McNEILL’s Live Blog of WWE Fastlane 2017!
by Pat McNeill, PWTorch Columnist We are LIVE at the McNeill Command Center for this special live blog of Kevin Owens vs. Bill Goldberg at WWE Fastlane 2017. Samoa Joe is in the social media […]
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KELLER’S WWE FASTLANE PPV REPORT 3/5: Owens vs. Goldberg for Universal Title, Bayley vs. Charlotte, Reigns vs. Strowman
KELLER’S WWE FASTLANE REPORT MARCH 5, 2017 MILWAUKEE, WISC. AIRED LIVE ON WWE NETWORK Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton KICKOFF SHOW (A) AKIRA TOZAWA & RICH SWANN vs. BRIAN KENDRICK & NOAM DAR […]
VIP AUDIO 3/5 – Wayback Playback #130 w/ Pat McNeill & Jim Valley: War Games Match at WCW WrestleWar 1992! (71 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: Will Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner keep the WCW World Tag Team Titles against Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka? Can mortal enemies Sting & Nikita Koloff lead their team to victory over Paul Heyman’s […]
Imperfect List: McNEILL Previews WWE Fastlane 2017 (w/Wrestling History Lesson!)
By Pat McNeill, PWTorch columnist Wake the pets & call the neighbors, it’s time for our exclusive WWE Network pseudo-pay-per-view projections. DISCLAIMER: Projections are based on what the columnist would do if he were booking […]
3/4 ROH in New York City: Hardys and Bubba Ray show up, Cole vs. Fish for Title, full detailed report by first-time ROH attendee
RING OF HONOR: MANHATTAN MAYHEM MARCH 4, 2017 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM REPORT BY MICHAEL SOUZA, PWTORCH SPECIALIST After the doors opened, there was a meet and greet featuring Will Ospray, Silas […]
VIP AUDIO 3/4 – WKH – Ask the Editor: 20 Years Ago This Week happenings in WWE, WCW, ECW including WM13 hype, Five Potential Week One Changes to mark new WWE era (31 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a look at the latest 20 Years Ago Back Issue with WrestleMania 13 developments, the rise of Steve Austin as he prepared […]
VIP AUDIO 3/4 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (pt. 2 of 2): Analysis of Orton-Bray angle, Cena-Miz promo, Harper’s push, Josh Mathews angle, Everett vs. Trevor Lee, Candido’s career (60 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (pt. 2 of 2), hosted by PWTorch editor Wade Keller, Bruce presents his analysis of the Randy Orton-Bray Wyatt angle, the John Cena-Miz promo, Luke Harper’s […]
ROH HITS & MISSES 3/4: Kingdom, Kazarian in Bullet Club, Commentary of Ian Riccaboni, Fish, Lethal, Briscoes
HITS Ian Riccaboni Commentary: I sang the praises of Ian Riccaboni on commentary last week and I will continue to sing Ian’s praises. In the opening of the show, he was joined by Dalton Castle, […]
PPV PREDICTIONS – WWE FASTLANE: Thomas’s predictions for Owens vs. Goldberg, Strowman vs. Reigns, Charlotte vs. Bayley, Neville vs. Gallagher, Joe vs. Sami
“Fast Lane 2017 Predictions – Tom Gets It Wrong” Follow Tom Colohue on Facebook and @Colohue for updates. So it’s possible, even likely, that I’m going to get all of these wrong. 1. Rich Swann […]
Hardys show up moments ago at ROH’s Manhattan Mayhem and make big announcement about their future (w/Keller’s Analysis)
Tonight at Manhattan Mayhem, Matt & Jeff Hardy showed up unannounced and captured the ROH Tag Team Titles from The Young Bucks. They announced that they have signed with ROH for the biggest contracts in […]
VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE – Pro Wrestling Torch #431 (Mar. 15, 1997): WrestleMania 13 analysis including shift of main event plans & marketability of line-up, Part two of Jerry Jarrett Torch Talk, 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 […]
PPV OUTCOMES & IMPLICATIONS – WWE FASTLANE: Owens defends against Goldberg, Reigns vs. Strowman, Charlotte vs. Bayley, Sami vs. Joe
This Sunday the Raw brand will be delivering its last PPV before WrestleMania. While most of the outcomes are quite predictable, the implications of each match will have a huge impact on how each wrestler […]
Impact Ratings for 2/2: Last night’s viewership, 2017 average, the viewership level new regime will be judged against (w/Keller’s Analysis)
