Wardlow talks winning championships and his road to AEW
Wardlow has goals in AEW and they include winning all of the championships. In an interview with Forbes, Wardlow talked in detail about his road to AEW and about how his goal is to win […]
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6/21 AEW DARK TV REPORT: Jay Lethal vs. Blake Christian, Caster vs. Aeon, Statlander in action, more
AEW DARK TV REPORT JUNE 21, 2022 RECORDED AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA AIRED ON YOUTUBE.COM REPORT BY RYAN HOWARD, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR AEW Dark Announcers: Excalibur, Caprice Coleman, and Taz Ring Announcer: Dasha Gonzalez -Excalibur […]
Raw viewership and ratings increase significantly over prior week
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw drew an average of 1.98 million viewers. That number is up significantly from last week’s 1.69 million. Hour number one and hour number two drew an average […]
HEYDORN’S RAW RECEIPT 6/20: WWE pulls off Ezekiel and Elias segment in entertaining fashion
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Bianca Belair got a really nice pop from the Lincoln audience, but I’ve never […]
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to be defended at Forbidden Door
Jay White will be defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Forbidden Door. In a press release detailing the availability of select theaters to watch Forbidden Door, AEW listed the matches scheduled for the show. […]
Paige announced for Starrcast in Nashville
Former WWE Divas Champion, Paige, will appear for a meet & greet and a stage show event at Starrcast 5 in Nashville. This will be her first appearance since leaving WWE. https://twitter.com/StarrcastEvents/status/1539052699420794881 Paige, now marketing […]
Bruce Prichard named WWE Interim Head of Talent Relations
Bruce Prichard has been named the Interim Head of Talent Relations for WWE. The move comes as the current head, John Laurinaitis, was placed on leave due to misconduct allegations in his role inside of […]
Vince McMahon appears unannounced on Monday Night Raw
After his highly anticipated appearance on Smackdown Friday night, Vince McMahon made an unannounced appearance on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. The first match of the night was the women’s fatal five-way to […]
Raw Women’s Championship match changed for Money in the Bank
Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship is off for Money in the Bank. Ripley qualified for the title shot earlier in the month on Raw. This week on the show, […]
Major Bryan Danielson segment announced for AEW Dynamite
Bryan Danielson will address his Forbidden Door and Blood & Guts future on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. Tony Khan announced on Monday evening that Danielson would talk about his future on Dynamite after […]
WWE RAW PREVIEW 6/20: Elias returns, Money in the Bank hype continues, more
Well, it’s Monday. Let your wrestling week begin. Monday Night Raw airs live on the USA Network as WWE builds to Money in the Bank on July 2. Speaking of Money in the Bank, this […]
6/16 MLW FUSION TV REPORT: Women’s Featherweight Championship, triple threat tag team title match, more
MLW FUSION REPORT JUNE 16, 2022 (RECORDED) TAPED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA AIRED ON YOUTUBE REPORT BY MARCUS ARIAS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR MLW Fusion Commentators: Rich Bocchini and Joe Dombrowski – A video of Jacob Fatu and […]
New Japan announces G1 Climax 32 block participants
New Japan revealed the participants in each of the four blocks for the upcoming G1 Climax 32 round robin tournament. The blocks are as follows. Every match!Every moment! LIVE, ringside English coverage on @njpwworld this […]
Last match for Ric Flair changing venues
The Ric Flair last match event during Summerslam weekend in Nashville as part of Starrcast is moving to a larger venue. Sports Illustrated is reporting that the event would be moving to the Nashville Municipal […]
Samoa Joe breaks silence on not being a part of Impact Wrestling Slammiversary PPV
Samoa Joe broke his silence in regards to not being a part of any Impact Wrestling tributes during Sunday’s Slammiversary PPV event and celebration of Impact’s 20th anniversary. Joe took to Twitter and post a […]
Raw announcer, Jimmy Smith, opens up on Vince McMahon investigation
WWE Monday Night Raw announcer, Jimmy Smith, says he doesn’t know what the executive culture is at WWE, but that the investigation into Vince McMahon will detail that environment. On Smith’s Unlocking the Cage show, […]
Bryan Danielson Forbidden Door status update
Bryan Danielson is still not cleared to compete at the AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling supershow PPV event, Forbidden Door. The Wrestling Observer that Danielson, whose been out of action since Double or Nothing, […]
6/18 GCW YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND REPORT: Jon Moxley vs. Tony Deppen, more
GCW YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND 2022 SHOW REPORT JUNE 18, 2022 AIRED ON FITE.TV REPORT BY JUSTIN MCCLELLAND, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR GCW Announcers: Kevin Gill, Veda Scott, Emil Jay, Jake Black, Drew Parker (1) COLE RADRICK vs. ALEC […]
Theory says leaning into confidence were Vince McMahon’s first words of wisdom
Vince McMahon’s first words of advice to Theory involved his confidence. On the Out of Character podcast, Theory discussed working with Vince McMahon and the advice he gave him. “I remember standing right at the […]
New X Division Champion crowned at Slammiversary
Mike Bailey won the new Impact Wrestling X Division Champion at Slammiversary Bailey outlasted Andrew Everett, Alex Zayne, Kenny King, Ace Austin, and Trey Miguel to win the title in an Ultimate X Match. Bailey […]
HEYDORN’S SMACKDOWN RECEIPT 6/17: Vince McMahon pulls a sad stunt to open the show
This week’s episode of WWE Smackdown has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Ohhhhh Vince McMahon. He deserves shame for the stunt he pulled at the top […]
Details on Brock Lesnar’s recent return to WWE
Brock Lesnar returned to WWE during this week’s episode of Smackdown, but the return was not an original part of plans for WWE’s summer. Fightful is reporting that Lesnar was brought back to the company […]
AEW RAMPAGE HITS & MISSES 6/17: Moxley vs. Martin lead the show, Sonjay Dutt whiffs, more
AEW RAMPAGE HITS & MISSES Jon Moxley defeated Dante Martin: HIT Martin cut one of his better AEW promos to promote this match on Dynamite, and I like how the company showed a highlights package […]
FTR talk working with Bret Hart, reveal Vince McMahon criticism that stuck with them
FTR, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, said that working with Bret Hart was the culmination of a 30 year journey in pro wrestling. In and interview with Sports Illustrated, Harwood and Wheeler talked in detail […]