WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER JANUARY 31, 2020 TULSA, OKLA. AT THE BOK CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves Royal Rumble Results Pertinent to […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: PWTorch is looking for a new Impact Wrestling TV reporter. If you are interested, and able to write a report and submit it the night the show premieres, please let me know: kellerwade@pwtorch.com. […]
•OPENING MONTAGE – HIT: Scurll is here to cause a spot of bother and challenge for the NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship, but due to Flip Gordon’s loss at Hard Times to Nick Aldis, the champ […]
The Announcers – MISS: I was disappointed to see Raw start off with Tom Phillips on instead of Vic Joseph. I assume if this was just a one week thing because of illness or something, […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER JANUARY 28, 2020 CLEVELAND, OHIO AT WOLSTEIN CENTER AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Arena The Wolstein Center is a 13,610 seat arena on the campus […]
Editor’s Note: This is a new weekly feature in our Specialists section. Professional wrestling’s in-ring performance is most often quantified using star ratings or other subjective metrics, but there are many statistics and metrics that […]
NXT ON USA PRIMER JANUARY 28, 2019 WINTER PARK, FLA. AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY AIRS ON TNT NETWORK Adam Cole’s next challenger for the NXT Championship at Takeover: Portland will be determined on this episode. […]
•TV TITLE FIRST ROUND: TREVOR MURDOCH VS. QUESTION MARK – HIT: Keeping these TVtitle matches to the 6:05 time limit (outside of the final, at least) was key to making the show feel shorter and […]
Preshow, Mia Yim vs. Kay Lee Ray – MISS: I think that this is where this match probably belonged. Going into the match, it was relatively devoid of heat. Mia Yim and Kay Lee Ray […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER SAN ANTONIO, TX. AT THE AT&T CENTER JANUARY 27, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Tom Phillips, Jerry “The King” Lawler […]
Hello world, I’m Javier Machado. You may have read my Impact Hits & Misses columns here at PWTorch.com in recent weeks. I am also taking over the PPV Primer series for PWTorch in 2020 from […]
•Overall – HIT: This show, coming to us from Mexico City, Mexico, set up a few new programs and heated up some existing ones. I can’t believe I’m saying that I like what they are […]
WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER JANUARY 24, 2020 DALLAS, TX. AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves Arena, Top 10 Moments […]
AEW DYNAMITE TV REPORT JANUARY 22, 2020 NASSAU, BAHAMAS ON NORWEGIAN PEARL – JERICHO CRUISE AIRED ON TAPE DELAY ON TNT •Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. SCU – HIT: What a great atmosphere for wrestling. On […]
•DUSTY CLASSIC SEMI-FINAL – Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (Zach Gibson & James Drake) – HIT : Before the match began, Adam Cole rushed the announce table and told […]
FINALLY! A show where I don’t need to discuss the opening montage, so let’s get into this 90 minute edition, shall we? •ROBERT GIBSON W/ MARQUEZ – MISS: This was 90-120 seconds of nothing. Sadly, […]
Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with Seth Rollins and the Messiah Complex (that’s what I’m calling their group until they get an official name) talking about Buddy Murphy joining […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER JANUARY 22, 2020 NASSAU, BAHAMAS ABOARD THE SHIP OF JERICHO AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Arena The Ship of Jericho (also known as the Norwegian […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER JANUARY 20, 2020 WICHITA, KS. AT THE INTRUST BANK ARENA AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST Announcers: Vic Joseph, Jerry “The King” Lawler […]
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 […]
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