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Episode 206: Samoa Joe is Made of Knives
by John Pingel
We’re not exactly sure what this episode is. We get VERY distracted from a certain wrestler’s gear on NXT. So much so, that a new segment of the show was born. We also talk about how 205 LIVE needs to shake things up a little bit. Then, we watched a match Jon Moxley asked Renee […] More
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Episode 199: The Shake-Up Experience
by John Pingel
This week on the 199th episode of The Tornado Experience, our hosts discuss 205 LIVE and NXT. How was Cedric Alexander’s sendoff from the purple brand? What did John notice about The Velveteen Dream’s in-ring work? Plus: We talk all about the Superstar Shake-Up. Who won? Who lost, and why was it the War Raiders? More
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Episode 194: Ceremonial Friendship Thing
by John Pingel
After TWO WHOLE WEEKS away from the fantastic sport of professional wrestling, we’re back! We discuss the lack of crowd participation on 205 LIVE, the RETURN OF FRIENDSHIP between Gargano and Ciampa on NXT, and chop-lite match between WALTER and Kassius Ohno on NXT:UK! Plus: We watched a match that took place SIXTEEN YEARS AGO […] More
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Episode 186: No One Is Making You Watch Monday Night RAW
by John Pingel
We’re back with our regularly scheduled block of shows. Which is basically just 205 LIVE and NXT, but we wouldn’t have it any other way! We also go back EIGHTEEN YEARS (yikes) to watch a tag team ladder match in which the rules kind of made sense from STARRCADE 2000! We talk about some news […] More
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Episode 184: Big Lad Machinery
by John Pingel
With SURVIVOR SERIES right around the corner, the TTR duo decided it was time to venture back to 2001 to view what could be the longest Survivor Series match in history: Team WWF vs. Team Alliance. Before they do that, they discuss 205 LIVE, and the fun main event between Buddy Murphy and Mark Andrews. […] More
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Episode 183: Speed Maneuvers!
by John Pingel
Tornado Tag Radio is bringing the thunder this week! They talk about all the reasons why you should watch WWE EVOLUTION. Then it’s the usual onslaught of WWE NETWORK programming: 205 Live, NXT, and NXT:UK! After all that, they head back to 1987 to watch the SURVIVOR SERIES match between Hulk Hogan’s Team and Andre […] More
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Episode 173: Who’s The Fairest GM of Them All?
by John Pingel
Questions, questions, and more questions! Our mailbag was pretty full this week, and we answered them all! Before we got to that, we had both “go home” shows for 205 LIVE and NXT. What did John realize about Cedric Alexander? If The Mighty don’t kneel, why does one of them kneel in their little pose? […] More
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Episode 171: The Dream Is Magic
by John Pingel
If there’s one thing we found out this week on TTR, it’s that Velveteen Dream is made of magic. We’re pretty sure we already knew this, but we thought an official statement was in order. 205 LIVE had a contract singing that we ACTUALLY WATCHED, and NXT had a very strange Kona Reeves comparison made. […] More
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Episode 157: Tour de Roman OR The Greatest Wrestler of All Time
by John Pingel
The fall out of the Elimination Chamber has been pretty interesting, you guys. Ronda Rousey signed her WWE contract, and put Triple H through a table. On RAW, we saw great injustices committed against The Miz. We saw John Cena decide to take his WrestleMania case to SMACKDOWN LIVE, but we decided to talk about […] More
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Episode 152: Two Scoops of Kevin & Sami
by John Pingel
While Marianne is enjoying PWG, Nick steps in to join John for this extra long episode of TTR! They discuss RAW, Smackdown LIVE, NXT, and 205 LIVE! They also go over the Mixed Match Challenge brackets, and take some questions from Facebook! More
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Episode 96: Buy a Cardboard Cutout of Randy Orton, Man.
by John Pingel
As we get closer to the 100th episode of TTR, we’ve come to realize one thing: SMACKDOWN LIVE is the A Show. But before we get to Team Blue, we recap CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS and the RAW that followed. Just how many times did Mick Foley show up? How terrible was the crowd during […] More
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Episode 92: The Miz Is Talking Smack
by John Pingel
Oh boy, TTR fans, do we have a whole lot to get to! We open the show by talking about the APW show we attended last weekend! Then, we dive straight into the WWE Universe. NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II took place on Saturday. We talked about the debut of Ember Moon, and also the fantastic […] More