– TNA’s next semi-live Impact is scheduled for mid-August as part of the timeslot change to Thursday nights on Pop TV. After wrapping up this week’s Impact TV tapings, TNA is planning to return to Universal Studios […]
TNA Wrestling is expanding into China via an Internet TV deal with YouKu. TNA’s Impact Wrestling program will be made available at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays via YouKu, according to TNA president Dixie Carter. TNA voice […]
The 2016 ESPYs hosted by John Cena fell 29 percent in overnight TV viewership compared to last year’s broadcast on ABC. The three-hour prime time broadcast drew 5.48 million viewers in overnight metrics reported by […]
WWE and Topps announced Thursday the launch of “Topps WWE Slam,” a new digital version of WWE trading cards. The virtual trading cards are available in a new App, “WWE Slam,” available for free download […]
2K Sports is tapping into the popularity of NXT with an “NXT Edition” of the next WWE franchise video game. Available for pre-order is an NXT-themed package of “WWE 2K17” that includes the following: WWE […]
Ring of Honor is re-opening its wrestling school as the “ROH Dojo” in August 2016. Classes begin August 13 at the facility in Bristol, Pa., located about 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. Delirious will retain […]
Jim Ross is officially heading to Orlando for one-man shows during WrestleMania 33 weekend. “Ringside: An Afternoon with Jim Ross & Friends” is scheduled for Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2 at Plaza Live […]
Update: WWE released professional video and audio of Big Show challenging Shaquille O’Neal to a match at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando. “Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, I’m in,” Shaq told the WWE camera. *** Big Show and […]
Tommaso Ciampa is entering Phase 3 of his WWE status as an exclusively-contracted wrestler on the NXT roster. Ciampa announced this week that his final independent booking will be September 25 for Progress Wrestling in […]
ROH lead announcer Kevin Kelly has taken an expanded role in the Ring of Honor office. Kelly is working full-time in the office as the top assistant to ROH head booker Delirious (Hunter Johnston). Sources […]
Correction: PWTorch has learned that former ROH/NFL star Moose has signed a two-year deal (not a one-year deal) with TNA Wrestling. Moose’s deal was executed at Tuesday’s TV taping, prompting TNA to follow through on […]
Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Trial Aftermath – July 2016 Week of July 11 Updates – A big court hearing was held Wednesday (July 13) to review the process for Gawker’s creditors to be paid during […]
WWE will be extending their Draft presentation to WWE Network next Tuesday, July 19. WWE has announced a pre-show, a “second screen experience” during the Draft, and a post-show reacting to the Draft all on WWE Network. […]
TV/Radio Listings – Upcoming Wrestling Broadcasts Includes independent PWTorch Livecast airings, TV wrestling, original Network content, PPVs, Internet PPVs, and other relevant broadcasts. Friday, July 15 – PWTORCH LIVECAST (PWT): PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell and Travis […]
PWTorch Newsletter #1465 Cover-dated July 13, 2016 –PWTORCH NEWSLETTER #1465 PDF LINK –LIST OF ALL LATEST NEWSLETTERS SUMMARY: This week’s newsletter begins with a cover story on Brock Lesnar’s big UFC 200 win, the WWE-UFC interaction, and the Randy Orton-Summerslam […]
SHOW SUMMARY: This week the fellas talk about Brock Lesnar’s big win at UFC 200 over Mark Hunt. They even delve into the woman’s title fight. Are people still turned off by a woman getting […]
WWE Cruiserweight Tournament Report July 13, 2016 – Week 1/10 Taped at Full Sail University Aired on WWE Network Report by James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor The first episode of the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight tournament […]
“John Cena hosts The ESPYs” Live Blog July 13, 2016 Aired on ABC Los Angeles, Calif. – John Cena’s opening monologue of this year’s ESPYs sports awards show focused on why exactly he’s hosting the […]
CHIKARA has announced a big trios for the annual “King of Trios” tournament taking place September 2-4 in Easton, Pa. Representing WWNLive, NXT, and WWE’s Cruiserweight Tournament, the trios will be Johnny Gargano, Cedric Alexander, […]
WWE aired the first four matches of the Cruiserweight tournament Wednesday night on WWE Network. Included was Kota Ibushi defeating Sean Maluta in a First Round match. First Round matches continue on next week’s second […]
WWE NXT TV Taping News & Notes July 13, 2016 Full Sail University – WWE set up Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the “NXT Takeover: Brooklyn” special on August 20. The tapings included a pullapart […]
WWE NXT TV Report July 13, 2016 Taped at Full Sail University Aired on WWE Network Report by Justin James, PWTorch NXT reporter [Q1] Pre-credits package on tonight’s match between Finn Balor and Shinksuke Nakamura. “Earlier […]
Lucha Underground Report July 13, 2016 Taped in Los Angeles, Calif. Season 2 Episode #25 aired on El Rey Network Report by Joel Dehnel, PWTorch contributor Follow @DehnelTorch on Twitter for live updates. “Ultima Lucha […]
ROH TV Report Aired July 10, 2016 in syndication Aired July 13, 2016 on Comet TV Taped June 18, 2016 in Concord, N.C. Report by Mike Metzger (@md0uble), PWTorch contributor Still-frames of the ROH World […]
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