It’s Monday, and you know what that means: A new Between the Sheets with J.D. Oliva joining Kris and David to discuss 1989! Topics of discussion include:

• Saturday Night’s Main Event featuring the return of ZEUS.
• The WWF debuts in England with the famous London Arena show that aired live on Sky One as part of their latest European tour.
• Jim Troy getting fired after his fight with Koko Ware on the same tour.
• Steve Beverly giving his suggestions to remedy WCW’s early weak points, some of which sound oddly familiar in 2025.
• Bret Hart’s discussions with WCW that didn’t go anywhere.
• Antonio Inoki getting stabbed during a speech.
• A Florida independent promotion is trying to go public. Again. But this time it’s the PWF.
• The dying days of Continental TV.
• Memphis attendance bottoming out.
• Tim Brooks’ NAWA holds its first TV taping at the Longhorn Ballroom and soundly outdraws what the USWA had been doing at the Sportatorium.

All that and much more this week, with J.D. doing a great job in the guest chair.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:14:36 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Stampede, EMLL, & UWF

1:39:21 Classic Commercial Break

1:44:26 Halftime

2:13:55 Other USA: PWF, Continental, CWA/Memphis, USWA (TX), NAWA (TX), & Portland

3:33:57 NWA/WCW

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was October 1-7, 2007. Topics of discussion include:

• Nigel McGuinness winning the ROH Title from Takeshi Morishima and why it happened when it did.
• Larry Sweeney's role in ROH and how it could've been even better.
• A wacky Dixie Carter conference call to hype up the first ever two hour episode of TNA Impact, which was wall to wall, full-on insanity topped off by a great review from Bryan Alvarez in F4W.
• The saga of Leticia Cline and how she found her way back to TNA.
• The official end of Dream Stage Entertainment.
• The first ever Antonio Peña Memorial Show in AAA.
• El Hijo del Santo hooks up with the World Boxing Council in to promote shows in Mexico.
• The Dream Reunion convention, naturally, turning into a nightmare.
• John Cena tearing his right pectoral muscle and having to relinquish his WWE Championship, thus sending the following Sunday’s No Mercy PPV into a state of flux.
• Raw, ECW, Smackdown, and No Mercy all have a wild and wooly week in the realm of WWE TV.
• The story of CM Punk meeting Tony Atlas in OVW and what a story that was.

This was quite the damn show, folks, so you better not miss this one!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 ROH

0:34:27 TNA

1:47:44 Japan: Dream Stage Entertainment, Tadao Yasuda, NOAH, BJPW, DDT, Dragongate, El Dorado, FUCK!, Ganko Pro, KAGEKI, Osaka Pro, Riki Office, UWAI Station, NEO Ladies, Sendai Girls, & Pro Wrestling Sun

2:06:55 Classic Commercial Break

2:10:25 Halftime

2:37:33 Other North America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, Tijuana, Hijo del Santo/WBC, FTW (MA), NWA Anarchy, IWA East Coast, JuggaloCW, & Dream Reunion convention

2:56:12 WWE

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It's time for another episode of Center Stage Chronicles as Kris Zellner is back with Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month of September 1990 in the world of the National Wrestling Alliance and in pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include:

The weird saga of Barry Windham in late 1990.

• The debuts of the New York and Chicago-centric versions of NWA Pro Wrestling.
• The Black Scorpion's domination of all of the TV shows.
• RUNNING THE GAUNTLET beginning on the TBS shows.
• Clash of the Champions XII: Mountain Madness popping an amazing, record-breaking TV rating, plus a full rundown of the show.
• Rocky King becoming LITTLE RICHARD MARLEY.
• The Master Blasters and Maximum Overdrive both debuting on TV…and then POOF! A member of each team disappears.
• The beginning of the Doom’s feud with Arn Anderson & Ric Flair.
• The 1990 MTV Video Music Awards....nuff said...
• Jake “Body By Jake” Steinfeld becoming a big deal in pop culture.
• The debut of Fox Kids’ Saturday morning lineup.
• Vanilla Ice hitting the pop music scene.
• Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Law & Order both debut on NBC in the same week.
• COP ROCK debuting on ABC and thus birthing a legend.

Plus more movies, TV shows, albums, and of course wrestling discussion in quite the damn episode of CSC.

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was September 22-28, 1996. Topics of discussion include:

• WWF In Your House: Mind Games goes down in Philadelphia, headlined by the legendary Shawn Michaels title defense vs. Mankind, plus the first ECW "invasion" of the WWF with Paul Heyman, Tommy Dreamer, AND The Sandman causing some trouble during the PPV opener.
• Monday Night Raw the next night in Hershey featuring Jim Ross's infamous "shoot promo” where "Razor Ramon returned" and Taz making his first appearance in the WWF as part of the "invasion."
• We also talk about the genesis of the WWF/ECW angle, why it was happening, and how it affected Dennis Coralluzzo’s NWA New Jersey promotion.
• AJPW’s foreign talent morale not in a good place as the Can-Am Express are getting ready to to go to the WWF.
• NJPW and WCW hold a tournament om Ja[am featuring some interesting matches and a serious injury to Ric Flair.
• Terry Funk creates the Funk Masters of Wrestling stable in FMW.
• Problems mounting in AAA between Konnan and Antonio Peña over the direction of the company.
• Randy Hales quitting his job as the booker and general manager of the USWA.
• Scott Bowden shooting a big angle with a local Memphis sports radio host.
• The Road Warriors showing up in Paul Alperstein's AWF.
• The nWo take over Monday Nitro as Kevin Nash roasts Jim Powers in amazing fashion,, The Giant becomes the World's Tallest Ring Announcer, Hulk Hogan cons the Nasty Boys, and we get get the WCW debut of Mike Jones as Vincent.

