Overall – PUSH: This episode is eminently skippable as it is mostly a Hard to Kill PPV recap and fallout show, with some “b-side” matches mixed in to round things out. The highlight is the […]
Overall – HIT: The Impact wrestlers really came to play in this joint show with River City Wrestling, bringing more action than I anticipated for an Impact Wrestling special. First, there is the venue. It […]
•Young Bucks vs. Hangman Page & Kenny Omega vs. Santana & Ortiz vs. Best Friends – HIT: The crowd is way more into Hangman Page since he started the drinking gimmick. The production showed several Hangman […]
Bask in his #1 Contender Glory – HIT: There is no denying that Keith Lee is worthy of all this glory basking. The show kicked off with Lee entering the ring, cutting a great promo […]
The Hard to Kill PPV was built around one match, the main event, Tessa Blanchard’s challenge for Sami Callihan’s Impact World Championship. The pre-show itself is dedicated to giving the audience the backstory of the […]
OPENING MONTAGE – HIT: This is old hat by now but Lagana and company really know how to set the tone for every week and create great montages. This was all about the fallout of […]
Orton vs. Styles vs. McIntyre – HIT: This triple threat was well set up in the opening segment. That opening was solid, but not quite good enough to get a Hit. Both the talking at […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER JANUARY 14, 2020 CORAL GABLES, FL. AT THE WATSCO CENTER AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR ARENA The Watsco Center is the 8,000 seat home of […]
Rhea Ripley’s next challenger for the NXT Women’s Title will be determined in a Number One Contender Women’s Battle Royal. Plus, The Time Splitters Kushida and Alex Shelley reunite as the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team […]
Miz TV – MISS: Smackdown got off to a poor start this week with The Miz hosting Miz TV with guest John Morrison. I’m happy to see Morrison back in WWE and re-teaming him with […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER LEXINGTON, KY. AT THE RUPP ARENA JANUARY 13, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Vic Joseph, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Samoa […]
Rhea Ripley addresses the crowd, brawl ensues, becomes Six Women Tag – MISS: The crowd began chanting “You deserve it!” before she even brought the microphone to her mouth. I can’t agree more. Toni Storm’s […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER JANUARY 10, 2020 EVANSVILLE, IND. AT THE FORD CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves Arena, Top 10 Moments of […]
RADICAN’S AEW DYNAMITE BLOG JANUARY 8, 2020 SOUTHHAVEN, MISS. AIRED LIVE ON TNT HANGMAN PAGE & KENNY OMEGA vs. PRIVATE PARTY Tremendous opening match between Hangman Page & Kenny Omega and Private Party. Legendary announcer […]
Fill out the survey, would ya? I would really like to get more responses on my 2019 Elite Survey before I shut it down and create a new one for 2020 (probably after Wrestlemania). So […]
Overall – HIT: And… we’re back. After a hiatus due to the holidays, Impact Wrestling returns with the final episode before their next PPV event, Hard to Kill. They have done a great job setting […]
OPENING MONTAGE – HIT: This continued to drive the Tim Storm-Nick Aldis feud by creating a clear picture of a tale of two Aldises: Is he the overconfident National Treasure or the weak champ afraid […]
Lesnar in the Rumble – HIT: I was very intrigued by the announcement from Paul Heyman that Brock Lesnar would not defend the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, but compete in the Rumble itself […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER JANUARY 8, 2020 SOUTH HAVEN, MS. AT THE LANDERS CENTER AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Editor’s Note: We are pleased to add a weekly AEW […]
Roderick’s Strong next challenger for the NXT North American Title will be determined tonight as Cameron Grimes, Damian Priest, Dominik Dijakovic, and Keith Lee will compete in a Number One Contender’s Fatal Four-Way match. Plus, […]
Opening Segment – MISS: When I think about watching Smackdown lately, the word that comes to mind in “tedious.” It feels like a chore to watch, which doesn’t mean that there aren’t good parts of […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. AT THE CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA JANUARY 6, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Vic Joseph, Jerry “The King” […]
A Quick Reminder I’m still gathering responses on my 4th year “Elite Performers” Survey, and would love to get more input from you the readers, so please if you haven’t already, take a few moments […]
Opening Segment – HIT: The final Raw of the decade got off to a hot start with the opening segment featuring Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins & The Authors of Pain, and Samoa Joe. Owens was […]
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