Monthly Archives: November 2023

WWE RAW PRIMER 8/19: Here Ye Here Ye Let the Royal Tournament Begin, A Monster of a Challenge by the Phenomenal One, Now That’s a Brutal Boss, Who Wants To Run After Elias?

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ST. PAUL, MN. AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER AUGUST 19, 2019 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young Arena and Items Advertised by WWE WWE finds itself […]

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Raw Rating up against Monday Night Football premier on ESPN, sharp drop-off from first to third hour, Straight Up Steve Austin also drops

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Last night’s episode (9/9) of WWE Monday Night Raw drew a 1.71 rating, up from last week’s 1.70, but below the ten-week rolling average headed into this week of 1.78. Raw went up against ESPN’s NFL Monday Night Football games for the first time this […]

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World title match official for TNA Hard to Kill 2024

A TNA World Championship match is official for the Hard to Kill pay-per-view set for Saturday, January 13, 2024.  Impact Wrestling officially announced Thursday that current World Champion Alex Shelley will defend what will then be known as the TNA World title against Feast or Fired briefcase winner Moose at Hard to Kill.  Moose won […]

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WATCH: LI Holocaust Survivor Concerned By Growing Anti-Semitism

HEWLETT, NY — Asher Mathathias, a longtime resident of the Five Towns, has a set of life experiences, even if he doesn’t recall them all. Mathathias survived the Holocaust as a baby living in Greece. We spoke for the Patch Weekly Spotlight on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht. “All hell broke loose in Jewish communities, […]

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WEEKLY OVERVIEW – WWE (thru 8/28): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… The following article is part of our Weekly Overview Series to help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, social media activity, key interviews, plus a timely commentary at the end. We will […]

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Impact Wrestling moving to AXS TV week of October 21 days after Impact parent company acquires AXS TV

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Impact Wrestling announced today via press release to PWTorch.com and other media outlets that their weekly two hour show will be moving from Pursuit, with very limited reach on national cable systems, to AXS TV, which is available in over 50 million homes and is […]

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WWE reveals new matches and segments coming up on launch of new season including Ronda Rousey, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Brock Lesnar, title matches

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WWE has big plans for next week’s kickoff of their “new season” of TV shows. They released the following details today about next week. Monday Night Raw Seth Rollins defends his Universal Title against Rey Mysterio Miz TV with Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan Brock […]

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NXT ON USA PRIMER 10/9: Preview of second two-hour USA Network live show including Kushida vs. Walter (loser must go lowercase), Gulak vs. Lio Rush for NXT Cruiserweight Title, Balor and Ciampa return fallout

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Coming off last week’s mini Takeover special on the USA Network, NXT looks to brighten up WWE casual fans’ moods coming off the lacklustre Hell in a Cell PPV. For the first time the NXT Cruiserweight Championship will be up for grabs as Drew Gulak […]

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Governor of Florida, host state for WrestleMania, says mass gatherings scheduled for next 30 days should be postponed to mitigate coronavirus spread

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WrestleMania is scheduled for Apr. 5, 24 days from now. Earlier today, the governor of Florida, the host state for WrestleMaia, has called on cities and counties to cancel any mass gatherings over the next 30 days in an effort to limit the spread of […]

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Addition To Roma Sports Club Planned In Frankfort

FRANKFORT, IL — At its Monday meeting, the Frankfort Village Board approved two special use permits, two variances and a final plat approval for a planned addition to the Roma Sports Club, at 9115 Roma Court. The addition will add 20,800 square feet to the existing building to provide more indoor recreation space, according to […]

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