Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was September 22-28, 2008. Topics of discussion include:

• ROH New Horizons debuts on PPV featuring Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black, Nigel McGuinness defending the ROH Title against Claudio Castagnoli, appearances from Naomichi Marufuji and Go Shiozaki, and so much more.
• An update on Kevin Nash's contract status in TNA.
• Booker T's horrible Ugandan accent in TNA.
• "The Love-In" starring “The Guru” Sonjay Dutt and SoCal Val.
• Who’s going to portray Suicide in TNA with Frankie Kazarian getting hurt?
• The Great Muta winning the Triple Crown again in AJPW.
• HUSTLE going down the toilet at the box office.
• The total insanity of the TEAM VADER shows in Tokyo.
• INDYPENDENCE DAY in England.
• Homicide is crowned "The King of New York” on a very random show in Queens.
• Erick Stevens winning the Jeff Peterson Cup the same weekend that Drake Younger wins the Ted Petty Invitational.
• Vince McMahon wanting better ACTING~! from the WWE roster.
• The TV wrestling boom in Spain officially coming to an end.
• Raw General Manager Mike Adamle. That is all.
• Santo Marella’s rivalry with “BAPTISTA.”
• Triple H slumming it on SmackDown, where he’s programmed with the Great Khali and Vladimir Kozlov.
• Stephanie McMahon beefing with Kevin Dunn even as far back as 2008.
• Why isn't WWE connecting with adults?

All that and more on a fun episode of BTS!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 ROH

0:23:15 TNA

1:12:32 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Apache Army, DDT, Dragongate, Fukumen Mania, Futen, HUSTLE, Kageki, Team Vader, VKF, Zero-One. JWP, WSW (Portugal), & Indypendence Day

2:00:52 Classic Commercial Break

2:05:21 Halftime/Anti-aggregator ranting

2:53:09 Other North America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Juarez, BPW, ACE, Mark Madden, Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, & IWAMS

3:38:56 WWE

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was September 15-21, 1984. Topics of discussion include:

• The birth of Pro Wrestling USA, as we get the first official TV taping from the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, plus we discuss the impetus behind the promotion, plus who is running it behind the scenes. what their game plan is trying to compete with the WWF, and how similar plans had been brewing going back almost a year.
• The taping itself and how some of the top local stars were used as basically glorified jobbers for the "bigger stars."
• Randy Savage being backstage but not used and potential reason why that happened.
• Jack Reynolds being the one person immediately poached by the WWF.
• Why Bill Watts wasn't at the show.
• Verne Gagne already jobbing the Road Warriors in non-title matches.
• New Japan Pro Wrestling exploding as Riki Choshu's Ishingundan all jump to join Naoki Otsuka's new project with Giant Baba, with a in-depth rundown of the events that led up to this major news story.
• Where Tatsumi Fujinami fits into all of this.
• Sangre Chicana and MS-1 having a caballera contra caballera main event for the 2nd straight EMLL Anniversario show.
• Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff doing some arm-wrestling in JCP.
• Superstar Billy Graham turning babyface in Florida.
• Bill Watts banning all weapons in Mid-South on the same show that features the debut of Master G.
• The WWF retreating from running shows in the Jarrett territory.
• Bobby Heenan being on his way into the WWF while Terry Gordy is on his way out.
• Mr. T showing up at the WWF debut at the Forum in Inglewood and has a skirmish with Dr. D. No, not that one.
• Jack Tunney making his TV debut in Piper's Pit.

We always love doing shows from this era, so we hope you enjoy it!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Pro Wrestling USA & AWA

0:59:45 Int’l: NJPW, UWF, South Africa, Montreal, EMLL, UWA, & WWC

1:45:11 Classic Commercial Break

1:49:45 Halftime

2:47:38 Other USA: JCP, CWG, CWF, Southeastern, Memphis, Mid-South, WCCW, Southwest, Central States, South Dakota, & Portland

4:27:15 WWF

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was September 8-13, 1998. Topics of discussion include:

• Wrestlers from various promotions having legal issues in the same week.
• DX vs. Kaientai DX in THE BATTLE OF DX on Raw Saturday Night.
• Davey Boy Smith attending the WWF house show in Calgary two days before he nearly ends his career at WCW Fall Brawl.
• Vince McMahon talking shit on Bret Hart to Mike Mooneyham.
• AJPW needing to change up their main event scene.
• CMLL changing up their Anniversario plans (and why).
• Justin Credible's wedding causing various people to miss ECW’s weekend house shows.
• Barry Blaustein's crew filming for “Beyond the Mat” at the APW show in Hayward.
• The Sandman signing a three-year deal with WCW.
• Ralphus making his TV debut on WCW Thunder.
• The complete piece of garbage known as Fall Brawl '98.
• WCW making enemies out of the fans of Mobile, Alabama with a horribly false advertised WCW Saturday Night taping.

