Between The Sheets

Kris & David are joined by Ed Kody (@PodVanEd) to discuss the week plus that was July 14-23, 1997. We start with the WWF, where we get the debut of DUDE LOVE—which is why Ed is on this week in the first place—and how that debut affected a 10 year old Ed back then. We also talk about both the July 14 and July 21 episodes of Raw, featuring the debut of The Patriot, Shawn Michaels cutting quite the promo in Nova Scotia, Bret Hart attacking Vince McMahon, the impending arrival of Kane, and much more. We discuss the Raw abandoning airing live every week as a cost-cutting measure, as well as the changing TV structure in wrestling in general, plus we also talk about Masahiro Chono breaking his ankle at an Orlando WCW taping, Great Sasuke being unhappy with the WWF as Michinoku Pro was in flux, Rickson Gracie & Nobuhiko Takada getting much closer to actually happening, ECW wanting to sue WCW over Raven & Stevie Richards appearing at Bash at the Beach, Rick Rude turning heel in ECW, changes coming to WCW i