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TimLivingston, on Jun 21 2009, 02:22 PM, said:

So I'm assuming there will be Jerry Blackwell in the All Fat Boy issue, yes? I seem to remember a ridiculous brawl he had with Brody on AWA Classics a couple months back.

I suggest Blackwell vs. Butch Reed 2/3 falls from St. Louis.

[Mr Muggy]

Since there's an FMW kick on DVD lately, I can probably bet to see some Tarzan Goto and a bit of early FMW again... and it will rock.

[El-P]

Well, I can say that there will be more Tarzan Goto and Sambo Asako stuff being uploaded in the weeks to come.

[Ditch]

I am glad to (finally) read this, if only because I knew DEAN was the only person alive who would appreciate how much Kanemoto and Kikuchi beat the piss out of each other.

[ddevil]

tomk, on Jun 19 2009, 06:59 PM, said:

Did the all overweight Deep tourney with the plus size ring girls ever make tape?

The MEGATON Grand Prix? Oh yes it did. And boy would that be perfect for a DVDVR...

[Ditch]

One more comment, re Rippa's "Democracy simply doesn’t work" comment. The original DVDVR '90s vote simply can not be held to the standards of the '80s votes, or (to a much lesser extent) the annual Purotopia votes. The amount of effort that would have been needed to do an '80s forum-style nominating group of people who watch Absolutely Every Match would have been insane. Not to mention that things weren't as organized online, so it would have taken longer to cobble together all the footage. Doing it the purotopia "hopefully some people don't totally free ride" way, with the vague "what the hell does a yes vote even mean?" standards would have resulted in an initial pool of about a hundred thousand nominated matches, which would then need to be whittled down successive rounds of voting and even then would be vulnerable to matches slipping through the cracks because some shows just aren't owned by anyone but Jeff Lynch.

As far as balancing expediency with a modicum of throughness, the DVDVR '90s vote holds up better than a hell of a lot of similar efforts. It didn't pretend to be untouchable or decisive, because if it had tried to be (like the '80s votes), it would still be going on and with lots more left.

[tigertooth]

# of references to "Taking it to the streets": 5

# of sentences that begin "God, ....": 9

# of "Ooof"s: 4

:-)

[Alan4L]

I'm speechless after reading the drinking contest review.

I've just gone upstairs to go to bed because, fuck it, my day has peaked.

[rainmakerrtv]

I can't work a search engine for beans, which DVDVR has the classic review of Magnum vs. Tully I Quit?

Edit : Never mind, it's in #135 .