EVOLVE 93 added to WWN, discount for FloSlam subscribers
EVOLVE 93 will air live on WWNLive.com tonight at 9 p.m. EST. The iPPV/VOD costs $9.99. If you send proof of a FloSlam subscription to shop at the lineup is as follows: EVOLVE 93, Summit, […]
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OVW holding benefit tonight for Tough Enough alum Matt Cappotelli, Impact viewership with key metrics, Heenan collection and podcast
-Many former OVW students and famous wrestlers will gather tonight for a special fundraiser for Matt Cappotelli who is facing a recurrence of brain cancer. The brain cancer is back and a portion of it […]
15 YRS AGO – WWE Live Event in Laramie, Wy. (9/15/02): Triple H vs. Kane, Jericho vs. Flair, Shelton, Justin, Molly, Hardy, Dreamer
WWE house show report September 15, 2002 Laramie, Wy. Report by Dusty Goehring, PWTorch.com correspondent Well the WWE’s first trip to Laramie in since Hulk Hogan’s heyday (16 years to be exact) had rather underwhelming […]
9/22 WWE in Sacramento, Calif. (2nd report): Bliss vs. Banks vs. Bayley vs. Mickie, Dean & Seth vs. Sheamus & Cesaro, Jordan vs. Bo, Hardy vs. Anderson
WWE LIVE EVENT – RAW BRAND SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 SARCAMENTO, CALIF. AT GOLDEN 1 ARENA REPORT BY JOHN M. OF RIPON, CALIF., PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT Very light attendance. Nobody in the upper deck. Lower bowl was […]
VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE – Pro Wrestling Torch #460 (October 4, 1997): Flair disbands the Four Horsemen, judge rules against Erich Kulas in lawsuit against ECW, Jerry Jarrett’s letter on state of USWA, more
We are now posting PWTorch Digital Newsletter PDFs for the year 1997 for the first time ever. These issues from 1997 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press […]
GFW IMPACT HITS & MISSES 9/21: Eli looks like a star for first time since winning title, Rosemary’s new look, “Wrestling Involves Acting”
HITS Eli’s Promo: For the first time since winning the title, Eli Drake looked like a star. The production team did a great job splicing together the footage from Mexico and Drake was his usual, […]
VIP AUDIO 9/22 – WKH – The News: Cena and Roman each given lengthy podcast interviews taking about what’s going on in their heads during testy promo exchanges in recent weeks (41 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller summarizes and reacts to key moments in two remarkable podcast interviews in recent days from both John Cana (on “E&C’s Podcast of […]
9/22 WWE Raw in Sacramento, Calif.: Roman vs. Braun, Balor vs. Bray, Neville vs. Tozawa, no advertised battle royal
WWE LIVE EVENT – RAW BRAND SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. REPORT BY TED LONDON, VIP MEMBER Lower Bowl about 60 percent filled. No one in the upper bowl. Maybe about 4000-5000. Mostly families. Very […]
9/20 NXT TV REPORT: Fish & O’Reilly (w/Cole) vs. Bate & Seven, Aleister Black speaks and Velveteen moves in for a kiss
NXT TV REPORT SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 TAPED 9/14 IN ORLANDO, FLA. AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY AIRED ON WWE NETWORK REPORT BY JUSTIN JAMES, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR [Q1] Advertised for tonight is Tyler Bate and Trent Seven […]
VIP AUDIO 9/22 – Best of PWTorch Livecast (AD-FREE): Jimmy Hart Interview (9-22-13) talking about crossing paths with biggest stars, Memphis memories, Lawler, more + VIP Aftershow (127 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: This Best of PWTorch Livecast goes back to Sept. 13, 2013 when PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviewed long-time wrestling manager Jimmy Hart on a variety of topics covering decades in the wrestling business, plus working […]
FREE PODCAST 9/22 – Best of PWTorch Livecast: Jimmy Hart Interview (9-22-13) talking about crossing paths with biggest stars, Memphis memories, Lawler, more (134 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: This Best of PWTorch Livecast goes back to Sept. 13, 2013 when PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviewed long-time wrestling manager Jimmy Hart on a variety of topics covering decades in the wrestling business, plus working […]
RADICAN’S 9/22 ROH “Death Before Dishonor XV” PPV report – Cody vs. Suzuki, Young Bucks vs. MCMG, KUSHIDA vs. King
RADICAN’S ROH “DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR XV” PPV REPORT SEPT. 22, 2017 LAS VEGAS, NEV. AIRED LIVE ON PPV & FITE TV Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana ran down the card after the opening video package […]
Smackdown Rating: Did ratings surge for Vince McMahon headbutt last week lead to a sustained increase this week? (w/Keller’s Analysis)
The ratings power of Vince McMahon became more evident with this week’s Smackdown Live rating on USA Network. Counting live and same-night-DVR viewership, the rating this week dropped back down to 1.73, below the 1.74 […]
Bucked Up In Vegas: McNEILL previews ROH’s Death Before Dishonor XV pay-per-view!
