11/13 WWE Stock Track – WWE hits four-month lows
WWE’s stock price tumbled the Week of November 9-13, finishing the week below $17 for the first time since July. This was mainly due to a poor Thursday performance when the stock fell four percent […]
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Friday Torch Today (PM Update) – Livecast Alert, Eddie 10 years later, Hogan wants WWE return, new Batista movie, MCW launches on-demand service, WWE locker room reax to Rollins injury, Euro Tour, ROH SOTF, huge indies night – Flair & Bret & Rey & HOH, Mickie talks Divas, NJPW on AXS TV, HBK, Shiozaki, more
TORCH TODAY – Friday, November 13 AFTERNOON UPDATE – LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch senior columnist Bruce Mitchell and Travis Bryant of the East Coast Cast wrap up the week in wrestling with your calls & emails […]
11/12 WWE in Newcastle: Detailed report on Reigns’s reaction, Neville homecoming, Bayley, more
WWE Live show results November 12, 2015 Newcastle, England Report by James Whale, PWTorch reader A sellout crowd saw mostly good matches and shameless WWE plugs of their charity and the new WWE game to an audience […]
Barrett considering life-after-WWE; talks “zero time off” & missed opportunity face turn
King Barrett got a shot of relevancy this week when English football superstar Wayne Rooney slapped Barrett on Monday’s Raw. Barrett and WWE parlayed that into U.K. press and a SportsCenter interview in the U.S. […]
Report – Gunn fired over drug test during Tough Enough season; UPDATE – announced for 2016 PCW tour
Billy Gunn, the NXT trainer and recent Tough Enough coach on WWE TV, was reportedly fired by WWE on Friday. The firing dates back to events from four months ago when Gunn failed a drug […]
WWE announces Network launch date in key int’l market
WWE announced Friday that WWE Network will be available in Germany starting in January 2016. WWE timed the announcement to coincide with WWE touring Germany this weekend as part of the European Tour. The official launch […]
VIP AUDIO 11/13 – 10 YRS AGO Mitchell Audio w/Keller (10-28-2005): McMahon spoofs Ross surgery, Steph says without McMahons no wrestling biz (75 min)
SHOW SUMMARY: In today’s Bruce Mitchell Audio Update, hosted by Torch editor Wade Keller, insight into the Jerry Jarrett meeting with WWE today, analysis of TNA ratings so far, predictions on the TNA special and […]
11/12 WWE in Newcastle, U.K.: Quick Results – Reigns vs. Wyatt, more
WWE Live show results November 12, 2015 Newcastle, England Full Results reported at Prowrestling.net (1) Neville, who is from Newcastle, beat Stardust. (2) Fandango & Damien Sandow beat Adam Rose & Heath Slater. (3) U.S. […]
Survivor Series Update – Taker & Kane’s match official
The Undertaker & Kane will face the Wyatts at the Survivor Series PPV on November 22. Except, it will not be the anticipated traditional Survivor Series match. Instead, WWE set up a two-on-two match on […]
WWE Title Update – First Round results, next week’s quarter-finals
WWE wrapped up the First Round of the WWE Title tournament this week on Smackdown. The quarter-finals are now set for next week’s WWE TV following Thursday’s match results… – Neville beat King Barrett to advance […]
11/12 WWE Smackdown Report by Greg Parks
The WWE World Heavyweight Title tournament continues on Smackdown, as Neville takes on King Barrett; Stardust faces U.S. champion Alberto Del Rio; and Ryback takes on Kalisto. WWE Smackdown review November 12, 2015 Taped 11/10/15 […]
VIP AUDIO 11/12 – Wade Keller Hotline: The News – Triple H teases tourney twist, Punk, Impact title tourney, live Raw notes (21 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller looks at the latest news including these topics: Triple H hints at a tournament twist, Impact World Title tournament update, in-person […]
