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Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was March 27-April 2, 1993. We talk about WCW planning for the initial Slamboree as well as dealing with people coming and going from the roster. We also talk about the biggest win of Toshiaki Kawada's career so far, WAR doing big business with help from New Japan, AJW's humongous Dream Slam show, SMW's Bluegrass Brawl which featured maybe the greatest match in the history of the promotion, and a wild week in Dallas. And perhaps most famously, we’ve got Jim Ross announcing that he’s joining the WWF and interviewing Vince McMahon…on his WCW-sponsored radio show. All that and more on a damn fun episode of BTS!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 0:45:53 Japan: AJPW, NJPW/WAR, FMW, NOW, W*ING, & AJW 1:33:55 Classic Commercial Break 1:39:29 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game :2:24:38 Other North America: Canada, AAA, CMLL, & UWA 2:37:54 Other USA East: Nailz potatoes Jake Roberts, New England, ECW, ICWA, SMW, USWA, & USA 3:40:45 Other USA West:

Kris Zellner is joined by Barry Rose (Breaking Kayfabe) as we continue our "High on Sunshine" series, discussing the Southern Heavyweight & Florida Heavyweight Title holders from Summer 1983 to the end of 1984. We talk about Ron Bass getting a mega-push and such names as Mike Rotunda & Billy Jack taking the territory by storm. We also talk about guys like Kendo Nagasaki, Angelo Mosca, Jim Neidhart, Pistol Pez Whatley, Jesse Barr and lots more. This is a tremendous show as Barry has many great stories to tell and even some on Eddie Gilbert which must be heard to be believed. 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 anythi

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was March 20-26, 2002, a Patron-requested week. We talk about the first ever WWF Draft, including all of the reasoning behind each move, the behind the scenes matters influencing, everything, and lots of information that most people haven't heard before. We play all of the clips of the draft picks from RAW including some great Vince McMahon moments, especially with Kurt Angle & The Rock. We also look at how people in developmental will be involved in this, as well as the incoming Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio. We then move to Japan, talking about Toshiaki Kawada tearing ligaments in his knee, Antonio Inoki announcing the Inoki Dojo in Los Angeles, Naomichi Marufuji and injuring his knee, and more. All that plus Josh Barnett's rise to stardom in UFC after his victory over Randy Couture, the first annual IWC Super Indy tournament starring Low-Ki’s bludgeoning of Kid Sensation, Dale Torborg bringing the Demon to the Florida Marl

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) for a special Between the Sheets supplement covering the U.S. independent scene for the week that was March 13-19, 1996. We talk about Brian Pillman causing problems in ECW, Dave Meltzer's thoughts on Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera in Philadelphia compared to their other matches, Beau going highly in-depth on his Southern States Wrestling shows for the week, Mankind debuting in the USWA before he wrestled for the WWF, the press conference for the World Wrestling Peace Festival, and MUCH more. If you love Beau on our show, then you will go crazy over this one, as he was in RARE form here. Timestamp, sort of: 0:00:00 Other USA: NEW, ECW, MEWF, CCW, SSW, GIWA, Mid-South, USWA, OVW, CarolinaCW, Circle City, CWA, LLM, WIW, & World Wrestling Peace Festival 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 Pat

Kris & David are joined by Alan Counihan (@Alan4L) to discuss the week that was March 13-19, 1996. We talk about the WWF doing great house show business surrounding the issues between Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, & Diesel, including Diesel’s big heel turn on Shawn at MSG. We also discuss Vince making the media rounds, a serious Billionaire Ted skit, New Japan banning Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine from their shows, Sabu going to Big Japan, Atsushi Onita returning to FMW, Dave Meltzer going to Tijuana, Ze Gangsta and "The Final Solution" debuting on Nitro, and of course the greatness of Early 1996 Lex Luger. A humdinger of a show, so listen now!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 1:47:25 Japan (NJPW, BJPW, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, WAR, Akira Hokuto, & JWP) & South Africa 3:14:48 Classic Commercial Break 3:19:45 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 3:48:02 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, & Tijuana 4:18:45 Note on this week’s Other USA section 4:20:27 WCW To support the show and get acc

