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This issue headlines with a major cover story on Hulk Hogan's near jump back to the WWF in the midst of the Monday Night War... Expanded WWF, WCW, and ECW Newswires look at the news of the day with backstage items along with the headlines... Plus Wade Keller's End Notes, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, ETC. Newswire, a detailed ECW Arena report, and Letters to the Editor...
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Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2: History of the Midnight Express, Ashley, Nick Hogan, Adamle, Shameless Hulk (74 min.)
Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 1: WrestleMania Buyrate, WWE Stock Perspective, TNA Sacrifice PPV Preview (46 min.)
The Real Deal with Pat McNeill (Audio): Listener Mail on Claudio, Hunter, Vince, ROH criticisms, News (34 min.)
2003 Torch Newsletter Series: WrestleMania Preview, Mitchell on Booker T Lynching, Hardyz Book, KOTR History
2003 Torch Newsletter Series: Angle Neck Update, Goldberg-WWE Split, Flair-Bischoff Backstage Confrontation
2003 Torch Newsletter Series: Angle to wrestle despite terrible condition of neck, racism as tool for bookers
2003 Torch Newsletter Series: The World Comes to An End! The latest WWE expansion disaster
PWTorch Newsletter #1024: WM24 Tops One Million, Mitchell's Ideas for McMahon, McNeill on Vacating Russo
5/5 WWF Raw Audio Analysis: Caldwell & Parks start with hate, then seek to understand, then hate again (50 min.)
C&R Audio Update: Latest Impact and Smackdown episodes discussed in-depth, Sacrifice preview (69 min.)
Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2: Listener questions on Piper, Hennig, Territories, Jobber Pay, The Clique, DeBeers (72 min.)
Radican Audio Update with Derek Burgan: Raw Finish, Gilbert Calls Out Storm, Regal, Retired Wrestlers (70 min.)
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Torch Today
TORCH NEWS TICKER 5/10: Smackdown ratings, Nick Hogan top five search, Kennedy tries to explain suspension, WWE stock analysis
TORCH NEWS TICKER 5/4: WWE Results Wanted, Latest on Ashley, Hogan wrestling show, Khali everywhere in India
FEATURE ALERT: PWTorch Wrestling Schedule Updated Through SummerSlam
WWE News
Ratings News: ECW ratings are in for the 100th Episode, and it's newsworthy
Ratings News: Raw rating ties the lowest first-week-of-May rating of last 12 years
WWE News: WWE reports first quarter earnings with $31 million generated from WrestleMania 24
TNA News
TNA Impact Ratings: Ouch! Lowest rating in a long time for stacked show (w/Keller Reax)
TNA Impact Ratings: The pattern continues, biggest ratings drop for big main event tag (w/Keller Reax)
TNA Impact Ratings: Ratings for Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle rematch are in (w/Keller Reax)
ROH News
4/19 ROH in Chicago Ridge, Ill.: Nigel vs. Steen, Machine Guns vs. Briscoes, Dempsey vs. Delirious, Age of Fall vs. Vulture Squad
4/18 ROH in Detroit, Mich.: Jigsaw vs. Joey Matthews, Necro vs. Delirious, Albright & Hero vs. Evans & Ruckus
4/12 ROH in Edison, N.J.: Briscoes vs. Richards & Romero for ROh Tag Titles, Nigel vs. Steen
Other News
Torch Indy Weekend Preview: ROH debuts in Va., J.Lynn, Jake Roberts, Dr. Death, Jarrett, F1rst show in MN
Nick Hogan News: Tomorrow is big day for Nick as he enters a plea, update on his intent
Torch Indy Weekend Report: New IWA champ, Samoa Joe, ref Patera, Jacobs, women's shows
PPV Reports
CALDWELL'S TNA SACRIFICE PPV REPORT 5/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV
KELLER'S WWE BACKLASH PPV REPORT 4/27: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV event
CALDWELL'S WWE BACKLASH REPORT 4/27: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of PPV
TV Reports
5/9 WWE SMACKDOWN: Parks's Ongoing "Real-Time" Coverage of the show, including what happens with the World Title
KELLER'S TNA IMPACT REPORT 5/8: Joe & Nash vs. Steiner & Angle, Several Stips Established in Final Sacrifice PPV Hype
5/8 Impact Review by Wilkenfeld: Competant buildup towards all 10 matches at Sacrifice + 34 entrances!
Arena Reports
5/2 WWE Raw in Montreal: Triple H vs. Orton in a cage, Jericho vs. Snitsky, Regal vs. Crazy
4/22 WWE in Greensboro: Detailed complete report from SD taping, ECW taping, Dark Matches
4/22 WWE in Greensboro: Mitchell's Smackdown taping report including what Mike Adamle brought to the ring
MMA / UFC Coverage
MMA UPDATES: Fedor a free agent - who cares? MMA a racist sports? Nine ways for EliteXC to be success?
UFC and MMA News: Big twist in next Ultimate Fighter casting, new Liddell opponent, new podcast
UFC 82 COVERAGE: Check out the redesigned MMATorch.com tonight for live fight coverage, plus Brock Lesnar's opponent named during PPV
KELLER'S TAKE
KELLER: McMahon Returns for That? Nothing Funnier than a DUI! Let Me Shift So You Can Hit Me!
