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WWE TLC HITS & MISSES: Ellsworth’s run-in, Becky selling agony of defeat, Corbin-Kalisto, Natalya sells jewelry

December 5, 2016

TLC HITS Becky Sells Disappointment It’s the little things that add up in wrestling. Becky Lynch’ interview after her loss to Alexa Bliss was a nice touch, and added a sports-like feel to the show. […]

HITS & MISSES – 9/26 Raw: Cruiserweights, Highlight Reel, Main Event, Sheamus & Cesaro resolution

September 28, 2016

Jon Mezzera, PWTorch Hits & Misses specialist After taking some time off for a nice long vacation to Hawaii for my 10th Anniversary, I am finally caught up on the last few weeks of wrestling […]

HITS & MISSES – 8/29 Raw: WWE Universal Title four-way, Universal Title ending, Stephanie-Heyman

August 30, 2016

By Jon Mezzera, PWTorch Hits & Misses specialist 8/29 RAW HITS Opening Segment: I didn’t love the opening segment, but it was good enough to get a Hit. It gave some mic time to the […]

HITS & MISSES – 8/22 Raw: Universal Title matches, Universal Title opening segment, Super Reigns, Titus

August 24, 2016

By Jon Mezzera, PWTorch Hits & Misses specialist 8/22 RAW HITS Rollins vs. Zayn: The first of the series of matches to determine who would go on to next week’s fatal-four way to crown a […]

HITS & MISSES – 8/8 WWE Raw: Lesnar-Orton & Balor videos, Rollins promo, Doctors, talk, talk, talk & more talk

August 10, 2016

By Jon Mezzera, PWTorch Hits & Misses specialist 8/8 WWE RAW HITS Cesaro vs. Sheamus: As you can see by the number of Misses below, I found this to be a very bad episode of […]

HITS & MISSES – 8/1 WWE Raw: RKO Outta Nowhere, Opening Segment, Week 2 of Raw

August 3, 2016

By Jon Mezzera, PWTorch Hits & Misses specialist 8/1 RAW HITS Balor – Rollins: The first hour of Raw was pretty bad. I find it hard to believe that it was produced by the same […]

HITS & MISSES – 7/11 Raw: Dean’s Promo, The Club, Women’s match, mid-card title challengers, Wyatts-New Day, Full Draft build-up

July 14, 2016

7/11 RAW HITS Ambrose’s Promo: After a bad first hour of Raw which included two bad matches and a bunch of crap filler, Raw finally got going with the Rollins Report. I’m not giving the […]

HITS & MISSES – 6/27 Raw: Rollins vs. Cena & Ambrose vs. Styles, Women’s tag, Reigns suspension handling, Wyatts-New Day, The Wave

June 30, 2016

6/27 RAW HITS Paige & Banks vs. Charlotte & Brooke: I enjoyed this tag match. Three of the four women in the match are good if not great workers and the fourth is solid with […]

HITS & MISSES – 6/20 Raw: MITB follow-up, Ambrose Night 1, A.J. Styles, Big Johnny, Roman Reigns

June 22, 2016

6/20 RAW HITS Opening Segment: This is a marginal Hit. This was a pretty good way to follow up on the big events from Money in the Bank with Seth Rollins defeating Roman Reigns for […]

AJ Styles Royal Rumble

HITS & MISSES – 5/30 WWE Raw: Styles’s Big Turn, Main Event, Opening, Cena’s Speech, McMahons, more

June 1, 2016

5/30 RAW HITS A.J. Styles Turns Heel: After two hours of terrible television, Raw finally had a good moment when A.J. Styles turned heel by attacking John Cena and joining up again with his Club […]

HITS & MISSES – 5/16 Raw: Styles-Reigns, The First Hour … and then whatever the rest of the show was

May 18, 2016

5/16 RAW HITS Opening Segment: This wasn’t a great opening to Raw, but a good one. I like that WWE gave A.J. Styles time to talk to start off the show. He didn’t get a […]

AJ Styles Royal Rumble

HITS & MISSES – 5/9 Raw: “The Club,” Styles-Reigns, IC Title, Dana Brooke call-up, “New Era,” no main event

