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 […]
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 […]
On October 1, 2022, Antonio Inoki, founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, passed away. Tony Khan decided to honor the one-year anniversary of Inoki’s passing with the AEW WrestleDream event in Seatle, Washington. Brian Danielson vs. […]
Ricky Starks vs. Bryan Danielson Danielson and Starks fought in a bloody, violent Texas Death Match in the main event of this past weekend’s episode. It wasn’t as good as their instant classic strap match, […]
It’s hard to believe we are having our third “go-home” show in the past five weeks. This late summer/early fall schedule has been something I hope never happens again in this company. The burnout is […]
Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with Cody Rhodes coming out to talk about the Jey Uso situation. I’m still not sure he has actually explained why he brokered this […]
It’s difficult to recall a time in recent history when WWE programming was hitting at such a high quality rate. On both major shows right now, it feels as though every segment matters. Even when […]
MPACT HITS AND MISSES SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY CENTER AIRED ON AXS TV REPORT BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (1) RICH SWANN vs. SAMURAY DEL SOL vs. ALAN ANGELS vs. […]
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