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FREE PODCAST 3/25 – Sunday Livecast – Wrestling Night in America w/Greg Parks: Jon Mezzera joins Greg to discuss Daniel Bryan’s return and what it sets up for Smackdown at WrestleMania and beyond, legacies of Cena and Undertaker in WWE, Matt Hardy’s Ultimate Deletion, more! (99 min)

March 25, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by PWTorch contributor Jon Mezzera to discuss Daniel Bryan’s return from all angles – his continued health, the attack by […]

RADICAN’S 3/25 NJPW “Strong Style Evolved” Report – live coverage of U.S. special featuring White vs. Page, Golden Lovers vs. Young Bucks

March 25, 2018

RADICAN’S NJPW “STRONG STYLE EVOLVED” REPORT MARCH 25, 2018 LONG BEACH, CALIF BY SEAN RADICAN, TORCH COLUMNIST AIRED LIVE ON AXS TV Announcers: Jim Ross and Josh Barnett Jim Ross and Josh Barnett introduced the […]

VIP AUDIO 3/25 – Bruce Mitchell Mailbag w/Keller: Should Bryan win next year’s Rumble to avoid huge backlash? Can the Booker T-Triple H finish at WM19 be justified? New movie on black women’s wrestling? Does WWE have more talent than it can effectively use? (42 min)

March 25, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Bruce Mitchell Weekend Mailbag podcast, they cover these topics: Should Daniel Bryan win next year’s Rumble if he’s not already champ to avoid huge backlash? Can the Booker T-Triple […]

VIP AUDIO 3/25 – Wayback Playback #185 w/Pat McNeill & Jim Valley: Dusty Rhodes/Sapphire vs. Randy Savage/Queen Sherri at WrestleMania VI! (56 min)

March 25, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: Can The Hart Foundation defeat The Bolsheviks to become the top contenders for the WWF World Tag Team Titles? What’s the big surprise Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire have for “Macho King” Randy Savage and […]

10 YRS AGO – WWE in Canton, Ohio (3-24-18): Cena vs. Orton, plus Ric Flair, Duggan, Jeff Hardy, Khali, Kane, Eugene, Carlito

March 25, 2018

The following was originally published 10 years ago this weekend on PWTorch.com… WWE Raw house show March 24, 2007 Canton, Ohio at the Canton Civic Center Report by Paul Greer, PWTorch subscriber (1) Jeff Hardy […]

VIP AUDIO 3/24 – WKH – Ask the Editor: Is there still a chance of Sting vs. Undertaker as Sting hinted at wanting this week? What about Cass or Joe or Rey or Gargano or Neville as Strowman’s partner? Is it okay to wince watching Bryan wrestle? (23 min)

March 24, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller answers VIP member questions on these topics: Is there still a chance of Sting vs. Undertaker as Sting hinted at wanting this […]

VIP AUDIO 3/24 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show w/Keller: Pros and cons of Hogan potentially being embraced and featured by WWE again, Xavier saying New Day want “blank slate” on racial stereotypes in their gimmick, Henry HOF, Bryan (48 min)

March 24, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, hosted by PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they cover the following topics: Pros and cons of Hulk Hogan potentially being embraced and featured by WWE again, […]

FREE PODCAST 3/24 – Saturday Livecast – The Deep…Dive w/Rich Fann: Interview with Chris Bournea (@chrisbournea), director/filmmaker of “Lady Wrestler” documentary, with discussion of lost history of African American Women in wrestling, more (33 min)

March 24, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: This special edition of the Deep Dive is an interview with filmmaker Chris Bournea, creator of “Lady Wrestler: The Amazing Untold Story of African-American Women in the Ring.” We talk about Chris’s experience filming […]

VIP AUDIO 3/24 – NJPW Cup 2018 Audio Roundtable: Radican, Fann, and Counihan discuss the elevation of Zack Sabre Jr., the rise of Hiroshi Tanahashi, previews of Strong Style Evolved and Sakura Genesis, more! (73 min)

March 24, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Sean Radican is your host for a NJPW Cup 2018 roundtable and he is joined by PWTorch columnist Alan Counihan and PWTorch audio contributor Rich Fann for an in-depth look at […]

Zack Sabre Jr. signed photo giveaway from Shining Wizards Designs and PWTorch, details on how to enter

March 24, 2018

PWTorch and Shining Wizards Designs (Sam Gardinar & Matt Charlton) are teaming up to give away one signed Zack Sabre Jr. print. This run of prints was limited to 25 and each print is numbers and signed […]

3/24 ROH TV Report: Flip Gordon vs. Scorpio Sky, Kelly Klein vs. Mandy Leon, Supercard Of Honor developments, Bully Ray is everywhere

March 24, 2018

ROH TV REPORT MARCH 24, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NV AT SAM’S TOWN LIVE AIRED ON SINCLAIR AFFILIATES & ROHWRESTLING.COM REPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentary: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana [Q1] Opening theme. -The […]

RADICAN’S 3/21 NJPW “NJPW Cup 2018 Finals” PPV Report – Umino vs. Yahi in Young Lions action, Okada & Taylor vs. Ibushi & Owens, Sabre vs. Tanahashi finals

