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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 […]

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 – 5/23 Raw: MITB qualifiers, Charlotte dumps Ric, The Club breaks up, Heel Rollins,

May 25, 2016

5/23 RAW HITS MITB Focus: I like that WWE had a series of qualifying matches for Money in the Bank. The participants in that match should have to qualify for it. I also think that […]

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 […]

AJ Styles Royal Rumble

HITS & MISSES – 4/18 Raw: Reigns-Styles Doc & Karl Week 2, Enzo & Cass, Wyatts disappear

April 20, 2016

4/18 RAW HITS Jericho vs. Zayn: I got the feeling watching this match that this was just a small sample of what Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn could do in a more important match down […]

HITS & MISSES – 4/11 Raw: Top matches, debuts & NXT call-ups, random Reigns-Wyatts-League, Dr. Phil gets a Hit? (w/Video)

April 13, 2016

RAW HITS Owens vs. Cesaro: While I didn’t like the reasoning behind this match (more later), I thoroughly enjoyed the match itself. It was great to have Cesaro return from injury last week. He was […]

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 – 3/7 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 […]

HIT & MISSES – 2/29 Raw: McMahons, McMahons, McMahons

March 2, 2016

RAW HITS None: This was a terrible show. Yes, I could probably find a few Hit worthy moments to list. Y2AJ vs. The New Day could have been a Hit on a better show. I […]

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 – 2/1 Raw: Book-ends of the show, Owens-Ziggler, Miz TV, split personality heels, more

February 3, 2016

PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera breaks down this week’s Raw episode with the Hits & Misses… 2/1 RAW HITS Opening Segment: While I didn’t enjoy Raw as a whole, I did enjoy the start of it. […]

HITS & MISSES – 1/25 WWE Raw: Styles-Jericho, Main Event, The Authority, PPV announcement

January 26, 2016

PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera breaks down Monday’s Raw with his Hits & Misses column… RAW HITS Owens vs. Ziggler: After the Royal Rumble, Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens should have gotten the night off. But, […]

HITS & MISSES – 1/18 Raw: Rumble hype, Reigns, Reigns, Jericho, Jericho

January 20, 2016

PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera breaks down this week’s Raw episode with the Hits & Misses on the final Raw before the Royal Rumble… RAW HITS Rusev vs. Reigns: After a poor opening of Raw (more […]

1/4 Raw Hits & Misses – Main Event, Jericho’s return, McMahons, Rumble change, more

January 6, 2016

PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera kicks off 2016 with his Hits & Misses review of the first Raw of 2016 featuring Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus for the WWE Title. RAW HITS Opening Segment: I’m not a […]

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 – 11/9 Raw: WWE Tourney, Taker & Kane … and Taker & Kane

November 11, 2015

In this week’s Raw Hits & Misses, PWTorch specialist Jon Mezzera reviews Monday’s U.K. Raw episode featuring the start of the WWE Title tournament and The Undertaker & Kane reuniting … RAW HITS Undertaker /Kane […]

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