2020 July

Bret Hart – wise sage, critical wrestler, both?, in-depth SI interview

> 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.) Bret Hart covered about 20 […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/16): Verne Gagne wins AWA title from Mad Dog Vachon

1922 Minneapolis, Minnesota: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Henry Ordemann 2 falls to 0 1934 St. Louis, Missouri: – World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Richard “Dick” Shikat  – Orville Brown and Ray Steele drew  – George Zaharias beat Matros Kirilenko  1952 Tacoma, Washington: – Roger Mackay defeated The Masked Marvel (Buddy […]

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Wednesday Torch Today – Livecast All-Star Panel, Rock’s new movie project, Ross & Kevin Sullivan, HBK visits Santa, ECIII talks TNA emphasiszing “homegrown stars,” TNA Title quarterfinals & final NXT Takeover hype tonight, new “Unfiltered” w/Sasha Banks, Sami Zayn’s in-ring return, Backlund Video Interview

> 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.) TORCH TODAY – Wednesday, December […]

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Daily Update: Amann & Punk, Mae Young Classic, BOSJ

THE ROUND-UP THE LATEST NEWS NXT’s Steffanie Newell to challenge for PROGRESS Women’s title WWE SmackDown ratings exactly even with last week NJPW Best of the Super Juniors night 10 results: KUSHIDA vs. Desperado WWE NXT results: Shayna Baszler vs. Dakota Kai title match SmackDown to remain live on Fox THE LATEST AUDIO WOL: Ratings, […]

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Tanahashi returning to U.S. for ROH PPV Weekend

> 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.) Hiroshi Tanahashi, the former IWGP […]

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Taliban and US discuss prisoner swap for two captive university professors

Taliban envoys are in discussions with America to free two captive Western professors in return for as many as 100 imprisoned militants, as part of a trust-building prisoner swap to spur a tentative peace process. Kevin King and Timothy Weeks were seized at gunpoint in 2016 from Kabul and their fate is understood to have […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/15): WCW Great American Bash 1997

1941  Waterloo, Iowa: – Joe Dusek beat Rudy Strongberg by DQ 1950 Kansas City, Kansas:  – Karl Davis beat Fred Blassie in a 2 out of 3 falls special mud match – Sonny Myers defeated Emil Dusek in 2 out of 3 falls – Ralph Garibaldi and Joe Dusek went to a time limit draw […]

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TV boxing event featuring Jim Ross canceled

> 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.) One of Jim Ross’s new […]

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Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling may kill industry

Japan may have harpooned itself in the foot with its decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and to resume commercial whaling, with fisheries companies here warning that the industry will quickly become economically unviable.  The Japanese government announced earlier this week that it will formally withdraw from the IWC in June and resume […]

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Matt Cappotelli passes away after second battle with brain cancer

Matt Cappotelli has passed away after his second battle with brain cancer. Cappotelli’s wife, Lindsay, wrote on Facebook: “Hey Team Capp…I’ve been struggling with what to say and how to say this, and I’ll probably end up rambling, but here goes. Today my love-my strong, sweet, beautiful love-took his last breath at 3:30 a.m. and went […]

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