Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with Cody Rhodes calling out Brock Lesnar. Rhodes was good on the mic here and his hometown fans were definitely behind him. The attack […]
ANGEL GARZA & HUMBERTO CARRILLO vs. NATHAN FRAZER & DRAGON LEE Los Lotharios made their in-ring return to NXT after poking their noses in Nathan Frazer and Dragon Lee’s business – Valentina Feroz and Yulisa […]
IMPACT HITS AND MISSES JULY 13, 2023 ATLANTA, GA. AT CENTER STAGE AIRED ON AXS TV (RECORDED) REPORT BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (1) CHRIS BEY (w/Ace Austin) vs. ZACHARY WENTZ (w/Trey Miguel) – MINOR […]
The ratings for AEW Collision from Saturday are not in yet, but AEW is hoping to at least maintain a viewership in the high 500s and ideally getting back into the 600s, while drawing a […]
Heyyy! Welcome back to the only Hits & Misses column that answers the question, “What if words got drunk?” COLD OPEN — HIT (BUT MORE “TEE-BALL” THAN “BALLPARK” THIS TIME) These opening segments continue to […]
What do you think about AEW’s new memo to wrestlers banning a lot of the more violent aspects of their in-ring product? (See news article at PWTorch.com for details and context) I like it a […]
Men’s Owen Hart Tournament Finals The tourney wraps up this week when C.M. Punk takes on “Absolute” Ricky Starks. This was the final most people, including me, expected when the bracket was released. Right up […]
After the last column took a look at the creative conundrum behind All In and All Out, normal service is resumed this week with a return to the All Elite Assessment format. “Guns up” as […]
Last week was a very polarizing episode of Dynamite. I enjoyed it and felt it moved storylines ahead and also laid the groundwork for some new ones. My hope for this episode of Dynamite was […]
Judgement Day – HIT: Raw didn’t get off to a great start, but it was a solid opening segment as Finn Balor started out talking about the issues in Judgment Day lately, followed by Rhea […]
IMPACT HITS AND MISSES JULY 6, 2023 ATLANTA, GA. AT CENTER STAGE AIRED ON AXS TV (RECORDED) REPORT BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (1) FRANKIE KAZARIAN vs. EDDIE EDWARDS (w/Alisha) – MINOR HIT This was […]
CHASE U vs. DREW GULAK & CHARLIE DEMPSEY Gulak and Dempsey were once guest trainers for Chase University, now turned the bitter rivals of the founder and the MVP of Chase U, Andre Chase and […]
Who eventually defeats Roman Reigns and when has become one of the bigger storyline issues in pro wrestling lately. Going into WrestleMania earlier this year, a lot of people thought Cody Rhodes was going to […]
AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES JULY 8, 2023 REGINA, SASK. AIRED ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Heyyy! Welcome back to the only Hits & Misses column written by a super-serious columnist who […]
How do you assess AEW Collision after a month? (Pick the answer that most closely matches your impression so far.) A really nice addition to my weekly AEW viewing Not enough of a hook to […]
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Your column on Collision earlier this week (KELLER’S TAKE: What now for AEW Collision? Suggestions on how to reverse declining viewership) and how to get things going to where it could go is very good, […]
The following are some great feedback emails I received regarding my Keller’s Take editorial earlier this week regarding how to improve Collision and differentiate it from Dynamite. You can catch up and read that here: […]
Before we get into let me introduce myself. I’m Zach Barber. If you are a regular listener to various free and VIP PWTorch podcasts you know me simply as Zach in Texas. I’m a sort […]
I considered this an important time for AEW. A couple of weeks removed from Forbidden Door, it was key that they put on a string of solid shows to raise the excitement for the rest […]
NJPW isn’t known for hardcore matches or death matches, so it was a surprise to see that the debut of the U.S. arm of the promotion in Japan running PPVs on back-to-back nights would be […]
Opening Segment – HIT: The post-Money in the Bank Raw got off to a hot start with Cody Rhodes coming out to interrupt Seth Rollins, only to be interrupted himself by Brock Lesnar. There wasn’t […]
The drop in viewership the last two weeks since the premiere episode of AEW Collision is not good. Week 2’s dropoff wasn’t a shock, but it was on a bigger end of the dropoff range […]
In the latest All Elite Assessment I’m taking a break from the usual format to delve into a big picture AEW topic. Normal service will resume next week with two more wrestler profiles. Full disclosure: […]
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