Torch Reader Alert: We’re looking for results/reports sent to pwtorch@gmail.com. WWE heads into Battleground Sunday with two house shows, including the official advertised return of Roman Reigns following his 30-day Wellness Policy violation suspension. – Meanwhile, […]
By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican & James Caldwell) Johnny Gargano, the face of EVOLVE Wrestling for the past five years, is leaving for a full-time WWE role on the NXT roster. PWTorch has learned that […]
WWE aired the second set of matches from the Cruiserweight tournament Wednesday night on WWE Network. Tajiri beat Damian Slater T.J. Perkins beat Da Mack Lince Dorado beat Mustafa Ali Akira Tozawa beat Kenneth Johnson The tournament […]
By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor The Live Smackdown premiere/one-time WWE Draft event led to a huge surge in Smackdown’s TV audience Tuesday night on USA Network, almost beating Raw the previous night. WWE Smackdown […]
By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor First, Heath Slater suffered a gruesome eye injury at a WWE house show last Saturday night in Maine. Then, Slater was the only eligible roster member not drafted Tuesday night […]
With 59 WWE Draft picks to comment on, the new Raw and Smackdown rosters to evaluate, and the Live Smackdown premiere to discuss on Tuesday night, there was a huge surge in social media activity […]
– Based on WWE’s Draft order, NXT star Finn Balor has suddenly found himself atop the babyface side of the ledger on the Raw brand. Raw’s first two picks were heels, Seth Rollins and Women’s […]
WWE has answered the question of what the TV announce teams will look like when a “New Era” for WWE begins next week on Raw and Smackdown. Not included is long-time TV voice Jerry Lawler, […]
Prior to the WWE Draft, WWE released a full roster break down of eligible Draft picks. Everyone was drafted except for Heath Slater. – Injured roster members who were not drafted include Luke Harper, Emma, Tamina, […]
The Raw Roster is complete following the WWE Draft… Raw Commissioner: Stephanie McMahon Raw GM: Mick Foley Seth Rollins (#1 overall pick) Women’s champion Charlotte (#3) Finn Balor (#5) (#1 NXT pick) Roman Reigns (#6) […]
WWE’s Smackdown Roster is set with the following Draft Picks… Smackdown Commissioner: Shane McMahon Smackdown GM: Daniel Bryan WWE champion Dean Ambrose (#2 overall) A.J. Styles (#4) John Cena (#7) Randy Orton (#9) Bray Wyatt […]
By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor The Battleground PPV line-up was unchanged Monday night on Raw and Tuesday night on Smackdown. No matches were added to the line-up and WWE did not reveal Sasha Banks’s mystery […]
Follow along tonight for real-time WWE Draft updates at the PWTorch Draft Central…
Former NXT champion Finn Balor was the first NXT Draft Pick in the 2016 WWE Draft going to the Raw brand. The rest of the NXT Six Draft Picks included… (1) Finn Balor (#5 overall) […]
Dean Ambrose is still WWE World Hvt. champion after the debut of “Smackdown Live” Tuesday night on USA Network. Ambrose beat Seth Rollins clean with Dirty Deeds to retain the WWE Title in a re-match from […]
The first picks are in for both the Raw and Smackdown brands. The #1 overall pick in the WWE Draft and going to Raw is Seth Rollins, as picked by Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley. […]
By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE Raw got a strong social media bump on Monday night. But, the TV rating was down and viewership was flat compared to last week. WWE Raw TV Ratings […]
By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Brock Lesnar has been flagged for a second anti-doping violation related to his UFC 200 return fight on July 9. UFC released a statement Tuesday announcing that UFC was […]
WWE announced Tuesday their next quarterly reporting date. WWE will report Second Quarter 2016 earnings (the WrestleMania quarter) on Thursday, July 28. WWE is moving back to Thursdays after a rare Tuesday reporting date for […]
The connection between WWE and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump continued Tuesday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. WWE was mentioned by the GOP party chairman for Connecticut in a formal announcement casting all of […]
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon has taken a prominent behind-the-scenes role at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Linda was part of the Republican Rules Committee, which met virtually the entire day last Thursday (July 14) […]
Monday’s final Raw before the Draft drew ample social media activity, providing a strong bump in Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings. WWE Raw Social Media Tracking – July 18: Last week’s Raw did not move much for […]
The final Thursday night Smackdown airing drew a poor TV audience to finish the era. However, DVR viewing uncharacteristically skyrocketed for Smackdown. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking July 14: WWE Smackdown scored a 1.56 TV rating, […]
WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking July 11: WWE Raw scored a 2.28 TV rating, rebounding from the historically-low 1.87 rating on the Fourth of July. The 2.28 is within the range of where Raw has been […]
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