Monthly Archives: July 2020

Updated WWE Backlash line-up – six matches set for Sunday’s 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 has announced six matches […]

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WWE Raw ratings down 13 percent on Memorial Day

Raw on Memorial Day did 2.19 million viewers, which would be the fourth lowest number for the show in modern history. The only episodes lower were last year’s shows on both Christmas and New Year’s Eve and the April 29, 2019 show, which did 2.16 million viewers. However, Raw was first for the night on cable […]

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Pre-Raw Update – WWE teases injury to Seth Rollins

> 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 is teasing an injury […]

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WWE Raw posts non-holiday record low ratings against NBA Finals

As was predicted, Raw last night, in doing 2.13 million viewers, did the lowest mark in its modern history with the exception of Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors game five did 18.22 million viewers in the United States, and was the sole reason for the record low […]

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Interview Highlights: Sean “X-Pac” Waltman talks about meeting with Triple H and Stephanie recently and what they noticed, Ventura’s influence on changing industry

> 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.) Sean “X-Pac” Waltman talked on […]

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INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: Bubba Ray on his Bully character almost making it to WWE, why he chose ROH over Impact (w/Keller’s Analysis)

> 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.) The following are interview highlights […]

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Marko Stunt officially signs with AEW

Marko Stunt is the latest addition to the AEW roster. Stunt announced today that he’s officially signed with AEW: “It’s my 23rd birthday, and I can’t think of another way to celebrate, than by announcing something huge! I would like to announce that I have OFFICIALLY signed with @AEWrestling! Thank you to everyone who has […]

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Outrage in France after civil servants were paid to do nothing for 25 years

A regional authority in the south of France paid some 30 civil servants to do nothing for more than 25 years, it has been revealed.  French taxpayers have been spending more than €1 million (£897,000) a year to pay full salaries to the "phantom" bureaucrats, despite at least one of them being in full-time private sector employment.  An […]

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Tribute or prank? New statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia confounds residents

A life-size rough wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was unveiled near her hometown of Sevnica in southeastern Slovenia on Friday. Commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey and carved with a chainsaw by local folk artist Ales Zupevc, the statue serves as a – perhaps wry – accompaniment to Downey’s exhibition in […]

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Drama on the high seas as suspected ‘narco-submarine’ boarded by US Coast Guard

Footage has emerged of a submarine halted in dramatic style by the US Coast Guard in international waters, with the crew suspected of drug smuggling.  The US Coast Guard released footage of the hunt for the ‘narco-sub’, which shows a US official boarding the semi-submersible vessel while it is still travelling at speed, before pounding […]

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