AEW Dynamite 8/23 Preview & Match Card
When: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Where: Duluth, Ga. – Gas South Arena How To Watch: Live on TBS AEW Dynamite 8/23 Match Card Swerve Strickland & AR Fox vs. Darby Allin & Nick Wayne The Elite […]
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Terry Funk, one of the all-time great stars of U.S. and Japan, dead at age 79
Terry Funk, one of the top wrestlers of his generation, died today. He was 79 years old. Funk was a top wrestler in the United States during the territory days from 1965 into the 1980s. […]
Adam Cole tells fans to brace for “one for the ages” on Sunday, comments on MJF storyline taking off
Adam Cole told TMZ today that winning the AEW World Hvt. Title at Wembley Stadium in London this weekend at AEW All In would be the biggest night of his career. Cole is scheduled to […]
Cena to appear on Smackdown next month shortly before latest movie “Freelance” hits theaters, also wrestling in India for first time
John Cena announced this week he’s going to appear on Smackdown next month and also be part of the WWE India tour. It’ll be the first time he’s ever wrestled in India. He posted on […]
Edge gave WWE an opportunity to re-sign him, but the belief now is he is AEW-bound
Edge wrestled his last match on his current WWE contract on Friday. His contract expires, according to Edge on the FAN Morning Show, at the end of September. It’s not known if he has any […]
WWE RAW HITS & MISSES (8/21): McRiddle vs. New Day, Gunther vs. Gable, Miz vs. Tozawa, Lynch-Stratus exchange, Nakamura video, more
Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with Sami Zayn and his home town (technically home province) response. That was fun. It was good to see Kevin Owens back and healthy […]
WWE Raw Ratings Report (8/21): Viewership down to lowest level since January, hourly viewrship, year to year comparisons
Monday’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw on USA Network (8/21) averaged 1.591 million viewers, according to a Wrestlenomics report today. It was the lowest viewership since Jan. 12. This was the first week Raw […]
VIP AUDIO 8/23 – NXT Eight Years Back: Wells & Stoup cover Takeover Brooklyn with Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens in a ladder match, Asuka’s first brief appearance, more (83 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of NXT Eight Years Back, Kelly Wells and Tom Stoup cover Takeover Brooklyn with Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens in a ladder match, Asuka’s first brief appearance, […]
Warlord details things going black for 30 seconds the first time he faced Hulk Hogan, why Powers of Pain were split up by Vince McMahon, more
The Warlord, a WWE, NWA, and WCW wrestler in the 1980s and 1980s, joined “In the Room with Brady Hicks” on Vocation.com this past Monday. Topics include his tag team partner The Barbarian, Andre the […]
20 YRS AGO – WWE Live Event Report (8-16-2003): Cena opens with heel Thug-o-nomics aimed at local sports teams, Bikini contest with Torrie, Nidia, Sable, Dawn Marie, plus Angel vs. Lesnar vs. Show
The following report was originally published 20 years ago this month on PWTorch.com. WWE Smackdown house show August 16, 2003 Minneapolis, Minn. at Target Center Report by Noah Haas of Eau Claire, Wisc. Attendance Estimate: […]
FREE PODCAST 8/22 – PWTorch Dailycast – The Deep…Dive: Andy Quildan joins Will Cooling to discuss the biggest indy show of All In Weekend (121 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: Will Cooling welcomes the President of Revolution Pro Wrestling back to the Deep Dive as he asks Andy Quildan all about his forthcoming show at the Copper Box. Not only do they discuss why […]
AEW COLLISION HITS & MISSES (8/19): Disguised CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe, Christian’s brilliance, Toni Storm as Gloria Swanson, As Tough As They Come, Christian vs. Darby, Miro’s promo
AEW COLLISION – HITS & MISSES AUGUST 19, 2023 LEXINGTON, KY. AIRED LIVE ON TNT BY DAVID BRYANT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentators: Nigel McGuinness & Ian Riccaboni & J.R. Ring Announcer: Dasha Gonzalez Hello, friends, family, […]
FREE PODCAST 8/22 – WKPWP Tuesday Flagship (pt. 1 of 2): Keller & Powell with All In preview and mystery card shuffling, reaction to Tony Khan media call today, AEW announcing, more (100 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Tuesday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. They discuss these topics in […]
NXT HEATWAVE HITS & MISSES: Hayes vs. W. Lee, Rhea & Dom vs. D. Lee & Valkyria, Dar vs. Frazer, Dragunov vs. Williams, Nile vs. Ava, more.
