Before I get into the NXT Takeover results and their possible impact on the game, and follow that with a Royal Rumble preview for later today, I want to discuss a bit about card value. […]
HITS The Young Bucks: During the opening match with Coast to Coast (Leon St. Giovanni & Shaheem Ali) vs. The Tempura Boyz vs. Cheeseburger & Will Ferrara, The Young Bucks come out and call out […]
Welcome again to the NXT Tracker. Normally, this feature focuses on a wrestler’s progress through in-ring work and booking; today we’re going to look at the state of the booking as we head into NXT […]
Let me start this week off by stating that Smackdown really stole my heart. What they’ve been doing in comparison to Raw has been a little more polished and buttoned-up, and because of that consistency […]
NJPW FLASHBACK JANUARY 5, 2015 Ryogoku Kokugikan Part 3 & Hakata Starlanes By R.W. Andrews, PWTorch contributor Pain Game: A NEVER Openweight Love Song I mentioned last week that I came running back to NJPW with […]
In what seems to be shaping up as the most unpredictable Royal Rumble in recent memory, so many matches including the main event have tremendous implications on how the Wrestlemania card shapes up. Lets take […]
Hey everyone. A couple of notes before we begin. First off, Mike McMahon and I hosted the second ever PWTorch Livecast TNA Impact Post-Show last night. Catch us every week right after Impact goes off the […]
SMACKDOWN HITS Mickie James: Mickie James was a little over the top in her performance, but on the whole it was pretty good. I particularly liked the way her interview was written. It would make […]
We are less than a week away from the Royal Rumble and both brands gave us solid go-home episodes leading up to the big event. There are so many people in play to come out […]
We’re a short few night away from the Royal Rumble and there’s still no odds on obvious favorite to win the thing and move on to headline WrestleMania. That adds a level of excitement to […]
Talking Smack has quickly become must see TV. That is very high praise for a network special that promotes sitting down and talking over wrestling on a wrestling network. It’s smooth, easy viewing that appeals […]
RAW HITS Bayley and Charlotte Sit Down Interviews: I appreciate it when WWE does things to go away from their typical formula. I don’t mean to imply that they never do pre-taped sit down interviews […]
Welcome to the first edition of a new recurring column focusing on the extremely popular Topps WWE Slam Digital Trading Card App for iOS or Android devices. For those of you in the dark, the […]
SMACKDOWN PREVIEW JANUARY 24, 2017 TOLEDO, OHIO AT HUNTINGTON CENTER By Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTorch Specialist “ONE WILL STAND…ONE WILL FALL.” DOWN WITH THE MACHINE. This has been the motto of the Wyatt’s since they […]
Roman Reigns is one of the most divisive and talked about WWE performers in history. The company makes desperate play after desperate play to make him their number one star – thus far to no […]
PPV LOOKBACK: WWF INVASION JULY 22, 2001 CLEVELAND, OHIO AIRED LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW Ahhh, invasions. They’re good on “Game of Thrones,” so surely, they’re good in wrestling. Or at any rate, I’m sure they at […]
WWE RAW PREVIEW JANUARY 23, 2017 CLEVELAND, OHIO AT QUICKEN LOANS ARENA REPORT BY JOEY GALICIA (@RamJam89), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR “DAD-BERG” Can you feel it? The wretched pain in your ribs? That’s the effect of a spear and […]
WWE NETWORK: PICK OF THE WEEK Pick of the Week: WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (Part 1 & 2) Event Date: January 14th and 15th, 2017 Location: Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England Greetings, grapple fans! Thanks […]
In this issue of “Five Count,” I’ll be looking at five lessons that WWE can learn from recent Royal Rumble matches, analyzing what has worked well in recent history and how WWE has managed to drain […]
RISING STAR OF THE WEEK: Bayley Hey, what a turn around seven days will do for you, especially when it’s wrapped up in WWE’s roller coaster world of whacky booking. Bayley went from “Dishonorable Mention” […]
HITS “The Villain” Marty Scurll: I know Marty Scurll won the ROH TV Title a few months ago, but to some ROH viewers in the U.S., Scurll is a relatively new face to wrestling […]
It’s not easy being a heel in pro wrestling in 2016. Crowds seem so conditioned to root for the anti-hero that the bad guys come off as far cooler than the squeaky clean baby face. […]
Be honest here, if you had been asked before the brand split which wrestler would benefit the most, would you have said The Miz? No, neither would I. And yet the A-lister took a chance, forced […]
Before we get started, I just wanted to note that every week Mike McMahon and I will be hosting a PWTorch Livecast TNA Impact post-show. It starts right after Impact ends. We’ll be recapping Impact, […]
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