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9/20 WWE Smackdown LIVE – Parks’s Complete, Real-Time Report
WWE Smackdown LIVE review September 20, 2016 From Birmingham, Ala. Live on USA Network By Greg Parks, PWTorch Columnist (Twitter: @gregmparks) – WWE Open. – A video package previewed tonight’s big matches: Dean Ambrose goes […]
Smackdown Update – did Dolph Ziggler win the IC Title from Miz?
The Miz retained the Intercontinental Title against Dolph Ziggler in a featured title match on this week’s Smackdown Live show. It was a re-match from the Backlash PPV where Maryse used mace on Ziggler leading […]
Smackdown Update – Tag Title match announced for No Mercy
Heath Slater & Rhyno have their next opponents for the Smackdown Tag Titles. The Usos won a #1 contender match against American Alpha on this week’s Smackdown to set up Slater & Rhyno vs. the […]
VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE – Pro Wrestling Torch #404 (Aug. 31, 1996): Keller declares Monday Nitro winner of first year of Monday Night War, Bret Hart Watch, More
We are now posting PWTorch Digital Newsletter PDFs for the year 1996 for the first time ever. These issues from 1996 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press […]
RAW POLL – What did you think of the Cruiserweight Division debut?
RAW POLL 9/19 – Grade the Cruiserweight introduction on Raw? A – Liked the intro, presentation & four-way match B – Liked most elements, but one or two things off C – “Eh” debut – […]
VIP AUDIO 9/20 – RETRO RADIO – PWSpotlight (12/29/1991): Classic interviews with Paul Heyman, Mick Foley, Terry Funk, plus live callers and current events talk with Power Twins (99 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: This is the Dec. 29, 1991 episode of New York’s Pro Wrestling Spotlight Radio Show (#140) which features a Year-in-Review format with highlights including Paul Heyman chewing out a caller’s mother who didn’t like her son […]
9/19 WWE Raw TV Ratings – Did Monday’s show rebound from year-low?
Monday’s WWE Raw improved one-tenth of a TV rating, while the rest of the show’s metrics were nearly identical to last week’s poor kick-off to the Fall TV season against Monday Night Football. WWE Raw […]
Raw vs. SD Live & DVR Viewership – Week 8: Did Smackdown finally beat Raw in total viewers?
Accounting for DVR viewing, Week 8 of the Raw vs. Smackdown TV audience battle narrowly went to Raw by a margin of about 52,000 viewers. Raw’s total audience was an average of 3.046 million viewers, […]
9/15 TNA Impact Viewership updated with DVR audience
TNA Impact TV Viewership Tracking September 15: TNA Impact drew 366,000 viewers, up 8.6 percent from 337,000 viewers last week. Impact was close to the previous season high of 373k viewers for No Surrender on August […]
9/14 Lucha Underground Viewers updated with big DVR audience
With a lot of attention on WWE’s programming Wednesday night, Lucha Underground’s Season 3, Week 2 episode tumbled in total viewers from the season premiere. Lucha Underground Viewership Tracking September 14: Lucha Underground totaled 154,000 viewers, […]
9/18 HBO “Ballers” TV audience – Rock’s show rebounds, but still draws fewer than 1.0 million viewers
The Rock’s “Ballers” series on HBO got some of the audience back after a sharp decline last Sunday, but the show still drew fewer than 1.0 million viewers. Ballers Viewership Tracking September 18: Week 9 of […]
Video – 2K Sports announces long-awaited feature for WWE video game
Gamers have long asked for a story and backstage-driven career mode in WWE video games. Now that feature will be included in the WWE 2K17, due out in October. 2K Sports announced Tuesday WWE 2K17’s […]
Video Trailer – New WWE movie starring Edge & Lana out Tuesday
WWE Studios’s latest home video release, “Interrogation,” is officially out Tuesday on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD. The action-themed movie stars Edge (Adam Copeland) and features Lana (C.J. Perry) in a supporting role trying to […]
VIP AUDIO 9/19 – Monday Livecast – Raw Post-Game Show w/Wade Keller & Joel Dehnel: Seth saves Roman, Owens vs. Roman in cage, Cruiserweights debut, plus LuchaU and NXT talk (90 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller went live right after WWE Monday Night Raw went off the air and led caller discussions on the Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens main event, Seth Rollins’s babyface journey, Cruiserweights, Women’s Division, WrestleMania […]
VIP AUDIO 9/19 – WKH – Raw Review: Seth’s apparent official babyface turn, Cruiserweights introduced, Reigns vs. Owens in cage, Clash hype (41 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews Monday Night Raw including Seth Rollins’s apparent official babyface turn, Cruiserweights introduced, Reigns vs. Owens in cage, Clash hype, lots of Mick Foley […]
WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO PWTORCH? WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH
WANNA JOIN THE PWTORCH TEAM? Throughout the next several weeks, just as we did in the last month at MMATorch.com, we are inviting PWTorch readers who are interested in volunteering for various contributor slots on […]
MCNEILL Live-Tweets 9/19 Raw – Mark Twain, Festivus, The List of Jericho, more from the New Ratings War
By Pat McNeill, PWTorch columnist Raw begins with a video package on the Owens-Reigns match. I missed it last week…but my aim is improving. Sure, you could open Raw with somebody other than Roman Reigns. […]
9/19 WWE SD in Tupelo, Miss. Results – Styles vs. Ambrose vs. Ziggler main event, more Smackdown champs in action
WWE Smackdown Live Show Results September 19, 2016 Tupelo, Miss. Results reported by Craig @CraigVersion2 While Raw TV was in Memphis, the Smackdown brand was in Tupelo for a Monday night house show… (1) Apollo […]
Clash of Champions update – new matches for Sunday’s PPV
During Monday’s Raw, WWE made several announcements for the Clash of Champions PPV on Sunday… – Rusev vs. Roman Reigns for the U.S. Title was made official. – WWE changed the Raw Women’s Title match […]
9/19 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL’S Complete TV Report
WWE Raw TV Report September 19, 2016 – Episode #1,217 Live in Memphis, Tenn. Report by James Caldwell (@JCTorch), PWTorch assistant editor MOBILE ALERT: If you are reading the Report on a handheld device, visit the mobile version […]
Raw TV Update – how did WWE reintroduce the Cruiserweight division?
Nine years after retiring the original Cruiserweight Title, WWE relaunched the Cruiserweight division Monday night on Raw. However, Cruiserweight Tournament winner and new CW champion T.J. Perkins was not part of the event. Instead, WWE […]
Collectibles Column – Five Standout Figures from Jakks’s TNA Line, including the Effect of NXT
By Michael Moore, PWTorch Collectibles specialist In many ways, January 2010 marked the start of the war that never was. TNA signed Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Ric Flair, and a […]