This week on Independent Waters Mikey and Zach return from the sea with even more Indy Wrestling treasure! They also have a very special match recommended by none other than Gentleman Jervis himself! The matches this week include: The Bucky Boys vs. The Sumerian Death Squad (ICW) Kylie Rae vs Orange Cassidy (Beyond Wrestling) Toni Storm vs. Wesna (Progress) Ethan Page vs. Johnny Gargano (Alpha-1 Wrestling) Gentleman Jervis vs. Kevin Martensen (CWFH) Tune in to this episode of Independent Waters to hear all the reviews and see what Mikey and Zach think about all of these match ups! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

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Independent Waters: Episode 3

Clash of Champions is here! Ryan and Mikey have been building to this awesome PPV Special for weeks! Will all their hard work pay off? Who will leave Clash of Champions with gold around their waist? what scores will be settled? Tune into the Clash of Champions special to find out! Remember to go and vote on who's card you think is better and subject the loser to the dreaded randomizer. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Clash of Champions Special

This week on Hit the Books Ryan and Mikey take on the go home show to Clash of Champions! Over on Raw MVP takes on Andrade for a shot at the Intercontinental Championship at Clash of Champions, Roman Reigns addresses the WWE Universe, and AJ Styles takes on Aleister Black in the main event. Over on Smackdown Piper Niven and Candice LeRae take on the IIconics for a shot to get added into the Women's Tag Team Championship match at Clash of Champions, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ember Moon, and Asuka are all in action, and a huge announcement from GM Paige to start off the show! Tune in this week to Hit the Books so you don't miss any of the action! Remember to vote on your favorite card and subject the loser to the dreaded randomizer! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Season 3 Episode 23

This week on Independent Waters Mikey and Zach are back again continuing their voyage through the Indy Wrestling scene! The matches they dive into this week are: Kylie Rae vs. Billie Starkz from Black Label Pro Gentleman Jervis vs. The Question Mark from Championship wrestling From Hollywood Nick Gage vs. Ultramantis Black from GCW Mike Bailey vs. Walter from Riptide Wrestling Hyan vs. Rok-C from Reality of Wrestling There are some awesome matches and some not so awesome, but which are which? We'll never tell! I mean... unless you listen to this episode I guess, so tune in now! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Independent Waters: Episode 2

This week on Hit the Books Ryan and Mikey are building towards Clash of Champions... Oh no it looks like the lights just went out here in the HTB arena and there's a commotion in the ring! OH MY ZACH BATISTA FROM THE NEW SHOW ON THE HIT THE BOOKS NETWORK IS HERE!! That's right, Ryan and Mikey are joined by special guest Zach Batista! Zach is here to judge who's card he likes more! Remember you can also choose which card you like more over on twitter and subject the loser to the dreaded randomizer! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Season 3 Episode 22

Hello everyone! Welcome to a new show here on the Hit the Books Network called Independent Waters! In this show, Mikey Manfredi and Zach Batista will be charting the waters of the Independent Wrestling scene and discovering new matches, superstars, and promotions they have never seen before! Tune in to watch these two newbies take their first voyage into the Independent Waters! Matches Found: Joey Janela vs. Kimber Lee at Beyond Wrestling: Wear Sunscreen Warhorse vs. Ophidian at Flying V Fights: The Hardest Part of The Ring Simon Grimm vs. Tom Lawlor at Prestige Wrestling Pentagon Jr. vs. Vampiro at Lucha Underground Cara Noir vs. PAC at Riptide: Point Break 2019 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Independent Waters: Episode 1

Welcome to Wrestling with Statistics, hosted by Hit the Books' Ryan and Pro Wrestling Musing's Craig, where they cover professional wrestling through the unique perspective of statistics and analytics. On today's show, Ryan and Craig review AEW' All Out (2020) PPV! Plus, they run a statistical breakdown on the AEW Tag Team Championship match between Kenny Omega & Adam Page and FTR! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Intro, NJPW Summer Struggle Flash Review 12:25 - All Out Review 49:30 - Omega/Page vs FTR Match Breakdown 58:50 - Dive into Omega/Page title reign 1:14:29 - Outro SUBSCRIBE for more episodes! Leave a REVIEW! Follow Hit the Books: https://twitter.com/HitTheBooksPod Follow Pro Wrestling Musings: https://twitter.com/PWMusings Visuals: Omega/Page vs FTR: https://twitter.com/PWMusings/status/1302947531136131072 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

WRESTLING WITH STATISTICS - Ep. 19: AEW ALL OUT Review

This week on Hit the Books Ryan and Mikey... wait what's this? BY GAWD THAT'S SEAN LARAWAY'S MUSIC! That's right, on this episode of Hit the Books Ryan and Mikey are joined by special guest Sean Laraway, writer for Last Word on Pro Wrestling! So this week HTB takes on uncharted territory with Wednesday night, as usual Ryan takes on Raw and Mikey takes on Smackdown but what twists will Sean bring with his booking of NXT? Tune in this week to find out! Remember to always vote in our polls on twitter to vote for who's card you like best and subject the loser to the dreaded randomizer! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Season 3 Episode 21 with Sean Laraway

