Monthly Archives: July 2020

Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/20): CM Punk wins WWE title at Survivor Series 2011

1964 Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Reggie Parks drew AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon  – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff – Eddie Sharkey drew Bob Boyer  – Jack Lanza beat George Drake 1966 Melbourne, Australia; – Ray Stevens and Art Nelson defeated George & Sandy Scott for the IWA Tag […]

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Reigns leukemia announcement came as a surprise to nearly everyone backstage, how it played out, what happened backstage during and after

> 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.) Almost nobody in WWE knew […]

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Smackdown tops Tuesday Cable Rankings in key 18-49 demo, perspective on total viewership, key metrics compared to past years, more

> 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.) This week’s Smackdown (Nov. 27) […]

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WWE Backstage ratings up, second-best numbers since official debut

This week’s episode of WWE Backstage drew the second-best ratings the show has done in its regular time slot. Backstage averaged 138,000 viewers on FS1 last night. In the 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.08 rating. That was up from the 121,000 viewers and 0.05 rating the show did last week. Last night’s Backstage featured an […]

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WWE Raw viewership reaches non-holiday record low

Raw numbers last night were not good, as even coming the day after a pay-per-view and without a big football game, the show set the all-time non-holiday low with 2.05 million viewers. The previous low was for the November 11 episode that did 2.06 million viewers, but that went against the San Francisco 49ers-Seattle Seahawks game […]

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WEEKLY OVERVIEW – NXT (thru 1/10): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more

> 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 is the latest […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (01/28): WWE Royal Rumble 2018

1924 St. Louis, Missouri: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Ali Hassan 2 falls to 0 to retain the title 1949 Houston, Texas: – Wild Red Berry defeated Dizzy Davis to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title  1954 Kansas City, Kansas: – Bob Orton defeated Dave Sims to win the Central States Title […]

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Interview Highlights: Johnny Impact discusses Impact Wrestling, Lucha Underground, smart mark, RVD joining Impact

> 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 interview highlights from […]

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‘Jesus Christ! I thought we’d get four’: Pensioner cruise drug smugglers sentenced to eight years in Portuguese prison

A British pensioner whispered “Jesus Christ! I wasn’t expecting more than four” to his wife in court yesterday/THURS as they were jailed for eight years each for smuggling £1 million pounds of cocaine on a luxury Caribbean cruise.  Three judges convicted ex-chef Roger Clarke, 72, and his former secretary wife Sue, 71, of drugs trafficking […]

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Colombian politician jailed for buying votes escapes during dental appointment

Click: The first Colombian politician to be jailed for buying votes escaped from prison on Tuesday after being temporarily allowed out for a dentist’s appointment.  Aída Merlano, 43, made the escape from her guard by using a red rope to jump out of the window of an orthodontist practice in the capital of Bogotá. She […]

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