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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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MATCHES THAT TICKLED MY FANCY: March 2018

(by PHIL RIPPA) With two Spring Breaks this month, I actually decided to do other things with my time besides watch wrestling. Well at least, LESS wrestling. Of course – I somehow still watch too much shitty stuff. Still some stuff stood out. The “rules” – I remember nothing that I watched. This is what […]

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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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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #20(a)

SHIMODA! Minami Toyota! LIGER! Takada! Hase! and other stuff I saw this week! Howdy! Welcome to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #20! It’s the holidays and I’ve not had a lot of time to gander at a batch of wrestling and, to top it off, I’ve been making a lot of tapes to send fellow […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #20

DICK MURDOCK! FUKINAMI! BLACK WOZMA! MAEDA! ADRIAN ADONIS! ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER! and other stuff I saw and heard this week! Howdy! Welcome to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #20! I watched a batch of stuff and I’m here to yammer on about it. It’s the holidays, so I’ll keep it short and not too overwrought. […]

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1001 MATCHES – TOMOHIRO ISHII

(by PHIL RIPPA) Tomohiro Ishii really should be everyone’s favorite wrestler. Love him so much. 741) TOMOHIRO ISHII vs. MASAAKI MOCHIZUKI – WAR (07/13/00) WAR DADDY~! Baby Ishii and Mochizuki beat on each for our entertainment. ~!~ 742) TOMOHIRO ISHII vs. RIKI CHOSHU – NEW JAPAN (07/29/07) Match is totally acceptable. I just enjoy recognizing […]