"Stone Cold" Steve Austin guest-hosted the March 15 Raw from San Diego up against TNA Impact's second official Monday night show featuring Jeff Hardy vs. A.J. Styles. Read up on our detailed live coverage, results, and play-by-play of both shows tonight, followed by instant Raw & Impact VIP-exclusive 12-minute audio reviews...
We have a Raw TV taping report from tonight's live WWE show in San Diego with SPOILER results from two matches taped for this week's Superstars and a bonus post-Raw dark match featuring Rey Mysterio in his hometown... [CONTINUE READING]
We have the first batch of reader feedback on Monday's Raw with reviews of Bret Hart's Big Reveal, Steve Austin's guest-hosting performance, WrestleMania 26 build-up, and more. Did you watch Raw and/or Impact? Send your Reax and 0-10 score to pwtorch@gmail.com... [CONTINUE READING]
Read up on the official, updated WrestleMania 26 PPV line-up with a new match added to the PPV and a stipulation added to the Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon match during tonight's WWE Raw... [CONTINUE READING]
TNA added a Knockouts Title match to the Destination X PPV line-up on Sunday night. Read the complete PPV line-up and stipulations on all eight matches announced, headlined by A.J. Styles vs. Abyss for the TNA World Title... [CONTINUE READING]
It's WrestleMania Rewind night, so we start with glass breaking. Steve Austin is wearing a plain black t-shirt. He looks like a regular person in good shape. No beers, no middle fingers. That "What" crap starts. Walking down the long ramp made Austin thirsty, so he calls for some beers... [CONTINUE READING]
Next week's final WWE Raw before WrestleMania 26 will feature a main event handicap match with the unlikely tandem of Randy Orton & Triple H teaming up against three young WWE stars to promote two matches at WrestleMania... [CONTINUE READING]
This installment of the Wade Keller Hotline features an instant review of tonight's WWE Raw including the return of Steve Austin, the Bret Hart-Vince McMahon contract signing, WrestleMania rematches without clean finishes, Hall of Fame announcements, Orton's WrestleMania match made official, and more... [CONTINUE READING]
WWE officially added Stu Hart and Gorgeous George to the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame class during tonight's WWE Raw. It appears WWE will save the Bob Uecker announcement for next week's final Raw leading to WrestleMania 26. Read the complete 2010 Hall of Fame class updated tonight... [CONTINUE READING]
VIP-exclusive 3/15 TNA Impact Wrap: Torch assistant editor James Caldwell gives a quick review of TNA Impact looking at Jeff Hardy vs. A.J. Styles being one of the only bright spots on the show, according to Caldwell. Plus, review of TNA's PPV build-up, awful storytelling, and more... [CONTINUE READING]
Read Torch assistant editor James Caldwell's complete TNA Impact report from Monday night with live, real-time coverage of the show leading to the Destination X PPV featuring one of the big matches of the night with A.J. Styles vs. Jeff Hardy, plus Kevin Nash vs. Scott Hall, and Eric Bischoff gets a trim... [CONTINUE READING]
Where We've Been: Last week TNA put on a really good show, as someone seemingly remembered that such things as mysterious NWO heel turns should probably have an endgame in mind. They’re doing their best to make someone, somewhere, believe that Abyss has a chance of winning the title sometime in the next year... [CONTINUE READING]
After a brief recap of last week's show-closing angle with Vince McMahon, John Cena, and Batista, the Raw opening aired. Then Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler introduced and previewed the show. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin then walked out to his entrance music. Cole said he set every record in WWE and is called "the greatest of all-time." The crowd went nuts for him. (A.J. Styles and Ric Flair were talking in the ring on Impact at this time.)... [CONTINUE READING]
WWE officially announced Legacy's involvement in the WrestleMania 26 PPV when a match involving all three men, including Randy Orton, was added to the PPV line-up during tonight's WWE Raw... [CONTINUE READING]
Frank Mir: "I think he's very similar to Brock Lesnar. He's somebody that's strong, and he's a good wrestler. But I think that Carwin, in a lot of ways, is actually more dangerous for me... Brock and Carwin are both better wrestlers than I am. Most likely, they'll both be able to take me down. Most likely, they'll both..." Read the rest of the quote and Jamie Penick's analysis... [CONTINUE READING]
After shutting down one website with a lawsuit last month heading into UFC 110, Zuffa, LLC has filed suit against two more websites offering illegal streams of their events this week, according to a report from the Las Vegas Sun... [CONTINUE READING]
Join Jamie Penick and Matt Pelkey every Sunday live or listen on delay at anytime 24/7 for a two hour live call-in show discussing the week in MMA news including UFC, Strikeforce, and others. Your phone calls are welcome as are email questions at mmatorcheditor@gmail.com... [CONTINUE READING]
The following are links to the previous WrestleMania VIP Audio Retro Roundtables, which now cover events nos. 1 through 10. Below are also links to the night-of-event VIP Roundtables for WrestleManias 20-25. All are hosted by Wade Keller, Bruce Mitchell, and Pat McNeill... [CONTINUE READING]
