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5/16 WWE 205 LIVE REPORT: Austin Aries vs. T.J. Perkins, Gran Metalik vs. Noam Dar, plus Kendrick, Neville, Fox, Nese, Mustafa Ali

May 17, 2017

WWE 205 LIVE MAY 16, 2017 MANCHESTER, N.H. AT SNHU ARENA REPORTBY JOEY GALIZIA (@RamJam89), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Tom Philips, Corey Graves JG here. It’s Tuesday night… you know what that means. Show opens with highlights […]

FIVE COUNT: Five Lessons to be learned from the early failure of the Cruiserweight Division

December 21, 2016

Why has the Cruiserweight Division flopped in WWE after just a few months? The following are five key reasons… (1) DIVISIONS NEED STARS The cruiserweight division has been a flop for many reasons. Too many even […]

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller starts with a few minutes of putting in perspective the increase in TNA Impact Wrestling viewership this week, then goes in-depth with thoughts […]

Inside the WWE Cruiserweight Finals – why the match results occurred in the Final Four & Championship match

September 15, 2016

By James Caldwell & Sean Radican, PWTorch Staff The Cruiserweight Tournament and Final Four was set up for the mega-final of Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. However, both lost their semi-final match in Wednesday’s […]

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July 15, 2016

By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican & James Caldwell) As A.J. Styles would say, Kota Ibushi “bet on himself” leaving his home country of Japan for an opportunity with WWE. Ibushi exited New Japan for a chance to […]

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