SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… PWTorch Assistant Editor, Zack Heydorn, reviews the WWE Raw 30 episode and previews this week’s episode of WWE NXT featuring three major women’s segments and more. Click Here: new zealand kiwis jersey Subscribe to the PWTorch YouTube channel HERE. CATCH-UP: HEYDORN’S WWE RAW RECEIPT 1/23: … Continue reading "WWE NXT PREVIEW 1/24: Women’s Championship Summit, Stratton vs. Hartwell, Raw review, more"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… New Japan Pro Wrestling announced on Monday morning that it would be making significant changes to the NJPW Strong brand. Under the current branding, Strong is a weekly program that is taped in the United States. NJPW will be moving away from that format beginning … Continue reading "NJPW announces the end of weekly taped show in the US"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WWE reported on Thursday during a corporate earnings call that the company set a new record for revenue in 2022. In 2022, revenue grew 18% over prior year and totaled $1.3 billion, the highest ever for WWE. WWE touted record fourth quarter numbers in 2022 … Continue reading "WWE reports record revenue in 2022"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Tony Khan says that cultivating a free agent market for wrestlers was a part of his pitch to television executives for an AEW program. In an interview with Uproxx, Khan spoke about free agents joining AEW since its inception and the free agent strategy for … Continue reading "Tony Khan talks AEW free agent strategy"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Cody Rhodes says that after the All Out media scrum debacle with CM Punk, he felt the thing he helped build in AEW got damaged. In an interview with Ariel Helwani, Rhodes spoke about the situation, what he felt when he watched it, and what … Continue reading "Cody Rhodes comments on All Out media scrum with CM Punk"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Edge will face Austin Theory for the WWE United States Championship on Monday’s episode of WWE Raw — as long as Theory accepts. During the WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 press conference, Theory issued the open challenge during his time with the media. When Theory left, … Continue reading "WWE Hall of Famer to accept US Championship open challenge on WWE Raw"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Adam Cole will return to the ring for AEW next month. During this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, Cole participated in Tony Khan’s major company announcement. Cole revealed that AEW had signed on to air a special All Access show beginning in March that would … Continue reading "Adam Cole return to the ring announced on AEW Dynamite"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Last Friday’s (2/24) episode of WWE Smackdown on Fox drew an average of 2.408 million viewers and a 1.48 broadcast rating. The prior week drew 2.383 million viewers and a 1.47 rating. Through eight weeks this year, Smackdown has averaged 2.378 million viewers, so Friday’s … Continue reading "WWE Smackdown Ratings Report: Viewership up over last week, eight-week averages in core demo, year-to-year comparison"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… The House of Black are the new AEW World Trios Champions. House of Black defeated The Elite at AEW Revolution 2023. It’s their first championship win in AEW. AND NEW. #AEWRevolution @SNM_Buddy @malakaiblxck @Brodyxking pic.twitter.com/hoGTRGcRde — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 6, 2023 The Elite … Continue reading "New champions crowned at AEW Revolution 2023"

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Mark Briscoe provided an important update regarding the ROH World Tag Team Championships during this week’s taping of AEW Rampage. Mark and Jay Briscoe held the titles since December’s Final Battle PPV event. On that show they defeated FTR to regain the ROH gold. Jay … Continue reading "SPOILER: Update on ROH World Tag Team Championship"