11/13 WWE Stock Track – WWE hits four-month lows
WWE’s stock price tumbled the Week of November 9-13, finishing the week below $17 for the first time since July. This was mainly due to a poor Thursday performance when the stock fell four percent […]
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Friday Torch Today (PM Update) – Livecast Alert, Eddie 10 years later, Hogan wants WWE return, new Batista movie, MCW launches on-demand service, WWE locker room reax to Rollins injury, Euro Tour, ROH SOTF, huge indies night – Flair & Bret & Rey & HOH, Mickie talks Divas, NJPW on AXS TV, HBK, Shiozaki, more
TORCH TODAY – Friday, November 13 AFTERNOON UPDATE – LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch senior columnist Bruce Mitchell and Travis Bryant of the East Coast Cast wrap up the week in wrestling with your calls & emails […]
Barrett considering life-after-WWE; talks “zero time off” & missed opportunity face turn
King Barrett got a shot of relevancy this week when English football superstar Wayne Rooney slapped Barrett on Monday’s Raw. Barrett and WWE parlayed that into U.K. press and a SportsCenter interview in the U.S. […]
Report – Gunn fired over drug test during Tough Enough season; UPDATE – announced for 2016 PCW tour
Billy Gunn, the NXT trainer and recent Tough Enough coach on WWE TV, was reportedly fired by WWE on Friday. The firing dates back to events from four months ago when Gunn failed a drug […]
WWE announces Network launch date in key int’l market
WWE announced Friday that WWE Network will be available in Germany starting in January 2016. WWE timed the announcement to coincide with WWE touring Germany this weekend as part of the European Tour. The official launch […]
Survivor Series Update – Taker & Kane’s match official
The Undertaker & Kane will face the Wyatts at the Survivor Series PPV on November 22. Except, it will not be the anticipated traditional Survivor Series match. Instead, WWE set up a two-on-two match on […]
WWE Title Update – First Round results, next week’s quarter-finals
WWE wrapped up the First Round of the WWE Title tournament this week on Smackdown. The quarter-finals are now set for next week’s WWE TV following Thursday’s match results… – Neville beat King Barrett to advance […]
11/11 Wed. Night Viewers – both ROH & Impact rise
Wednesday night on Destination America, TNA Impact drew its largest combined audience in one month, while Ring of Honor rebounded with a big gain… Wednesday Night ROH/TNA Programming – November 11 (Week 24) – TNA Impact: The […]
Week of 11/2 Live TV & DVR Viewers – interesting Raw Trend
For the Week of November 2, WWE TV shows made up 92 percent of the TV wrestling audience, up from 90 percent last week. This was mainly due to audiences for ROH TV and TNA Impact declining from the […]
Report – The WM32 card – How big variables are affecting Mania plans
The anticipated WrestleMania 32 line-up took an unexpected turn when WWE champion Seth Rollins went down with a knee injury. Now, there are so many variables in-play that the “Big Four” matches are very unpredictable five […]
Thurs. Torch Today – Livecast & ECC Alerts, WWE tourney on SD, Euro Tour, Austin’s CMT show gets premiere date, Hogan adds second U.K. date, Tenryu retirement show on NJPW, Vidot not reporting to NXT yet, Jeff Hardy to OMEGA, Lita, Rock
TORCH TODAY – Thursday, November 12 – AUDIO ALERTS: PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews J.J. Dillon on Thursday’s PWTorch Livecast at 5:00 p.m. EST at PWTorchLivecast.com. … The East Coast Cast airs on Thursday this […]
Rock gives insight on why he walked away from full-time wrestling
In the early 2000s, “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson decided to walk away from full-time wrestling and pursue acting. Now a decade later, Johnson reflected on the decision in a new episode of “Oprah’s Master Class,” […]
