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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #27

MISAWA! CAT BURGLER! KOBASHI! MARK THE SHARK SHRADER! KANEMOTO! RECKLESS YOUTH! PSICOSIS! and other stuff I saw and heard this week! Howdy! Welcome to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #27! It’s been a big week of tape watching as I began it intending to have a full blown Lucha Fest 97, since I had 9 […]

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1001 MATCHES: Handheld

(by PHIL RIPPA) All these matches are handhelds. Some of them have better quality than others (and some might have eventually have shown up in a more professional shoot). Yet – this is the way a lot of us cut our wrestling viewing teeth. 701) BRAZO DE ORO vs. EL HIJO DEL SANTO – UWA […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #11

KANDORI! YAMADA! CHIGUSA! KOBASHI! KROFFAT! AKIYAMA! WILLIAMS! BENNETT! and other stuff I saw and heard this week! Howdy! Welcome to Death Valley Driver Video Review #11!!! I’m a ONE MAN BANDWIDTH SLAUGHTERHOUSE this weekend, what with batches of tapes from benevolent Scott, Dams the Man, and Paul the Stud with it All (sorry!) to yammer […]

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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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1001 MATCHES: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

(by PHIL RIPPA) Here we have a mini bunch of matches from the insanely underrated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. The Bobby Eaton of Japan. 301) JOE MALENKO/TSUYOSHI KIKUCHI vs. THE FANTASTICS (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers) – ALL JAPAN (09/01/90 All Asian Tag Titles) https://youtu.be/flj-qp2cdeA JOE MOTHERFUCKING MALENKO in what is probably his best match. If you haven’t seen […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #173

(Cover by Rippa) HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED~! MAIN EVENTS MANIA~! CHARLES LUCERO~! IS THE GREATEST WRESTLER YOU NEVER WATCH~! DEAN~! WATCHES ALL THE BIG JAPAN AND WE MEAN ALL OF IT~! LES BLOUSENS NOIRS~! DICK MURDOCH~! THE ASTEROID~! AND SO MUCH MORE~! HIT HEATH MILLER’S~! MUSIC~! HIYA~! WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #173 (Simple Version)

HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED~! MAIN EVENTS MANIA~! CHARLES LUCERO~! IS THE GREATEST WRESTLER YOU NEVER WATCH~! DEAN~! WATCHES ALL THE BIG JAPAN AND WE MEAN ALL OF IT~! LES BLOUSENS NOIRS~! DICK MURDOCH~! THE ASTEROID~! AND SO MUCH MORE~! HIT HEATH MILLER’S~! MUSIC~! HIYA~! WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #173 Lord… […]