•General Presentation WWE moving all main roster programming to the “ThunderDome”-branded residency at Orlando’s Amway Center begs the question as to why NXT is remaining at Full Sail Live. Of several arguments, including my opinion […]
Originally scheduled to take place at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, Summerslam has been moved to the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida due to the current pandemic. The Amway Center will house the Thunderdome, […]
HITS •Thunder(Dome) in Paradise The Thunderdome was a definite change in the viewing experience that has become typical the past five months, and by and large, the changes were for the better. At times during […]
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 21, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. AT THE AMWAY CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM SPECIALIST Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves Thunderdome Last […]
Pro wrestling lost one of its all-time great characters on Aug. 9, 2020, with the passing of Kamala, aka Jim Harris. With his large frame, loin cloth, face paint, and spear, Kamala looked just like […]
•Johnny Gargano vs. Ridge Holland There was no nonsense before we crashed right to our opening contest to qualify for the first of two second-chance entries into the NXT North American Championship ladder match at […]
TOP TIER FEUDS (1) Eddie Edwards vs. Eric Young New Developments: Edwards and Young were not on Night One of Emergence, but Edwards is set to defend the Impact Title next week in the open […]
Opening Segment – MISS: On the go home show before one of the biggest PPVs, having your WWE Champion interrupted by technical difficulties caused by Retribution while he’s talking about his Championship match is a […]
•Final impact – HIT: Several storylines come to a head in part one of the Impact Emergence special two-part event. With a named show comes the expectation that good wrestling would be involved, and I […]
NXT ON USA PREVIEW AUGUST 19, 2020 AIRED ON USA NETWORK We are less then a week away from NXT Takeover XXX as both Finn Balor and Johnny Gargano will have one more to qualify […]
The following is a look at the wrestlers currently on the Raw roster officially and appearing regularly. This gives a quick snapshot overview of what WWE’s creative team has to work with. They are divided […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AUGUST 17, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe […]
HITS •Women’s Worth The Women’s Battle Royal had all the makings of a Miss with the opening minutes of rapid-fire eliminations that could harm further battle royals (and the Royal Rumble), but as it went […]
•The Young Bucks vs. Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) – HIT Dark Order have had a nice string of weeks where it appears their act is having a bit of a rebound. I’m […]
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 14, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves Top […]
•Karrion Kross w/ Scarlett vs. Danny Birch – MISS A rare “miss” graces the column tonight. Best friend to my man, Oney Lorcan, Danny Birch was the latest to fall victim to the brutal Karrion […]
Rollins – Dominik – HIT: WWE did a good job overall with the build towards the match between Seth Rollins and Dominik Mysterio at SummerSlam. It started with the contract signing which opened the show. […]
AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER AUGUST 12, 2020 AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@Josh_Chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Arena This week’s episode will emanate from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Fla. The 5,500 seat arena first […]
NXT ON USA PREVIEW AUGUST 12, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK The build to NXT Takeover: XXX continues as Karrion Kross will look to send another vicious message to NXT Champion Keith Lee when he […]
Final impact – HIT: Not a spectacular show by any means and if you are not into the irreverent, telenovela-esque, pseudo-self-aware indie-ish Wrestle House, this can very well be a MISS. Some matches were established […]
RAW HITS Bourne vs. Miz: I was disappointed, but not surprised that this match only went 4 minutes. I would’ve liked to see it go twice as long, but WWE is trying to put Miz […]
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FL. AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER AUGUST 10, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe […]
Editor’s Note: Welcome aboard our new Smackdown Hits & Misses writer, Nick Barbati, a longtime PWTorch reader making his Hits & Misses debut this weekend. He replaces Pat McNeill, who has had to step down […]
It has been just about five years since Hulk Hogan’s racist language from his leaked sex tape and recorded jailhouse conversations with his son Nick forced WWE to distance themselves from one of their all-time […]
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