SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… ALL ELITE WRESTLING RAMPAGE PRIMER NOVEMBER 12, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS, MN. AT THE TARGET CENTER AIRS ON TNT NETWORK, 10:00 p.m. EDT, 9:00 p.m. CDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Taz, Ricky Starks (various combinations) Match Results and Key Segments from … Continue reading "ALL ELITE WRESTLING RAMPAGE PRIMER 11/12: Jungle Boy vs. Fish, Cassidy vs. Hardy, Martin vs. Daivari, Cargill vs. Garrett"

A celebration for Roman Reigns' 1000-plus days as Universal Champion, plus two Money in the Bank qualifiers are set for the June 2 WWE SmackDown. Click Here: Edinson Cavani jersey sale As announced during this week's episode, a celebration for Reigns and his record title reign will take place on the June 2 SmackDown. June … Continue reading "Roman Reigns celebration, MITB qualifiers set for next WWE SmackDown"

Mercedes Mone, among others, are currently dealing with injuries. On Monday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave and Bryan discussed Mercedes Mone’s injury during the main event of NJPW Resurgence on Sunday. Mone had attempted to do a code red off the top rope, but instead crashed to the floor, breaking her ankle. She then went into … Continue reading "WOR Video: Mercedes Mone, others injured"

Eddie Kingston wants a piece of the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion.  Appearing in a video promo at Sunday's NJPW Resurgence pay-per-view, AEW & ROH's Kingston issued a challenge to whoever was holding the Strong title for a future contest. KENTA defeated Hikuleo by countout at Resurgence to regain the Strong Openweight title.  Due to being … Continue reading "Eddie Kingston issues challenge to NJPW Strong Champion"

Between the mid-1980s and late 2000s, Stereophile published 14 reviews of loudspeakers from England’s ProAc Limited. First came Dick Olsher’s review of the ProAc Tablette in 1984. The latest—until now—was in 2010, when John Marks wrote about the ProAc Response D Two. Then, in 2016, came the passing of US ProAc distributor Richard Gerberg, of … Continue reading "ProAc Response D2R loudspeaker"

AEW is considering a backup location for the debut edition of Collision next month. Dave Meltzer is reporting that Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida is being considered as a backup location. AEW had originally set to launch the show at the United Center in Chicago on June 17, but plans are currently up in the … Continue reading "AEW considering backup location for Collision debut due to CM Punk situation"

[Updated April 27] On Tuesday, April 21, 20 major high-end audio manufacturers sent an open letter to Joel Davis, founder and CEO of JD Events, urging him to immediately cancel AXPONA 2020 or offer “the option of withdrawal and an immediate refund.” (footnote 1)The letter argues that the COVID-19 pandemic “has clearly altered [the audio] … Continue reading "Organizer JD Events Pressured To Cancel AXPONA – UPDATED"

The wrestling world is paying tribute to "Superstar" Billy Graham in the wake of his passing.  Graham was one of most influential performers in the history of the industry. The list of wrestlers who emulated Graham's persona include Hulk Hogan, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and many more. Since news of his … Continue reading "WWE, Paul Heyman, Jesse Ventura pay tribute to ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham"

Soon after I took over preparing Stereophile‘s biannual Recommended Components listing from the magazine’s founder, J. Gordon Holt, in 1986, I ran into a problem. With so many products listed, the magazine was running out of the necessary pages to include them all (footnote 1). To solve this problem, I looked at how long a … Continue reading "Parasound Halo JC 1+ monoblock power amplifier"

AEW has revealed the dates and locations for the first six weeks of AEW Collision, with one notable omission. Tony Khan appeared on Wednesday’s Dynamite and revealed the following dates and locations for AEW’s new two-hour Saturday night show. The notable exception is the June 17 premiere. Khan said the location for that event would … Continue reading "Tony Khan reveals dates & locations for AEW Collision"