WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 14, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves Top […]
•Karrion Kross w/ Scarlett vs. Danny Birch – MISS A rare “miss” graces the column tonight. Best friend to my man, Oney Lorcan, Danny Birch was the latest to fall victim to the brutal Karrion […]
Rollins – Dominik – HIT: WWE did a good job overall with the build towards the match between Seth Rollins and Dominik Mysterio at SummerSlam. It started with the contract signing which opened the show. […]
Is everyone shaking in their boots? Retribution has arrived! Flickering lights, broken microphones, a tipped over car, ring ropes sawed in half, graffiti, and a cinderblock thrown through a glass door? Oh, the humanity!Look, there […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER AUGUST 12, 2020 AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@Josh_Chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Arena This week’s episode will emanate from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Fla. The 5,500 seat arena first […]
NXT ON USA PREVIEW AUGUST 12, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK The build to NXT Takeover: XXX continues as Karrion Kross will look to send another vicious message to NXT Champion Keith Lee when he […]
Final impact – HIT: Not a spectacular show by any means and if you are not into the irreverent, telenovela-esque, pseudo-self-aware indie-ish Wrestle House, this can very well be a MISS. Some matches were established […]
RAW HITS Bourne vs. Miz: I was disappointed, but not surprised that this match only went 4 minutes. I would’ve liked to see it go twice as long, but WWE is trying to put Miz […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AUGUST 10, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe […]
Raw Underground debuted last week and it was almost universally panned by critics and fans. PWTorch editor Wade Keller wrote a column last week on why it might be hasty to hate the new concept […]
Shane McMahon returned to WWE Raw last night at the helm of a backroom fight club at the Performance Center dubbed “Raw Underground.” As soon as you saw it, you likely had a visceral reaction. […]
Is it time for Vince McMahon to give up creative control of WWE to someone else? Yes, it’s long overdue Yes, lately it’s become apparent Maybe just for a while to recharge No, he’s still […]
Editor’s Note: Welcome aboard our new Smackdown Hits & Misses writer, Nick Barbati, a longtime PWTorch reader making his Hits & Misses debut this weekend. He replaces Pat McNeill, who has had to step down […]
WWE’s announcement that they have hired Nick Khan, a 45 year old former attorney and agent to some of the sports world’s top broadcasters, puts a name and face to one of the most important […]
It has been just about five years since Hulk Hogan’s racist language from his leaked sex tape and recorded jailhouse conversations with his son Nick forced WWE to distance themselves from one of their all-time […]
TOP TIER FEUDS… (1) Jon Moxley vs. MJF New Developments: In a pre-taped segment, MJF was seen verbally abusing his “campaign staff” at his “campaign headquarters”. MJF said Tony Kahn officially announced him as the […]
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 7, 2020 WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER IN ORLANDO, FL. AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves WWE YouTube […]
•Dark Order vs. FTR & The Young Bucks & Hangman Page & Kenny Omega – HIT Great opening multi-man tag match. When you adhere to some structure and rules in a tag match, you can […]
Since its inception last year, AEW has been a company that relies on records and statistics. It’s an analytical approach to wrestling that has made Tony Khan’s promotion stand out against WWE, whose booking often […]
•Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai – Number One Contender for NXT Womens Championship – HIT We haven’t seen a whole heck of a lot from Ripley after WrestleMania, sans for one Robert Stone feud. So, […]
AEW DYNAMITE TV REPORT AUGUST 5, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, FLA. AT DAILY’S PLACE AIRED ON TNT REPORT BY TYLER SAGE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Taz [HOUR ONE – Q1] -After the Dynamite opening […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER AUGUST 5, 2020 AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@Josh_Chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Arena This week’s episode will emanate from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The 5,500 seat arena first […]
Crews vs. MVP – MISS: This match bored me. It was well executed, but it wasn’t a style that got me excited to watch for 12 minutes. MVP dominated most of the match, before Apollo […]
Editor’s Note: We are looking for an Impact TV Reporter to join our team of contributors. If you’re interested in volunteering for that position (or something else), let me know: kellerwade@gmail.com. You don’t need access […]
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