C.M. Punk’s firing is a teachable moment, but some people are learning the wrong lessons from this tragedy. The word “tragedy” is a dramatic word to use, but I don’t think it is overly dramatic, […]
Your column on Collision earlier this week (KELLER’S TAKE: What now for AEW Collision? Suggestions on how to reverse declining viewership) and how to get things going to where it could go is very good, […]
This past Mother’s Day, I went to a cookout at my brother’s house, and I had a long conversation with one of my nieces. We talked about her mother’s earring business, raising chickens, and the […]
Twenty-twenty-two was Tony Khan’s Year of High Drama as All Elite Wrestling made as many headlines behind the scenes as it did in the ring. It was the first year in the promotion’s short existence […]
This Saturday, AEW will be at a crossroads, and which path they take will define how their company is seen for years to come. On the one hand, they can choose to have MJF win […]
It’s been a rough summer for Tony Khan, and how AEW’s owner handles his numerous challenges will be one of pro wrestling’s biggest stories of the next year. Since the weather turned warm, Khan has […]
The COVID-19 pandemic was nearly a death sentence for performance arts, let alone an independent wrestling promotion. But for Hoodslam, which emanates out of Oakland, CA, it was especially hard, because Hoodslam isn’t your typical […]
So long, Sammy Guevara’s TNT title run, we hardly knew ye. The Inner Circle high flyer’s unexpected reign with AEW’s secondary men’s singles belt ended at 84 days, cut short by a match with minimal […]
A few weeks ago, Players Tribune published a fascinating, poignant piece by Eddie Kingston, about both his journey in pro wrestling and in life more broadly. Eddie’s disclosures about his experiences with depression and panic […]
On the Feb. 15 episode of WWE Raw, Alexa Bliss interrupted the end of another backstage promo from the solitary Randy Orton. However, her interruption wasn’t the usual fare of a wrestler barging in, having their […]
(The following is a guest editorial submitted by Marshall Bailey of Houston, Tex. You can submit a guest editorial for consideration to be published: kellerwade@gmail.com.) Hurts doesn’t it? The man you hate is now the […]
My name is Chad Koenig. I’m a 30-plus year wrestling fan from Albany, NY. I am a contributor to PWTorch and review NXT UK TV shows. I wanted to offer a series of “Top 5” […]
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Barry Goldwater, 1964 Republican National Convention It’s not often in that in pro wrestling the defeated man is given […]
I’m what you might call a Lapsed Wrestling fan. I watched a lot during the mid-’90s until the early-2000s. I had a brief resurgence in 2008-2010 when I got into TNA (it was around the […]
I watch both NXT on USA and AEW Dynamite, but NXT is my clear preference. They have better top-tier talent, a great women’s division, and their mid-card wrestlers are head and shoulders better than AEW, […]
In the course of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-Show, we received a letter I wanted to respond to regarding Hulk Hogan, “cancel culture,” and the ability to respect and enjoy our favorite wrestlers before […]
Last week on Monday Night Raw, WWE announced the return of the King of the Ring tournament. In my Raw Primer earlier today, I delve a bit into the history of the event which began […]
My pro wrestling fandom goes back to my earliest memory of it at four years old at the 1993 King of the Ring in Dayton, Ohio Nutter Center. That night Bret Hart made a lifelong […]
During his Starrcast II watch party of the film “Ready to Rumble,” David Arquette lamented to the audience that the director, Brian Robbins, never really found it weird that Rose McGowan (his love interest and […]
“If you do that [bleed], we lose a $10,000,000 sponsor.” Those words attributed to Triple H by Jon Moxley during his explosive interview with PWTorch editor Wade Keller last weekend are a revealing look at […]
As the fourth day of Starrcast wound down, I decided to sacrifice more sleep to catch a few more panels before catching my flight home. Sundays at Starrcast always feels like a hangover because most […]
Starrcast II Day 3 Day 3 of Starrcast was in full effect. Saturday is usually one of, if not the busiest days because of those who did not come for the whole weekend wanting to […]
The second day of Starrcast was far more busy with most of the attendees arriving that morning. More wrestlers had arrived and were hanging out in the lobby of Tuscany. Bill Apter was taking pictures […]
My voyage to Starrcast II began the same way as it did for the first Starrcast with an early morning. Last year, I started driving to Schaumburg, Ill. at 5 a.m. from Minneapolis, Minn. This […]
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