Kris & David are joined by Daniel Makabe (@danielmakabe) to discuss the week that was March 6-12, 1998. We talk about the huge power struggle in WCW between Hulk Hogan and the Wolfpac which indirectly caused the firing of Sean Waltman and how that is affecting the promotion as a whole. We also look at about two very “WCW” TV shows as well as New Japan wanting to kill the two promotions’ working agreement. We then talk about other New Japan news, the end of the WAR promotion, WCW's issues with Promo Azteca, the Pit Bulls getting arrested, wrestling coming back to Memphis TV, Jim Ross interviewing Mike Tyson on RAW, plus lots and lots more. Tremendous show, so definitely give it a listen!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 2:13:49 Japan: NJPW, BattlARTS, FMW, Michinoku Pro, WAR, JWP, & RINGS 2:49:24 Classic Commercial Break 2:54:28 Housekeeeping/The Amazon Game 3:37:20 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, & Promo Azteca 3:52:05 Other USA: Top Rope Productions, ECW, Steel City, WSWF, ASW, WZW, FCW, Ramp

Kris Zellner is joined again by John McAdam (Stick to Wrestling) to discuss Volumes 6 and 7 of his Wrestling from the 80's video collection. We continue our series with a focus mainly on 1981 as we talk about Tommy Rich becoming NWA Champion, Verne Gagne retiring as AWA Champion, the greatness of Sgt. Slaughter, Magnificent Muraco, & Ken Patera, Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka's run as a tag team in Georgia, Bruno Sammartino's retirement match, Ric Flair becoming NWA Champion, Bob Backlund's great run of 1981-82 and tons more. Very fun show, so don't miss it!!!! 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

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was February 27-March 5, 1988. We talk about Bruno Sammartino's departure from the WWF as they ready their plans for WrestleMania IV, Hiroshi Wajima being featured in Sports Illustrated, Akira Maeda finally getting fired by New Japan, Dump Matsumoto retiring, a wild match in Edmonton, Global Wrestling wackiness in Florida, Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt taking over Memphis TV, Michael Hayes’s concert at the Sportatorium in Dallas, and JCP on a roll with house shows and promos that must be heard. This is great stuff, so don't miss it!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 0:58:33 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, & JWP 1:22:43 Other North America: Stampede & WWCW 1:44:26 Classic Commercial Break 1:49:36 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game (incl. a Jeff Jarrett tangent) 2:22:50 USA East: NECW, Global Wrestling, USA, CCW, WOW, & CWA 3:28:53 USA West: WCCW, Bruiser Brody/St. Louis, Central States, AWA, GLOW, AWWF, Rasslin’ Revival, CaliforniaCW, Portl

In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering George Scott’s brief run booking WCW in early 1989, Kris and David look at the famously awful Clash of the Champions: St. Valentine’s Massacre special just five days before the Chi-Town Rumble pay-per-view event. Jack Reynolds’s awful announcer tryout, Steven Dane going 17 minutes for no apparent reason, Jack Victory wrestling twice for no apparent reason, most of the matches having no apparent reason for being booked, the beginning of the end of WCW’s relationship with AJPW and Giant Baba, and much more. For the full show, go to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become a patron for just $5/month. --- Full show description: The year is 1989. Jim Herd has just been hired to run WCW, Jimmy Crockett is basically being ousted as as the chair of the steering committee, and the company needs a booker. So Jim Barnett suggests...George Scott, who hasn't booked in over two years, when he had a disastrous run in World Class after bei

Kris & David are joined by Richard Mann this week to discuss the week that was February 20-26, 1999, a week that Richard requested via a $50 pledge to our Patreon. Richard joined us for the RINGS section where we discussed their major show at Yokohama Arena featuring the main event of Akira Maeda vs. Aleksandr Karelin, which was a major news story in its day. We also discuss the major unrest in WCW that is starting up and how that is affecting the promotion, including Rey Misterio Jr. unmasking and how that caused a ripple effect all the way down to Tijuana. We also go over SuperBrawl, Nitro, & Thunder featuring clips of the amazing Scott Steiner & Buff Bagwell combination at their peak, Shane Douglas "passing the torch" in ECW, and a packed WWF section featuring Steve Austin on Howard Stern & Nash Bridges, Vince McMahon on Inside Edition, and the saga of Vince's teddy bear on RAW. A slam-packed, can’t-miss show, that’s for sure!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 1:55:21 Eurasia: AJPW, BJ

