Cody Rhodes’s first post-WWE match unofficially announced
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) Cody Rhodes’s first match after…
Ricochet vs. Johnny Gargano official for NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Another title match is official for NXT TakeOver: Phoenix. Via a tweet from William Regal, WWE announced on Wednesday that Ricochet will defend his North American Championship against Johnny Gargano at TakeOver: “At #NXTTakeOver Phoenix, @KingRicochet will defend his North American Championship against @JohnnyGargano.” Gargano defeated Humberto Carrillo in a match that aired on this week’s episode…
6/20 Raw TV Ratings Report – big rebound post-MITB PPV
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) WWE Raw got an expected…
NAC hands out suspensions for Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor
Image: ESPN At a Nevada Athletic Commission hearing Tuesday, the immediate fighting futures of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were determined. The two men and Nurmagomedov’s teammates were suspended by the NAC following the post-fight events of their UFC 229 bout that Nurmagomedov won by submission. Afterward, he started yelling at McGregor’s cornermen,…
ROH stars returning to New Japan during G1 Climax; Briscoes’s first IWGP Tag Title defense; NJPW stars eying Lethal’s ROH World Title
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) New Japan announced Monday that…
Gauntlet match for Chamber advantage set for WWE SmackDown
For the second straight year, there will be a gauntlet match on WWE television on the go-home week for Elimination Chamber. WWE has announced that WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Mustafa Ali, Samoa Joe, and Jeff Hardy will face off in a gauntlet match on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown. Those are the six wrestlers…
WWE and Topps launch “WWE Slam” digital trading cards
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) WWE and Topps announced Thursday…
WWE hires NFL strength & conditioning coach who starred on “Hard Knocks”
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) Last summer, strength & conditioning…
WWE Raw ratings rebound big from recent weeks
By Paul Fontaine and Dave Meltzer In a big rebound from recent weeks, Monday’s Raw scored the show’s biggest TV audience since before the start of the most recent NFL season. Buoyed by a first hour that broke three million viewers for the first time since last August, Raw had an average audience of 2.771 million viewers,…
WWE Royalty Lawsuit – Raven joins Buff Bagwell in amended Network lawsuit against WWE
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) WWE Network Royalty Lawsuit Updates…