Pro Wrestling Then and Now

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor and “Raw Hits and Misses” author Jon Mezzera and Frank Peteani wrap up their journey reviewing 1995 WWF by looking back at Survivor Series and In Your House V. They lightly review [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor and “Raw Hits and Misses” author Jon Mezzera and Frank Peteani resume their journey reviewing 1995 WWF, taking on the In Your House III & IV PPVs. At III the key matches [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor and “Raw Hits and Misses” author Jon Mezzera and Frank Peteani resume their journey reviewing 1995 WWF by breaking both the In Your House II and Summerslam PPVs. In Your House II [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor and “Raw Hits and Misses” author Jon Mezzera and Frank resume their journey reviewing 1995 WWF by breaking down the much-criticized King of the Ring PPV. They discuss the decision to have [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor and “Raw Hits and Misses” author Jon Mezzera and Frank resume their journey reviewing 1995 WWF by breaking down the first In Your House PPV. Bret Hart faced Hakushi and later Jerry [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch VIP Analyst Todd Martin joins Frank to review ECW’s Hostile City Showdown from 1995, Frank’s first time reviewing an ECW show. They open discussing the situation that occurred on the previous show, Three [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor Jon Mezzera joins Frank Peteani to continue their review of the 1995 WWF, focusing on WrestleMania XI held in Hartford, Conn. This event featured Diesel defending the WWF Championship against Shawn Michaels, [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor Zach Barber makes his debut on Pro Wrestling Then and Now to review WCW Uncensored 1995. They first discuss WCW and WWF increasing their PPV lot, and then review the show. It [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch.com contributor Chris Maitland of the “Wrestling Coast to Coast” Dailycast returns to Pro Wrestling Then and Now to review the 1995 edition of WCW SuperBrawl, which featured seven matches out of which [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch contributor Brandon LeClair returns to Pro Wrestling Then and Now to review episodes 3 & 4 of WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event. Episode 3 featured follow-up of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper interfering in [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch contributor Jon Mezzera joins Frank Peteani to review the 1995 Royal Rumble PPV. Razor Ramon defends the Intercontinental Championship against Jeff Jarrett. Newly turned babyface WWF Champion Diesel defends his title against [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch columnist Sean Radican makes his first appearance on the show to look back at the 1990 Royal Rumble. His viewing habits from the 1990 are discussed along with his thoughts on WWF [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Jesse Velasquez of the Top Rope Nation podcast and Top Rope Nation Unplugged returns to talk WCW Starrcade 1994. The card featured Hacksaw Jim Duggan defending the U.S. Championship against Big Van Vader, 19-year-old [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch.com VIP subscriber and listener David Wolf returns to break down the first two Saturday Night’s Main Event episodes from May and October of 1985. They discuss the placement and significance of the [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch.com VIP contributor Jon Mezzera joins Frank Peteani to look back at Survivor Series 1994. This is the audio version of the show, which debuted on the PWTorch YouTube page. The card includes [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin returns to “Then and Now” to discuss the 1994 edition of WCW Halloween Havoc. They review the entire show, which is heavily centered on the retirement match between [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: In part two of the latest Pro Wrestling Then and Now, Kylin Furlow and Frank Peteani discuss WCW Fall Brawl, the follow-up to Bash at the Beach discussed in part one. They break down [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: In part one of the latest Pro Wrestling Then and Now, long-time PWTorch.com VIP reader and listener Kylin Furlow returns to Then and Now to discuss not one, but two shows from 1994 [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch.com columnist Greg Parks returns to “Then and Now” to reflect on the 1994 edition of WWF Summerslam. They review the entire card, which featured a Match of the Year candidate in Bret [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch.com contributor Jon Mezzera returns to Pro Wrestling Then and Now to look back at the WWF King of the Ring PPV from 1994. They discuss the entire card, which features Bret Hart [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Jesse Velasquez from Top Rope Nation and host of TRN Unplugged joins Frank Peteani to look back on WCW Slamboree 1994. The top matches are Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. The Nasty Boys [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Long-time PWTorch VIP subscriber David Wolf joins Frank Peteani to discuss WCW Spring Stampede 1994, a show in which WCW was on the brink of a major change with the potential signing of Hulk [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: Ryan Droste from the Top Rope Nation podcast returns to discuss WrestleMania X from Madison Square Garden. They talk about the construction of the show, which was unique to that time, and would a [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor Kelly Wells returns to “Then and Now” to look back at the 1994 Royal Rumble event with Frank Peteani. They talk about the craziness of the angle run between Yokozuna and the [...]

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor Marcus Arias makes his debut on the show to look back at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 8 from 2014. They open discussing the news of Kazuchika Okada leaving New Japan [...]