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ON THE ROAD: Ring of Honor (Manassas, VA – 05/09/08)

DVDVR ROAD REPORT: ROH – MANASSAS, VA 5/12/2008!, TYLER BLACK~ BABY DOLL~JIMMY JACOBS~! DHR= DEAN HENRY RASMUSSEN. Italian Hot Dog. TKG: TOMK. Some sandwich thing. PAS: Phil Schneider Peruvian Chicken LB: Lee Benaka also Peruvian chicken (Editor’s note: When Dean posted on the message board he wrote that the show was on May 12. It […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #167

WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #167! (The cover to the beloved DVDVR 167 is by the lovely and talented Bay Area artist Andrea Schneider.) EXCUSES FOR THIS BEING SO LATE: I could explain why it’s been like eight months between DVDVRs but I thought it would be fun to put all my excuses […]

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ON THE ROAD: WWE (03/26/16 – Richmond Coliseum)

DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW ROAD REPORT- WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT- RICHMOND COLISEUM- RICHMOND, VA- 3/26/2016!  KEVIN OWENS IS AWESOME!  THE NEW DAY DELIGHTS THE CHILDREN!  THE WWE OWNS THE FUTURE BECAUSE EVERY CHILD IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA WAS AT THE RICHMOND COLISEUM LAST NIGHT! (Original Board Thread) Your Road Reporters- NAME- AGE- FAVORITE WRESTLER- CURRENT VIDEO […]

ON THE ROAD: NOVA Pro Wrestling (11/25/16) Read more

ON THE ROAD: NOVA Pro Wrestling (11/25/16)

(by PHIL RIPPA) BACKSTORY NOVA Pro Wrestling has been running shows for a little over a year now. Using a hybrid model of Northeast and Southern Indy feds – NOVA is a welcome new addition on the scene. For those not familiar with the geography of the area – NOVA runs their shows in Northern […]

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On The Road: IWC 11/10/97

ZAPATISTA! kicks SUPER-ELEKTRA!’S scrawny ass! TIGRE MEXICANO! steals the whole show! HUMBERTO GARZA! wears little pants just like HECTOR! SATANICO! is the world’s spriest corpse! PANCHO TEQUILA! is really chubbed out! and other things at the coolest indie show on earth! (IWC – 1997/11/10) ALOHA~! Just got back from the IWC show at University of […]

On The Road: ECWA SUPER 8 1999 Read more

On The Road: ECWA SUPER 8 1999

CHRISTOPHER DANIELS! wrestles to the converted! CHRISTIAN YORK! really stinks! MATT AND JEFF HARDY! get a warm reception! ORO comes back from the dead! We finally find a steak house and other stuff from the DVD Playboyz trip to the Super 8… 2/27/99 – ECWA Newport, Delaware THE SCORECARD DR: DEAN RASMUSSEN – Steak and […]

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On The Road: ECWA SUPER 8 2001

LOW-KI! and AMERICAN DRAGON! blow the roof off the mutha! RECKLESS YOUTH! has the best match of his career! JOSH HOLMES! marks out for MR. OO-LA-LA AGAIN! RATS! rip Schneider’s flesh! TRAVIS FURY! brings Cheerwine! BILL BARNWELL! is not very old looking! MIKE PARKHURST! orders the biggest eclair on the Eastern Seaboard! and other shit […]

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On The Road: WCW 9/28/97

EDDY~! and ULTIMO DRAGON~! deliver the goods! WRIGHT~! vs. JERICHO~! Dang Good! JARRETT~! still sucks! Fairfax, baby! (1997/09/28) ALOHA~! Fairfax hosted one of the better house shows I’ve been to in a while Friday, with hardly anything to hate, a few things to love and one match that JUST KICKED ASS. <<BACKSTORY>> I arrive at […]

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On The Road: WWF 3/16/96

WWF House Show – 3/16/96, Landover, MD Note from Rippa – This might be the very first thing I ever wrote about wrestling (and posted on RSPW). I want to throw myself off a cliff. Hi, myself and fellow lurkers Phil Schneider and Jeremy Malin went to the WWF card at the USAir Arena. Hey, […]

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On The Road: ECW 12/10/99

ECW 12/10/99 – VCU Siegel Center  – Richmond, VA THE DEATH VALLEY PLAYBOYZ VISIT THE ECW TV TAPING IN RICHMOND! ECW TV TAPING- SIEGEL CENTER, BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. PR = Phil Rippa : DR = Dean Rasmussen : PS = Phil Schneider BACKSTORY: PHIL RIPPA: I hop into my comically small car and head […]