March 24, 2018

NJPW “2018 NJPW CUP FINALS” REPORT MARCH 21, 2018 NAGAOKA, JAPAN BY SEAN RADICAN, TORCH COLUMNIST AIRED LIVE ON NJPW WORLD Announcers: Kevin Kelly and Don Callis (1) Shota Umino vs. Tetsuhiro Yagi. They had […]

NXT TRACKER – The Street Profits: Assessing and predicting the prospects of NXT wrestlers’ main roster future

March 24, 2018

Welcome once again to the NXT TRACKER, where I pick an NXT talent, assess their progression to this point, and make bold, sure-to-look-hilarious-in-retrospect predictions about their future. I haven’t done a tag team in a […]

COLLECTIBLES COLUMN: Looking Back at 1994 Action Packed WWF Trading Cards

March 24, 2018

Classic Cardboard: 1994 Action Packed WWF In the grand scheme of things, 1994 wasn’t exactly a banner year for the World Wrestling Federation. Business was down, Vince McMahon spent his summer defending himself against steroid […]

IMPACT HITS & MISSES 3/22: EC III’s farewell, OVE’s attack, Su Yung debuts, Kong vs. Abyss, Richard Justice

March 24, 2018

IMPACT HITS Opening Segment: Impact’s 10 episode streak of starting off the show with a wrestling match is over. It would have been fun to have seen that keep growing but it had to end […]

Bryan Danielson update ahead of Forbidden Door

ARTISTRY OF WRESTLING: The personal return of Daniel Bryan lays the foundation for business and plants him as WWE’s top babyface

March 24, 2018

Art is the creation of something from nothing that elicits a reaction. Pro wrestling embodies that definition. In wrestling, men and women step inside the squared circle and create with their actions, expressions, words, and […]

VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE – Pro Wrestling Torch #488 (April 4, 1998): WrestleMania 14 reports, reviews, and reax, details of Waltman shooting on Bischoff live on Raw, Special Report on Bischoff’s TSN interview, more

March 24, 2018

We are now posting PWTorch Digital Newsletter PDFs for the year 1998 for the first time ever. These issues from 1998 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press […]

VIP AUDIO 3/23 – WKH – Ask the Editor: How about new entrance music, finisher, and look for Reigns at WM? Prospects of various Reigns heel turns? Would you pick Bryan or Punk in 2012? Is Moolah being unfairly singled out? (28 min)

March 24, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller answers VIP member questions on these topics: How about new entrance music, new finisher, and new look for Roman Reigns at WM? […]

FREE PODCAST 3/23 – Best of PWTorch Livecast: (04-01-12) WrestleMania 28 Post-Show including Rock-Cena, Taker-Triple H, Jericho-Punk (132 min)

March 24, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks host this special edition of the PWTorch Livecast which started a half-hour after the conclusion of WWE’s WrestleMania 28 PPV analyzing the PPV from […]

3/19 WWE in Cedar Lake, Tex.: Owens & Sami vs. Orton & Nakamura, Charlotte vs. Ruby Riott, Usos vs. Rusev Day and Benjamin & Gable

March 23, 2018

WWE LIVE EVENT RESULTS MARCH 19, 2018 CEDAR LAKE, TEX. AT HEB CENTER REPORT BY CODY MASTERS, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT Please send results of live events you attend to pwtorch@pwtorch.com. Thank you! Also, please include any […]

Impact viewership momentum continues, WWE advertising “Ronda Rousey makes her WWE debut” in Cleveland this Monday, big tag matches for Smackdown in Pittsburgh

March 23, 2018

-Impact Wrestling on Pop TV last night drew 362,000 viewers, which is well above the 305,000 viewers it drew one year ago this week. The March average viewership is 350,500, up from 294,000 average in […]

Interview Highlights: Waltman talks about Bryan’s medical clearance, why he didn’t congratulate Henry on HOF on Twitter, Ultimate Deletion

March 23, 2018

Sean “X-Pac” Waltman said he is happy for Daniel Bryan, and spoke of the experience he has had dealing with concussion concerns in his career. He also spoke about Mark Henry and the Ultimate Deletion: WATCH […]

VIP AUDIO 3/22 – WKH – The News: Hogan-Gawker movie news and is a WWE return in the cards, Xavier comments on New Day gimmick resembling demeaning racial stereotypes, analysis of Reigns podcast interview, Owens/Steen, Saudi Arabia event (31 min)

March 23, 2018

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller looks at the latest news including the Hulk Hogan-Gawker movie news and is a WWE return in the cards, Xavier Woods comments […]

WWE SMACKDOWN HITS & MISSES 3/20: Daniel Bryan’s big announcement, Nakamura vs. Rusev, Corbin vs. Tye, Orton-Roode-Jinder hype, Charlotte vs. Natalya

March 23, 2018

HITS Opening Segment: The show got off to an unbelievable start with Daniel Bryan’s announcement that he has been officially cleared to wrestle again after a two year retirement. This was something that most people […]