The nine-week run of WWE Smackdown and John Cena’s “American Grit” sharing TV space on Thursday nights peaked early and faded late. From April 14 to June 9, Smackdown averaged 2.23 million viewers, down 10 […]
This week’s WWE Smackdown drew an embarrassingly-low audience Thursday night on USA Network. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking June 9: WWE Smackdown scored a year-low 1.51 TV rating, down from a 1.59 rating last week. The […]
The final tally on John Cena’s “American Grit” series is the show averaged fewer than 2.0 million viewers per episode. Placed in a Thursday night prime-time spot on Fox, the show ranked #4 among the […]
For a season finale, John Cena’s “American Grit” drew a minimal audience Thursday night on Fox. American Grit Viewership Tracking June 9: The two-hour season finale of “American Grit” slightly upticked from last week’s viewership. In the […]
WWE Raw on Monday, June 6 included an historical second-to-third-hour decline in TV viewership. The quarter-hour ratings indicate that Raw peaked in a big way at the top of the second hour for the John Cena-A.J. […]
The marketed reason why WWE has dropped “Bullet” from “Bullet Club” is because WWE programming is kid-friendly. “We were being edgy in Japan (with The Bullet Club), and there’s a bit of a language barrier. […]
Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Trial Aftermath – June 2016 Week of June 6 June 10 Update: A court hearing was scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Friday morning, where Judge Pamela Campbell granted Gawker’s motion to postpone the […]
Ring of Honor has booked an ROH World Title match for the TV taping after the “Best in the World” PPV. Jay Lethal and Jay Briscoe will meet for the ROH Title at the BITW […]
This Week’s Livecast Schedule – Monday: The PWTorch Livecast Raw Post-Game Show featured James Caldwell & Pat McNeill breaking down Raw with live calls and emails. (DIRECT LINK) (VIP Audio Version) – Tuesday: Wade Keller and John Arezzi talked […]
THIS WEEKEND’S INDEPENDENT SHOWS TORCH READER ALERT: We’re looking for results/reports sent to pwtorch@gmail.com. SATURDAY, JUNE 11 – PWS Supercard 2016 (Sayreville, N.J. – Starland Ballroom – 8:00 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info) NWO (Kevin Nash & […]
During Thursday’s Smackdown episode, WWE quietly announced a big podcast interview after the Money in the Bank PPV. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is returning to the live podcast setting with guest A.J. Styles on Monday, June […]
Local government officials in Alberta, Canada dropped charges against Teddy Hart stemming from a 2014 arrest, reports Global News. Hart was accused of assault and unlawful confinement of two women. After a lengthy legal process, the […]
WWE NXT TV Taping Report June 9, 2016 Full Sail University Report by Josh Parry, PWTorch NXT correspondent One night after the “NXT Takeover: The End” special, WWE taped the next set of episodes building […]
WWE Smackdown review June 9, 2016 Taped 6/7/16 in Wichita, Ks. Aired on USA Network By Greg Parks, PWTorch Columnist (Twitter: @gregmparks) – WWE Open. – Smackdown Open. – First in the arena was The […]
Cody Rhodes’s latest item checked off The List is appearing at two Heroes & Villains Fanfest events this year. Included is a non-wrestling appearance in July, as announced Thursday on Twitter. The dates are July […]
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller features the Ask the Editor format including these topics: Is it okay to quit watching pro wrestling because John Cena called A.J. Styles a […]
SHOW SUMMARY: In part two of this week’s series of episodes of The Fix with PWTorch columnist Todd Martin hosted by PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they review NXT Takeover review and discuss the big picture role of NXT within WWE, […]
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller’s latest Interview Thursday features an interview with Jonny Fairplay, a pro wrestling manager on the indy scene and also years ago with TNA, plus famous for his reality TV appearance including […]
Against WWE’s “NXT Takeover” special, Lucha Underground fell in this week’s TV viewership. Lucha Underground Viewership Tracking June 8: Lucha Underground’s combined audience was 146,000 viewers, down slightly from 151,000 viewers last week. Where Lucha seemed […]
WWNLive announced Thursday a big change to their debut in the New England market. The date of Friday, July 15 in Wakefield, Mass. has been canceled. The replacement is Sunday, July 17 in Melrose, Mass. as part […]
Update: The fundraiser for U.S. Senator John McCain hosted by the McMahons has been postponed. Linda McMahon announced that Thursday night’s fundraiser hosted by herself and Vince McMahon was postponed due to “Senator McCain unavoidably detained in […]
TV/Radio Listings – Upcoming Wrestling Broadcasts Includes PWTorch Livecast airings, TV wrestling, original Network content, PPVs, Internet PPVs, and other relevant broadcasts. Friday, June 10 – PWTORCH LIVECAST (PWT): PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell and Travis Bryant […]
Recently-released WWE announcer Rich Brennan (Rich Bocchini) says there were signs that he was being phased out of his role as interviewer and announcer, but he did not recognize it at the time. Without getting into specifics, […]
Ring of Honor has scheduled a stand-alone “Women of Honor” show on Friday, July 8 in Baltimore, Md. The free show is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. prior to already-scheduled ROH “Aftershock” live event at 7:30 […]
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