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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #111

WELCOME TO THE DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #111! Hello, gentle Reader, and welcome to this universally indie edition of your beloved DVDVR – as we cover the wrestling from three different continents, wrestling that tell the big boys to shove it up their asses. Rippa clocks in with the fantab WCW handheld from back […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #20

DICK MURDOCK! FUKINAMI! BLACK WOZMA! MAEDA! ADRIAN ADONIS! ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER! and other stuff I saw and heard this week! Howdy! Welcome to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #20! I watched a batch of stuff and I’m here to yammer on about it. It’s the holidays, so I’ll keep it short and not too overwrought. […]

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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: Angle Alert

(by PHIL RIPPA) Some of these aren’t “great” matches. Some aren’t even really matches. Basically everything here is just a vessel for the entertaining/memorable/stupid angle that goes with it. 726) BRUNO SAMMARTINO vs. LARRY ZBYSZKO – WWF CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (01/22/80 (Taped), (02/02/80) Aired) A teacher vs. student “exhibition” match where Zbyszko turns on Bruno that […]

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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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1001 MATCHES – Tag Team Back Again

Yeah – this tag team theme took like 3 months to put together. I don’t even remember what I watched, what made it in and what I am doing with my life. Just for the two people that care – I only included 2 on 2 matches. Yes – I like making things harder for […]

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1001 MATCHES: This Was A Thing Once

(by PHIL RIPPA) Sometimes in wrestling – there will be things were you will be like “Oh yeah – I remember when that was a thing once”. And then you forget again because you are old. 527) BUNKHOUSE BATTLE ROYAL – WWF (01/03/87) https://youtu.be/j2VN4cwsEcc For some reason, one of my vivid memories of the WWF […]

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1001 MATCHES: Big One (80s and Before)

(by PHIL RIPPA) First part of THE BIG ONE~! All matches took place before 1990 401) GILBERT CESCA/BEN CHEMOIL vs. ANTON TEJERO/INCA PERUANO – FRENCH CATCH (03/12/65) French Catch wrestling is probably the newest sensation in wrestling footage becoming available. Which is ironic since it some of the earliest wrestling available to watch. ~!~ 402) […]

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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: Big One (2010-Present)

(by PHIL RIPPA) Four and final part of THE BIG ONE~! All matches are from 2010 to present day. 471) BLACK TERRY/DR. CEREBRO vs. EL HIJO DEL DIABLO/GRINGO LOCO – IWRG (01/24/10) http://dai.ly/xc3yto Phil and Tom’s review on Segunda Caida ~!~ 472) DAISUKE IKEDA vs. TAKESHI ONO – FUTEN (09/26/10) This is an awesome fucking […]