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Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are BACK with a new episode of Cover 2 Cover where we focus on the December 1991 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, featuring THE INAUGURAL PWI 500. This is the first episode in a multi-part series on that issue as we go deep on the bottom third of the list, talking about wrestlers ranked from 350 to 500. We talk about a wide variety of guys from the major promotions to the indies, and even talk about names that neither of us had ever seen, which is definitely rare. This is a tremendous show, and the rest of the series should be pretty damn hot as well, so listen now!!!!!To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything e

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Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss more of the week that was May 19-25, 2001. This is Part 2, where we touch on everything else that wasn't WWF related during the week. We start with Japan as we talk about the state of All Japan—which was quite the hodge podge of wrestlers at the time, New Japan being deep into the Best of the Super Juniors tour, possibly the worst TripleMania ever in AAA, Vampiro doing Vampiro things, Road Dogg getting arrested at a show in North Carolina, Super Dragon and friends tearing it up in XPW, and an eBay story involving Francine & Tammy Sytch that has to be heard to be believed, and much more. Extremely fun show so listen now!!!!0:00:00 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Zero-One, Daiken Kogyo, DDT, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, AJW, ARSION, GAEA, JWP, & LLPW1:09:49 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, & WWC2:00:36 Other USA: ICW, IPW, LAW, Jeff Peterson, Road Dogg arrested at NWA Mid-Atlantic show, NWA Wildside, Dusty

Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss the week that was May 19-25, 2001. This is Part 1, as we discuss the World Wrestling Federation and everything that went on there during the week, which was a loaded one featuring Judgement Day where Steve Austin & Triple H had major issues, setting up Raw the next night, where they lost their tag titles to Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho in one of the most memorable matches in show history…featuring Triple H's torn quad injury. We also go to Smackdown for an unadvertised TLC match that is one of the greatest ever in that genre but gets slept on because it was on a random TV show. We also talk about Shane McMahon’s “C is for cookie” promo, Terri Runnels pouring the APA's beer on her shirt, and lots more from TV. We also talk about the pending involvement of WCW talent and all the plans for them at the time. Again, Part 2 will be released separately, so make sure you listen to that after you listen to this great piece of audio!!!!Tim

Kris Zellner is joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) & Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) as we take another Walk on the Wildside, looking at what went down in NWA Wildside in January-April 2000. We talk about such topics as the babyface turn of Shank, ECW talent showing up in Cornelia, the end of K-Krush in Wildside, the Steve Martin/Jeff G. Bailey feud, the Rock ’n’ Roll Express coming in to town as heels, Bill Behrens turning heel and denouncing NCW which of course leads to the birth of the NWA Elite, and so much more. This show is AWESOME and is one of my favorite podcasts I've ever done!!!!To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else

Kris & David are joined by Ian Riccaboni (@IanRiccaboni) to discuss the week that was May 13-19, 1998. We talk about a WILD week in WCW where Eric Bischoff reads a letter from Jerry McDevitt on Thunder, wins by forfeit over Vince McMahon at Slamboree, and convinces his right-hand woman Janie Engle to stay with the company instead of going to the WWF after she already gave her notice. There is also all the in-ring action of WCW to talk about as well which there was a lot going on as usual, including Dean Malenko as Ciclope at Slamboree. We also talk about the beginning of the Top of the Super Juniors in New Japan, drama in Promo Azteca, Jeff Blatnick becoming the commissioner of the UFC right before a great UFC PPV from Mobile, Alabama, ECW presenting "It Ain't Seinfeld" in Queens the same night as the Seinfeld finale, and the WWF featuring Stone Cold vs. McMahon getting white hot. All that and a TON more on this week's show, so you’d better not miss this!!!!Here’s to another 250 episodes o

Kris Zellner is joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to talk about the Memphis wrestling scene during the Summer of 1984. We talk about all the Mid-South Coliseum cards during the months of May-August, as well as all the big matches and angles that took place during those months. Beau gives us the rundown on why Bart Batten had to change his name to Mark and dye his hair blonde, the real story behind Randy Savage's issues with Bill Dundee, the death of the New Fabulous Ones, King Kong Bundy breaking a ring at a spot show, and so much more.This show—and the rest of the Memphis Mayhem series—is dedicated in the memory of Scott Bowden.---To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patro

