How TNA factors into the WWE-NJPW story
One of the interesting side stories to the WWE-New Japan story this week is another player in the mix, TNA. Specifically, Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis, who built a niche for themselves in New Japan […]
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Seventh entrant in ROH Top Prospect tourney
Ring of Honor announced Thursday the latest entrant in the annual “Top Prospect Tournament,” which will kick off on the first show of 2016 this Saturday, January 9 in Concord/Charlotte, N.C. The seventh entrant is a Jason Kincaid, one of […]
Review of Cena’s WrestleMania Streak ending
It appears that John Cena’s own WrestleMania Streak will be coming to an end at this year’s event. Cena will reportedly miss about six months with a shoulder injury, removing him from the Road to […]
The Story on James Storm’s TNA-NXT-TNA run
James Storm’s return to TNA on Tuesday night’s Impact episode capped off a wild ride for the TNA Original. Storm’s TNA contract expired around the time of TNA’s last TV tapings over the summer, he […]
12/28 Raw DVR’ing – wild hourly swings point to viewership habit
The final Raw episode of 2015 confirmed one of the conclusions from DVR viewing research that viewers are watching some part of the beginning, fast-forwarding through the middle, and skipping ahead to the end of Raw. […]
12/31 Smackdown Ratings – DVR Update
The final Smackdown of 2015 and the final Smackdown on Syfy drew an audience at the level of Thanksgiving Smackdown one month earlier. WWE Smackdown Ratings Tracking – December 31: Smackdown finished its run on Syfy […]
Industry experts & JR react to Impact on Pop debut
PWTorch spoke with TV industry experts who watched TNA Impact’s debut show Tuesday night on Pop TV. Here is their perspective on the show. – The show felt similar to the product on Destination America, down […]
WWE Video – Kevin Owens in the weekly Cole interview
Former Intercontinental champion Kevin Owens took over Michael Cole’s weekly, storyline-driven interview on WWE’s website to kick off the new year. Owens, whose character includes riffing on WWE tropes, heeled on the Royal Rumble marketing […]
In-Depth Report – TNA’s latest “new era” will define Dixie Carter’s legacy
On Tuesday, January 5, TNA embarks on another new journey – a third TV home in three years. Will anything be different about the latest “new beginning” in Nashville? The question will be answered by […]
The Rock announces Fox TV series
John Cena is not the only wrestling star linking up with Fox TV for a new series in 2016. “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson announced Tuesday a new show on Fox called “Boost Unit.” The show […]
1/4 Raw Twitter TV Ratings – slow start to 2016
Monday’s Raw did not get off to a good start in Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings to begin 2016 despite a WWE Title match, the return of Chris Jericho, and big show-closing angle for the Royal […]
New Japan – tons of developments at post-Tokyo Dome show
New Japan’s post-Tokyo Dome Show on Tuesday turned into a post-WrestleMania Raw with the number of developments taking place the night after the biggest show of the year. A rundown of the “New Year’s Dash” […]
Impact on Pop debut – updated card, new music, more
January 5, 2016 TNA Impact News Center – TNA is kicking off 2016 on with a semi-live Impact episode Tuesday night on their new TV home, Pop TV, airing from Bethlehem, Pa. TNA went the […]
Taryn Terrell announces TNA exit
Former TNA Knockouts champion Taryn Terrell announced Monday that she is leaving TNA. “I will not be returning,” Taryn said in a YouTube video message. “It’s just a personal decision.” Late in 2015, Taryn talked […]
Ambrose talks WWE’s “entertainment” shift, wanting to have “End of the World” fight, utility role, more
The latest interview with IC champion Dean Ambrose captures the sentiment that Ambrose is in the wrong era for himself, but in the right era for WWE. Ambrose has an old-school mentality of wanting to […]
Jim Ross addresses MLB broadcasting teaser
Former WWE announcer Jim Ross addressed whether there is a serious chance of him broadcasting MLB games for the Pittsburgh Pirates, which he threw out on Twitter over the weekend. “Who would have thought that […]
Viewership for first two TNA airings on Pop TV
TNA on Pop TV – December 29 Part 2 of TNA’s “Best of 2015” special drew a few more viewers than Part 1 on Pop TV. The airing on Tuesday, Dec. 29 drew 136,000 viewers, […]
1/4 New Japan Tokyo Dome News – Okada, Bullet Club, Shibata, ROH Title, more
1/4 NEW JAPAN TOKYO DOME SHOW NEWS & NOTES – Kazuchika Okada flipped the result from last year’s Wrestle Kingdom by retaining the IWGP World Title over G1 Climax winner Tanahashi in the main event […]
New Japan announces 2016 Schedule
During the “Wrestle Kingdom” Tokyo Dome Show on Monday, New Japan announced the big events through the first-half of their 2016 schedule, including the G1 Climax tournament. Jan. 5 – New Year’s Dash Jan. 17 – […]
McMahons & Jerry Jones get together at Cowboys game
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is worth about $5 billion. WWE CEO Vince McMahon is worth above or below $1 billion depending on the day of the week. The two were pictured together in Jerry Jones’s […]
EXCLUSIVE – Steve Austin evaluates Roman Reigns as top champion, what needs to improve
WWE has experimented with presenting new WWE World Hvt. champion Roman Reigns as a hybrid of John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and most-recently “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. In mid-December, WWE booked Reigns to tear through chief […]
Final WWE Raw TV Ratings Report 2015 – Decline, Comparisons, Future Outlook
The final year Raw TV ratings do not look pretty compared to last year or a four-year stint looking back to 2010. The cause of WWE’s pronounced Raw TV ratings decline in 2015 was dissected, poked at, examined, […]
TNA on Dest. America Viewership – Final Stats on 2015 run
TNA and Destination America’s run lasted one year. Things started off okay on Friday nights when TNA drew 550,000 combined viewers, which was proportional to Spike TV’s available homes. However, when Impact was shifted to Wednesday nights mid-year, […]
2015 ROH TV Viewers – Final Tally on Dest. America
The final tally is in for Ring of Honor’s 26-episode run on Destination America spanning June 3 to November 25 on Wednesday nights. – Weekly Average: 185,154 viewers (includes June 3-July 22 period when ROH […]