May 11, 2016

5/9 RAW HITS The Club Backstage Interview: While I strongly dislike the name “The Club” (more later), I am enjoying the dynamic that WWE is presenting between A.J. Styles and Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows. They were […]

HITS & MISSES – 5/2 Raw: Team Reigns vs. Team Styles, Ambrose Asylum, McMahons Everywhere, Talk Talk Talk

May 4, 2016

5/2 RAW HITS Owens vs. Cesaro: While I didn’t like the set-up to this match, the #1 contender match for the Intercontinental Championship between Kevin Owens and Cesaro was very good. Owens and Cesaro are […]

HITS & MISSES – 3/28 Raw: Styles-Jericho, Hunter & Steph Part 1, Hunter & Steph Part 2, final WM32 hype

March 30, 2016

3/28 RAW HITS Styles – Jericho: Last week I gave the interaction between A.J. Styles and Chris Jericho a Hit despite some of the problems I had with it. I think I was probably being […]

HITS & MISSES – 3/21 Raw: Styles-Owens, Shane hype, IC Title picture, Main Event, more

March 23, 2016

3/21 RAW HITS Opening Segment: Part of why I liked this opening segment was the fact that it was kept short. Whenever Stephanie McMahon comes out to start Raw, I’m expecting it to be much […]

HITS & MISSES – 3/14 Raw: Match Opener, Ambrose-Lesnar-Foley, Shane-Taker-Vince, DISH, more

March 16, 2016

3/14 RAW HITS A Match Starts Raw: I liked that WWE broke their formula and started Raw with a match instead of a promo. I don’t mind long talking segments to start Raw, but not […]

HITS & MISSES – 3/7 Raw: Triple H, Vince-Shane, matches, promos, more

March 9, 2016

3/7 RAW HITS Owens vs. Neville: The announcers positioned this match as Kevin Owens looking for a deserving opponent to face him for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania with Neville having a chance to prove […]

HITS & MISSES – 2/22 Raw: Shane’s Big Return, Styles & Jericho, seriously – Reigns vs. Sheamus main event?

February 24, 2016

2/22 RAW HITS Lesnar – Ambrose: I was not a fan of the first hour of Raw (more later), but the second hour got off to a good start with the segment involving Brock Lesnar, […]

HITS & MISSES – 2/17 WWE NXT: Joe vs. Zayn ending, Asuka, Alex Riley, more

February 19, 2016

2/17 WWE NXT HITS American Alpha and Enzo & Cass vs. Blake & Murphy and Dash & Dawson: This was a fun opener to kick off the show. If anything, this match highlighted what I’ve been […]

HITS & MISSES – 2/15 Raw: Dean Ambrose, Styles vs. Miz, Heyman-Reigns, Main Event

February 17, 2016

2/15 RAW HITS Fatal Five-Way: After a solid opening with Dean Ambrose and Stephanie McMahon, Raw got going well with this Fatal Five-Way for Ambrose’s Intercontinental Championship. This was a good match that went over […]

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HITS & MISSES – 2/3 WWE NXT show: Balor vs. Crews, #1 contender set-up, Santana, more

February 7, 2016

Hits & Misses – 2/3 WWE NXT on WWE Network NXT HITS – Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady vs. two unnamed NXT enhancement wrestlers: This was a minor hit for me as I like seeing […]

HITS & MISSES – 12/14 WWE Raw: Reigns, McMahon, Divas, more

December 16, 2015

PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera breaks down Monday’s Raw episode with his Hits & Misses column looking at a very newsworthy show from Philadelphia following Sunday’s TLC PPV… NOTE FROM JON: After a few weeks of being overwhelmed personally […]

HITS & MISSES – 11/16 Raw: Title Tourney, Reigns-Cesaro, Contract Signing, more

November 18, 2015

PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera breaks down this week’s Raw episode with his Hits & Misses column, including the WWE Title tournament, Charlotte-Paige contract signing, The Undertaker & Kane, and more. RAW HITS Opening Segment: I […]

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