Last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling drew 293,000 viewers in live and same night DVR viewing on Pop TV. That is down from the 325,000 last week but above the 275,000 the week before. It’s […]
IMPACT HITS & MISSES 3/2: Josh Matthews, Cody Rhodes, Jade, Moose, Hardys, Josh Barnett, Trevor Lee, Wolves
HITS Jade vs. Rosemary: I hope Impact can work something out with Jade, as it felt like she was finally starting to click as a character. However, if this was her farewell, then it was a […]
VIP AUDIO 3/3 – WKH – The News: Big changes continue with Impact Wrestling, creative team member Abyss talks about changes, latest Impact ratings, Hardy tag title fallout (20 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller covers the latest news including these topics: Tons of changes continue with the former-TNA including an update on the vacated tag team titles, […]
VIP AUDIO 3/3 – Prime Time Friday w/Keller & Rich Fann (AD-FREE) – Fastlane Preview, Owens on Austin podcast, Swagger’s future, Impact Wrestling upheaval, more (63 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller substitute hosts the Prime Time Friday episode of the PWTorch Livecast along with cohost Rich Fann as they wrap up the week and preview Sunday’s WWE Fastlane event. They discuss […]
WWE issues statement that Jack Swagger is still under WWE contract and will remain exclusively so at least 90 days after he is granted release (w/Keller’s Analysis)
WWE issued a statement regarding the status of Jack Swagger (real name: Donald “Jake” Hager Jr.): “Jack Swagger has not been granted a release from his WWE contract. When he is granted his release, Jack Swagger […]
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: Abyss discusses new TNA ownership, management, creative team, plus departures of Hardys, Joe and Roode in NXT
On the latest episode of Main Event Radio, Ryan Rider interviewed Impact Wrestling’s “The Monster Abyss.” Below are highlights supplied by Main Event Radio. You can listen to the interview HERE. Q: It’s been announced […]
FIVE COUNT: Five lessons pro wrestling promoters and fans can learn from UFC from the value in losing to the power of stars
In this edition of “Five Count,” I’ll be looking at 5 lessons that the crazy and wonderful world of professional wrestling can learn from UFC. I’ll preface this by noting that I’m not the most […]
FRIDAY FEATURE: Sami Zayn, the Afterthought from the Underground
Sami Zayn is a brilliantly talented wrestler. His feud with Kevin Owens launched his profile and I’m yet to see him have a bad match. So, what’s the problem? Why isn’t he flying to the […]
VIP AUDIO 3/2 – Post-Impact Livecast (AD-FREE): McMahon & Soucek discuss the departures of The Hardys, Drew Galloway, Mike Bennett, Maria, and Jade, Lashley vs. Barnett, more (85 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch.com’s Mike McMahon and Andrew Soucek talk about Thursday’s Impact Wrestling with callers. Mike and Andrew also discuss all the news from TNA this week, including the departures of Matt & Jeff Hardy, Drew […]
VIP AUDIO 3/2 – RETRO RADIO – PWSpotlight #166 (08/08/1992): (27 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: This is the August 8, 1992 episode of New York’s Pro Wrestling Spotlight Radio Show (#166) hosted by John Arezzi. APP USERS: If you are a VIP member accessing this on our app, scroll […]
TNA IMPACT TAPING SPOILERS: Top 5 newsworthy items including announcing changes, title changes, talent additions, significant name change
Impact Wrestling produced their latest TV tapings tonight in Orlando, Fla. at Universal Studios. It was an eventful TV taping, and below are the Top Five Spoilers. ProWrestling.net has full results and detailes on tonight’s first […]
VIP AUDIO 3/2 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (pt. 1): WWE Fastlane preview including analysis of all the hype on this week’s Raw, plus assessment of all the big TNA news (75 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, hosted by PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they first discuss all of the big news related to TNA Impact Wrestling this week including the talent leaving, the […]