Wake the pets and call the neighbors. It’s time for our semi-monthly ROH pay-per-view preview column! DISCLAIMER: Projections are made by myself and for myself with absolutely no assistance from Joe Koff, Greg Gilleland or […]
EVOLVE 92 will air on WWNLive.com, WWN offers discount for FloSlam subscribers (w/Radican’s Analysis)
EVOLVE has announced that EVOLVE 92 will air live tonight on WWNLive.com for $9.99 for the live & VOD. Current FloSlam subscribers can save $5 on the live & VOD airing of the iPPV. For […]
FloSlam issues statement on pulling WWN events, offers refunds to customers (w/Radican’s Analysis)
FloSlam issued a statement on their WEBSITE that they will will no longer be airing WWN content: “Planned coverage of WWN events will no longer be available on FloSlam. This includes EVOLVE, SHINE, FIP, Style Battle, […]
BREAKING: FloSlam refusing to air EVOLVE events this weekend.
PWTorch has been informed by multiple sources that FloSlam has notified WWN that they are refusing to air their events this weekend. FloSlam had been promoting the EVOLVE events up until earlier today. WWN officials […]
KELLER’S NXT TV REPORT 9/20: Aleister Black confronted by Velveteen Dream in seductive, suggestive segment that had crowd hooting and screaming
KELLER’S NXT TV REPORT SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 TAPED IN ORLANDO, FLA. AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson -They opened with an “In Memory of Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan” graphic. -The […]
FREE PODCAST 9/21 – Thursday Livecast – Post-GFW Impact w/Mike & Andrew: Impact defending his No. 1 Contender status twice, the Global Wrestling Network, BFG to Canada, more (87 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch.com’s Mike McMahon and Andrew Soucek talk about Thursday’s Impact Wrestling with callers. They break down Impact taking Bound for Glory to Canada, and look at the viability of the Global Wrestling Network. They […]
PPV OUTCOMES & IMPLICATIONS – NO MERCY: Lesnar vs. Strowman, Reigns vs. Cena, Neville vs. Enzo, Balor vs. Wyatt
With so many PPVs seeming far too predictable in recent months, WWE should be given a lot of credit for the booking of No Mercy as many of these matches are quite the opposite. Many […]
WWE issues statement in response to backlash against Jinder Mahal’s race-targeted comments in his Smackdown promo (w/Poll)
In story published by the New York Post, a WWE statement was included regarding some backlash against Jinder Mahal’s race-targeted mocking of his opponent at WWE Hell in a Cell next month, Shinsuke Nakamura. “Just […]
ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV lineup, EVOLVE 92 & EVOLVE 93 iPPV lineups, Richards removed from EVOLVE lineups
-ROH’s Death Before Dishonor XV PPV will air tonight on PPV providers, Fite TV, and ROHWrestling.com. ROH Death Before Dishonor XV, Las Vegas, Nev. (Sept 22): Matches announced for the show so far include ROH […]
WWN issues official response to FloSports lawsuit, confident they will win litigation
WWN lawyer Sam Heller issued the following statement to PWTorch regarding FloSports’s lawsuit against WWN… “While we prefer not to litigate cases in the media, it is clear that FloSports is attempting to use the […]
Reigns says some things Cena said in their promos were a little strange, but he’s not his friend and doesn’t care what Cena thinks about him
Roman Reigns, in an interview with the CBS Sports podcast “In This Corner” (LINK), said he and Cena have “never been close friends by any means.” It was said because one of the hosts said […]