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Episode 205: KAWADA The Apron Warrior
by John Pingel
This episode may contain no less than fifty “My Gods” in it. Mainly because we watched an insane AJPW match from 1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue! We also ventured back to 2019 to watch the latest episodes of NXT and 205 Live. What do we think of the […] 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 195: European Union Hour of Power
by John Pingel
TTR is back once again, and this show is jam packed! Firstly, our hosts go through the various news items that happened in the past week. John speaks about Jushin “Thunder” Liger announcing his retirement. Then, our duo rundown the first round matches from both the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (NXT) and the WWE […] More
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Episode 191: Bobby Fish and Three Boring Dudes
by John Pingel
Well, John is a little bit under the weather and Marianne is traveling to colder weather. That, however, did not stop them from record this week! Our duo discuss 205 Live, NXT, NXT:UK, and a match between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit from ROYAL RUMBLE 2003! They also announce their next classic match, and answer […] 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 182: Aleister Black is Aleister Back.
by John Pingel
After a week off due to traveling, your favorite podcasting tag team is back! They’re celebrating the 100th episode of 205 Live, watching NXT and welcoming back that Aleister Black, diving into NXT:UK, and watching what could be the best Halloween Havoc match of all time! Wow! That’s a whole lot of wrestling, plus some […] More
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Episode 181: Negative Caring
by John Pingel
Well. It finally happened. 205 LIVE had a less than stellar episode, and we can only point fingers at someone with eight abs. On NXT, we found out that Nikki Cross KNOWS SOMETHING. Then, we ventured back to 1993 to watch CACTUS JACK vs. VADER from HALLOWEEN HAVOC! We also answered some questions from Facebook, […] More
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Episode 179: Walking Doomsday Clock
by John Pingel
This week on TTR we discuss the many nicknames of “Well Spoken” Lars Sullivan (we came up with that one). We’re surprised by Otis Dozovic’s performance in the main event on NXT, Marianne can’t remember what “HOT COP” Mustafa Ali was saying because he wasn’t wearing a shirt on 205 LIVE, and we head back […] More
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Episode 178: BOLA Discussion, 205 Live, NXT, and Crazy Mikey.
by John Pingel
PWG’s BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES has happened, and our hosts were in the room where it happened! Join them as they talk about all three nights of this fantastic tournament! They then discuss a somewhat underwhelming 205 LIVE, and one of the best matches they’ve seen on NXT in a while! Then, they head back […] More
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Episode 176: Two of Them Have Mouth Holes and One of Them is Gran Metalik
by John Pingel
Hoo boy! This week on the show, we talk briefly about #ALLIN. We then try to figure out why Drake Maverick is hanging out with Authors of Pain, and not controlling the chaos on 205 LIVE. We saw two very good matches on NXT, and John had kind words about a superstar he’s never really […] More