RIDGE HOLLAND vs. TREY BAXTER – PRESHOW All of the feuds lined up for the beast, Ridge Holland and this is the match we got? No Ciampa or Thatcher? What gives? A squash match for […]
Hits MATT TAVEN PROMO Taven gave a great straight forward wrestling promo for his match versus Vincent at the Glory by Honor PPV. He very passionately stating his mission statement to defeat Vincent and regain […]
C.M. Punk’s AEW Debut: HIT Off memory, this is probably the first time an AEW TV show has ever opened with an in-ring promo. I personally don’t mind WWE’s long-running format of doing this, but […]
Sting & Darby Allin vs. 2point0 – HIT This started off with Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston getting attacked from behind by 2point0. We didn’t get to hear what they were going to say except […]
Hits Hitting at the Right Moment The good news for this year’s Summerslam is that, unlike most big WWE shows, the main programs are all hitting their peak at the right time. Reigns/Cena, Banks/Belair, and […]
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 20, 2021 PHOENIX, AZ. IN THE FOOTPRINT CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee Match Results, […]
Summerslam, WWE’s second biggest event of the year, will take place August 21, 2021 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Besides the usual places you can watch Summerslam, this year it will air live […]
Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start this week with the follow up on the RKBro situation. Because of Randy Orton’s seven week absence, it feels like WWE had to cram […]
ILJA DRAGUNOV vs. RODERICK STRONG Malcolm Bivens issued an open challenge to face Strong and Dragunov answered. Dragunov is relatively unknown to the NXT crowd and he needs to be booked strong going into his […]
Hits -I will once again spotlight as a very big hit the pre-match video promos that ROH is producing for its wrestlers. On this show, ROH and the wrestlers pulled out all the stops and […]
Flash Morgan Webster vs Wolfgang – HIT This match was set up last week from Webster slapping Wolfgang. This was a clash of style with a little man-big man matchup. So, to start this match […]
•Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Dante Martin & Matt & Mike Sydal – HIT A fantastic showcase for the young and talented Dante Martin. Martin showed off his phenomenal in-ring skills while getting […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER AUGUST 16, 2021 SAN ANTONIO, TX. AT THE AT & T CENTER AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Jimmy Smith, Byron Saxton, […]
HITS Face Off This showdown with Roman Reigns and John Cena feels so special, especially in comparison to their previous, brief program. The pacing here has been great in that the entire feud will not […]
Commentary: MISS The four-man booth was ambitious to begin with, and I don’t think it worked. I barely remember anything Mark Henry said, and I don’t even remember hearing his voice after the opening match. […]
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 13, 2021 TULSA, OK. IN THE BOK CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee Match Results, […]
Opening Segment – HIT: I wish we had gotten an explanation as to why Randy Orton has been gone for 7 weeks. But once I get past that, this opening segment was a good way […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER AUGUST 9, 2021 ORLANDO, FL. AT THE AMWAY CENTER AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Jimmy Smith, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves Match […]
•Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera: Labour Chapter 3 – HIT A clunky start to the match had both competitors looking far past their in-ring expiration dates. They worked out some of the miscommunication and ended […]
It’s been another week with no shortage of topics to discuss in the world of pro wrestling. I sure picked quite the time to start this column here at PWTorch, because over the last weeks […]
-The show opened with a taped segment with Maria Kanellis hyping the upcoming Women’s Championship Tournament and used the opportunity to introduce Chelsea Green (yup her) as a new acquisition for ROH. Green came out […]
HITS •Edge-Rollins: There is still something that doesn’t totally connect with me with the newer Edge storylines. The whole “Edge-lite” bit seems like a stretch and I am tiring of the incessant need to turn […]
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 6, 2021 TAMPA, FL. IN THE AMALIE ARENA AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee Match Results, […]
Opening Segment – HIT: This wasn’t great, but Goldberg did better in a long promo than I expected him to. MVP was good as usual in his opening promo before Goldberg came out, although he […]
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