]
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