The Great Restoration

The Great Restoration is an ongoing tennis archival and recovery project spearheaded by dani_phantump, VidTens443 and RaymanChrome that began in March 2026. Through specific means, it was discovered at the end of the month previous to the project commencing that it was possible to recover the videos of any YouTube account that had been terminated by a third party at any time. Previously, this method had been used by the Recycle Bin collective to locate and extract lost videos by MeiAIDS, at which point dani_phantump crafted a list of names essential in the world of tennis that could also benefit from such retrieval. The first tennis videos to be fetched in this way were the long-lost uploads of PapaGonzales; this allowed the beginning of the restoration of much missing data from the Tennis League 1, including the first ever compilation of a full match from that event, Misselaioneous10 vs. PapaGonzales(2007).

The process is being carrying out through API downloaders at a rate of only a few each day depending on the allowed quotas; one source is reported to be anonymous, with requests sent through a chain of connections between the team and the one fetching the files. Recovery is additionally only possible if existing links exist for those works that were under terminated accounts, making the YouChew archives, the Wayback Machine and collections of crawled YouTube data indispensable resources for locating the desired material, the latter especially regarding certain videos for which no other source of a link exists.

The name "The Great Restoration" has its origins in messages about tennis recovery written by dani_phantump in the Tennis Isles discord as early as September 2024, which they have subsequently jokingly described as "mad, prophetic visions" about the potential restoration of many matches that have been long lost. As of this writing, many names that contributed throughout tennis who had their accounts terminated by a third party stand to have their works recovered, including TyrannosaurusReich, theHappyFungus, SergeantBacon, HighVoltageChrist, Ishkibibl, BMATF from his original account BigMarioAndTailsFan, Terroristx123, sonicnerd23, SushieBoy, Gallers, MVJ52197, seconteen13, MilkR0und, Y2Zero, MasuginaChicken, Christoph2772, scimath12, KonXII, Nuthead from her original account jellytime69, Gnomebob, Tentor521, pimpsahoy, Glitchboyadvance, Zatchy, TangerineImpz, AmazingCucumber, RideTheCatfish, BSP666c's original account, ZippZapp, ADHDYoshi, and others.

Matches Restored Through The Great Restoration

• Misselaineous10 vs. PapaGonzales(2007)
• SushieBoy vs. Misselaineous10(2007)
• BMATF vs. strong414bad(2007)
• Chain Poop(2007)
• Stegblob vs. TyrannosaurusReich(2007)
• theHappyFungus vs. RAKninja(2008)
• theHappyFungus vs. NS2(2008)
• PapaGonzales vs. MrDrunkenFox(2007)
• Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus(2008)
• Crash2991 vs. scimath12(2007)
• Temeku(MTB710) vs. HighVoltageChrist(2008)
• Imaperson vs. PhoenonX(2009)
• Ishkibibl vs. NS2(2008)
• BMATF vs. conradslater(2007)
• BMATF vs. UberNooberPooper(2007)
• GameCubeHero vs. BMATF(2007)
• TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz(2007)
• strong414bad vs. Nuthead(2007)
• MilkR0und vs. Y2Zero(2007)
• Crash2991 vs. HighVoltageChrist(2008)
• glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater(2007)
• MrDrunkenFox vs. Tentor521(2007)
• UberNooberPooper + Luioigi vs. Futures Passed + SergeantBacon(2008)
• Metroid998 vs. mYZterbattyX(2009)
• Moogle vs. mYZterbattyX(2009)
• JazzDanceForChildren vs. TyrannosaurusReich(2007)
• SpamNapkin vs. BMATF(2007)
• Moogle vs. theHappyFungus(2008) (sans Round 1)
• UncleChuckTH vs. BMATF(2007)
• SergeantBacon vs. Futures Passed(2009)
• SergeantBacon/TheChutley vs. theHappyFungus(2009)
• Metroid998 vs. TyrannosaurusReich(2009)
• Gnomebob vs. conradslater(2007)
• UncleChuckTH vs. theHappyFungus(2008)
• theHappyFungus vs. Luioigi(2008)
• PapaGonzales vs. SushieBoy(2007)
• ButtonstheDragon vs. Malkmusian(2009)
• Blueseraph vs. Arkunos(2009)
• ELPsteel vs. BMATF(2007)

