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1001 MATCHES: EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE

(by PHIL RIPPA) When working on this project the one??? biggest??? rule I have followed was one instituted in DVDVR #100 and that was “no repeat” matches. (IE: only pick one match between two guys). I have skirted that a few times already for a variety of reasons. Here I just blatantly ignore it because […]

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1001 MATCHES – TOMOHIRO ISHII

(by PHIL RIPPA) Tomohiro Ishii really should be everyone’s favorite wrestler. Love him so much. 741) TOMOHIRO ISHII vs. MASAAKI MOCHIZUKI – WAR (07/13/00) WAR DADDY~! Baby Ishii and Mochizuki beat on each for our entertainment. ~!~ 742) TOMOHIRO ISHII vs. RIKI CHOSHU – NEW JAPAN (07/29/07) Match is totally acceptable. I just enjoy recognizing […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #17

MASATO TANAKA! HOTTA rules the freakin world! AJA fucking KONG! CHONO! YAMAZAKI! Shiryu! Jaguar Yokota! the marathon of wrestling continues! Woo-Hoo! Howdy! Welcome to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #17! This is another supplemental thing as I keep getting an influx of tres cool wrestling and I’m trying to keep up with the massive coolness […]

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1001 MATCHES: First and Last

(by PHIL RIPPA) I am sadly a little too proud of being able to do this where all the firsts were first and the lasts were last. FIRSTS 716) THE SUPER POWERS (DUSTY RHODES, NIKITA KOLOFF, PAUL ELLERING, ROAD WARRIOR HAWK AND ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL) vs. THE FOUR HORSEMAN (RIC FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, LEX LUGER, […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #6

Takada! Kudo! Jericho! Allbright! KAORU! Tanaka! Ooya! Waltman! and other stuff I saw this week! Howdy! Welcome to Death Valley Driver Video Review #6! The lovely wife is visiting her parents in Carolina so I got the whole house to myself! No Lifetime Movies! No quilting shows! Just wall to wall wrestling! I HAVE NO […]

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1001 MATCHES: Big One (2000s)

(by PHIL RIPPA) Third part of THE BIG ONE~! All matches took place between 2000-2009 446) CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. MIKE MODEST – APW (01/22/00) Mike Modest and Christopher Daniels had two awesome matches that helped people discover the Cali indie wrestling scene. One was 1999 and one was 2000. I am going to be totally […]

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1001 Matches: 2015 PART FOUR (Oct – Dec)

(by PHIL RIPPA) This update is all about the year that just closed – 2015. If you are still complaining that wrestling doesn’t entertain you based on what you are seeing on Monday nights than wrestling really isn’t for you any more since there is plenty of wrestling out there that happened this year that […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW ISSUE #170

(cover by CRZ – go to The-W) THE BODYGUARD~! and ZEUS~! hook’em up~! KAGETORA~! can’t handle his liquor~! TNA~! isn’t very good~! WE~! ended up watching a lot of FMW~! and MASATO TANAKA~! JERRY FLYNN~! MAYBE???? KYOKO KIMURA~! SUWAMA~! AMERICAN WILD CHILD~! TAIYO KEA~! or KIA~! as DEAN~! kept insisting on typing~! Bring on your […]