In just a few short weeks, AEW has found themselves with an embarrassment of riches in the main event scene and specifically, those in line to challenge MJF for the AEW World Championship. On Dynamite[…]

It is hard to say goodbye to someone that played a big part in saving my wrestling fandom. In 2003 after Paul Heyman lost the book on Smackdown, I wasn’t sure where to turn for[…]

I attended a virtual press conference with the WWE 2K26 developers earlier this week. 2K has done a good job of making the game fun in recent years. It looks fantastic and it is easy[…]

This is a follow-up to my column last July with a list of the best matches of the first half of 2025. Catch up on that HERE. Now we move on to the second half[…]

The first episode of WWE Unreal Season 2 is an exercise in contrasts. The bulk of the first episode is focused on Becky Lynch, who comes across as very likeable in real life, but is[…]

I knew there was a swerve coming. I was just wrong about who was swerving who. Ever since the Johnny “Dango” Curtis (JDC) retirement storyline began in mid-November, I smelled a rat. It was too[…]

I’ll tip my hat to the new Constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I’ll get[…]

Thursday was a new era for TNA as it aired its first episode of Impact on AMC, and yet, it was also very much the same old TNA. The “LOLTNA” meme has perhaps never been[…]

Shut up! You talk too much You talk too much You talk too much You talk too much Hey! You over there, I know about your kind You’re like the Independent Network News on Channel[…]

NXT is about to see a significant roster change at the top of the card, especially in the men’s division. Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans have already been promoted to the main roster and, based[…]

Something is missing from the ongoing storyline with Jon Moxley and The Death Riders. Moxley seemed to be turning babyface, as he was taking losses recently in the ring, which made it seem likely that[…]

AEW’s Continental Classic tournament has been great so far. The matches have been a refreshing change of pace for AEW. The rules dictate that there’s no outside interference and that wins and losses matter, which[…]

To tap or not to tap. That is the question. It has been a week filled with backlash by WWE fans against John Cena tapping out to Gunther last weekend at Saturday Night’s Main Event.[…]

The ride wasn’t always smooth getting there. But ultimately, I thought WWE stuck the landing on the John Cena retirement tour, with the presentation of and his final bout against Gunther on Saturday night. Many[…]

We are about halfway through the 2025 AEW Continental Classic which, thus far, has lived up to the sterling reputation created by the previous two versions of the tournament. We just saw what could be[…]

When it comes to The Rock and John Cena and how they’ve handled media questions about The Rock’s involvement at WrestleMania this year, it has been a letdown hearing them talk about their participation and[…]

“The Long Walk” is a dystopian movie based on the first novel that Stephen King wrote when he was 19 years old. The book wasn’t released until 1979 under King’s pseudonym Richard Backman. Francis Lawrence,[…]

-If you weren’t paying attention during WWE’s Survivor Series War Games PLE last weekend, you might have missed C.M. Punk’s demeanor when he made his entrance for the War Games match. He was wearing a[…]

TNA and AMC announced a deal this morning that will give TNA its broadest television reach in some time. It’s a day of excitement for fans of the TNA brand as well as for those[…]

Earlier this month on the ProWres Paradise podcast right here at PWTorch VIP, in the midst of discussing Eddie Guerrero, Case Lowe and I took a detour into a topic that we’re both very passionate[…]

AEW has gotten more and more violent in recent months. The escalation of violence has seen tasers, flame throwers, fish tanks, fire, glass, thumbtacks, and just about every weapon possible short of a gun or[…]

When WWE releases wrestlers, I often use my full-page column in the PWTorch Newsletter to write about those folks, what may have led to their releases, and where they might end up post-WWE. About a[…]

It was revealed over the weekend that Kazuchika Okada will be the final opponent for Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 20, traditionally their biggest show of the year, to be held on Jan. 4,[…]

Mercedes Mone is now Twelve Belts Mone, holding 12 titles across a litany of companies worldwide. It’s a great gimmick and gets her over to a large degree. This is pro wrestling though, and we’re[…]