What a crazy show this was.....a total must listen show!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:39:22 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, BJPW, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, SPWF, Tokyo Pro, Wrestle Yume Factory, RINGS, AJW, ICW (BC), AAA, CMLL, & IWRG

2:27:36 Classic Commercial Break

2:30:53 Halftime

3:11;34 Other USA: EWA (NY), NWA NJ, ECW, Steel City, USWA, & AWF (Alperstein)

4:17:14 WCW

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was September 14-20, 1988. Topics of discussion include:

• A very thorough look at the day-to-day dealings between Jim Crockett Promotions and Turner Broadcasting regarding the sale of JCP and the possible acquisition of World Class as well.
• An episode of World Championship Wrestling that never aired in real time because of the Atlanta Braves, but finally surfaced years later on WWE Network.
• The aftermath of Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard's departures from JCP to the WWF.
• Tommy Rich's heel turn in Jerry Blackwell's Southern Championship Wrestling gives the promotion a boost in ticket sales.
• The AWA tapes a few months’ worth of TV in Nashville, Louisville, and Memphis featuring some interesting happenings as the AWA, CWA, and WCCW build to Superclash III.
• Eddie Gilbert working a Bob Geigel Central States show booked by his father Tommy while "injured,” which spells the beginning of the end for him in Continental.
• Top Gun getting a shot at Ric Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Title in Portland in a rare non-JCP defense for this eras.
• The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers' big surprise for the WWF.

’80's shows are always fun, and this is no different, so you better not miss it!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions

1:31:05 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW Animal Hamaguchi, Dale Martin, Ontario indies, Stampede, EMLL, & UWA

1:42:41 Classic Commercial Break

1:45:02 Halftime

2:01:06 Other USA:SCW (GA), FCW, Global (FL), Continental, CWA/Memphis, AWA, WCCW, Central States, & Portland

3:26:28 WWF

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Kris and David are back this week as we discuss the week that was September 11-17, 2000. Topics of discussion include: 

• “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Debra Marshall get married in Las Vegas.
• Eddie Guerrero invades the Playboy Mansion.
• Stephanie McMahon bumping like crazy on Raw.
• Tazz "quits" the WWF in a weird angle.
• AJPW and NJPW kicking their interpromotional feud up another level as Toshiaki Kawada shows up at a NJPW show.
• Nicole Bass getting arrested for biting a cop.
• ECW canceling some house shows.
• A gigantic and totally ridiculous WCW section featuring David Flair and Stacy Keibler's "wedding" on Nitro, Vince Russo's concussions, Paul Orndorff suffering a serious neck injury at Fall Brawl Mike Awesome’s alliance with Gary Coleman, and so much damn more.

The WCW section is an all-timer, so you can't miss this show!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:27:58 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, FMW, IWA Kokusai, Osaka Pro, SPWF, Wrestle Dream Factory, AJW, Arsion, GAEA, JWP, CMLL, GWAS, IWRG, Monterrey, & IWAPR

2:08:24 Other USA: Nicole Bass, ECW, NWA Wildside, IWAMS, MAW, NWA Worldwide, Memphis, Rev Pro (CA), UPW, & UrbanWF

2:25:47 Classic Commercial Break

2:29:52 Halftime

3:17:08 WCW

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was August 31-September 6, 1993. Topics of discussion include:

• The 1993 NWA Convention, featuring Dennis Coraluzzo wanting dates on the champion, Tod Gordon/ECW and Jim Cornette/SMW applying for membership, and forcing WCW's hand to remove the NWA name from the titles on their television shows.
• Sid Vicious walks out on WCW over steroid testing…and then comes right back without having to take a test.
• The newsletter panic over Dustin Rhodes possibly becoming not just WCW World Heavyweight Champion, but Unified WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
• Shane Douglas becoming a part-time wrestler and full-time teacher.
• Ted DiBiase becoming a world tag team champion in his first match back in AJPW.
• New Japan going to battle with Leon White over the Big Van Vader name.
• "Mr. Danger" Mitsuhiro Matsunaga making his FMW debut.
• The Torch running a special feature that goes in-depth on Tod Gordon and ECW.
• “WWA President” Dennis Coralluzzo showing up on SMW TV.
• McMemphis running wild in the USWA.
• The aftermath of SummerSlam, including how WWF framed Lex Luger as the true winner.

