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Six-woman tag match, Miz TV with Jeff Hardy set for WWE SmackDown

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A six-woman tag match and a couple of segments have been announced for tonight’s SmackDown. Charlotte Flair, Asuka & Becky Lynch will be teaming against SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella, Peyton Royce & Billie Kay. The IIconics got a win over Asuka & Lynch last week, while Charlotte stood tall after her contract signing with Carmella. […]

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11/18 Wed. Night TV Viewers – Impact draws smallest audience, ROH also down

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> 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.) Wednesday night on Destination America, […]

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Carmella vs. Asuka announced for WWE Money in the Bank

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WWE has added another Women’s Championship match to the Money in the Bank card. A day after Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey was announced, WWE revealed that Asuka will be challenging for Carmella’s SmackDown Women’s Championship at the pay-per-view. That was set up at tonight’s SmackDown tapings in London, with Paige interrupting Carmella’s “Royal Mellabration” […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/30): Terry Gordy becomes first UWF Heavyweight Champion

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1925  St. Louis, Missouri: – Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko for the World’s Heavyweight Wrestling Title  1943 Mexico City, Mexico: – Joe Silva defeated Adolfo Bonales to win the Mexico National Lightweight Title   1945 Toronto, Iowa: – Marshall Estep defeated Ken Fenelon for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title  1956 Montreal, Quebec, Canada: – Killer […]

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12/24 WWE Stock Track – Investors push WWE to two-month high

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> 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.) In an abbreviated week for […]

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Conor McGregor working out plea deal, new court date set

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It lasted longer than his quick knockout of Jose Aldo, but Thursday’s court date with former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor wrapped in 90 seconds with a less than eventful end. McGregor’s team is attempting to work out a plea deal with the New York district attorney for he and teammate Cian Cowley. The two […]

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North Korea ‘may have used foreign scientists to further its nuclear ambitions’

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North Korea may have been exploiting collaboration with foreign scientists to bypass tough international sanctions and further its nuclear weapons programme, according to a new investigation.  An analysis released by the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California, flags at least 100 journals published jointly by North Korean and foreign scientists that have […]