NXT UK HITS & MISSES 1/14: Walter vs. A-Kid and Bate vs. Gradwell
Ed Harvey vs Joe Coffey – Hit Good to see them start right with a match to kickoff the show. Ed Harvey is a newly signed wrestler to NXT UK. He’s a long-time vet of […]
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Adam Cole calls NXT a main roster WWE brand (w/ Heydorn’s Analysis)
Adam Cole answered definitively when discussing NXT’s place in WWE. In a response to a fan on Twitter, Cole stated that there was “no debate” and that NXT is a main roster brand for WWE. […]
1/14 NXT UK TV REPORT: Walter vs. A-Kid, Harvey vs. Coffey, Bate vs. Gradwell, and more
NXT UK TV REPORT (EP. 130) JANUARY 14, 2021 STREAMED ON WWE NETWORK REPORT BY CHAD KOENIG, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Andy Shepherd and Nigel McGuinness (1) ED HARVEY/ SHA SAMUELS vs. JOE COFFEY Coffey applied […]
New Year’s Evil Fight Pit match rescheduled for next week
The Fight Pit is back. After being pulled from last week’s New Year’s Evil NXT show due to Timothy Thatcher not being cleared medically, it was announced last night that he and Tommaso Ciampa would […]
Recent NXT signees debut in the 2021 Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
After signing with WWE late in 2020, the Rascalz made their NXT television debut on Wednesday night. The team, now named MSK, debuted in the 2021 Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and defeated the […]
NXT to utilize live virtual fans for the first time
The Capital Wrestling Center just got more exciting. Per an email sent to fans on Tuesday morning and reported by Fightful, NXT will now have virtual fans on hand for their live television events. The […]
1/7 NXT UK TV REPORT: Ben Carter debuts against Jordan Devlin, Jinny vs. Niven, Mastiff vs. Huxley, and more
NXT UK TV REPORT (EP. 129) JANUARY 7, 2021 STREAMED ON WWE NETWORK REPORT BY CHAD KOENIG, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Andy Shepherd and Nigel McGuinness (1) JINNY (c) vs. PIPER NIVEN – Number One Contender’s […]
NXT announces its next Takeover event
NXT Takeover is back. In a Twitter post late Wednesday night, the company announced that its next Takeover special would air on Sunday February 14th 2021 on the WWE Network. This Takeover event has yet […]
1/5 NXT ON USA PRIMER: Finn Balor vs. Kyle O’Reilly for the NXT Championship, Priest vs. Kross, Ripley vs. Gonzalez, and more
NXT ON USA JANUARY 5, 2021 LIVE IN ORLANDO, FLA. AT CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER REPORT BY AMIN AJANI, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR The black-and-gold brand is kicking off 2021 with a bang as NXT presents New Year’s […]
NXT New Year’s Evil tomorrow night to open commercial free, first match announced
WWE announced on Tuesday night that Damian Priest vs. Karrion Kross would be the opening match on the special NXT New Year’s Evil show on Wednesday January 6th. In addition, it was announced that Priest […]
12/31 NXT UK TV REPORT: Gallus vs. Lorcan & Birch, Bate vs. Devlin, and more
NXT UK TV REPORT (EP. 128) DECEMBER 31, 2020 STREAMED ON WWE NETWORK REPORT BY CHAD KOENIG, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Andy Shepherd and Nigel McGuinness -Nigel McGuiness is again at his home, which is decorated […]
HEYDORN’S TAKE: Charlotte shines when WWE needs her most
Sometimes stars need to be stars. In game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, it was Michael Jordan that stepped up and hit the game-winning basket to complete 3-Peat number two for the Chicago Bulls. […]
3/15 NXT in Venice, Fla: Parks’s on-site report, including debuts and Riddle vs. Cole main event, X-Pac, Bugenhagen, Trevor Lee
NXT LIVE EVENT March 15, 2019 Venice, Florida Report by Greg Parks, PWTorch Columnist New NXT live event host Dennis Arnell kicked off the show along with Percy Watson. Arnell was also the ring announcer. […]