This was a blast of a show folks, so check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 NWA & WCW

0:51:11 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, NOW, UWFi, AJW, Fuji TV, & CWA

1:14:58 Classic Commercial Break

1:18:08 Halftime

1:52:22 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, & UWA

2:01:29 Other USA: John Arezzi, ECW, SMW, USWA, & GWF

3:31:47 WWF

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Kris and David are joined by Scott Passner as we discuss the week that was August 23-29, 1992, a week that Scott requested with a $50 pledge on our Patreon page so he could join us for the WWF section. Topics of discussion include:

• SummerSlam ’92 and the build to the Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior match, which was pretty nonsensical until Pat Patterson returned, seemingly salvaging it in the process.
• WBF BodyStars getting cancelled, signaling the end of the WBF.
• The last show that Dave Meltzer attended on his 2+ week Japan tour.
• All sorts of lucha goodness.
• USWA and the WWF cement their working agreement with Jimmy Hart’s return to Memphis TV.
• Lots of wackiness as usual in the GWF.
• Erik Watts making his WCW debut.
• Paul E. Dangerously getting featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's gossip section.
• Cactus Jack interviewing Jake “The Snake” Roberts in a great segment on WCW Saturday Night that seemingly attempts to retcon a year-old storyline.

…and a LOT more, as this ended up being a stacked show.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:59:29 Int’l: AJPW, FMW, Oriental Pro, W*ING, UWFi, AJW, LLPW, AAA, CMLL, Blue Demon, Monterrey, UWA, & WWC

2:39:15 Classic Commercial Break

2:41:29 Halftime

3:52:24 Other USA: IWF (MA), John Arezzi’s Weekend of Champions, WWA (NJ), ICWA, SMW, USWA, GWF, Big D, Angel of Death Produce, WCCW, WWA (CA), & Portland/CWUSA

5:24:44 WCW

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Center Stage Chronicle is back as Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month of August 1990 in the National Wrestling Alliance and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include:

• The status of guaranteed contracts possibly coming to an end in the NWA.
• THE PEARL, The New Fantastics, Hector Guerrero, Ivan Koloff, Terry Taylor, and many others make debuts/returns as this month has all kinds of names making appearances.
• Sting having two different convention appearances end in some form of controversy.
• Jim Herd and Ole Anderson beefing over the usage of older talent.
• “Mean” Mark Callous, Paul Orndorff, and more leave the NWA.
• Speculation about The Black Scorpion starts kicking up.
• “Young Guns II,” “Air America,” “My Blue Heaven,” and more hit the theatres.
• Extreme's “Pornograffiti,” Prince's “Graffiti Bridge,” Alice In Chains' “Facelift,” and more ht the stores.
• The TV series adaptation of “Ferris Bueller” debuts on NBC.
• Iraq invades Kuwait and the Desert Storm Conflict has begun.

All of this and TONS more on another strong episode of CSC.

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Kris and David are joined by Phil Schneider (@philaschneider) to discuss the week that was August 20-26, 1984. Topics of discussion include:

• The evolving nature of Jim Crockett Promotions with Dusty Rhodes fully installed as the new booker.
• Ole Anderson's Championship Wrestling from Georgia trying to find its footing as it starts taping TV at Techwood.
• Dory Funk Jr. switching places with Dusty, taking over the book in Florida at the peak of Kevin Sullivan's schtick, including Blackjack Mulligan trying to save The Lock.
• Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich feuding in Memphis on the heels of the WFIA Tag Team of the Year angle.
• The aftermath of the Junkyard Dog leaving Mid-South.
• Gary Hart returning to World Class as a babyface, feuding with Skandor Akbar.
• Southwest running "stripper matches" with actual legit wrestlers Susan Greene and Evelyn Stevens.
• The Road Warriors winning the AWA World Tag Team Titles.
• Dave Meltzer's love of Portland Wrestling and hatred of the WWF, especially after Vince bought Stampede.
• Mitsuharu Misawa making his debut in the Tiger Mask II gimmick…but is he being joined by another Tiger Mask to form the Tiger Mask Brothers?
• Bob Backlund showing up in NJPW after leaving the WWF, right after NJPW signs a big contract with the WWF to pay Vince a hefty booking fee.
• Brutus Beefcake making his TV debut while Dave Meltzer has no idea who he is and has some…interesting speculation about how he got his job.
• Hulk Hogan transforming “Mean” Gene Okerlund into a wrestler and showing off his protein drinks on TNT.

This show was a BLAST!!!! to record and we hope you enjoy it as well.

Timstamps:

0:00:00 USA East: JCP, CWG, CWF, Southeastern, & Memphis

1:18:46 USA West: Mid-South, WCCW, Southwest, St. Louis, Central States, AWA, & Portland

2:37:27 Classic Commercial Break

2:41:41 Halftime

3:28:15 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, Dale Martin, Maritimes (Dupree & Zinck), Montreal, Stampede, EMLL, & UWA

4:16:24 WWF

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