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Kris Zellner is joined by Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) & "Reverend" Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@dragonsrejects) as we take yet another walk on the Wildside to discuss the months of November and December 2000 in NWA Wildside. We talk about the major buildup for Sabu coming to town in December defending the NWA World Heavyweight Title against Air Paris and A.J. Styles on consecutive nights, which also led up to Paris and A.J. Styles feuding for the first time. We also talk about the rise of Suicidal Tendencies under Air Paris, the awesome tag team scene in the promotion at that time, many great promos cut by Shank, Total Destruction, and the others, plus a near kidnapping in a Waffle House, which a story that has to heard to be believed. This show is fantastic, just like all the rest of them, so listen now!!!!!

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Kris & David are guestless this week to discuss the week-plus that was August 19-25, 2000. We talk about a typically infuriating week for WCW in 2000 with the debut of Misogynist Mike Tenay, a Juggalo invasion, the debut of Ashley Hudson as Crowbar’s doppelgänger, Kevin Nash politics, bad production, bad crowds, Booker T burying Nash, and much more. We also talk about the death of K-1 legend Andy Hug, the newly launched Pro Wrestling NOAH trying to find its footing, Shinjiro Ohtani going on excursion, BattlARTS’s Young Generation Battle, and all of the other goings-on in Japan. We also discuss a wild NWA lineup in New Jersey, the latest moves in the USA Network lawsuit to keep the WWF from leaving for Viacom, XFL developments, and more before settling into the main event of what ended up being the climax of the Triple H/Stephanie McMahon/Kurt Angle love triangle storyline. All that and much more on a jam-packed show, so listen now!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

2:10:00 Japan: Andy Hug, AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, FMW, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, RINGS, AJW, ARSION, GAEA, JWP, LLPW, & NEO Ladies

2:52:57 Classic Commercial Break

2:56:49 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:27:44 Other North America: Mil Mascaras, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, Torreon, Tijuana, & IWAPR

3:43:09 Other USA: ECW, Chris Duffy, JAPW, JerseyCW, NWANJ, MarylandCW, Joe Pedicino, NWA Wildside, MemphisCW, MPPW, IWAMS, & UPW

4:37:25 WWF

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Kris & David are joined by Mikey Blanton (@BLPMikey) of Black Label Pro to discuss the week-plus that was August 11-18, 1995. We talk about an eventful period in the WWF as Davey Boy Smith abruptly turns heel, Adam Bomb & Lex Luger give their notices, and Goldust makes his debut on Monday Night RAW in a very interesting vignette. We also talk about an article in The Economist regarding American wrestling killing off local wrestling in England, New Japan selling out Sumo Hall five nights in a row for Ric Flair’s only G1 Climax tournament, comings and goings in the promotional wars in Mexico, ECW's issues with Sunshine Network among others continuing, the highs and lows for SMW crowd wise as a highly exaggerated Fire On The Mountain attendance figure hits the newsletters, Doug Gilbert cutting an amazing promo on USWA TV, plus WCW officially picking up Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, & Dean Malenko. This is a slam-packed, loaded show, so you’d better not miss out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:53:50 Eurasia: NJPW, Go Gundan, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Wrestle Yume Factory, PWFG, UWFi, AJW, & CWA

2:28:20 Classic Commercial Break

2:32:51 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:17:31 Other North America: Quebec, CRMW, AAA, CMLL, UWA, & WWC

3:42:52 Other USA: ECW, IWF, ECWA, MEWF, SSW, SMW, USWA, Indiana, Action Jackson, & ISW

5:44:22 WCW

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

Shop at Amazon via our link (go here for Amazon UK if you’re in Europe)— Nothing extra comes out of your pocket; for you, it’s the same experience you’d get going to Amazon the usual way.

