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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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NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT (April 24, 2013)

NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – APRIL 24, 2013 (by PHIL RIPPA) This is the NXT “Clash of the Champions”.  For some reason I am little sad about them doing this gimmick but we shall see. Maybe because I know Ric Flair won’t be in the main event. WHAT WORKED US TITLE MATCH – Antonio Cesaro […]

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NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT (April 3, 2013)

NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – APRIL 3, 2013 (by PHIL RIPPA) Into April! Only Eight Months Behind! WHAT WORKED Poor poor crippled Oliver Gray. Replaced by Bo Dallas. Why they haven’t stripped them of the tag belts yet is beyond me. Anyway – it’s Dallas/Adrian Neville vs. The Wyatts. I have already mentioned how much […]

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NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT (March 20, 2013)

NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – MARCH 20, 2013 (by PHIL RIPPA) In the full disclosure department – this is the one episode of NXT that I have watched before. Way back when, when I was rummaging around Hulu, I randomly decided to watch NXT and I picked this episode because the screen cap was nothing […]

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NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT (March 13, 2013)

NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – MARCH 13, 2013 (by PHIL RIPPA) WHAT WORKED Kassius Ohno vs. Derrick Bateman opens the show. I won’t complain though I am really not sad that Bateman is now on Impact where it is so easy for me to ignore him. And God Bless – his punches were definitely destined […]

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NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT (March 6, 2013)

NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – MARCH 6, 2013 (by PHIL RIPPA) WHAT WORKED Show opens with Dusty Rhodes ON THE STICK~! Since it is just Dusty by himself this week – I will give him a pass on booking the same triple threat match from last week. But hey – Dusty is paying out of […]

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NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT (February 13, 2013)

NXT RETRO WORKRATE REPORT – FEBRUARY 13, 2013 (by PHIL RIPPA) WHAT WORKED So just as I was starting to make a comment about how weird it was that here was Summer Rae doing ring introductions with no mention of her freak out and her attack of Paige when who should come storming down the […]