Welcome to Wrestling with Statistics, hosted by Hit the Books' Ryan and Pro Wrestling Musing's Craig, where they cover professional wrestling through the unique perspective of statistics and analytics. On today's show, Ryan and Craig take a deep dive into Cody's entire TNT title reign, from the Lance Archer win at Double or Nothing to the Mr. Brodie Lee loss at Saturday Night Dynamite. They discuss how Cody title reign compared to his pre-title matches, what his different strategy was for different types of wrestlers, and have a very quick review of NJPW Summer Struggle. SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Intro, NJPW Summer Struggle Flash Review 05:59 - Cody’s TNT Title Reign Deep Dive 13:58 - Match Offense %, Strikedown Rate, Reversal Rate across TNT title Reign 29:26 - % Difference between Cody’s TNT Title marches and matches prior 43:01 - Cody vs Opponent Move Usage Difference 51:46 - Cody Offense against Normal matchups vs Hoss matchups 1:06:59 - Outro SUBSCRIBE for more episodes! Leave a REVIEW! Follow Hit the Books: https://twitter.com/HitTheBooksPod Follow Pro Wrestling Musings: https://twitter.com/PWMusings Visuals: NJPW Summer Struggle: https://www.prowrestlingmusings.com/post/njpw-summer-struggle-2020-match-statistics-and-analysis Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

WRESTLING WITH STATISTICS - Ep. 18: AEW DEEP DIVE into Cody's TNT Title Reign

This week on Hit the Books, Ryan and Mikey are returning home from the biggest party of the Summer! Thank goodness we almost lost Mikey to how hot it was getting. Anyway over on Raw Keith Lee has some celebrating to do after his huge win at Summerslam, A huge number one contenders tournament for the Intercontinental Championship kicks off, and a huge tag team match in the main event, you'll have to tune in to find out the competitors! Over on Smackdown the new Universal Champion Drew McIntyre has some things to say now that he's the champion, R-Truth and Mickie James both return to Smackdown, and Oney Lorcan has a challenge for Pete Dunne! Tune in this week as to not miss any of the action! Remember to go vote in the poll over on Twitter to tell us who's card you liked better and subject the loser to the dreaded randomizer! If you'd like to donate to the Hit the Books Network to help us grow and improve the show head to https://redcircle.com/shows/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Season 3 Episode 20

Hit the Books's Ryan and Mikey review WWE's Summerslam (2020) PPV! Twitter: @HitTheBooksPod Listen to our podcasts HERE! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Summerslam (2020) REVIEW! - Was Dominik AMAZING? Do we like Roman's Teeth? Pikachu?!?

Welcome to Wrestling with Statistics, hosted by Hit the Books' Ryan and Pro Wrestling Musing's Craig, where they cover professional wrestling through the unique perspective of statistics and analytics. On today's show, Ryan and Craig breakdown the two single matches on the AEW Tag Team Appreciation Night, Jericho vs Cassidy and Cody vs Sky! The stats in these matches told incredible stories and they can't wait to talk about them! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Intro 12:44 - Cody vs Brodie Lee Match Breakdown 29:53 - NXT Takeover XXX Review and Match Breakdowns 1:26:09 - Outro SUBSCRIBE for more episodes! Leave a REVIEW! Follow Hit the Books: https://twitter.com/HitTheBooksPod Follow Pro Wrestling Musings: https://twitter.com/PWMusings Visuals: Cody vs Mr. Brodie Lee: https://twitter.com/PWMusings/status/1297883528298979330 NXT Takeover XXX Thread: https://twitter.com/PWMusings/status/1297565334698950656 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

WRESTLING WITH STATISTICS - Ep. 17: NXT Takeover XXX Review, AEW Cody/Brodie Match Breakdown

Ryan and Mikey finally make it to Summerslam! The card is absolutely red hot and we can't wait for you to hear all the action! Ryan and Mikey's booking has all been leading up to the hottest event of the Summer! Tune in so you don't miss any of the action! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Summerslam Special!!

It's the go home show for our Summerslam special this Sunday! The cards are really heating up on both brands! Over on Raw there's a Battle Royal for a shot at the Intercontinental Title at Summerslam, Rhea Ripley takes on Nia Jax, and Seth Rollins confronts Edge before their huge match this Sunday! On Smackdown Ember Moon explains her actions from last week, Oney Lorcan has a huge announcement concerning the Tag Team Championship match this Sunday, and a huge champion vs challenger main event where Pete Dunne and Bayley take on Ruby Riott and Roderick Strong! Tune in this week so you don't miss any of the action before the biggest event of the Summer! Don't forget to vote on who's card you like better and subject the loser to the dreaded randomizer! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

Hit the Books: Season 3 Episode 19

Welcome to Wrestling with Statistics, hosted by Hit the Books' Ryan Neitzey and Pro Wrestling Musing's Craig Leask, where they cover professional wrestling through the unique perspective of statistics and analytics. On today's show, Ryan and Craig breakdown the two single matches on the AEW Tag Team Appreciation Night, Jericho vs Cassidy and Cody vs Sky! The stats in these matches told incredible stories and they can't wait to talk about them! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Intro 13:30 - Cody vs Scorpio Sky Match Breakdown 32:05 - News and AEW Releases 43:02 - Jericho vs Cassidy Match Breakdown 59:35 - Outro SUBSCRIBE for more episodes! Leave a REVIEW! Follow Hit the Books: https://twitter.com/HitTheBooksPod Follow Pro Wrestling Musings: https://twitter.com/PWMusings Visuals: Jericho vs Cassidy: https://twitter.com/PWMusings/status/1294709637560795137 Cody vs Sky: https://twitter.com/PWMusings/status/1294709445373632512 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hit-the-books-realistic-wwe-fantasy-booking/donations

WRESTLING WITH STATISTICS - Ep. 16: AEW Jericho vs Cassidy, Cody vs Sky Match Breakdowns

Hit The Books is the only realistic fantasy booking podcast hosted by Ryan Neitzey and Mikey Manfredi. Each week, they set about writing a full episode of WWE's Smackdown Live, which includes writing every segment, every match, and every storyline for a locker room full of wrestling superstars, all while trying to make an entertaining show for the WWE Universe.

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