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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #3

BENOIT! KOBASHI! TAUE! DIBIASE! BUZZ SAWYER! and other stuff I’ve seen and heard so far this week!  Howdy! I’m a do these every three days or so, so they don’t get too unweildy (or something spelled similar to that). I just saw the Kenta Kobashi/Akira Taue match on tape (God bless Phil!) with the Triple […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #1

ANTICHRISTO – MEXICO’S ULTIMATE MONSTER HEEL! and other stuff I saw and heard this week  WELCOME TO THE DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #1 Howdy! It was a crappy week for wrestling outside the ring this week with the Liger and Sasuke news, but I’m dwelling on that in Mike’s e-zine, so I’ll […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #2

TAKA! NAKAGAWA! GREAT SASUKE! DYNAMITE KID! wotta week!- and other stuff I saw and heard this week.  WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #2 Howdy! I had a bittersweet week of tape veiwing since a lot of it was from the 80’s- and if ever there was a hit and miss decade, […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #180

RIPPA~! unearths the greatest thing DEAN~! has ever written~! FORTY~! men in a Royal Rumble is about TWENTY~! people too many~! FIT FINLAY~! kicks the shit out of JOHNNY SWINGER~! KOJI KITOA~! sucks~! RUSSIA~! is weird~! PRESTON MOTHERFUCKING QUINN~! ALEX WRIGHT~! SANDMAN~! TEXAS TERMINATOR HOSS~! WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #180 HOLA~! There […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – Issue #179

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN~! finally breaks RIPPA~! DEAN~! loves himself some BIG SWOLL~! CURTIS GRANDERSON~! is as good as being a special enforcer as he is at playing centerfield! DAMIEN WAYNE~! is a fucking man! WORLDWIDE~! DON MURACO~! LADY APACHE~! LOS GUERREROS~! A DEATHMATCH IN A HOUSE~! So many people with DEATH WISHES~!   HIYA~! […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #178

TNA~! created KING OF THE MOUNTAIN~! YOU~! now have to suffer because of it~! DEAN~! makes perhaps his wildest claim ever~! HARLEM BRAVADO~! is a great AMERICAN~! MR. 450~! JEFF JARRETT~! VIRUS~! KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA~! POUNCE… PERIOD~!   HIYA~! WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW ISSUE #178 HIYA~! As long as I can keep finding […]

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1001 MATCHES: We Got You Covered

by PHIL RIPPA In this installment – besides getting us to a tidy 200 – features matches that had been reviewed at some point in various DVDVRs. Other than that, there really is no rhyme or reason to them. 182) CIMA vs. MAGNUM TOKYO vs. DARKNESS DRAGON vs. MASAAKI MOCHIZUKI vs. DRAGON KID – TORYUMON […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #177

DEAN~! touches himself to EDDIE GUERRERO~! RIPPA~! touches himself to MARK HENRY~! YOU~! touch yourself to CHELSEA~!  SEIYA SANADA~! MR. LEO~! HIROSHI YAMATO~! JOE COFFEY~! NAOMICHI MARUFUJI~! And, of course, TERRY FUNK~! Let’s all go to the MALL~!   HIYA~! Welcome to the Death Valley Driver Video Review Issue #177 Well all that Singles Going […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #176

MR. GANNOSUKE~! is back! MR. GANNESUKKE~! is a guy Dean made up in his head~! We heart GENICHIRO TENRYU~! YUJI KITO~! has a weird career path~! The HART FOUNDATION~! will be here~! RYAN UPIN~! IRON MIKE SHARPE~! TOSHIYUKI SAKUDA~! Too much CRUSH~! According to CAGEMATCH~! this is DVDVR #176~! ~!~ HIYA~! Welcome to the Death […]

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1001 Matches: DVDVR Staples

(by PHIL RIPPA) Welcome back to the third installment of “DVDVR’s 1001 Matches You Should Watch”. I also helpfully hint that you contemplate the words that do not exist inside those quotation marks. (Or in not so subtle terms – read all the other pieces to get a sense of the type of matches that […]