This was quite the damn show, so you definitely don't want to miss this one!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Wrestler Arrests

0:24:12 WWF

1:00:00 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, FULL, Michinoku Pro, WAR, Wrestle Yume Factory, Arsion, & CWA

1:20:06 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, & Puerto Rico

1:36:01 Classic Commercial Break

1:40:33 Halftime/Andy Williams

2:11:16 Other USA: ECW, NWA, NWA Georgia, NDW, UCW (OH), UCW (AL), Memphis Power Pro, APW, & NBC Exposé

2:31:02 WCW

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Since today is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we figured we'd re-upload what is effectively our 9/11 show. Matt Griffin joins us to talk about the week from his perspective working in the U.S. Marine Corps public relations department at the time, plus Phil Schneider hops on for the indie section since he lived in Washington, DC at the time of the attacks and is a longtime evangelist of the Low-Ki vs. The Amazing Red match that took place on the UCW/ICW New York show in Queens that week.

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Kris and David are joined by Matt Griffin (ACTION Wrestling) and Phil Schneider (Segunda Caida) this week to discuss the week that was September 12-18, 2001. Topics of discussion include:

• September 11th and how that affected us personally as well as the wrestling business, plus Dave Meltzer’s thoughts on the feelings of the nation at the time in a powerful piece.
• How the WWF handled this situation and the infamous 9/13 live Smackdown from Houston with all the behind the scenes info you would want.
• The rest of the week in the WWF.
• New Japan's wild G-1 World Tournament, K-1’s tax issues, and the awesomeness of 2001 CMLL.
• Phil joins us to discuss the United States indie scene including Low-Ki vs. Red tearing it up on the first wrestling show in NYC since 9/11, Jeff G. Bailey taking over Wildside, post-WCW startup madness, and Stevie Ray on Ricki Lake.

A fantastic show and one of our best ever so don't miss it!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 9/11

0:36:16 WWF

2:08:12 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, ZERO-ONE, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, FMW, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, W*ING, ARSION, JD’, NEO, & K-1

3:17:55 Classic Commercial Break

3:20:27 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:50:10 Other North America: Matrats, ECCW, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Luchas 2000, Monterrey, & Dandy-Navarro

4:13:13 Other USA: UCW, Assault, NWA, Memphis, OVW, HWA, MECW, IWAMS, The Wall, WOW Magazine, WrestleXpress, Hulk Hogan, & Ricki Lake (And yes, we found out after the show that the kid on there isn’t who we thought he was.) 

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Kris and David are joined by J.D. Oliva to discuss the week that was September 4-10, 1989. Topics of discussion include:

• In MATWATCH, Steve Beverly talks to Turner Broadcasting's Jeff Carr about the ongoing issues with World Championship Wrestling airing outside of its normal timeslot among other issues.
• Terry Funk's health issues flaring up, causing him to miss matches against Ric Flair.
• The NWA losing their spot at the Capital Centre in Maryland.
• Sid Vicious and Scott Hall have quite the match on WCW.
• Big Van Vader talking to Hasbro about an action figure deal.
• Akira Maeda wanting a fight with George Foreman.
• The reality of Stampede Wrestling's "talks" with ESPN about being on their network.
• Captain Lou Albano getting roasted by friends for charity.
• The Big Daddy (Steve DiBlasio) trial in Florida starring Dusty Rhodes.
• The saga of Jerry Lawler, Buddy Landell, and a limousine.
• A young man named Steve Williams makes his TV debut in Dallas.
• Rip Oliver turns babyface in Portland.
• The birth of American Gladiators.
• Rick Rude crashes Roddy Piper's party on the Brother Love Show.

