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Kris & David are back this week with a Patreon pick, as Mike Poulin put down the $25 for us to talk about the week-plus that was April 6-13, 1986. We start off with the WWF, which of course means WrestleMania 2—which was covered unusually in-depth by mid-1980s Observer standards—as we talk about both the business end in-ring ends of the show, which, at that time, featured Dave Meltzer's pick for the worst match of all time. We then go International, talking about Hiroshi Wajima starting up his training in the All Japan dojo, rumors of Lex Luger heading to New Japan, the death of El Solitario, and more. Back in the United States, we talk about the burgeoning babyface indie scene, some great Memphis TV featuring Jos LeDuc as well as Jeff Jarrett’s first TV match, Dick Slater whipping Sting's ass in the locker room (complete with Tracy Smothers’ eyewitness account), the Freebirds teasing a breakup in Dallas, and, among other things, ”Baby Bull" Leon White getting an AWA World Heavyweight Title program with champion Stan Hansen. We then close with an unusually slim Jim Crockett Promotions section, but it features some great Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton feud clips from a weekend where they dominated the TV shows. All that and much more on a WrestleMania-heavy edition of Between The Sheets!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:41:52 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Stampede, El Solitario, EMLL, Monterrey, UWA, & WWC

2:00:45 Classic Commercial Break

2:05:20 Halftime

2:28:47 USA East: NWF, PWUSA, CWF, CCW, & Memphis

3:09:45 USA West: UWF, Houston, WCCW, TASW, Central States, AWA, & Portland

4:11:12 Jim Crockett Promotions

4:37:19 Patreon Preview: The WWF issues a press release bragging about WrestleMania III’s record-breaking attendance…of 88,000?!?!?!?

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Kris Zellner is joined yet again by Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) & Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@revdanwilson) to take yet another Walk on the Wildside as we discuss the months of January & February 2002 in the history of NWA Wildside. We talk about A.J. Styles & David Young having a hellacious series of matches for the Wildside Heavyweight Title, the feud between Blackout & The Lost Boyz, which is heating up every week, the emergence of Cru Jones, Iceberg sending White Trash off into the sunset in his own way, and all the hot matches during that time period, as Wildside was getting younger and more athletic as time went on.

As usual, this is an extremely fun show here with some great stories!

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Kris & David are back to discuss the week that was March 30th - April 5th, 1998. We start off in the WWF and Monday Night Raw from night after WrestleMania XIV, where Sean Waltman made his return as the unnamed new member of DX, but he wasn't the only debut: Kaientai and Dan Severn showed up, plus Val Venis’s vignettes started airing, too. (Also, the New Age Outlaws joined DX and The Nation of Domination turned on Farooq.) We then go to Japan to talk about Antonio Inoki's huge retirement show at the Tokyo Dome, Mitsuharu Misawa getting injured on the road to AJPW’s own show at the Big Egg, Promo Azteca's TV situation in Mexico, and so much more. After that, go back to North America, where we talk about the greatness of Robin Hood, one of the greatest matches in ECW history in the form of Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Rob Van Dam, Dave Brown’s return to Memphis wrestling being finalized, & STEVE SAX showing up for a NWC show. We then close with a typically loaded 1998 WCW section, featuring a wild and wacky Nitro, as well as Eric Bischoff sounding off on Sean Waltman and tons more on Prodigy. LISTEN NOW!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:53:03 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, FMW, & GAEA

2:22:55 Classic Commercial Break

2:26:34 Halftime

2:49:36 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, & Promo Azteca

3:11:41 Other USA: Floyd Patterson NYSAC resignation, ECW, NWANJ, Steel City, IWAMS, Music City, MPPW, NWC, & APW

3:45:57 WCW

5:43:53 Patreon Preview: The WWF issues a press release bragging about WrestleMania III’s record-breaking attendance…of 88,000?!?!?!?

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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 & David are back this week by Between The Sheets Patreon subscriber David Davis (@GratefulSeconds) to discuss the week-plus that was March 18-29, 1985. You too can pick your own show by donating $25, $50 (join us for a segment), or $100 (join us for the whole show) on our Patreon. We start off by talking about Jim Crockett Promotions, where they are heading to TBS, and we talk about how that will work out for them, Mid-South, & the WWF, including the ACTUAL story of why the WWF sold their time slots to Crockett. Elsewhere in JCP, we also talk about Magnum T.A. winning the U.S. Title from Wahoo McDaniel and how Crockett's expansion is in full swing, among other things. We then go to Japan, talking about Shiro Koshinaka leaving AJPW, which was greatly outshone by Bruiser Brody joining NJPW in a shocking move that changed the business in Japan and around the world, with a highly detailed rundown about why it happened. We even go to Kuwait this week for a JCP-adjacent tour, as well as England, Mexico, & Puerto Rico, before coming back to mainland America to talk about the territories, featuring some wild brawls in Southeastern, Tux Newman & Randy Savage running wild in Memphis, and the greatness of Mid-South television in this era. We then close with the WWF, as WrestleMania is just days away, with highlights including Vince McMahon insulting Andre the Giant on TNT in what the Observer reported was believed to have gotten shoot-y and, of course, Hulk Hogan maiming Richard Belzer on his “Hot Properties” talk show on Lifetime as Mr. T eggs him on. You know the drill: Listen now!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions