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 Mikey Falcone (@mikeVSphilly) to discuss the week-plus that was August 4-11, 1990. We talk about the current situation in the NWA behind the scenes as well as the contract situation and how that would affect jumps to the WWF down the road. We also talk about the NWA TV situation in syndication, some "WCW EVERYBODY" moments on TV including the one and only appearance of THE PEARL, New Japan running Korakuen for a full week, Herb Abrams squeezing Rob Russen's IWA out of the SportsChannel America TV deal, “Joe Pedicino's GAS,” the Snowman being MIA in Memphis, the Chris Adams/Steve Austin feud going wild in Dallas, the end of the AWA, and Roddy Piper replacing Jesse Ventura as color commentator on WWF Superstars. All that and tons more on a fun episode this week!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 NWA/WCW

1:27:58 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, FMW, WFA convention, CatchWA, Grand Prix, CNWA, EMLL, Torreon, & WWC

2:10:11 Classic Commercial Break

2:14:34 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:50:39 Other USA: ICW, SportsChannel America, CarolinaCW, Georgia All-Star, PWF, USWA, TWF, WWA (TX), UCW, AWA, & Portland

4:34:09 WWF

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

Shop at Amazon via our link (go here for Amazon UK if you’re in Europe)— Nothing extra comes out of your pocket; for you, it’s the same experience you’d get going to Amazon the usual way.

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 Beau James (@KingOfKingsport) to discuss the week-plus that was July 27-August 4, 1984. We talk about the major comings and goings in the WWF, including who was supposed to go but didn’t; these were some big names, so you definitely need to listen to this segment. We also talk about the beginning of the transformation of All Japan into a different type of promotion, as Giant Baba brings in Gran Hamada and a new Tiger Mask to spruce up his junior Heavyweight division. We then talk about Antonio Inoki helping the WWF in the war against the NWA, Akira Maeda's love of Bob Orton Jr., Dusty Rhodes & Dory Funk Jr. swapping booking jobs in Florida and the Carolinas, Wahoo McDaniel & Tully Blanchard forming an alliance, Ric Flair visiting the Headlock Ranch in a classic segment, Jerry Lawler sending Angel packing with a piledriver in Memphis, Killer Khan turning on the Freebirds, and the return of Georgia wrestling on Superstation WTBS. All that and much more on a slam-packed show with some amazing clips, so listen now!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:02:01 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, UWF, Montreal, Stampede, EMLL, & UWA

1:40:30 Classic Commercial Break

1:43:32 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:25:27 USA East: JCP, CWF, SECW, & Memphis

4:20:25 USA West (Mid-South, Houston, WCCW, SWCW, St. Louis, Central States, AWA, Potpourri, & Portland)) & Championship Wrestling from Georgia

6:14:13 Patreon Preview: Surprising levels of gore & vulgarity right in front of TNN executives at ECW Heatwave ’99

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

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Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back with the latest episode of Cover 2 Cover, where we continue our miniseries on the 1991 Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500; specifically wrestlers numbered 249-150 on the list. Again, we’re only able to do 100 names because of the name value of these guys, but still there are lots of interesting names and placements on the list that I won’t spoil here. These shows are always a hoot, and this one is no different, so don't miss it!!!!

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

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In this free preview clip of our latest deep dive Patreon special, which is the first in a series on ECW on TNN, we look at the coverage of ECW Heatwave '99 and how the show was particularly bloody and vulgar, even with TNN executives in the crowd, thanks in large part to the Dudleys. Did they not care, or were they acting maliciously?

To hear the whole show, you need to become a Between The Sheets patron at the $5/month level or higher by going to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets.

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Full show description:

To commemorate 20 years since the show's cancellation, our newest Patreon series takes a look at the life of ECW on TNN and how the seemingly lifesaving national TV deal played a major role in killing ECW off. We made a point of tracking down every relevant mainstream article we could for this one, too, so the Observer and Torch coverage is joined by articles from the New York Daily News, Electronic Media, and Multichannel News. Topics include just how intertwined the TNN deal was with licensing video game rights to Acclaim, ECW competing with the former producer of Paul Alperstein's AWF(!) for the time slot, the many starts and stops in negotiating the deal, ECW's trail of bounced checks that mysteriously stops when someone else starts signing them instead of Paul Heyman, the messed up ways that Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, and Tammy Sytch got screwed financially, the Dudleys seemingly trying to sabotage the TNN deal with their promo at the Heatwave pay-per-view with TV executives in the crowd, just how financially disadvantageous the TNN deal was for ECW, TNN's unrealistic ratings goals, just how easily Heyman was able to work newsletter writers, and much more.