NJPW News: Liger announces when he will retire, expresses desire to wrestle at MSG, ticket update for August UK event and G1 Climax in Texas (w/Radican’s Analysis)
At a NJPW press conference held earlier today, Jushin Liger announced that he intends to retire at Wrestle Kingdom in January of 2020. NJPW will be holding two Wrestle Kingdom events in January 2020. Liger, […]
WWE/NXT News: NXT Champion Ciampa set to undergo neck surgery, will be out of action for a long period of time (w/Radican’s Analysis)
NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa is going to be out of action for an extended period of time after having neck surgery, which will be performed within the next few days according to PWTorch sources. Ciampa, […]
WWE News: Corino’s role in WWE expands, now working a variety of roles on the main roster
PWTorch sources have confirmed that Steve Corino, who was serving as a producer at NXT as well as booking the live events on the Florida loop, has been moved up to work behind the scenes […]
WWE News: Several former Impact talents start behind the scenes for WWE at Raw last night, Jarrett, Dutt, Daivari, and Helms debut as producers, details on hirings in relation to WWE’s short and long-term goals
WWE has added several new producers to the main roster. Shane Helms, Jeff Jarrett, and Sonjay Dutt all started their new roles behind the scenes last night at Raw. Additionally, PWTorch has also learned that […]
NXT/Evolve News: Gargano interview ahead of Evolve events this weekend, meet and greet info for NXT stars, more (w/Radican’s Analysis)
-Johnny Gargano had an interview published on WWE.com ahead of Evolve’s events in New York this weekend. Gargano talks about his feelings ahead of returning to Evolve as well as his matches against Austin Theory […]
NXT/Evolve News: Adam Cole set to return to Evolve, NXT coach Corino set to conduct WWN Seminar in Brooklyn, Gargano set to wrestle on January events
-Evolve has announced that Adam Cole will return to Evolve and be in action on two nights on Feb. 15 in Atlanta and Feb. 16 in Charlotte. The last time Cole appeared in Evolve, he […]
12/7 NXT in Venice, Fla.: Street Profits team with Keith Lee vs. Forgotten Sons in main event
NXT LIVE EVENT DECEMBER 7, 2018 VENICE, FLA. AT THE VENICE COMMUNITY CENTER REPORT BY GREG PARKS, PWTORCH COLUMNIST The usual crowd of 250-300 people in Venice tonight. Alicia Taylor, who just started on this […]
WWE News: Jonah Rock expected to sign deal and report to NXT in January, joins noteworthy list of expected talent acquisitions (w/Radican’s Analysis)
WWE has come to terms with a contract with Jonah Rock out of Australia according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer. Rock is expected to join Trevor Lee, Shane Strickland, and ACH in reporting […]
Evolve news: WWN issues statement on LAX being pulled from Evolve events, NXT’s Roderick Strong issues challenge for Evolve Championship (w/Radican’s Analysis)
-WWN issued a statement in the latest WWN Alerts about LAX being pulled off of both Evolve dates this month. The statement said that Impact officials had LAX relay the news to Evolve management that […]
ROH COO Joe Koff says he doesn’t expect the cast of Being the Elite to return to ROH, Young signs new deal with company (w/Radican’s Analysis)
-Joe Koff recently conducted an interview with WrestlingInc.com. In the interview, Koff revealed he doesn’t expect to see the Being the Elite crew back in ROH after their contracts expire: I don’t think so, and […]
WWE News: Next NXT PC class taking shape, wrestlers from MLW, Impact, ROH expected to report in January (w/Radican’s Analysis)
-WWE’s next recruiting class to the WWE Performance Center is starting to take shape for January. Mike Johnson of PWInsider reported today that Trevor Lee of Impact Wrestling and Shane Strickland of MLW and Lucha […]