0:51:36 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Kuwait, England, Montreal, EMLL, Promociones Mora, UWA, & WWC

1:49:55 Classic Commercial Break

1:54:50 Halftime

2:19:09 USA East: Terry Funk, PWUSA, CWG, CWF, SECW, & Memphis

3:09:42 Mid-South & Houston

3:29:08 USA West: WCCW, SWCW, St. Louis, Central States, AWA, Portland, & Hawaii

3:52:16 WWF

4:57:50 Patreon Preview: The WWF issues a press release bragging about WrestleMania III’s record-breaking attendance…of 88,000?!?!?!?

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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 & David are joined this week by our old friend and BTS Patron, Mark Coale (@black_bile), who donated the required $100 to be the guest on the whole show that he requested. Mark requested the week of March 16-22, 1984, and it’s a doozy. We open with the WWF, as they are taking over TV slots around the country from other promotions, with our week focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area. We also talk about Andre the Giant entering Piper's Pit for the first time, Akira Maeda's jobbing tour, and other early WWF expansion things. We then move on to the international scene, where we talk about NTV wanting Satoru Sayama to join AJPW but Giant Baba wouldn’t stand for it, Riki Choshu running wild in New Japan, Ric Flair & Harley Race trading the NWA Title in/around New Zealand, Ricky Steamboat returning from his 2 month retirement in JCP, Tim Horner scoring a major upset over Road Warrior Hawk on WTBS, and Hacksaw Duggan heeling in Florida en route to returning as a babyface hero in Mid-South that same week. It’s also in Mid-South that we have the reason why Mark requested this week: We have Mr. Wrestling II completing his heel turn plus Jim Cornette throwing a big party for the Midnight Express, setting up The Last Stampede in the process. All this and so much more on a great episode of BTS!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

0:41:14 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, New Zealand, England, Montreal, Stampede, Vancouver, EMLL, & UWA

1:20:24 Classic Commercial Break

1:25:06 Halftime (including Scott Hall discussion)

2:05:23 USA East: JCP, GCW, CWF, SECW, & Memphis

2:39:55 USA West: Mid-South, Central States, WCCW, SWCW, AWA, & Portland

4:03:09 Patreon Preview: APW King of the Indies 2001 unintentionally becomes the proof of concept for ROH

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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 & David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the (almost-)week that was March 9-14, 1995. We start off with Dave Meltzer going over the changing world of the PPV business in wrestling with the introduction of In Your House and World War 3 as well as the return of the Great American Bash, and how that affects the whole business. We then go to the WWF, where Crush/Brian Adams gets arrested, Men on a Mission turn on the Smoking Gunns, Carl Ouellet becomes a pirate, and so much more before going to Japan, where we talk about New Japan’s faction-based and interpromotional feuds, Los Power Raiders debuting in AAA, CMLL getting a TV contract extension from Televisa, Jim Cornette & Bob Armstrong going to war with The Gangstas in SMW, DIAMOND MIKE AND HIS CREW in Memphis, Marcus Dupree showing up in Memphis, a promotional war brewing in Mississippi, Paul Alperstein’s AWF announcing their title tournament in grand fashion, and then WCW, where Ric Flair is about to lose his mind as the booker amidst all of the Hulk Hogan insanity. 

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Pay-per-view changes

0:36:15 WWF

1:38:45 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, IWA Japan, IWU, Pancrase, & AJW

2:05:40 Classic Commercial Break

2:09:27 Halftime

2:26:44 Other North America: CRMW, AAA, & CMLL 

3:02:17 Other USA: ECW, Terry Funk in VA, Peach State, SMW, USWA, Ozark Mountain, Circle City, Deep South vs. Mid-South war for Mississippi, JCP, AWF, & Northwest

4:34:08 WCW

5:19:33 Patreon Preview: APW King of the Indies 2001 unintentionally becomes the proof of concept for ROH

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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 & David are guestless this time, as we discuss the week-plus that was March 1-8, 1992. We start with WCW, where we talk about Jesse Ventura being pulled off of the 1992 Minnesota Vikings radio broadcasts because of his relationship with WCW, Dave going to a pair of WCW house shows in two different timezones, Steve Williams & Terry Gordy coming to WCW, and so much more there. We then go international to talk about Doc & Gordy losing their AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles in preparation for their departure to WCW, New Japan running their 20th Anniversary Show with a major card featuring the Japanese debut of the El Samurai gimmick, the greatness of Sean Waltman and others in Japan’s Universal Lucha Libre, the UWA moving its TV tapings to Arena Neza, Paul Roma’s pro boxing debut, Rip Rogers squatting throughout the whole hour on SMW TV, as well as all the other news from the just about everywhere before going to the WWF. The WWF section this week is MASSIVE, as Pat Patterson & Terry Garvin tender their resignations as the ring boy abuse/Titangate scandals are heating up. There is just so much going on here that it's hard to put into words. 

