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 the use of an outside, anonymous extractor with access to the servers of YouTube, 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 what RaymanChrome described as a "slow downloader" from YouTube's servers, roughly around a rate of about "one video per few hours". Videos are requested and fetched at a gradual rate of only a few a day in order to prevent the risk of a potential IP ban from too much activity. 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.[1]
Matches Restored Through The Great Restoration
Matches Listed as Possible to Restore
- TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz
- ZippZapp vs. ADHDYoshi
- MrDrunkenFox vs. Tentor521
- glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater
- JazzDanceForChildren vs. TyrannosaurusReich
- PapaGonzales vs. MrDrunkenFox
- conradslater vs. Gnomebob
- BMATF vs. UberNooberPooper
- KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains
- MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich
- MetalAcid5 vs. Tentor521
- sexkitten094 vs. izlude
- MVJ52197 vs. 3inchhorse
- BMATF vs. ELPSteel
- BMATF vs. conradslater
- AntiEthan vs. Toadomos
- Zatchy vs. KingCornholio
- Whelt vs. seconteen13
- Tentor521 vs. Terrorist
- Chowchillah vs. MrSimon/electricthecheese
- MilkR0und vs. Y2Zero
- Christoph vs. MasuginaChicken
- Crash2991 vs. scimath12
- KonXII vs. gb7zone7
- Terrorist vs. Misselaineous10
- Tentor521 vs. SushieBoy
- strong414bad vs. Nuthead
- UncleChuckTH vs. BMATF
- peskyplumber vs. seconteen13
- MasuginaChicken vs. captpan6
- Christoph vs. seconteen13
- wheeliedude vs. GreatBritishTurd
- MilkR0und vs. Deepercutt
- TyrannosaurusReich vs. SeductiveBaz
- pimpsahoy vs. theHappyFungus
- conradslater vs. Tentor521
- 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
- TheDarkRises vs. KingCornholio
- HighVoltageChrist vs. PlasmaFetus
- Combuskenisawesome vs. SergeantBacon
- Moogle vs. theHappyFungus (sans Round 1)
- PapaGonzales vs. FullMetalKiwi vs. AjaxCobed
- PlasmaFetus vs. Ishkibibl
- Terrorist vs. JohnshiBRPG
- Captpan6 vs. theHappyFungus
- theHappyFungus vs. WOWComics
- Crash2991 vs. HighVoltageChrist
- theHappyFungus vs. TheDarkRises
- MTB710 vs. HighVoltageChrist
- Tentor521 vs. guysafari
- AmazingCucumber vs. AjaxCubed
- DrGenericMan vs. HighVoltageChrist
- Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus
- eletricalmonkss vs. MexicanSunflower
- Liamsdunn vs. MexicanSunflower
- TimAJH vs. SergeantBacon
- HighVoltageChrist vs. XBR4D3NX (rematch)
- eletricalmonkss vs. MexicanSunflower (rematch)
- Arkunos vs. Misselaineous10
- Emperor Ing vs. RideTheCatfish
- ChrisGendo vs. OMGItsGaryBusey (?)
- shroomhead1 vs. Arkunos
- AbsoluteBillion vs. SergeantBacon
- Rillion vs. RideTheCatfish
- Simon Belmont Painting vs. MonsterSumoble
- MonsterSumoble vs. SirSmeargle
- XxRobotChaoxX vs. MonsterSumoble
- gimpnipples vs. XxRobotChaoxX vs. MonsterSumoble
- SirSmeargle vs. MonsterSumoble (rematch)
- XxRobotChaoxX vs. MonsterSumoble (rematch)
- AshcrementVII vs. saper vs. MonsterSumoble
Tournament Matches Listed as Possible to Restore
Tennis League 1
- PapaGonzales vs. SushieBoy
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
- Ishkibibl vs. NS2
Tennis League 3
- UncleChuckTH vs. theHappyFungus
- RealGenericFilms vs. WowComics
- RealGenericFilms vs. Terrorist
- theHappyFungus vs. Luioigi
Doubles Cup 1
- UberNooberPooper + Luioigi vs. Futures Passed + SergeantBacon
Tennis Season
- SergeantBacon vs. Futures Passed
- Metroid998 vs. TyrannosaurusReich
- SergeantBacon/TheChutley vs. theHappyFungus
- LieutenantMiles vs. SergeantBacon (duel)
Grey Tennis Tournament
- ferretfreak111 vs. MAZZ0Murder
Tennis Events Listed As Possible To Restore
Chain 2
- ferretfreak111's remake of Round 1 (originally by ShadowWario)
Pyramid Chain 2
- jintai's Tier F-1
Tennis Mini-Competition
- MonsterSumoable's Round 8