Between The Sheets

Kris and David are back with yet another episode of BTS, and this time, we’re discussing the week-plus that was December 19-27, 1996.We start off with the WWF, where we talk about the planning stages of Shotgun Saturday Night, which is coming at a time when they did the worst rating to date for an episode of Monday Night Raw. We also talk about that Raw in detail, as well as Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart shooting angles on house shows where they beat each other up, as well as an interesting Doug Furnas AOL chat among other things.Next is a smallish International section, featuring the end of the UWFi, the return of IWA Japan, Ultimo Dragon defending the J-Crown in Wrestle Dream Factory, Terry Funk battling Fit Finlay in Germany, and much more.Then we go to the rest of North America, featuring a promotional war in Puerto Rico, major issues between ECW and Request TV that endanger the promotion’s prospects on PPV, a USWA Christmas on live TV, the end of the AWF, and a whole lot more.We then close with WCW, featu