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

0:49:29 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Universal, W*ING, RINGS, AJW, All-Star, CMLL, UWA, Tijuana, & WWC

1:21:04 Other USA: Paul Roma, IWF (Kowalski), WWA (NJ), NGWA, Peach State, LMLW, ICWA, SMW, USWA, GWF, Mick Karch, PWA, & Portland

1:59:17 Classic Commercial Break

2:02:33 Halftime

2:28:50 WWF

5:27:42 Patreon Preview: APW King of the Indies 2001 unintentionally becomes the proof of concept for ROH

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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 & David are joined this week by Patreon subscriber Tyler Gignac (@Tyler_Gignac), who wanted us to do the week that was February 23rd-March 1st, 2003. You can have us do a week that you want, as well, by signing up for a month in the $25 tier ourPatreon. ($50 gets you the ability to join us for a segment and $100 gets you the option to join us for the whole show.) Tyler joins us for the WWE section, featuring a wild three days in Canada, including Raw in Toronto, which Tyler attended. But we also have the No Way Out PPV in Montreal with the Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock rematch as well as SmackDown taping in London,Ontario the next night. There was a ton going on there, far too much to put here, but it's on the road to WrestleMania, which is full of all kinds of wackiness. We also talk about a major weekend in Japan where Shinya Hashimoto won the Triple Crown and Kenta Kobashi won the GHC Heavyweight Title in VERY different matches in terms of "workrate." We also talk about the rest of Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Indies, and of course NWA Total Nonstop Action, which is typically ridiculous. This is a LOADED show, so listen now!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWE

2:52:11 Classic Commercial Break

2:56:33 Halftime

3:18:11 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, World Japan, Zero-One, BJPW, DDT, Kageki, K-Dojo, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, WMF, AJW, Arsion, JWP, Neo, K-1, & All-Star

4:44:32 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, Tijuana, IWAPR, & WWC

5:03:59 Other USA: TCW, Cody Runnels, NWA Wildside, IPW Hardcore, IWAMS, All Access, XPW, & WrestleXpress

5:24:16 NWA-TNA

5:55:07 Patreon Preview: APW King of the Indies 2001 unintentionally becomes the proof of concept for ROH

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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 & David are back with another episode of Between the Sheets! We discuss the week-plus that was February 15-22, 1996, a show that was requested by one of our Patrons, Andy Linton. You can have the opportunity to have us do a week that you want if you join our Patreon and put down $25. We start the show with WCW, talking about their rapidly improving house show business and a wild Monday Nitro, which was par for the course in this era for some reason. We also talk about a crazy UFC PPV in Puerto Rico, Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue regaining AJPW’s unified world tag team titles, AAA almost getting kicked out of Acapulco, Tommy Morrison telling the world that he was HIV positive and how that would affect all combat sports, Brian Pillman making his debut at the ECW Arena in a wild spectacle, the WWF invading the WMC studio in Memphis, and IN YOUR HOUSE 6 among other topics in a loaded WWF section, including some long-buried details of the Billionaire Ted skits and resulting fallout. All that and much more on yet another action packed episode of Between the Sheets!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:01:31 UFC

1:52:02 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, FMW, SPWF, AJW, GAEA, AAA, CMLL, & Tijuana

2:26:24 Classic Commercial Break

2:31:20 Tommy Morrison

2:59:43 Other USA: ECW, SSW, United Wrestling, USWA, & North American All-Star

4:33:52 WWF

6:09:30 Patreon Preview: Joel Goodhart gambles on a banquet celebrating Ric Flair

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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 & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was February 9-15, 1997. We talk about USA Network giving the WWF an extra hour for Raw every week and how that will change their TV format, as well as THURSDAY RAW THURSDAY, featuring Shawn Michaels losing his smile in one of the all-time most memorable Raw moments. We also talk about Rocky Maivia winning his first title and the timing of that, the WWF's relationship with ECW, and so much more to round out a very newsworthy WWF section. We also talk about New Japan trying to sign Ken Shamrock to a major deal, Michinoku Pro’s top stars coming to ECW, and Sunny & The Truth Commission (as well as John Lister!) showing up at the WMC studio in Memphis for the USWA. Then we go to WCW where we talk about TBS wanting to add a new wrestling show, Ted Turner possibly showing up at Nitro, Kevin Sullivan going off the rails on Nitro, and a whole lot more. 

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:29:20 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, IWA Japan, Pancrase, AJW, JWP, & NWA UK/Hammerlock

1:58:31 Classic Commercial Break

2:03:12 Halftime

2:17:47 Latin America & MMA: AAA, CMLL, Promo Azteca, WWC, & WFF

2:36:56 Other USA: CenturyWA, PWA (NJ), UCW (NJ), ECW, TMW, SSW, NCW, USWA, & APW

3:46:23 WCW

4:45:51 Patreon Preview: Joel Goodhart gambles on a banquet celebrating Ric Flair

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