Kris & David are joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak) to discuss the week that was May 6-12, 1995. We talk about big changes coming to ECW after a wild Florida tour which included a near riot, FOX & the WWF talking about a network TV deal, Skip & Sunny making their TV debut in a vignette, the birth of the new FMW, Terry Funk going crazy on SMW TV, Steve Austin walking out on a WCW TV taping and returning the same week, and Hulk Hogan’s “Hulk Rules” album, among other things. All that and more on a highly entertaining episode of Between the Sheets!!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 ECW1:00:52 WWF1:59:02 Japan: NJPW, BJPW, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, & AJW2:31:37 Classic Commercial Break2:33:39 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game3:08:31 Mexico: AAA * CMLL3:24:01 Other USA/Canada: OCW, CRMW, Ilio Di Paolo, NWANJ, ASWF, SMW, USWA, Dallas, Dennis Condrey, NWC, & IWAS5:16:53 WCW6:36:52 Patreon Preview: “FUCK SABU!” Part 1To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like spe

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was April 29-May 5, 2003, a Patreon request from Colby Szekalski, who threw down the $25 and the gauntlet for us to do that week. We discuss the tragic death of Miss Elizabeth and all the details of what happened that night in Marietta, Georgia, including Lex Luger’s subsequent drug arrest. We also talk about a big power struggle in TNA with Jeff Jarrett & Vince Russo, Golden Week in Japan with lots of shows including NJPW ULTIMATE CRUSH at the Tokyo Dome and the first Kodo Fuyuki Memorial Show at the Kawasaki Stadium parking lot, Stu Hart's 88th Birthday Show in Calgary, the debut of Mr. America on Smackdown, Steve Austin becoming the Co-General Manager of Raw, and much more. A great show, so listen now!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 Death of Miss Elizabeth0:37:17 NWA-TNA1:24:13 NJPW2:09:35 Classic Commercial Break2:13:46 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game2:42:20 Other Japan: AJPW, World Japan, Zero-One, BJPW, DDT, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumo

In a free preview of our latest monthly Patreon deep dive, Kris and David look at some of the issues that led to Sabu no-showing ECW after double booking himself on an NJPW show, getting himself fired from ECW. For the whole show and more deep dives like it, sign up for our Patreon at the $5/month level or higher at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets.To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!Shop at Amazon via our link (go here for Amazon UK if you’re in Europe)— Nothing extra comes out of your pocket; for you, it’s the same experience you’d get going to Amazon the usual way.For the best in both current and classi

Kris Zellner is joined by Barry Rose (CWF Archives) as we get High on Sunshine again, this time going back to the Southern/Florida Heavyweight Title scene from 1985-1987. We talk about the vast changes in the territory before and after the tragic death of Eddie Graham, Wahoo McDaniel’s reign as the booker, the rise of Lex Lugar (that's right: LUGAR), poor Kendall Windham, young pups like Ron Simmons, and the final champions during the era after Jim Crockett Promotions took over. An extremely fun show, so don't miss out!!!!To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!Shop at Amazon via our link (go here

Two years ago, we released some of our personal favorite and most well-received shows we’ve ever done when we did a two-art deep dive on Herb Abrams and his UWF promotion for our Patreon backers. With VICE TV’s “Dark Side of the Ring” about to debut their documentary on the life and times of “Mr. Electricity,” we decided that now is the perfect time to release both episodes—combined in one file—so those of you who who have never tried out the Patreon can get an idea of what you’re missing. For dozens more shows like this, including our newest, which starts our series on Sabu's 1995 firing from ECW for double booking himself in NJPW, become a backer for just $5/month at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets.—By popular demand, it's here: Our deep dive on Herb Abrams' UWF, the OTHER startup that lit up the newsletters in 1990. For part one, we take a look at the first six months of coverage, including Herb claiming to have signed the very much dead Bruiser Brody, the wrestlers praising Herb's ability to

Kris & David are joined by Jordan Breen (@jordanbreen) to discuss the week that was April 22-28, 1997. We talk about a weird Nitro featuring Ric Flair & Roddy Piper brawling with the Wolfpack in a botched ending, the birth of nWo Japan in NJPW, FMW's big anniversary show with some insane matches, Yuki Kondo becoming the new King of Pancrase, Raven leaving ECW for WCW, the birth of Mr. Monday Night, a wild story involving the Howard Stern Show and the northeast indie scene, the aftermath of Vader returning from Kuwait, and so, so, so much more. This was an extremely entertaining show, so listen now!!!!!!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 WCW1:19:00 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Pancrase, RINGS, & GAEA2:38:05 Classic Commercial Break2:41:54 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game3:18:04 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, Promo Azteca, WWC, & WWA3:43:33 Other USA: ECW, Howard Stern, UCW, NWANJ, ECW, MEWF, NAASW, USWA, & APW5:04:08 WWFTo support the show and get access to exclusive rewards li