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was February 12-18, 1985. First and foremost, we talk about ABC’s explosive “20/20” segment on pro wrestling featuring Eddie Mansfield, Jim Wilson, John Stossel, & "Dr. D" David Shultz, including all of the controversy surrounding it. We then go over about the comings and goings in the WWF including a great weekend of business capped off by The War to Settle the Score. From there, we look at Antonio Inoki meeting Ric Flair in Hawaii, The All-New Stampede Wrestling, the debuts of Mr. J.R. & Devil Blue in Georgia, Jerry Lawler’s future as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and BLOOD CIRCUS!!!! A tremendous show that can't be missed, so listen now!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 “20/20” wrestling expose 1:21:56 WWF 2:34:12 Int’l: NJPW, UWF, Stampede, EMLL, & UWA 2:57:16 Classic Commercial Break 3:02:33 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 3:48:17 USA East: PWUSA, JCP, CWG, CWF, SECW, CWA, & Mid-South 5:32:47 USA West:

Kris & David are joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) to discuss the week that was February 6-12, 1986. We talk about Jim Crockett taking over St. Louis while creating a new NWA World Heavyweight Title belt during the final planning stages for the first ever Crockett Cup. We also talk about the beginning of the New Japan vs. UWF feud, the Fabulous Ones leaving Mid-South for Florida, Jake Roberts leaving Mid-South for the WWF, Jerry Lawler returning to Memphis TV in a taped promo, Crockett's dislike of Bruiser Brody, Verne Gagne losing promoters by the week, and a full rundown of the epic Bob Orton Jr., Roddy Piper, & Magnificent Muraco's wild night in Fresno, California. Damn fun show, so don't miss it!!!!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions 0:51:37 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, All-Star, & Stampede 1:19:06 USA East: CWF, CCW, CWA, & Mid-South 2:15:18 Classic Commercial Break 2:19:19 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 2:59:16 USA West: St. Louis, Central States, Houston, WCCW, AWA, Po

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 30 - February 5, 2000. We only discuss WCW, ECW, & WWF on the show because it was a monster but there is a lot to dig into here as we talk about the birth of the XFL, WWF talking to FOX & Viacom, The Radicalz going to the WWF, Sabu leaving ECW, lots of drama with Paul Heyman & Raven, WCW trying to bounce back from losing the Radicalz and all kinds of other insanity from a wild week in wrestling. You better listen now!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 2:16;47 Classic Commercial Break 2:21:32 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 2:41:54 ECW 3:18:50 WCW 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

Kris & David are joined by Dylan Hales (@DylanWaco) to discuss the week that was January 23-29, 1997. Most importantly, there’s the complete insanity that was nWo Souled Out, featuring the infamous Miss nWo Pageant. We also discuss Randy Savage re-upping with WCW, Buff Bagwell getting a push in NJPW, AAA having their own Yeti, MMA being in deep trouble in the state of New York, ECW getting cleared for PPV by Request TV, Dave Brown, Corey Maclin, & Randy Hales quitting the USWA, and RAW going to 2 hours on USA. This is a slam-packed show with lots of entertainment, so listen RIGHT NOW!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 1:35:34 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, IWA Japan, Samurai TV, & Jd’ 1:58:01 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, Promo Azteca, & WWC 2:21:26 Classic Commercial Break 2:25:07 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 3:03:32 MMA 3:19:20 ECW 3:59:11 Other USA: NWANJ, Tito Santana, PCW, ECWA, TMW, USWA, & APW 4:26:55 WWF To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed sh

