The Rock returned for what could be a one-off segment last night on Smackdown. He happened to be in town doing the Pat McAfee show, one thing led to another, and Nick Khan invited Rock […]
The decision to fire C.M. Punk surely didn’t come to easy for Tony Khan. Fans knew it, wrestlers and other AEW employees were eyewitness to it, and Khan wasn’t shy about it – TK was […]
That Gable Steveson debut on Sunday night came with one big positive: There’s nowhere to go but up from there. Sigh. The highly credentialed Olympic Gold Medalist and NCAA Wrestling Champion fought Baron Corbin to […]
L.A. Knight, is he the Flavor of the Month or a potential breakout star for WWE? Formerly Eli Drake in Impact Wrestling, he’s always been a standout on the mic, if not a little reliant […]
So MJF and Adam Cole are buddies, and it seems destined that it won’t last and will lead to an MJF match against Adam Cole for the AEW World Title. What is less sure is […]
The ratings for AEW Collision from Saturday are not in yet, but AEW is hoping to at least maintain a viewership in the high 500s and ideally getting back into the 600s, while drawing a […]
Who eventually defeats Roman Reigns and when has become one of the bigger storyline issues in pro wrestling lately. Going into WrestleMania earlier this year, a lot of people thought Cody Rhodes was going to […]
The drop in viewership the last two weeks since the premiere episode of AEW Collision is not good. Week 2’s dropoff wasn’t a shock, but it was on a bigger end of the dropoff range […]
CM Punk finds himself at the center of another AEW controversy. Punk, by multiple accounts, wanted Ace Steel, his longtime friend with whom he traveled the Midwest indy circuit, back with AEW when he returned. […]
AEW and Warner Br0s. Discover (WMD) announced the launch of AEW Collision starting next month. It’ll air for two hours Saturday nights at 8 ET. A few things jumped out to me in the press […]
When the new AEW-Warner Media Discovery (WMD) deal is announced this Wednesday, a few key components are expected to be part of the deal. •A new weekly Saturday two hour prime time program called AEW […]
In our latest reader poll here at PWTorch, I asked: Who do you want to be the first World Hvt. Champion on Raw, among those listed? (The list consists of all wrestlers not assigned to […]
NXT could use a spark. Viewership the last four weeks is up about 110,000 on average, compared to the prior four weeks on Wednesdays head-to-head with AEW. I’m not sure what NXT officials were hoping […]
I am pleased to announce that Zack Heydorn has been promoted this month to PWTorch Assistant Editor. He has been a staff columnist and contributor for years and this month has taken on more duties, […]
Addendum (12-29-20) Bruce Mitchell is no longer a staff member of Pro Wrestling Torch. I spoke with him earlier today and let him know my decision, as well as the reasons behind it. I thank […]
Shane McMahon returned to WWE Raw last night at the helm of a backroom fight club at the Performance Center dubbed “Raw Underground.” As soon as you saw it, you likely had a visceral reaction. […]
WWE’s announcement that they have hired Nick Khan, a 45 year old former attorney and agent to some of the sports world’s top broadcasters, puts a name and face to one of the most important […]
I wrote an editorial earlier this week in the new Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter (#1674, cover-dated June 23) that in recent weeks I’ve grown more uncomfortable watching the increasingly cavalier attitude toward the risk of […]
As much as the empty-arena venue is a significant contributor to Smackdown’s alarming viewership slide since the week after WrestleMania, another factor is just the thin star power. Roman Reigns is gone from the brand […]
First, let me state I’m not personally offended by Dean Ambrose bringing up Roman Reigns’s cancer in his scripted promos. But also, it doesn’t matter what I’m personally offended by, at least not in the […]
Due to Roman Reigns relinquishing the WWE Universal Title on Monday night in order to concentrate on his medical treatments for the recurrence of leukemia, WWE has taken a fresh look at the alignment of […]
Change for the better doesn’t happen if those working with a historically oppressive regime ostensibly to steer them in a better direction don’t set certain parameters and make it clear there is a line you […]
Roman Reigns is not a heel. Roman Reigns is a babyface by every traditional pro wrestling definition. What he is, more specifically, is a rejected babyface. I, frankly, find his comments to ESPN this week […]
The Roman Reigns Era hasn’t been deleted. It’s just been delayed until Apr. 27. The news of Brock Lesnar signing for another match – or more – this afternoon is no surprise. It had to […]
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