Matches Listed as Possible to Restore

• KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains
• MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich
• MetalAcid5 vs. Tentor521
• sexkitten094 vs. izlude
• AntiEthan vs. Toadomos
• Zatchy vs. KingCornholio
• Whelt vs. seconteen13
• Tentor521 vs. Terrorist
• Christoph vs. MasuginaChicken
• KonXII vs. gb7zone7
• Terrorist vs. Misselaineous10
• Tentor521 vs. SushieBoy
• peskyplumber vs. seconteen13
• MasuginaChicken vs. captpan6
• Christoph vs. seconteen13
• wheeliedude vs. GreatBritishTurd
• MilkR0und vs. Deepercutt
• TyrannosaurusReich vs. SeductiveBaz
• Mastermanuvid vs. KittyGabyIMEANGOAT
• pimpsahoy vs. theHappyFungus
• KonXII vs. theHappyFungus
• MeiAIDS vs. Nuthead
• KonXII vs. XBR4D3NX
• sonicnerd23 vs. theHappyFungus
• pimpsahoy vs. captpan6
• SergeantBacon vs. Moto200
• TyrannosaurusReich vs. JazzDanceForChildren (rematch)
• wheeliedude vs. dvariano
• captpan6 vs. theHappyFungus
• Hoss1993 vs. MilkR0und
• NS2 vs. sonicnerd23
• 3inchhorse vs. MVJ52197 (rematch) (sans thewafflemaster's Round 15)
• TheDarkRises vs. KingCornholio
• HighVoltageChrist vs. PlasmaFetus
• Combuskenisawesome vs. SergeantBacon
• PlasmaFetus vs. Ishkibibl
• Terrorist vs. JohnshiBRPG
• Captpan6 vs. theHappyFungus
• theHappyFungus vs. WOWComics
• theHappyFungus vs. TheDarkRises
• Tentor521 vs. guysafari
• AmazingCucumber vs. AjaxCubed
• DrGenericMan vs. HighVoltageChrist
• eletricalmonkss vs. MexicanSunflower
• Liamsdunn vs. MexicanSunflower
• TimAJH vs. SergeantBacon
• HighVoltageChrist vs. XBR4D3NX (rematch)
• eletricalmonkss vs. MexicanSunflower (rematch)
• Arkunos vs. Misselaineous10
• Emperor Ing vs. RideTheCatfish
• PresidentOfJelybeans vs. OMGItsGaryBusey
• JakeSteel vs. OMGItsGaryBusey
• ChrisGendo vs. OMGItsGaryBusey (?)
• shroomhead1 vs. Arkunos
• ferretfreak111 vs. piodx (previously compiled by the former but eventually disappeared)
• Metroid998 vs. ferretfreak111
• AbsoluteBillion vs. SergeantBacon
• Rillion vs. RideTheCatfish
• Simon Belmont Painting vs. MonsterSumoable
• MonsterSumoable vs. SirSmeargle
• XxRobotChaoxX vs. MonsterSumoable
• gimpnipples vs. XxRobotChaoxX vs. MonsterSumoable
• SirSmeargle vs. MonsterSumoable (rematch)
• XxRobotChaoxX vs. MonsterSumoable (rematch)
• AshcrementVII vs. saper vs. MonsterSumoable
• AshcrementVII vs. RevFirst

Tournament Matches Listed as Possible to Restore

Tennis League 2

• Terrorist vs. BMATF
• Gallers vs. SeductiveBaz
• BMATF vs. KingCornholio
• UncleChuckTH vs. Gallers
• Terrorist vs. LightningSpike
• peskyplumber vs. Terrorist
• KingCornholio vs. peskyplumber
• Gallers vs. strong414bad

Tennis Cup

• RAKninja vs. Gallers
• AbsoluteBillion vs. Trogdor7190
• Terrorist vs. Ishkibibl
• Ishkibibl vs. MTB710

Tennis Season

• LieutenantMiles vs. SergeantBacon (duel)

Grey Tennis Tournament

• ferretfreak111 vs. MAZZ0Murder

Tennis Events Listed As Possible To Restore

Pyramid Chain 2

• jintai's Tier F-1

Tennis Mini-Competition

• MonsterSumoable's Round 8