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ON THE ROAD: CMLL at the Greensboro Coliseum (09/11/04)

CMLL AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM (9/11/2004) DR: DEAN RASMUSSEN. I could make it back to Richmond by blowing 4 truckers, Alex. TKG: TOM KARRO-GASSNER. Don’t switch the blade on the man in shades. PAS: PHIL SCHNEIDER TKG: Show up at Phil’s surprisingly awake and cogent. The mysterious benefactor drops off the car for us to […]

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ON THE ROAD: CMLL SIN PIEDAD 2004 (12/17/04)

(by PHIL SCHNEIDER) So I am on this mysterious trip to Mexico, however various machinations kept me from seeing much lucha outside of one AAA trios match in a Playa de Carmen basketball court on Sunday night and Jucio Final. Got to check out the Lucha mags though, apparently Dan Severn did flag barer duty in […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #24

EL HIJO DEL SANTO! Negro Casas! SUPER ASTRO! Lou Thesz! B.Bomb! Kawarnda (WHO?) and other stuff I saw and heard this week! Howdy! Welcome to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #24! It was a big week as the Santo Rudo tape graced the mailbox (PETE WHIPS ASS!), I tried to catch up on the pile […]

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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: 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 (90s)

(by PHIL RIPPA) Second part of THE BIG ONE~! All matches took place between 1990-1999 426) JERRY ESTRADA vs. EL SATANICO – CMLL (03/23/90 – Hair Match) Reviewed by Rippa in DVDVR #142 ~!~ 427) RAYO DE JALISCO JR vs. CIEN CARAS – CMLL (09/21/90 – Mask Match) Reviewed by Pete DVDVR #116 ~!~ 428) […]

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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 […]