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ON THE ROAD – 2004 Super 8 & CZW (04/03/04)

SHAWN DAIVARI! don’t know what you can find, why don’t you go with him on a MAGIC CARPET RIDE~! AUSTIN ARIES! is Back on the CHAIN (WRESTLING) GANG~! NICHO! is back! The man behind the MASK~! JAPANESE POOL BOY! says GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD~! LOW-KI! Might as well JUMP~! MIKE JOHNSON’S BUS CREW! NO! We […]

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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: Ring of Honor (Manassas, VA – 05/09/08)

DVDVR ROAD REPORT: ROH – MANASSAS, VA 5/12/2008!, TYLER BLACK~ BABY DOLL~JIMMY JACOBS~! DHR= DEAN HENRY RASMUSSEN. Italian Hot Dog. TKG: TOMK. Some sandwich thing. PAS: Phil Schneider Peruvian Chicken LB: Lee Benaka also Peruvian chicken (Editor’s note: When Dean posted on the message board he wrote that the show was on May 12. It […]

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DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW – ISSUE #167

WELCOME TO DEATH VALLEY DRIVER VIDEO REVIEW #167! (The cover to the beloved DVDVR 167 is by the lovely and talented Bay Area artist Andrea Schneider.) EXCUSES FOR THIS BEING SO LATE: I could explain why it’s been like eight months between DVDVRs but I thought it would be fun to put all my excuses […]

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On The Road: IWC 11/10/97

ZAPATISTA! kicks SUPER-ELEKTRA!’S scrawny ass! TIGRE MEXICANO! steals the whole show! HUMBERTO GARZA! wears little pants just like HECTOR! SATANICO! is the world’s spriest corpse! PANCHO TEQUILA! is really chubbed out! and other things at the coolest indie show on earth! (IWC – 1997/11/10) ALOHA~! Just got back from the IWC show at University of […]

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On The Road: ECWA SUPER 8 2001

LOW-KI! and AMERICAN DRAGON! blow the roof off the mutha! RECKLESS YOUTH! has the best match of his career! JOSH HOLMES! marks out for MR. OO-LA-LA AGAIN! RATS! rip Schneider’s flesh! TRAVIS FURY! brings Cheerwine! BILL BARNWELL! is not very old looking! MIKE PARKHURST! orders the biggest eclair on the Eastern Seaboard! and other shit […]

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On The Road: WWF 3/16/96

WWF House Show – 3/16/96, Landover, MD Note from Rippa – This might be the very first thing I ever wrote about wrestling (and posted on RSPW). I want to throw myself off a cliff. Hi, myself and fellow lurkers Phil Schneider and Jeremy Malin went to the WWF card at the USAir Arena. Hey, […]

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On The Road: ECW 12/10/99

ECW 12/10/99 – VCU Siegel CenterĀ  – Richmond, VA THE DEATH VALLEY PLAYBOYZ VISIT THE ECW TV TAPING IN RICHMOND! ECW TV TAPING- SIEGEL CENTER, BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. PR = Phil Rippa : DR = Dean Rasmussen : PS = Phil Schneider BACKSTORY: PHIL RIPPA: I hop into my comically small car and head […]