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WRESTLEMANIA DIARY: Jim Ross and Friends with Bruce Prichard, Jim Cornette and Mick Foley

April 9, 2017

I have been attending WrestleMania for over a decade and one of the highlights has been staying at the WWE hotel where all the wrestlers stay. In this surreal setting, I have met nearly every […]

MAGIC, MEMORIES & MANIA – Is WWE Raw the dumbest show on TV? Here’s 10 Reasons Why

September 26, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES & MANIA – Is WWE Raw the dumbest show on TV? Here’s 10 Reasons Why WWE Smackdown authority figure Shane McMahon recently proclaimed that he doesn’t watch Raw. That makes two of us, and I can […]

MAGIC, MEMORIES & MANIA – Top 10 Wishes To Follow from Summerslam 2016

August 29, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES & MANIA: Top Ten Thoughts on Summerslam 2016 By Shawn Valentino, PWTorch specialist Summerslam is considered the WrestleMania of the summer for WWE. For years, Summerslam was in my city of LA, and I […]

MAGIC, MEMORIES & MANIA – 10 Simple Strategies to Make the 2016 WWE Roster Split Successful

August 12, 2016

By Shawn Valentino, PWTorch specialist The biggest wrestling story of 2016 so far may be the return of the WWE Roster Split.  We are now three weeks into Raw and Smackdown having separate rosters, and […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania: “La Bulla” – Unmasking Lucha Libre in L.A.

June 21, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES, AND MANIA: “La Bulla” – Unmasking Lucha Libre in L.A. This is a fascinating time to be a wrestling fan. WWE has a virtual monopoly in the industry, but there are also more […]

Valentino Live at E3 – Wrestling artist Rob Schamberger stars for WWE

June 18, 2016

Magic, Memories & Mania Live Report – E3 Convention Los Angeles, Calif. E3 is the world’s biggest video game convention, and every year it comes to Los Angeles and brings the most avid gaming fanatics […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories Mania – Behind the Scenes at WrestleMania 32

April 11, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES, AND MANIA: Behind the Scenes at WrestleMania 32 It has now been a week since WrestleMania 32, and I am just getting over the excitement of the event. After all, WrestleMania is not […]

VIP AUDIO 4/6 – Wed. PWTorch Livecast All-Star Panel hosted by Pat McNeill w/guests Shawn Valentino & Rich Twilling discussing WM32 Weekend Live Experience w/calls (58 min)

April 6, 2016

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill hosts an All-Star Panel WrestleMania Weekend discussion with PWTorch specialist Shawn Valentino and former Prowrestling.net contributor Rich Twilling. Plus, live calls, emails, and more fun on the Livecast! APP USERS: […]

VIP AUDIO 4/6 – Wed. PWTorch Livecast All-Star Panel hosted by Pat McNeill w/guests Shawn Valentino & Rich Twilling discussing WM32 Weekend Live Experience w/calls (

April 6, 2016

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill hosts an All-Star Panel WrestleMania Weekend discussion with PWTorch specialist Shawn Valentino and former Prowrestling.net contributor Rich Twilling. Plus, live calls, emails, and more fun on the Livecast! APP USERS: […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania – Annual Live WrestleMania Experience Report – “A Little Too Much Something For Everybody”

April 6, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES, AND MANIA – LIVE WRESTLEMANIA 32 RATINGS “A Mania With a Little Too Much Something For Everybody” WWE likes to tout WrestleMania as their Super Bowl, and this year it came to the grandest […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania – Top 10 Reasons the Taker-Shane build-up is the worst ever

March 19, 2016

WWE likes to boast that it is more than a wrestling company. The company proclaims to be a mainstream entertainment conglomerate and an episodic soap opera. Can you think of any genre of entertainment product […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania – Five More Show-stealers to watch on WWE Network

March 15, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES AND MANIA: Five Shows to Watch On WWE Network: WrestleMania Showstealers – Part 2 WrestleMania has begun to take shape, and I have never seen a weaker card for the “Showcase of the […]

Magic Memories & Mania – Valentino’s Five to Watch: WrestleMania Showstealers

February 28, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES & MANIA: Five Shows to Watch on WWE Network WrestleMania Showstealers: Part 1 The Road to WrestleMania has officially begun. This year, I will be attending my 14th WrestleMania in-person, including 13 in a […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania – 5 Rumbles to Watch on WWE Network

February 22, 2016

MAGIC, MEMORIES AND MANIA: Five Shows to Watch on WWE Network – Royal Rumble Edition The Royal Rumble has come and gone, and we have officially hit the Fast Lane to WrestleMania. This year’s Rumble […]

Magic, Memories & Mania – Five to Watch on WWE Network

January 13, 2016

It has been a wild and wacky start to 2016, and we can say the Road to WrestleMania has officially begun. I will attend WrestleMania in person this year for the 14th time, but this week […]

Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania: Top 10 Stories of 2015

December 30, 2015

2014 was a major shift in the wrestling industry, from the birth of the WWE Network to the rise of the influence of wrestling podcasts. 2015 has not been as memorable or transcendent of a […]

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Valentino’s Magic, Memories & Mania 2016 Christmas Wish List

December 25, 2015

Dear Santa, I realize you may not be a wrestling fan, especially given how often you have been mocked and beaten up on “sports entertainment” shows, but please read this on behalf of millions of […]

Magic, Memories & Mania – Valentino Live at HIAC 2015

October 29, 2015

In the latest edition of “Magic, Memories, and Mania,” PWTorch specialist Shawn Valentino reports live from the Hell in a Cell PPV at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Find out how the imortant L.A. audience reacted […]

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