•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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
•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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
•Dark Order vs. FTR & The Young Bucks & Hangman Page & Kenny Omega – HIT Great opening multi-man tag match. When you adhere to some structure and rules in a tag match, you can […]
•Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai – Number One Contender for NXT Womens Championship – HIT We haven’t seen a whole heck of a lot from Ripley after WrestleMania, sans for one Robert Stone feud. So, […]
Crews vs. MVP – MISS: This match bored me. It was well executed, but it wasn’t a style that got me excited to watch for 12 minutes. MVP dominated most of the match, before Apollo […]
Editor’s Note: We are looking for an Impact TV Reporter to join our team of contributors. If you’re interested in volunteering for that position (or something else), let me know: kellerwade@gmail.com. You don’t need access […]
•The Inner Circle vs. Orange Cassidy & Trent & Chuck Taylor & Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus – HIT Excalibur was noticeably absent from the announce table with Taz as his replacement. Chris Jericho has been […]
Dijakovic, Lee, Karrion Kross Video Package – HIT : Great video package to start the show that showcased the friendship/rivalry between Lee and Dijakovic, leading up to Karrion Kross’s beat down of Dijak last week. […]
Dijakovic & Lee/Karrion Kross Video Package – HIT : Great video package to start the show that showcased the friendship/rivalry between Lee and Dijakovic, leading up to Karrion Kross’ beat down of Dijak last week. […]
Orton Challenges McIntyre – HIT: Randy Orton challenging Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship is the biggest main event WWE could do for this year’s SummerSlam. Orton’s string of strong mic work continued with his […]
Final impact – HIT: This was another good show. It was chock full of storyline developments as a multitude of acts are getting built up. Those who aren’t involved in anything major are currently involved […]
Final impact – HIT: This felt like a jam-packed show as the episode touched upon every storyline Impact has currently going while introducing new ones to boot. While I was hoping for a little more […]
•Cody vs. Eddie Kingston – HIT What a promo from Eddie Kingston. In Kingston’s 18 year career, this was the biggest platform he’s performed on. Known for his promo skills, Kingston brought the realism and […]
Keith Lee Asks for a moment, Vacates North American Championship – HIT : The show kicked off with William Regal on a Zoom call saying that NXT North American and NXT Champion, Keith Lee asked […]
Opening Segment – MISS: I don’t want difficult to pronounce medical terms at the heart of wrestling angles. This continues to be a terrible storyline with Rey Mysterio’s eye coming out of its socket at […]
Bask In His Glory, Lee Addresses Audience – HIT : The show kicked off with a video package with seemingly every NXT star saying Keith Lee’s name over and over again, which actually came across […]
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