VIP AUDIO 11/12 – East Coast Cast #267 w/Travis Bryant: WWE Title tournament, which Shield member turns?, more! (110 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: This week, but a day late Trav and Cam talk about the most pressing issues from the last week of TV wrestling. The WWE World Title tournament topped that list. Why half of the competitors […]
VIP AUDIO 11/12 – J.J. Dillon on Interview Thursday PWTorch Livecast w/Wade Keller (Ad-Free): Horsemen, Flair, Vince, Dusty (106 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the PWTorch Livecast “Interview Thursday,” Wade Keller is joined by J.J. Dillon, manager of the Four Horsemen, director of talent relations for the WWF in the 1990s, author of excellent wrestling book […]
VIP AUDIO 11/12 – 10 YRS AGO Caldwell Audio Show: Why Joe vs. Liger only went 7 minutes, Benoit-Booker, Angle-Cena, TNA
SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s “Chillin’ with JC,” PWTorch columnist James Caldwell discusses TNA’s ratings trend, Bound for Glory’s probable buyrate, what TNA is doing wrong on PPV, why TNA might be influenced to be like […]
VIP AUDIO 11/12 – 10 YRS AGO Real Deal w/Pat McNeill (10-25-2005): Vince’s proctology exam, Piper, Dusty, Bob Orton, Rhino
SHOW SUMMARY: In this “Real Deal with Pat McNeill” VIP Audio Update, his Hot Five Stories of the Week include Rhyno winning the NWA World Title, Roddy Piper headlining Smackdown on this Friday, this Saturday’s ROH show […]
PWTorch Livecast Thursday (11/12): J.J. Dillon Interview w/Wade Keller
The PWTorch Livecast, launched at the end of 2009, is broadcast live five days a week. It airs Monday at 11:30 ET after Raw with James Caldwell interviewing a Torch staff member about Raw plus […]
East Coast Cast Podcast (11/12): Travis Bryant hosts free version
The East Coast Cast hosted by Travis Bryant features unfiltered, uncut discussion of pro wrestling each Wednesday night at BlogTalkRadio.com. The show airs live at 6:30 p.m. EST with Travis, guests, and ECC regulars. This special […]
11/11 Wed. Night Viewers – both ROH & Impact rise
Wednesday night on Destination America, TNA Impact drew its largest combined audience in one month, while Ring of Honor rebounded with a big gain… Wednesday Night ROH/TNA Programming – November 11 (Week 24) – TNA Impact: The […]
Week of 11/2 Live TV & DVR Viewers – interesting Raw Trend
For the Week of November 2, WWE TV shows made up 92 percent of the TV wrestling audience, up from 90 percent last week. This was mainly due to audiences for ROH TV and TNA Impact declining from the […]
Report – The WM32 card – How big variables are affecting Mania plans
The anticipated WrestleMania 32 line-up took an unexpected turn when WWE champion Seth Rollins went down with a knee injury. Now, there are so many variables in-play that the “Big Four” matches are very unpredictable five […]
Thurs. Torch Today – Livecast & ECC Alerts, WWE tourney on SD, Euro Tour, Austin’s CMT show gets premiere date, Hogan adds second U.K. date, Tenryu retirement show on NJPW, Vidot not reporting to NXT yet, Jeff Hardy to OMEGA, Lita, Rock
TORCH TODAY – Thursday, November 12 – AUDIO ALERTS: PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews J.J. Dillon on Thursday’s PWTorch Livecast at 5:00 p.m. EST at PWTorchLivecast.com. … The East Coast Cast airs on Thursday this […]
Rock gives insight on why he walked away from full-time wrestling
In the early 2000s, “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson decided to walk away from full-time wrestling and pursue acting. Now a decade later, Johnson reflected on the decision in a new episode of “Oprah’s Master Class,” […]
Indies Notes – Moose eyeing WWE after ROH goal, Gulak to WWE?, Kaasa signs with WWNLive, Sapolsky
Independents Notebook – ROH star Moose says he is interested in signing with WWE when his Ring of Honor contract expires. Moose (Quinn Ojinnaka) talked to the Atlanta Falcons website about his transition from the […]