We continue our series looking back at past WrestleManias with an hour-long audio roundtable. We started with the WM1 and have marched through to WM10 in this audio, featuring Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna, Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon, and more. Find out the history behind each of the matches, how they hold up historically, the inside story on the why the matches were booked, the finishes, and more. PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnists Pat McNeill and Bruce Mitchell host this series... [CONTINUE READING]
Tonight's WWE Raw guest host "Stone Cold" Steve Austin addressed his status for a possible role at WrestleMania 26, talked about his role on tonight's Raw where he won't be "stunning everyone," and TNA's chances of competing with WWE in an interview on the Fight Show tonight. Read Austin's quotes on the subjects... [CONTINUE READING]
A bit of a personal, wrestling-related story: Saturday we held a St. Patrick's Day party here at our apartment. My roommate Kurt's friend Nate, who I have known for a few years now, asked me if I'd like to help him out with something.... [CONTINUE READING]
Tonight is the eleventh week to earn points in the Season 4 Place Your Bets contest on Raw with a tight leaderboard heading to the Raw before WrestleMania season finale. Submit your predictions before Raw begins at 9:00 p.m. EST... [CONTINUE READING]
This episode of the PWTorch Livecast & VIP Aftershow with host Wade Keller and guest co-host Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net take calls for 60 minutes focused on the Monday battle between Raw and Impact, plus talk on recently released WWE wrestlers, Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker, TNA's profitability, TNA giving away Jeff Hardy vs. A.J. Styles, Mysterio-Punk on Smackdown, and more. In the VIP AfterShow, Keller and Powell answer questions on Impact's replay rating and Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Vince McMahon... [CONTINUE READING]
The Monday, March 15 edition of the PWTorch Livecast is available now after today's daily show. Torch VIP members can access the complete 60-minute episode + the VIP Aftershow. Find out how to also subscribe to the PWTorch Livecast on iTunes... [CONTINUE READING]
Check out the latest results from the Torch's Place Your Bets contest where Torch readers make their predictions on three weekly questions for each week's live Raw show. The standings continue to tighten up heading toward WrestleMania... [CONTINUE READING]
WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter has re-signed with WWE in an ambassador role, according to his webmaster. Read more about Slaughter re-signing and his first scheduled appearance for WWE during WrestleMania weekend... [CONTINUE READING]
Jim Ross announced today on jrsbarbq.com that he will be signing a short-term contract extension with WWE this week, which will allow for more negotiating time after WrestleMania 26 to determine his long-term future in WWE. Ross also talked Steve Austin on Raw tonight and Gorgeous George... [CONTINUE READING]
The Torch is tracking stats for TNA throughout 2010 with the new information posted each week at the end of each week's run of TV shows, house shows, and PPVs. Check out the latest wrestler records, title listings and upcoming title defenses, and full list of TNA results for the year... [CONTINUE READING]
The Torch is tracking stats for WWE TV episodes, house shows, and PPV events throughout 2010 with the new information posted around the end of each week's run of TV and house shows. Check out the latest records, title listings, and match results leading to tonight's Raw. ... [CONTINUE READING]
Rey Mysterio walked out to his music, then brought his family - wife, son, and daughter - to the ring with him. Everyone was all smiles. He said he travels so much, sometimes he misses out on very important days in his family's lives. He said as parents, they go out of their way to make kids feel special... [CONTINUE READING]
Read the full preview of tonight's episode of ROH TV on HDNet with two more first round TV Title tournament matches, including Davey Richards vs. Delirious. Plus, watch this week's ROH Video Wire promoting ROH's next online PPV and promos from top wrestlers... [CONTINUE READING]
We have more TNA Impact ratings information from their March 8 debut show with Spike TV reporting data that the show was sampled by 5.6 million people for at least six minutes either during Monday night's live airing or during the Thursday replay. Read more details on the ratings for last Monday's show... [CONTINUE READING]
Torch reader Will Phillips sent in notes from working with Roddy Piper on the set of "Cold Case," with the episode airing last night on CBS. Will details the research on wrestling terminology that was included in the script and working with Piper. Included is a video of Piper & Will on the phone with Ric Flair... [CONTINUE READING]
In the spirit of March Madness, Torch readers can join the Official PWTorch.com Tournament Pool on Facebook and compete against other Torch readers. Find out how to sign up for our official tournament pool on Facebook... [CONTINUE READING]
Leading up to WrestleMania 26 on March 28, we will be publishing a daily WrestleMania PPV flashback report around 12:00 p.m. CST every afternoon until this year's WrestleMania. Today, we cover WrestleMania 12 from 1996 featuring the famous Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels Iron Man match, Triple H vs. Ultimate Warrior, Taker vs. Diesel, and more... [CONTINUE READING]
WWE issued a press release today announcing that TV wrestling legend Gorgeous George will be inducted into the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania weekend. WWE Studios will also be making a movie on his life and career. Read what Vince McMahon said in the announcement today... [CONTINUE READING]
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