Kris & David are guestless this week to take on a Between the Sheets like no other: The happenings in World Championship Wrestling for the week that was January 16-22, 2000. We talk about all the drama that went into the Souled Out PPV including massive indecision by Bill Busch on many subjects, which leads to Chris Benoit winning the WCW World Heavyweight Title only to get stripped of the title the next night and released from his contract days later along with Eddy Guerrero, Dean Malenko, & Perry Saturn. We then discuss the PPV itself, Nitro, & Thunder, including the drama surrounding those shows as well, like Vince Russo being removed from power to be replaced by Kevin Sullivan, and how that made the situation a whole lot worse. This is a show that will go down in the books as one of our best, no doubt, so you better not miss it!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 Everything goes to hell a few days before Souled Out 1:12:32 Souled Out & other Sunday stuff 2:04:29 Classic Commercial Break 2:09:36 House

In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering the second half of Eddie Gilbert and Paul Heyman’s run booking the Continental Wrestling Federation in 1988, Kris and David look at a point of contention from when Eddie was fired or quit: Why were tapes to FNN/Score and various local affiliates either missing (to save a few dollars by not overnighting it, really?) or containing the wrong footage? After all, Ron West prided himself in getting that sort of thing correct… For the full show, go to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become a patron for just $5/month. --- They're baaaaack! After we set the table in Part 1, we jump back to the middle of August 1988, after USA Championship Wrestling has been sold to David Woods, resulting in the reintegration of the east Tennessee circuit into Continental. We take a look at the dearth (and inaccuracy) of Continental information in the newsletters when Eddie Gilbert and Paul Heyman weren't there, Brian Pillman's planned move

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 9-15, 1990. We talk about WCW’s plans for 1990 and how that changed quickly, Woman beginning her Ric Flair recruiting mission, a very hot WCW crowd in Johnson City, NJPW's original plans for the 2/10 Tokyo Dome show and how they changed, Canadian wrestling TV changes thanks to the CRTC, Wade Keller burying the AWA TV tapings, Mr. Perfect & The Genius have a memorable appearance on “Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee,” and much more. A really fun show with some cool clips, so check it out!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 1:00:51 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Stampede, WFWA, EMLL, UWA, & WWC 1:27:57 Classic Commercial Break 1:33:38 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 2:34:38 Other USA: Paul Heyman, Atlanta, PWF, USWA, AWA, SoCal, Global, & Portland 3:16:23 WWF 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 ongoin

Kris Zellner is joined by Scott Bowden (Kentucky Fried Rasslin Podcast) to discuss October-December 1983 in Memphis wrestling. We talk about Stan Hansen & Jesse Ventura in Memphis and the exact moment when Hansen knew it was time to leave the territory, the plight of The Russian Invader, Bill Dundee failing as a babyface, Ken Raper & Robert Reed doing the unthinkable, the last matches and angles of Andy Kaufman, the return of Jos LeDuc, and the debut of Randy Savage which could've been handled a lot better. Scott is awesome on these shows, and this is yet another example of that, 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 a

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was January 2-8, 1987. We talk about a Saturday Night's Main Event featuring the Hulk Hogan-Paul Orndorff steel cage match that had a finish that will never be forgotten, as well as the pending Andre the Giant heel turn and how that affected the SNME booking. We also talk about AJPW & NJPW kicking off their new year at Korakuen Hall, Kevin Sullivan returning to Florida and the budding relationship that territory had with Continental, a third New Guinea Headhunter making quite the debut in a steel cage, Hacksaw Duggan & The Fantastics leaving the UWF, the saga of Vladimir Petrov, and much more. This is an extremely fun show, so check it out!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 1:37:29 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Stampede, EMLL, UWA, & Florida 1:58:30 Classic Commercial Break 2:03:32 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 2:55:50 USA East: Florida, Continental, & Memphis 3:30:54 USA West: UWF, WCCW, AWA, Portland, & Hawaii 4:48:2

Kris Zellner is joined by John McAdam for another installment of our "Wrestling from the 80's" series, and this time we focus on Volume 5 of his set. We talk about the early days of Dusty Rhodes booking for Jim Crockett Promotions, the genesis of Arn Anderson in Southeastern, Jim Cornette getting his head shaved, Junkyard Dog leaving Mid-South and how that affected Watts, Austin Idol's four flat tires, Ric Flair & Missing Link's odd relationship, Muhammad Ali at the Superdome for Mid-South, and tons more. This is a damn 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 s