TORCH TODAY – Saturday, October 24 MORNING UPDATE – Daniel Vidot, the former Australian rugby player, announced on social media that WWE offered him a three-year developmental contract after completing a try-out this week. “They’re […]
Night 1 of Ring of Honor’s “Glory by Honor” tour on Friday night served as a big springboard for the annual “Final Battle” PPV, which takes place Dec. 18 in Philadelphia. Included was the announcement of […]
Rey Mysterio posted a photo of himself unmasked at his son’s high school football game Friday night. The updated photo of an unmasked Mysterio also includes a look at his son, Dominik, who is now […]
Global Force Wrestling sent PWTorch a look at their four title belts, which will recognize the first-ever champions to be determined at Friday night’s TV taping in Las Vegas. Included are the GFW Global Hvt. […]
WWE Smackdown got a slight TV Ratings bump for Thursday’s show. The bump was enough to register the highest TV rating in two months dating back to pre-fall TV season. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings 2015 — October […]
WWE’s stock price was all over the place this week. There was an early-week peak, then a big drop on Wednesday, and a surge again on Friday following news of WWE Network expanding to India. […]
Torch Today – Friday, October 23 AFTERNOON UPDATE – Rhyno says he is planning to start his own independent wrestling promotion, “Insane Wrestling Revolution.” Rhyno did not reveal an initial date, but said he plans […]
– John Cena is not advertised for Monday’s Raw in San Diego the night after Hell in a Cell. However, Randy Orton curiously is. WWE sent out an email blast to their San Diego mailing […]
UFC mega-star Ronda Rousey says she is determined to wrestle for WWE at some point in her career. It’s just a matter of when and whether she can work around her UFC commitments. “After getting […]
WWE’s website released an interview with James Storm discussing his NXT debut and decision to venture to WWE after becoming “free and clear of all contracts.” The interview also managed to avoid the letters “TNA,” where […]
WEEKEND EVENTS CENTER Friday, October 23 through Sunday, October 25 (NOTE: If you attend a show, we’re looking for results sent to pwtorch@gmail.com.) – WWE does not have house shows this weekend leading into the […]
NXT star Tyler Breeze made his WWE TV debut on this week’s Smackdown episode. During a Miz TV segment involving Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae, Breeze was introduced as Summer’s new love interest. A fight […]
Wednesday night on Destination America, TNA drew the exact same combined audience as last week’s show. Meanwhile, ROH TV fell to a three-week low, impacting TNA’s replay viewership. Wednesday Night ROH/TNA Programming – October 21 (Week 21) […]
– Blue Pants: Word was going around recently that Leva Bates, who is known as “Blue Pants” in NXT, was not going to be brought back again to NXT because of heat on her for the […]
Who is responsible for Brock Lesnar’s infamous Shooting Star Press in the WrestleMania 19 main event when Lesnar injured his neck? Well, it depends on who you ask. Lesnar re-opened the mystery during his appearance on […]
Torch Today – Thursday, October 22 AFTERNOON UPDATE – WWE released a video promo from James Storm following his NXT debut on Wednesday’s episode. Storm is essentially doing his “cowboy” gimmick made famous on TNA […]
Former WWE star Dave Bautista appeared on the popular “Good Morning Britain” show Thursday morning promoting his role in the new Bond movie, “Spectre.” PWTorch correspondent David sent in a recap of Batista’s appearance… – […]
Former WWE star Big Ryck (Ezekiel Jackson) is not retiring, according to wrestling agent Bill Behrens. Behrens announced Thursday that Rycklon Stevens did not wrestle his last match at a WXW show in Germany last […]
Hulk Hogan and his defense team received a favorable ruling in Florida court this week as it relates to his $100 million lawsuit against the Gawker website. Florida Circuit Court judge Pamela Campbell granted Hogan’s request […]
The legal battle between Jesse Ventura and the estate of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle continued in Minnesota court this week. At stake is Ventura’s $1.8 million award stemming from a defamation suit brought against Kyle’s estate […]
Karen Jarrett, the co-founder of Global Force Wrestling with Jeff Jarrett, says she is ready to move on from TNA Wrestling and focus on developing GFW. Karen returned to TNA TV with Jeff for a […]
TORCH TODAY – Wednesday, October 21 AFTERNOON UPDATE – LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviews TNA Title contender Aiden O’Shea (Jay Bradley) on Wednesday’s PWTorch Livecast at 5:00 p.m. EST. Call in or listen […]
Earlier this month, Triple H talked about initial discussions with New Japan Pro Wrestling on doing business together. This week, the other side spoke on a potential working relationship. Mr. Kidani, the president of Bushiroad, which owns […]
Bray Wyatt was interviewed by Michael Cole in this week’s sit-down interview on WWE’s website. The “interview” was more like a reverse counseling session with Bray turning Cole’s questions on Cole. Notably, Cole asked what […]
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