This episode of Exile on Badstreet was recorded in February 2016 and is now dedicated to the memory of Joe Pedicino. Joe was the "Pied Piper" of Atlanta TV wrestling in the late 80’s-early 90’s, and helped break Scott Hudson and Steven Prazak into the wrestling business. So if you haven't listened before...make sure you listen to this show, as it's one of my favorite shows I've ever done.—Kris is joined by Scott Hudson & Steven Prazak to talk all things Atlanta Boys & Georgia independent wrestling as well as Global Wrestling Federation et al. We talk about the genesis of The Atlanta Boys, the legendary Uncle Sammy Kent, Georgia All-Star Wrestling road stories, Center Stage Theater being turned on it’s ass, the hate/hate relationship between WCW & The Atlanta Boys, Joe Pedicino & Olu Olayemi, Max Andrews, GWF history, Scott’s time in WCW, Steve’s time in ECW, and a lot more. This show is one of the best shows I have ever done and I hope you laugh as much as we did!!!!Joe Ped

Kris and David offer some brief thoughts on the sudden passing of our dear friend, Scott Bowden. Rest in power, brother.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Kris & David are joined by Daniel Makabe (@danielmakabe) to discuss the week that was April 15-21, 1991. We talk about Hulk Hogan being called one of the kings of PPV in USA Today, including what that entailed in 1991 with all of the major boxing fights and so on. We also talk about the marathon TV tapings that week in the WWF, some wild clips from Prime Time Wrestling, All Japan doing big business for the Champion Carnival tournament, SWS feuding with New Japan in real life, Koji Kitao's side of the story regarding his controversial match with John Tenta, Jim Cornette going off on Jim Herd on Joe Pedicino's Atlanta TV block, Dave Meltzer’s thoughts of the WCW Japan Supershow, and THE STOMP COLLECTION of WCW trading cards. All that and so much more on a brand spanking new episode of BTS!!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 WWF1:08:16 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, FMW, AJW, CMLL, UWA, & WWC2:00:16 Classic Commercial Break2:02:47 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game2:44:28 Other USA: IWCCW, VWA, Jim Cornette, Georgia All-St

Kris Zellner is joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) & Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) as we begin a new series of Exile on Badstreet podcasts focusing on the history of NWA Wildside. This first episode will focus on the genesis of NWA Wildside in 1999 and how it was spawned from Steve Martin's NCW and Bill Behrens connection with the NWA through NWA Georgia & Bert Prentice’s NWA Worldwide. Al & Jeff tell some awesome stories from their early days in the business and how they ended up in Georgia working with what was to become Wildside, plus we spotlight some of the early names that came through the promotion such as a young star named K-Krush (Ron "The Truth/R-Truth” Killings) and A.J. Styles, among others. Great introduction to this series that sets the table for what's to come!To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between th

Kris Zellner & John McAdam are back to talk about John's Wrestling from the ’80s collection, specifically Volumes 13 and 14. We talk about Tiger Mask and Dynamite Kid changing the game in many ways in the early ’80s, some important ’90s matches that made one of these tapes, the older legends in the AWA, Roddy Piper in Florida, Don Carson getting tricked by the Sheepherders, Jerry Lawler's craftiness, Mr. Olympia as North American Champ, Tiger Conway Jr.'s career trajectory, and so much more. Very fun show, so listen now!!!To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!Shop at Amazon via our link (

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was April 8-14, 1988. We talk about the debut of The Midnight Rider and how that came about thanks to a classic NWA Board of Directors meeting on World Championship Wrestling, plus we examine how the Rider gimmick wasn't as bad as people say it was. We also talk about NWA house show issues, Lex Luger and Barry Windham having some minor issues as a team, Akira Maeda reforming the UWF in Japan, Stampede doing great business, Dave Meltzer’s thoughts on USA Wrestling in Knoxville, a wild wrestling scene in Florida, Scotty the Body getting chumped off by Missy Hyatt, the debut of the Rude Awakening (the kiss, not the wrestling move), and so much more. This is a shorter show by our standards, but it was a total blast, so we hope you enjoy it!!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions0:47:58 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, UWF, South Africa, Stampede, Torreon, Tijuana, & WWC1:17:01 Classic Commercial Break1:21:11 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game1:50:51 O

Kris & David are joined by Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the rest of the week that was April 10-16, 2000, the stuff that we weren't able to get done last year. We talk about all the major issues going on in the state of New Jersey with the attempt to regulate "extreme wrestling" and all of the political drama surrounding it. We also go over about the final Champion Carnival tournament in the pre-split era of All Japan, the tragic death of Masakazu Fukuda after a match with Katsuyori Shibata in New Japan, the great Japanese indie scene of this era, the UFC running in Japan with Tito Ortiz finally winning the under 200 lbs./middleweight title, and a crazy U.S. indie scene featuring the Insane Clown Posse, XPW, & so much more. This was a blast and a great way to finish off the week from last year!Timestamps:0:00:00 New Jersey “extreme wrestling” bill0:35:15 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, CAPTURE, FMW, JPWA, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, & Oz Academy1:32:07 UFC2:08:35 Classic Commercial B