We had a blast recording with J.D. and we hope you have a similar blast listening to the show!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 NWA/WCW

1:13:01 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, UWF, & Stampede

1:47:34 Classic Commercial Break

1:51:12 Halftime

2:40:03 Other USA: Lou Albano, ICW, USWA (Raskin), Bobby Fulton, Larry Sharpe, ACW (NC), Big Daddy lawsuit, FCW, Continental, CWA/Memphis, USWA (TX), IWF (LA), AWA, Portland, & American Gladiators

4:12:46 WWF

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Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles for another episode of Center Stage Chronicles. This time, we discuss the month that was August 1991 in the World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include:

• WCW making roster cuts as the Great American Bash tour comes to a close.
• Differing thoughts from WCW personnel regarding a possible steroid testing policy.
• WCW hooking up with Marvel Comics for a comic book.
• Deidre Hall returns as Dr. Marlena Evans on "Days of our Lives."
• Johnny B. Badd and Steve Austin start a beef over Johnny's intentions for Lady Blossom.
• Eddie Gilbert no-shows a return to WCW for Eddie Gilbert reasons.
• The invention of the World Wide Web and Linux as we enter a new age of computer technology.
• The debut of Nicktoons featuring "Doug," "Rugrats," and "Ren & Stimpy."
• Cactus Jack and Abdullah the Butcher return to WCW to torment Sting.
• Nintendo releases the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the masses in North America as the video game world changes forever.
• Sting wins the U.S. Heavyweight Title tournament at the Omni in Atlanta.
• "Doc Hollywood," "Double Impact," "The Commitments," "Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man," and "Showdown in Little Tokyo" all hit the theaters.
• PM Dawn, Metallica, Cypress Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Mr. Bungle, Spin Doctors, Pearl Jam, Blur, Toad the Wet Sprocket all have major albums hit record stores.
• Whether or not The Hunchbacks were really going to be a thing in WCW.

This was a tremendously fun show to do and we hope you enjoy the hell out of it!!!!

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Kris and David are joined by Scott Passner to discuss the week that was August 24-30, 1993, which Scott picked for us to do as a perk for dropping $50 on our Patreon, allowing him to not only request a week, but also sit in for a segment, which Scott does for the WWF section. Topics of discussion include:

• SummerSlam ’93 and how the show was considered a disappointment overall despite a huge crowd.
• The greatness of Jerry Lawler in the Hart Family feud, featuring a feisty Bruce Hart guest appearance.
• The Heavenly Bodies giving the Steiners a WCW-style Steiners match in the WWF.
• Mr. Perfect vs. Shawn Michaels disappointing everyone.
• Lex Luger vs. Yokozuna and how the countout finish buried Luger, especially with the pomp and circumstance celebration afterwards.
• Randy Savage cutting Lex Luger's go-home promo for him on Superstars how and it made you want to see Savage in Lex's spot instead.
• Jim Cornette and Yokozuna on “Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee,” featuring Yoko playing tug o’ war with Regis and friends.
• The Wall Street Journal covers a special New Japan show.
• Michinoku Pro does some STUDIO WRESTLING in Japan.
• AJW selling out the Budokan for a major show.
• Ron Skoler’s IWC makes its debut as AAA’s American promoter, debuting with a series of shows in California where Dave Meltzer is boots on the ground for what he says was, at the time, the best live show he had ever been to: La Revancha at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
• Terry Funk makes his SMW TV debut in an amazing promo.
• Vince McMahon also cuts an amazing promo on USWA TV as McMemphis is in full effect.
• Jeff Jarrett shoots pool with Minnesota Fats.
• Brian Christopher gifts Miss Simpson (Toni Adams) her own personal valet in Miss Robin (Robin Smith/Veronica Lane/Vivacious Veronica).
• Ric Flair and Rick Rude's feud begins on Flair for the Gold.

This was a strong show, and it's always fun to have Scott on, so take a listen!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:50:42 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, Michinoku Pro, W*ING, PWFG, AJW, LLPW, CMLL, Moreno/Arena Naucalpan, & UWA

2:31:03 Classic Commercial Break

2:35:32 Halftime/RIP rovert

2:52:52 AAA

3:26:34 Other USA: WWN, NCW (NY), WWOW, Peach State, SMW, USWA, GWF, Big D, Oregon, & Hulk Hogan

4:49:37 WCW

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was August 16-23, 1994. Topics of discussion include:

• Hulk Hogan giving a very candid interview to the Gainesville Sun newspaper talking about Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Vince McMahon, joining WCW, and more.
• The greatness of the Rhodes family vs. Stud Stable feud in Summer 1994.
• Jesse Ventura having issues as Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
• Antonio Inoki & George Foreman negotiating for a super fight in North Korea in 1995.
• Super Vader winning the UWFi World Title from Nobuhiko Takada in one of the most famous bouts of the era.
• Konnan cements his rudo turn in AAA as Los Gringos Locos become a major force.
• The drama between ECW, Dennis Coralluzzo, and Jim Crockett regarding the NWA World Heavyweight Title tournament seems to be getting smoothed over as everyone comes to an agreement so the tournament can take place.
• Shane Douglas and Paul E. Dangerously cut promos ECW TV about the tournament, with Shane specifically targetting "Dick Flair."
• The Gangstas’ first big show as main eventers flops and Dave Meltzer speculates on their future as New Jack calls out the Knoxville NAACP on SMW TV.
• Chris Candido and Tammy Fytch turn on Brian Lee after losing the SMW Tag Team Titles.
• Doug Gilbert gets suspended in the USWA, so he doesn't have to risk his mane in hair matches…yet.
• The greatness of Sid Vicious in the USWA and why he was so different there from anywhere else.
• Austin Idol returning to Memphis in grand fashion.
• Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler taking viewer phone calls on WWF Sunday Night Slam and what an experience that was.

All of that plus so much more on an extremely fun episode of BTS!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:03:39 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Michinoku Pro, RINGS, UWFi, JWP, Maharaj Promotions, CWA, AAA, CMLL, & UWA

1:39:40 Classic Commercial Break

1:43:46 Halftime

2:31:07 Other USA: NWA, ECW, NWA Sabu, IWA (OH), SMW, USWA, Mid-South, & GWF

4:10:27 WWF

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For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was August 10-16, 2005. Topics of discussion include:

• WWE being in a total lame duck state with Spike TV as their contract is running out soon.
• SmackDown featuring the Eddy Guerrero/Rey Mysterio/Dominik Mysterio soap opera, guest starring MISS CRABTREE.
• Raw in Montreal, as Shawn Michaels is having the time of his life being the old HBK in front of a raucous crowd mocking Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan.
• Ashley Massaro winning the Diva Search over Leyla Milani.
• Ken Anderson becoming Mr. Kennedy.
• Masahiro Chono winning the G1 Climax as a tribute to Shinya Hashimoto.
• A wild angle in the WWC featuring Eddie Colon being imprisoned in the Dominican Republic.
• The Summer of Punk ends in ROH as he loses his title to James Gibson in Dayton and then loses his farewell match to Colt Cabana in Chicago Ridge.
• TNA Sacrifice on PPV and lots more TNA stuff in one of the most stable eras of that promotion's history thanks to Scott D’Amore’s booking and the impending debut of Impact on Spike TV.

That this was all 21 years ago is wild to think about. This was a really fun show, so check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWE & OVW

1:53:48 Int’l: NJPW, Riki Pro, CMLL, IWA Puerto Rico, & WWC

2:14:17 Classic Commercial Break

2:19:29 Halftime

3:18:07 Other USA: Ballpark Brawl, CZW, & ROH

3:50:10 TNA

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was August 4-10, 1987. Topics of discussion include:

• Gordon Solie's 26½ year tenure as the lead announcer for Championship Wrestling from Florida comes to an end after a pay dispute with Jim Crockett.
• Ric Flair and Ronnie Garvin have one of the most epic exchanges possible on TV in front of a molten hot Spartanburg crowd.
• Terry Taylor's highly entertaining for the wrong reasons “press conference" from UWF TV.
• The greatness of Brian Pillman as a rookie.
• Owen Hart does his first pinfall job in 1987 on TV to Gama Singh, losing the British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title.
• Mr. Olympia walks out of Continental and gets buried by Ronnie West on the house mic in Knoxville to a reaction that surprised the office.
• Mr. Olympia joins NASA, a new promotion in Alabama running in opposition to Continental.
• The Black Prince and The Commission in all of their glory in Memphis.
• The Jerry Lawler Show spotlights Fray Tormenta.
• Jammin' with Mitch and Donna and an angle featuring Tommy Rich stripping Sensational Sherri serve as the highlights of AWA TV during our week.
• Paul Boesch officially announces his retirement from promoting Houston Wrestling.
• Ken Patera injures himself at the absolute worst possible time.
• The team of Magnificent Muraco and Bob Orton Jr. falls apart.
• Mr. T returns to the WWF as a special enforcer.

All that and much more on a brand new Between the Sheets!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions/CWF/UWF

1:15:25 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, All-Star, Dale Martin, Atlantic Grand Prix, Stampede, & Tomko

1:47:00 Classic Commercial Break

1:52:03 Halftime

3:00:57 Other USA: NWF, Deep South, Continental, NASA, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, AWA, Central States, Paul Boesch, & Portland

4:36:08 WWF

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