Also: While recording the July 1999 segment, we discover some incredible information about the last two years of ECW that's never been reported on before and seemingly explains a lot while also leading to a bunch of new questions.

Trust us, you do not want to miss this show. This series is on its way to being some of the best work we've ever done.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 April-May 1999

0:59:59 June 1999

1:54:28 July 1999 & that previously unreported ECW scoop we found

3:23:30 August 1999

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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 Marty DeRosa (@MartyDeRosa) to discuss the week that was July 22-28, 1999. This is part 2 of our show, as this section is all WWF-related, featuring Vince McMahon making a very memorable appearance on Michael Landsberg's Off the Record show on TSN talking about the Hart Family; we play all Vince’s explosive comments and then, of course, go over what really happened. We also talk about Sable's lawsuit against WWF being settled, Chris Jericho being on his way to the company, a crazy Fully Loaded PPV with a crazy RAW to follow it as Vince McMahon "leaves”the WWF forever.” We also talk about Triple H becoming "The Game" in his pre-PPV sit-down interview with Jim Ross, Steve Austin not being happy with the opponents being proposed for him, the Dudleys signing their contracts, Vince Russo getting deal to do a wrestling-themed pilot, and much more. There’s *so* much going on here, so don't miss it!!!

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

Shop at Amazon via our link (go here for Amazon UK if you’re in Europe)— Nothing extra comes out of your pocket; for you, it’s the same experience you’d get going to Amazon the usual way.

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 Marty DeRosa (@MartyDeRosa) for part 1 of our discussion of the week that was July 22-28, 1999. We talk about a wild week in WCW featuring some weird television as Rick Steiner mauls folks, the No Limit Soldiers are basically killed off, Hulk Hogan injures his knee, plus all kinds of other WCW insanity at the time. We also talk about Mitsuharu Misawa regaining the Triple Crown and how it was the wrong decision at the time, plus PCO finishing off his lone AJPW tour on the undercard, as well as the NJPW power players visiting WCW's Power Plant to scout talent, wrestling from Australia & Peru including HIGH RISK WARRIOR (who we realized after recording might not actually be John Zandig), Joel Gertner getting in hot water for comments made about JFK Jr’s death on TV and Paul Heyman’s resulting spin, Kurt Angle becoming the Power Pro Champion in Memphis, and much more. This is just Part One as the WWF is Part Two so please listen to both.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:56:06 Eastern Hemisphere: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, FMW, Michinoku Pro, VAMOS, ARSION, & High Risk Championship Wrestling

2:35:06 Classic Commercial Break

2:38:53 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:01:08 Other Americas: Maritimes, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Tijuana, & FOW in Peru

3:15:57 Other USA: ECW, Angelo Mosca, CZW, ISPW, MPPW, & XPW

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

Shop at Amazon via our link (go here for Amazon UK if you’re in Europe)— Nothing extra comes out of your pocket; for you, it’s the same experience you’d get going to Amazon the usual way.

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 Zellner is joined by Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) & Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@dragonsrejects) to discuss the months of September and October 2000. We talk about the promotion really starting to find its groove after celebrating one year of having syndicated TV, as well as Shank & Lazz becoming the top babyface stars of the promotion and their paths to that status, which was wild and entertaining. We also talk about A.J. Styles becoming more and more of a complete superstar in the ring, as well as the improvement of Onyx, who was really starting to come into his own. All that plus the "American Males"/Suicidal Tendencies feud, the awesome Stone Mountain/Timber feud, the reunion of The Boogaloo Crew and their feud with Bad Attitude, plus the awesome feud between Total Destruction and The Kohl Twins, and much more. This was a fantastic show!!!!!!

To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!

Shop at Amazon via our link (go here for Amazon UK if you’re in Europe)— Nothing extra comes out of your pocket; for you, it’s the same experience you’d get going to Amazon the usual way.

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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