Indies Notes – Moose eyeing WWE after ROH goal, Gulak to WWE?, Kaasa signs with WWNLive, Sapolsky
Independents Notebook – ROH star Moose says he is interested in signing with WWE when his Ring of Honor contract expires. Moose (Quinn Ojinnaka) talked to the Atlanta Falcons website about his transition from the […]
Taker on NBC’s “Tonight Show” – turkey suit gets Tombstoned
The Undertaker made a special appearance on the “Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday night on NBC. Included was Taker delivering a Tombstone to a guy in a turkey suit. Taker’s appearance was during the pre-interview segment where Fallon […]
Video – Triple H drops WWE Title storyline hint in weekly interview
Triple H returned to the weekly sit-down interview forum with Michael Cole Wednesday on WWE’s website. Hunter, in-character as heel authority figure, dropped an interesting storyline hint about the winner of the WWE Title tournament […]
Rollins Update – knee surgery complete, WWE films procedure
Nov. 11 Update: Seth Rollins underwent right knee surgery this week, according to photos released on WWE’s website. Cameras were on-hand to film Rollins as he was prepared for surgery, and the procedure was documented by photographer Steve […]
ROH announces 14th Anniv. PPV
Ring of Honor returns to Las Vegas in February for their 14th Anniversary event, which will air live on PPV. ROH’s Anniversary PPV will take place Friday, February 26, 2016 at Sam’s Town Hotel in […]
Rich Swann talks NXT signing, overcoming the odds, CW return?
Former WWNLive star Rich Swann landed in WWE by chance after making a name for himself on the independents. But, if you know Swann’s story, it’s a credit to his hard work and determination overcoming […]
Wed. Torch Today – Mickie James Livecast, Big TV Line-ups, Euro Tour continues, new “Table for 3,” Lesnar added to Houston show, Raw crowd noise, WWE/DraftKings, Lashley draws TV audience, Rock Baby, Ambrose, Charlotte, Harley Race, more
TORCH TODAY – Wednesday, November 11 – LIVECAST ALERT: Mickie James is scheduled for today’s PWTorch Livecast interview with Pat McNeill at 5:00 p.m. EST. Call in live or email questions at PWTorchLivecast.com. – Wednesday […]
11/9 Raw TV Ratings – Raw falls again, hits viewership low
Monday’s Raw TV ratings fell again despite the show representing a “starting over” point following Seth Rollins’s major knee injury, which created a vacancy in the WWE Title picture. Raw also hit viewership low points… WWE […]
Tues. Torch Today (PM Update) – Livecast Alerts, Austin responds to Goldberg, Angle’s 2016 future, Pope taking free bookings, Flair hosts WWE Euro Tour, new Network shows, Barrett on ESPN, Rooney-Barrett, MCW change, Rock, MDM DiBiase speaking, Schamberger
TORCH TODAY – Tuesday, November 10 AFTERNOON UPDATE – LIVECAST ALERT: Listen in live to Wade Keller and Jason Powell of Prowresting.net on today’s Livecast at 5:00 p.m. EST taking your calls and emails at PWTorchLivecast.com. […]
Paige talks in-depth – McMahon a Divas backer?, Divas PPV, cheered as a heel, Blayze match?, f-bomb heat, more
WWE Diva Paige is on the U.K. interview circuit in her home country during WWE’s European Tour. Paige made several interesting comments across multiple interviews: – Paige bucked conventional wisdom saying that Vince McMahon is […]
EVOLVE Tag Tourney set for Rumble Weekend – three teams announced
WWNLive is looking to load up their next EVOLVE Tour in Florida running the same weekend as WWE’s Royal Rumble PPV in Orlando. WWNLive has announced a three-day tournament in January to determine the first-ever EVOLVE Tag […]
Raw Social Media down despite newsworthy show
WWE Raw Social Media Tracking — November 9: Despite Monday’s Raw being one of the most newsworthy international shows in years, Monday’s Raw fell in Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings. Raw’s unique Twitter audience was 1.342 […]