NJPW G1 Climax 33 Final result
Tesuya Naito is the G1 Climax 33 winner. Naito pinned Kazuchika Okada after hitting three in a match that went a little over 30 minutes in front of a raucous crowd of 6,500 at Sumo […]
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NJPW G1 Climax 33 Finals set for Sumo Hall
Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada will determine the winner of G1 Climax 33. Okada beat Evil in an undercard match filled with interference. Evil advanced through the tournament using outside interference to his advantage. It […]
WWE Smackdown On-Site Report (8/11): Street Profits and Natalya in action after Smackdown, crowd reactions, other in-person details
WWE SMACKDOWN ON-SITE REPORT AUGUST 11, 2023 CALGARY, ALBERTA AT SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME REPORT BY JASON FROM VANCOUVER, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT -I flew from Vancouver to Calgary to see this event with my wife. I also flew […]
Impact Wrestling announces additional event in England, full tour schedule detailed including scheduled wrestlers
Impact Wrestling announced today plans to run a second show in Coventry, England on Oct. 29 as part of their fall tour. Impact said in a press release issued to PWTorch that the second event […]
Brian Kendrick explains why Cruiserweight Division failed to break out big, talks regrets for acting foolish, touts training under Shawn Michaels
The following Brian Kendrick interview highlights were sent to PWTorch.com by the VOC National Wrestling Network. Kendrick has wrestled fro WWE, Ring of Honor, and Impact Wrestling. In this interview with Brady Hicks, he discussed […]
World Class Championship Wrestling and Mid-South Wrestling 1980s star “Hollywood” John Tatum talks Michael Hayes, Sting, Missy Hyatt, Chris Adams, health, more
The following are highlights of an interview conducted this week with 1980s wrestling star “Hollywood” John Tatum, who gained most of his acclaim in World Class Championship Wrestling and Mid-South Wrestling. These highlights were supplied […]
WWE Smackdown 8/11 Preview & Match Card
When: Friday, August 11, 2023 Where: Calgary, Alberta – Scotiabank Saddledome How To Watch: Live on Fox WWE Smackdown 8/11 Match Card Austin Theory vs. Santos Escobar – United States Championship Match AJ Styles vs. […]
AEW Dynamite Ratings Report (8/9): Top show in key demo on all of cable, viewership down from recent weeks, year ago comparisons, NXT comparison
Last night’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS drew an average viewership of 846,000, down from 894,000, 894,000, and 898,000 the prior three weeks. The ten-week rolling average coming into this week was 879,000; during […]
NXT Ratings Report (8/8): Biggest average viewership in over two years, closing the gap on Dynamite, key metrics
Last night’s episode of NXT on USA Network drew an average of 776,000 viewers, the highest viewership number of the year and the highest since Apr. 20, 2021. It was up 59,000 from last week’s […]
AEW Collision Ratings Report (8/5): Up against Summerslam, viewership drops sharply for CM Punk vs. Ricky Starks main event with Ricky Steamboat
Last Saturday’s night’s AEW Collision episode (8/5), which went head-to-head with WWE Summerslam on Peacock, drew an average of 417,000 viewers. That’s a drop of 322,000 viewers compared to the prior week, which featured the […]
AEW Dynamite 8/9 Preview & Match Card
When: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Where: Columbus, Ohio – Nationwide Arena How To Watch: Live on TBS AEW Dynamite 8/9 Match Card Rob Van Dam vs. Jack Perry – FTW Championship Match / FTW Rules The […]
AEW Rampage Ratings Report (8/4): Viewership and key demo rating, plus yearly average and year-ago comparisons
Last Friday night’s AEW Rampage (8/4) drew 434,000 viewers, up from 324,000 last week and the highest rating since June 30 which drew 450,000. The average viewership this year is 400,000 through 31 weeks. The […]
WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (8/4): Viewership and demo rating for the final episode before Summerslam, year-ago comparisons
Last Friday’s episode of WWE Smackdown (8/4) drew 2.248 million viewers, down from last weeks 2.323 million viewers and the lowest Fox viewership number since May 26. It was below the average so far this […]
WWE SUMMERSLAM 2023 HITS & MISSES: Charlotte vs. Bianca vs. Asuka, Cody vs. Brock, Rollins vs. Balor, Jey vs. Roman in Tribal Warfare, more
WWE SUMMERSLAM 2023 HITS & MISSES AUGUST 4, 2023 DETROIT, MI AT FORD FIELD AIRED ON PEACOCK, 8:00 p.m. EDT, 5:00 P.M. PDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves […]
WWE Mini Bigheads announced by FOCO featuring Lesnar, Taker, Reigns, Austin, and more
WWE Mini Bigheads for Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, Stone Cold Steven Austin, Roddy Piper, and Brock Lesnar are now available for pre-oder from FOCO. Each bobblehead features each wrestler in the […]
NJPW G1 Climax 33 updated standings through night 13, night 14 lineup featuring Taichi vs. O-Khan, Oklada vs. Loa, Ospreay vs. El Phantasmo
The following are the updated block standings for the NJPW G1 Climax Tournament through night 13. A Block Sanada (7-0) – 14 points – A Block winnner (advances to round of eight) Hikuleo (4-3) – […]
AEW Collision 8/5 Preview & Match Card
When: Saturday, August 5, 2023 Where: Greenville, S.C. – Bon Secours Wellness Arena How To Watch: Live on TNT AEW Collision 8/5 Match Card C.M. Punk vs. Ricky Starks – “Real” World Championship Match FTR […]
WWE Smackdown 8/4 Preview & Match Card
When: Friday, August 4, 2023 Where: Dayton, Ohio – Nutter Center at Wright State University How To Watch: Live on FS1 WWE Smackdown 8/4 Match Card “The Real Chief” Jey Uso to appear Sheamus vs. […]
AEW Dynamite Ratings Report (8/3): Total viewership and key demo, comparison to last year, latest 7-day delayed viewership totals
Last night’s episode of AEW Dynamite (8/2) drew an average of 894,000 viewers, in line with last week’s average viewership of 898,000. The average viewership this year is 882,000. Through the same 31 weeks last […]
NXT Ratings Report (8/1): NXT draws another viewership number above 700,000, historical perspective, exclusive 7-day July totals, more
Last night’s episode of NXT on USA drew an average of 717,000 viewers, up from 703,000 the prior week but below the 746,000 from two weeks earlier. It marks the first time NXT has drawn […]
Vince McMahon comments on being subject of a grand jury subpoena and search warrant last week
Vince McMahon, the current Chairman and Executive Founder of WWE, has been served a grand jury subpoena following federal agents executing a search warrant on July 27 according to WWE in their second quarter financial […]
AEW Dynamite 8/2 Preview & Match Card
When: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Where: Tampa, Fla. – Yuengling Center How To Watch: Live on TBS AEW Dynamite 8/2 Match Card 200th episode Tony Khan makes All In announcement Jon Moxley vs. Trent Barretta vs. […]
Tony Khan addresses Triple H’s “secondary promotion” comment; says matches announcements for All In coming tonight
Tony Khan was interviewed by The Orlando Sentinel ahead of tonight’s episode of Dynamite at the Yuengling Center in Tampa. Tonight’s episode is No. 200 for Dynamite. Khan says the build to All In will […]
Vince McMahon subpoenaed by grand jury; on medical leave from WWE
During a conference call to discuss second-quarter earnings, WWE announced that Vince McMahon was on a medical leave from the company after undergoing “major spinal surgery.” However, that wasn’t the most noteworthy Vince news on […]