PWTorch editor Wade Keller hosts another PWTorch “12 Minute Hot Take” with PWTorch columnist and VIP analyst Rich Fann. They discuss whether this more serious version of Chad Gable has main event potential now that […]
AEW announced the Continental Classic earlier today. While I wrote about how the line-up of participants is below what I was hoping for, it’s still got several intriguing candidates to win and several good subplot […]
My main takeaway from the Continental Classic field of 12 was disappointment. I’m not disappointed in the potential match quality, though. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli, Andrade vs. Daniel Garcia, Jay White vs. Jon Moxley, […]
Yesterday, I wrote a Keller’s Take commentary with a list of ten announcements I hoped Tony Khan would make tonight instead of just one. I asked readers to submit their wish lists because, well, not […]
Tony Khan posted on Twitter/X today that he has an “important announcement” to make on AEW Dynamite tomorrow night. I hope that Tony Khan has ten important announcements tomorrow. In no particular order… (1) He’s […]
Juice Robinson said on Dynamite earlier this week as he pulled out a roll of quarters that he had something MJF would “really like.” The implication, of course – with the smallest thread of (im)plausible […]
The Rock returned for what could be a one-off segment last night on Smackdown. He happened to be in town doing the Pat McAfee show, one thing led to another, and Nick Khan invited Rock […]
The decision to fire C.M. Punk surely didn’t come to easy for Tony Khan. Fans knew it, wrestlers and other AEW employees were eyewitness to it, and Khan wasn’t shy about it – TK was […]
That Gable Steveson debut on Sunday night came with one big positive: There’s nowhere to go but up from there. Sigh. The highly credentialed Olympic Gold Medalist and NCAA Wrestling Champion fought Baron Corbin to […]
L.A. Knight, is he the Flavor of the Month or a potential breakout star for WWE? Formerly Eli Drake in Impact Wrestling, he’s always been a standout on the mic, if not a little reliant […]
So MJF and Adam Cole are buddies, and it seems destined that it won’t last and will lead to an MJF match against Adam Cole for the AEW World Title. What is less sure is […]
The ratings for AEW Collision from Saturday are not in yet, but AEW is hoping to at least maintain a viewership in the high 500s and ideally getting back into the 600s, while drawing a […]
Who eventually defeats Roman Reigns and when has become one of the bigger storyline issues in pro wrestling lately. Going into WrestleMania earlier this year, a lot of people thought Cody Rhodes was going to […]
The drop in viewership the last two weeks since the premiere episode of AEW Collision is not good. Week 2’s dropoff wasn’t a shock, but it was on a bigger end of the dropoff range […]
CM Punk finds himself at the center of another AEW controversy. Punk, by multiple accounts, wanted Ace Steel, his longtime friend with whom he traveled the Midwest indy circuit, back with AEW when he returned. […]
AEW and Warner Br0s. Discover (WMD) announced the launch of AEW Collision starting next month. It’ll air for two hours Saturday nights at 8 ET. A few things jumped out to me in the press […]
When the new AEW-Warner Media Discovery (WMD) deal is announced this Wednesday, a few key components are expected to be part of the deal. •A new weekly Saturday two hour prime time program called AEW […]
In our latest reader poll here at PWTorch, I asked: Who do you want to be the first World Hvt. Champion on Raw, among those listed? (The list consists of all wrestlers not assigned to […]
NXT could use a spark. Viewership the last four weeks is up about 110,000 on average, compared to the prior four weeks on Wednesdays head-to-head with AEW. I’m not sure what NXT officials were hoping […]
I am pleased to announce that Zack Heydorn has been promoted this month to PWTorch Assistant Editor. He has been a staff columnist and contributor for years and this month has taken on more duties, […]
Addendum (12-29-20) Bruce Mitchell is no longer a staff member of Pro Wrestling Torch. I spoke with him earlier today and let him know my decision, as well as the reasons behind it. I thank […]
Shane McMahon returned to WWE Raw last night at the helm of a backroom fight club at the Performance Center dubbed “Raw Underground.” As soon as you saw it, you likely had a visceral reaction. […]
WWE’s announcement that they have hired Nick Khan, a 45 year old former attorney and agent to some of the sports world’s top broadcasters, puts a name and face to one of the most important […]
I wrote an editorial earlier this week in the new Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter (#1674, cover-dated June 23) that in recent weeks I’ve grown more uncomfortable watching the increasingly cavalier attitude toward the risk of […]
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