A KELLER SHORT: Should Mr. Kennedy be a babyface; coffee shop eavesdropping
A KELLER SHORT: A look ahead to tonight's Raw - Random thoughts on Triple H, King of Ring, JBL, Vince, Kennedy, Michaels
MITCHELL'S TAKE
MITCHELL: WWE, Bush, Barack, Hillrod, and Big John McCain
A MITCHELL SHORT: Samoa Joe's Contract and TNA's Big Title Match
MITCHELL: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair - The Echoes
MCNEILL'S TAKE
Cross The Line: McNEILL previews TNA Sacrifice!
VIP - MCNEILL FACTOR: Stripped: Russo's rich history of vacating titles (#1024)
McNEILL's "Who's Hot, Who's Not" for Week of 5/6: Orton, Coachman, Ashley, MachineGuns
CALDWELL'S TAKE
CORNER CUBE FRIDAY 5/9 - The significance of June 24 - WWE and Benoit
CORNER CUBE WEDNESDAY 5/7 - WWE recognizes problem with ECW, Travel schedule not getting lighter
CORNER CUBE TUESDAY 5/6 - Quick hits on WWE Financials: WM buys below expectations, International biz, Kids effect
RADICAN'S TAKE
Rapid-fire booking with Raven - Nash & Hall in ECW instead of WCW
RADICAN: FIP hits the reset button - Strong-Stevens tears down the house
RADICAN: Trapped inside the beast - Sullivan books WCW
The Specialists
TNA Sacrifice Preview by Wilkenfeld: 39 wrestlers, and no signs of any clunkers
5/9 WWE Smackdown Hits & Misses: MVP vs. Finlay, Morrison vs. Batista, Edge Wins
5/8 TNA Impact Hits & Misses: LAX, Nash, DX, Main Event
Guest Editorials
EDITORIAL: Why Raw helped the characters of Regal, Kennedy, and Orton, but fell just short for ECW wrestlers
EDITORIAL: Space-Time Continuum Spoiler Alert: Scott Steiner Solves for Pi. Off-air Notes From a Fictional, Future Impact!
EDITORIAL: Could new King of the Ring William Regal become WWE's breakout star in 2008?
Torch Feedback
ECW Reax #1: "The quality of ECW is taking a horrendous nosedive and WWE seems oblivious."
WWE Raw Reax #3: "Imagine watching your favorite sitcom and every time something meaningful is about to happen, it blacks out."
WWE Raw Reax #2: "I kept hoping that Triple H wouldn't bury an entire roster, but guess what..."
Ask the Editor
ASK THE EDITOR: Have the Michaels-Batista promos crossed a line with use of insider terms, references to "jobs"?
ASK THE EDITOR: Why do wrestlers in WWE refer to wrestling as "the business" and not "the sport"?
ASK THE EDITOR: Why didn't Curt Hennig get a run with the WWE World Title?
DVDs - VGames - Books
Rapid-fire booking with Raven - Nash & Hall in ECW instead of WCW
RADICAN: FIP hits the reset button - Strong-Stevens tears down the house
RADICAN'S DVD REVIEW: TNA Turning Point 2007
Torch Flashbacks
KELLER'S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 5 YRS. AGO: Vince McMahon on Piper's Pit, Kendrick calls out Cena, Rhino, Benoit, Guerreros
KELLER'S TNA REPORT 5 YRS. AGO (4-30-08): West calls it "most anticipated night in TNA history."
KELLER: Compare today's WWE Smackdown roster to Torch annual Smackdown roster rankings from Fall of 2006
VIP Exclusive Features
Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2: History of the Midnight Express, Ashley, Nick Hogan, Adamle, Shameless Hulk (74 min.)
Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 1: WrestleMania Buyrate, WWE Stock Perspective, TNA Sacrifice PPV Preview (46 min.)
The Real Deal with Pat McNeill (Audio): Listener Mail on Claudio, Hunter, Vince, ROH criticisms, News (34 min.)
Torch Trivia
Torch Trivia: How much do you know about power abusers?
Torch Trivia: How much do you know about wrestling's technical difficulties?
Torch Trivia: How much do you know about prior Kings Of The Ring?
Torch Instant Polls
POLL: What's your opinion of the controversial non-airing of the finish of the Raw main event on Apr. 28?
POLL: If you saw the Apr. 28 WWE Raw, pick the MVP of the program
POLL: If you didn't see the event, why? If you did, pick the best match and score it
PWTorch Free Podcast
NEW PWTORCH FREE PODCAST: Excerpt of post WWE Backlash PPV Roundtables with Keller, Mitchell, McNeill (13 min.)
New Free PWTorch Podcast: First new free audio show in months now available to all (40 min.)
PWTorch Free Podcast: Excerpt of "The Audio Experience" with Jeremy, Dusty, Eric (23 min.)
Annual Obituaries
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 1999 - Muchnick, Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Renegade...
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2000 - Solie, Albright, Duncum, Tsuruta, Blue Demon, Al Costello
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2001: Johnny Valentine, Terry Gordy, Chris Adams, Bertha Faye, Helen Hart