•Cody vs. Jimmy Havoc – HIT: A fine match to kick off the second week of empty arena Dynamite. This week, AEW chose not to have any additional wrestlers in the audience. It seems that restrictions […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER MARCH 27, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Top 10 Moments from Last Week Arena and Items […]
Austin Theory vs. Tyler Breeze – HIT : Back at a crowdless Full Sail, NXT kicked off with a wrestling match for the first time in two weeks when Breeze looked for a little payback […]
Set Up – HIT: WWE made some big improvements in the set up at the Performance Center which many of us fans and analysts had been recommending, especially since we saw how well AEW handled […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER MARCH 25, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AT DAILY’S PLACE AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR ARENA This week’s Dynamite will emanate from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. […]
NXT ON USA PRIMER MARCH 25, 2020 ORLANDO, FLA. AT THE PERFORMANCE CENTER AIRS LIVE ON USA NETWORK Triple H is set to appear on tonight’s episode as several scheduled Takeover matches will now take […]
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” […]
•Overall – HIT: With a big angle to close the show, and not much I disliked, this is one of the better recent episodes. Throughout the show they built up the situation with the ICU […]
Set Up – MISS: I gave WWE the benefit of the doubt for the first few episodes filmed without an audience. But after watching AEW Dynamite two night before Smackdown, I can see how much […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FL. AT THE PERFORMANCE CENTER MARCH 23, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Tom Phillips, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Byron […]
I have put together a collection of some of the most soulful, effective, character-driven, ticket-selling promos of the mid-’70s through the mid-’80s. I paid particular attention to the Pro Wrestling Preacher Promo pioneered by 2019 […]
•Elite Promo – HIT: Cody didn’t have an easy job being the one to give a heartfelt message to the fans who were exclusively at home. However, Cody was the best choice as the face and […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER MARCH 20, 2020 ORLANDO, FLA. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves Top 10 Moments […]
•NXT From Stamford Connecticut – HIT, Under The Circumstances: With the COVID-19 outbreak running rampant across the globe, wrestling as we know it is put on hold for the indefinite future. That’s a scary thing to […]
With all of the major sports leagues in the world shutting down last week for the foreseeable future due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the question became whether or not WWE and several independents would be […]
The wrestling world, and the world in general, is going through some tough times right now. This will be the case for a while unfortunately. We’re all going to need to look after ourselves and […]
Edge – HIT: It probably goes without saying that everything WWE did on Raw has to be sort of graded on a curve given the circumstances. That doesn’t mean that they get a complete pass, […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER MARCH 18, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AT DAILY’S PLACE AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Arena This week’s Dynamite will emanate from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. […]
Better late than never, my Hits and Misses for last week’s NXT on USA program… NXT from the Performance Center – HIT: I had to re-write the column this week after a technical mishap combined […]
Introductory Note: This column appeared in the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter and on the PWTorch VIP website two months ago after the Royal Rumble. Since it re-aired last night for free on Raw, I am […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FLA. AT THE PERFORMANCE CENTER MARCH 16, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Tom Phillips, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Byron […]
Despite much of the world’s sporting and entertainment events being cancelled due to Coronavirus, I and hundreds of other pro wrestling fans braved the Wulfrun cold to attend Fight Club: PRO’s Friday the 13th event. […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER MARCH 13, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves Top 10 Moments from […]
•Ortiz vs. Cody – HIT: It’s always a fun match when Santana and Ortiz are involved. Their antics paired with the super babyface, Cody, have a unique synergy. Jake Roberts made his return revealing his client […]
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