WWE Raw viewership stays flat over prior week
This week’s episode of WWE Raw drew 1.9y million viewers, a number that is flat compared to the prior week’s show. According to Showbuzz, Raw drew a 0.53 rating and ranked number one in the […]
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NXT 2.0 PREVIEW: Special Heatwave event featuring three championship matches
This week NXT 2.0 is rolling out the first-ever Heatwave special event. The show is headlined by three championship matches and a special grudge match, which will be contested under street fight rules. The NXT […]
Vince McMahon fully aware of C.M. Punk pipe bomb promo content
Vince McMahon was fully aware of and approved the content’s of C.M. Punk’s pipe bomb promo in 2011. During an interview with Ariel Helwani, former WWE writer, Brian Gewirtz, detailed what went into the promo […]
WWE announces WrestleMania ticket sales record
WrestleMania 39 has broken the WWE record for most tickets sold in one day. WWE Head of Creative, Paul Levesque, announced during a Q2 company investor call on Tuesday that 90,000 tickets for WrestleMania 39 […]
AEW stars reportedly set to work Wrestle Kingdom
AEW stars will reportedly work New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest show of the year, Wrestle Kingdom. The Wrestling Observer is reporting that plans are in place for a handful of AEW stars to head to […]
WWE reports revenue and viewership increases on Q2 investor call
WWE reported increases in revenue and PLE viewership during a Q2 company investor call Tuesday morning. Specifically, WWE revenue for the second quarter of 2022 was $328.2 million, an increase of 24% over second quarter […]
WWE RAW PREVIEW 8/15: United States Championship match leads the night
Well, it’s Monday. Let your wrestling week begin. WWE Raw airs live on the USA Network as WWE builds to the Clash at the Castle event at the beginning of September. This week’s episode is […]
PWTORCH CONTEST: How to win a free Blu-ray copy of Jurassic World Dominion
PWTorch is teaming with Universal Pictures to give away one Blu-ray copy of Jurassic World Dominion. The contest will end on Wedesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Jurassic World Dominion will be releasing on 4K, Blu-ray […]
WWE announces second quarter earnings report conference call
WWE will report second quarter earnings on Tuesday August 16. On Monday, the company announced that they would host a conference call at 8:30am EST to report detail and intel on WWE’s second quarter earnings. […]
Jon Moxley and Nick Gage agree to championship match
Jon Moxley vs. Nick Gage for the GCW Championship is on the horizon. This weekend during the GCW Homecoming nigh one event, Gage confronted Moxley after Moxley defeated Effy to retain the championship. Gage said […]
Gene LeBell passes away at 89, WWE issues statement
Gene LeBell has passed away at the age of 89. LeBell began training at the age of seven under Ed “Strangler” Lewis. He also learned under the tutalege of Lou Thesz and Karl Gotch while […]
AEW Dynamite draws typical rating and viewership last night, but ranks no. 1 among all cable shows in key demo, plus 7-day viewership update
Last night’s episode of AEW Dynamite (8/10), titled “Quake by the Lake,” averaged 972,000 viewers (counting live and same night DVR views), which was up from the 938,000 last week. The ten-week average before this […]
Report: Ari Daivari’s backstage role in AEW
Ari Daivari has been appearing on AEW television lately as the mouthpiece of The Trustbusters alongside Slim J and Parker Boudreaux. In addition to wrestling, Daivari also reportedly has a role in AEW behind the […]
WWE signs 14 athletes from SummerSlam weekend tryouts
WWE has signed 14 new athletes to contracts. WWE announced the names of the 14 athletes that were signed to contracts from the tryouts held SummerSlam weekend today. ESPN was the first to report that […]
C.M. Punk returns to AEW
C.M. Punk made his return to AEW on Dynamite tonight. Punk appeared on AEW TV for the first time since June 3 when he announced he was taking time off for an injury to his […]
Jay White removed from upcoming NJPW events
Jay White will mist the next two NJPW events due to heat-stroke symptoms. NJPW revealed on their wesbite that White will miss the Aug. 9 & 10 G1 Climax 32 events in Hiroshima. The article […]
Report: Kevin Dunn expected to remain with WWE
Kevin Dunn is expected to remain with WWE. Despite the power structure changing in WWE after Vince McMahon resigned from the company in July, Dunn will remain as WWE executive producer according to a new […]
Raw ratings remain strong despite drop from previous week
WWE Raw had another strong night Monday in the ratings according to Showbuzz Daily. The show averaged 1.96 million viewers and a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demo. Raw was first on cable and beat […]
WWE discovers two additional undisclosed payments made by Vince McMahon
WWE has uncovered more previously undisclosed payments made by Vince McMahon. In a SEC filing on Tuesday, WWE listed two additional payments made by McMahon in 2007 and 2009 totalling 5 million. The filing notes […]
Dexter Lumis returns to WWE
Dexter Lumis is the latest former NXT wrester to return to WWE since Triple H took over as head of talent relations. After A.J. Styles beat Miz in a No DQ match in the main […]
WWE reveals brackets for women’s tag team tournament
WWE revealed the brackets for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. The teams participating in the tournament are Iyo Sky & Dakota Kai, Dana Brooke & […]
John Laurinaitis reportedly fired by WWE
John Laurinaitis has reportedly been fired by WWE. A new report from PWInsider indicates that Laurinaitis, the now former Head of Talent relations was quietly let go from WWE within the last week for “obvious […]
WWE announces tournament for Women’s Tag Team Championship
The WWE announced on Friday night that a tournament would crown new Women’s Tag Team Champions. The titles have been vacated since Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of the company as champions. WWE Official […]
VIDEO: PWTORCH FIRESIDE CHAT – WWE creative changes, AEW talk, more
PWTorch Assistant Editor, Zack Heydorn, and PWTorch Contributor, Tyler Sage, talk the news of the week including WWE creative with Triple H, WWE Summerslam 2022, AEW, and more. SUBSCRIBE to the PWTorch YouTube channel for […]