> 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.) Monday’s Raw continued a severe…

After a night in which Raw ratings fell slightly, SmackDown reversed that pattern by increasing their ratings by one percent over last week. Tuesday’s episode, which featured an unadvertised WWE title match between AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan, averaged 2.11 million viewers. With Raw down, SmackDown retained the usual 85 percent of their audience from Monday night. Year-over-year,…

> 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 Michael Cole interview…

Raw remained at the same levels as recent weeks, doing 2.44 million viewers, up 9,000 viewers from last Monday. The loss of the overrun didn’t help hour three, as the third hour was the second lowest third hour in the modern history of the show. It was likely unfamiliar to most viewers that the key…

South Korea’s government has reportedly come under fire for suggesting a cap on K-pop stars appearing on television shows as the singers look too alike.  According to the Korea Times, guidelines issued by the ministry of gender equality and family sparked controversy at the weekend for recommending restrictions on how many singers could be allowed…

> 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 Stock Track 2016 Week 19…

SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will be returning to WWE television this week. A commercial that aired during tonight’s Raw advertised that Lynch will appear on tomorrow’s episode of SmackDown. She hasn’t been on WWE TV since SmackDown’s go-home show for Survivor Series, where it was confirmed that she wouldn’t be able to face Ronda Rousey at the…

When Aziz Gilan was posted last year to help try to secure a notorious district south of the Afghan capital, his police unit should have been around 80 strong. Instead when he was deployed to Baraki Barak in Logar province, shortages meant the headcount was only 25 and in the months of fighting with the…

> 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 released their annual…

Iwate is home to this year’s World Tag League Finals. Guerrillas of Destiny and the team of EVIL and SANADA will battle tonight in the main event, both getting to 20 points and advancing to the finals. If EVIL and SANADA manage to defeat Guerrillas of Destiny, they’re practically a lock to challenge the champions…