Hits & Misses

AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES JULY 29, 2023 HARTFORD, CONN. AIRED LIVE ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentators: Nigel McGuinness & Ian Riccaboni (We miss you, J.R.) Ring Announcer: Dasha Gonzalez – […]

Since I’ve started writing this column, I’ve taken a few minutes on Wednesday afternoons to watch AEW’s YouTube preview of Dynamite. It does not get a ton of views (22,000 or so this week), but […]

Opening Segment – HIT: WWE continues to do a nice job of building up the Judgment Day as a strong heel faction. Dominik Mysterio keeps getting off the charts heat. The rest of the group […]

WES LEE, MUSTAFA ALI STEP UP TO DIRTY DOM The show kicked off with Rhea Ripley and Dom Dom getting as much heat as humanly possible. The crowd was electric with a chorus of boo’s […]

IMPACT HITS AND MISSES JULY 20, 2023 WINDSOR, ONT AT ST. CLAIR COLLEGE SPORTSPLEX AIRED ON AXS TV (RECORDED) REPORT BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR SCOTT D’AMORE IN RING – HIT Slammiversary is the time […]

AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES JULY 22, 2023 NEWARK, N.J. AIRED LIVE ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentators: Nigel McGuinness & Ian Riccaboni (We miss you, J.R.) Ring Announcer: Dasha Gonzalez – […]

So the question I asked myself all day leading up to this show was how was I going to convince my wife to let me watch it live on our 20th wedding anniversary. The answer […]

IMPACT SLAMMIVERSARY HITS AND MISSES JULY 15, 2023 WINDSOR, ONT AT ST. CLAIR COLLEGE SPORTSPLEX AIRED LIVE ON FITE TV REPORT BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (A) THE DEATH DOLLZ (Courtney Rush & Jessicka) & […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

ROXANNE PEREZ vs. BLAIR DAVENPORT For weeks, Roxanne Perez and Blair Davenport have been at each other’s throats and looked to prove who was tougher here tonight. Perez attacked Davenport during her entrance, and that […]

AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES JULY 1, 2023 TAPED 6/26 IN HAMILTON, ONT. AIRED ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Heyyy! I’m back with yet another column full of way more words than […]

Coming off a fantastic Forbidden Door event, AEW Dynamite was in Hamilton, Ontario looking to continue its momentum. It was important for this show to begin to set up what is to come over the […]

TIFFANY STRATTON vs. THEA HAIL – NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Man, I love Thea Hail. Even though I knew she didn’t have a chance to actually defeat Stratton cleanly for the title, the wrestling fanboy in […]