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205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – EPISODE #7

205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT EPISODE #7 (01/10/17) (By PHIL RIPPA) There might have been more for the What Worked column but I left my notes at work and I remember being angry when watching the show so, to be honest, I just would have mocked members of the crowd some more. I am saving […]

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205 LIVE WORKRATE REPORT – EPISODE #6

205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT EPISODE #6 (01/03/17) (by Phil Rippa) Starting off 2017 with a… well it’s not a bang but it’s not a whimper. God, this was a whole lotta the same. Don’t make me start wishing for the Enzo episodes. I don’t hate myself THAT much. WHAT WORKED + Jack Swagger is […]

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205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – EPISODE #5

205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT EPISODE #5 (12/27/16) You know… the number of times I have to rewatch these episodes so I can finish these things… at some point I am gonna get an old episode on the Most Watched list. WHAT WORKED + In the RAW recap, Charly Caruso looked AMAZING. Neville was okay […]

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205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – EPISODE #4

205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT EPISODE #4 (12/20/16) (by PHIL RIPPA) To catch us all up – since its been forever since I did one of those things AND there was a PPV and RAW with lots and lots of angles between episodes – Rich Swann retained the title on the Roadblock: End of the […]

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205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – EPISODE #2

205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT EPISODE #2 (12/06/16) (by PHIL RIPPA) Still getting my sea legs with these things so bear with me. Also remember that I am not over as a writer. WHAT WORKED + Again… viewing this in a vacuum… the recap of Rich Swann’s title win was really well done even if […]

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205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – Episode 1

205 LIVE RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – EPISODE #1 (11/29/16) (by PHIL RIPPA) For reasons known only to me and my non-existent therapist, I started getting the hankering to do a workrate report again (despite hating the format) when I was putting the NXT Retro Workrate Report archives up. 205 Live has like 60 something episodes […]

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MATCHES THAT TICKLED MY FANCY: January 2018

(by PHIL RIPPA) I watch enough wrestling (but not as much as I used to) that I watch plenty of things that I really enjoy. And I watch enough of those things in a month to trick myself into continuing to watch wrestling for another month. So when up at o’dark hundred hour again – […]

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1001 MATCHES: Big One (2010-Present)

(by PHIL RIPPA) Four and final part of THE BIG ONE~! All matches are from 2010 to present day. 471) BLACK TERRY/DR. CEREBRO vs. EL HIJO DEL DIABLO/GRINGO LOCO – IWRG (01/24/10) http://dai.ly/xc3yto Phil and Tom’s review on Segunda Caida ~!~ 472) DAISUKE IKEDA vs. TAKESHI ONO – FUTEN (09/26/10) This is an awesome fucking […]