ILJA DRAGUNOV vs. TRICK WILLIAMS In a lot of ways, this was Trick Williams moment to shine. For his entire NXT run he’s played second fiddle to Carmelo Hayes as his mouthy, yet capable sidekick. […]
NXT TV RESULTS (8/22): Hazelwood’s live report on Heatwave with Hayes-Lee, Mysterio/Ripley-Lee/Valkyria, Dragunov-Williams, Stratton appears, more
NXT TV HEATWAVE RESULTS AUGUST 22, 2023 WINTER PARK, FLA. AT THE CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER AIRED ON USA NETWORK REPORT BY BRUCE LEE HAZELWOOD (@B_Lee253), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR NXT Commentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T Ring Announcer: […]
VIP AUDIO 8/22 – Greg Parks Outloud! Impressions of this year’s New Japan G1 Tournament including best match, youth featured, Kingston Fantasy Camp (24 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of “Greg Parks Outloud!,” PWTorch columnist Greg Parks presents a podcast version of his weekly PWTorch Newsletter. The topic of this episode is his impressions of this year’s New Japan G1 […]
FREE PODCAST 8/21 – Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-Show – WWE Raw w/Keller & Machado: KO returns, Nakamura details whisper, Miz and Knight interact again, Becky-Trish exchange, Gunther defends against Gable, live callers, emails (112 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Javier Machado from PWTorch. They begin with thoughts on the Shinsuke Nakamura reveal of what he told Seth Rollins last week that shook him up. Then they […]
VIP AUDIO 8/21 – WKH – WWE Raw Review: Nakamura reveals message to Seth, Gunther defends against Gable, Judgment Day vs. Seth & KO & Cody, Trish-Becky, Miz-Knight angle, more (19 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews Raw start to finish including Shinsuke Nakamura reveals message to Seth Rolins, Gunther defends against Chad Gable, Judgment Day vs. Seth […]
FREE PODCAST 8/21 – PWTorch Dailycast – All Elite Aftershow: McMahon & Soucek discuss Cash Wheeler’s arrest, last week’s AEW TV, the build to All In, more (125 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: Mike McMahon and Andrew Soucek discuss Cash Wheeler’s arrest, last week’s AEW TV, and more on this week’s show. Live callers focused mostly on last week’s Dynamite and the build to All In this […]
WWE Raw Results (8/21): Pomares’s detailed report on KO & Sami vs. Judgment Day, Rodriguez attacks Ripley, Nakamura reveals his message to Seth, Gunther vs. Gable
WWE RAW TV REPORT AUGUST 21, 2023 QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC AT CENTRE VIDEOTRON AIRED LIVE ON USA Commentators: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin [HOUR ONE] – The show opened with a recap […]
WWE Raw Results (8/21): Keller’s report on Drew & Riddle vs. New Day, Nakamura reveals message to Seth, Gunther vs. Gable for IC Title
WWE RAW TV REPORT AUGUST 21, 2023 QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC AT CENTRE VIDEOTRON AIRED LIVE ON USA Commentators: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin [HOUR ONE] -A video package aired on The Judgment […]
FREE PODCAST 8/21 – WKPWP Interview Classic with Tommy Young: (10 Yrs Ago) Top NWA referee in the 1970s and ’80s shares stories about Flair, Dusty, Crockett, Mulligan, Buddy Rogers, Bruno, getting kicked out of a WWE event, art of refereeing (150 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (8-16-2013), with Tommy Young, a top NWA referee in the 1970s and ’80s, shares stories about Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Crockett, Blackjack Mulligan, […]
AEW COLLISION RESULTS (8/19): Zilem’s alt-perspective report on Samoa Joe vs. The Golden Vampire (C.M. Punk), Jay White vs. Dalton Castle, Christian vs. Darby, Willow vs. Diamante
AEW COLLISION REPORT AUGUST 19, 2023 LEXINGTON, KY. AT RUPP ARENA AIRED LIVE ON TNT BY BRIAN ZILEM, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness Ring Announcer: Dasha Gonzalez [HOUR ONE] -The show opened with […]
VIP AUDIO 8/21 – The Fix Flashback (7-27-2016): New roster-split optimism after Battleground, Pat Patterson book review, UFC on Fox review, Raw & SD analysis, ROH TV, Orton-Lesnar (118 min.)
SHOW SUMMARY: In the latest Flashback episode of The Fix with Todd Martin & Wade Keller, we jump back just over seven years to the July 27, 2016 episodes covering these topics: Todd’s new-found optimism for […]