Though she officially retired as an active wrestler on Raw last night, Paige isn’t leaving WWE television. Shane McMahon announced Paige as the new on-screen general manager for SmackDown during the opening segment of tonight’s post-WrestleMania episode. She replaces Daniel Bryan, with Shane saying that he “accepted Bryan’s resignation” from his GM position due to
> 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 – Saturday, October
WWE honored Bruno Sammartino’s incredible life and career on last night’s episode of Raw. The show opened with a 10-bell salute before a tribute video played. A documentary on Sammartino also aired on the WWE Network after Raw. Raw focused on building to Friday’s Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia as well, with Brock Lesnar returning to television for a staredown
> 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.) Triple H returned to the
1940 Eugene, Oregon: – Herb Parks defeated Prince Ilaki for the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title 1950 San Fransisco, California: – Ben and Mike Sharpe defeated Ray Eckert and Hard Boiled Haggerty to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles 1951 Montreal, Quebec, Canada: – Buddy Rogers defeated Bobby Managoff to win 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.) Ring of Honor finished its
WWE’s next entry into reality television will be making its debut this summer. It was announced last night that “Miz & Mrs.” would be premiering on the USA Network at 10 p.m. Eastern time on July 24th. With that being a Tuesday, the series will be airing right after SmackDown and is scheduled against 205 Live. “Miz
> 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 NXT Takeover: London News
1941 Waterloo, Iowa: – Bronko Nagurski defeated Dick Raines 1950 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Tag Team Champions Emil and Joe Dusek beat Ralph Garibaldi and Sonny Myers in 2 out of 3 falls – Tarzan Kowalski beat Tommy O’Toole 2 out of 3 falls – Fred Blassie beat Karl Davis via DQ – Jack
> 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.) Ring of Honor announced Thursday the