Between The Sheets

Kris & David are joined by Ben Zani (@BostonNooga) to discuss the week that was June 3-9, 1989. We discuss the opening weekend of No Holds Barred and all the news from the theaters regarding the film. We also talk about Dusty Rhodes debuting on in the WWF with the beginning of his vignettes and a surprise match at the Boston Garden, Big John Studd quitting the WWF, Jumbo vs. Tenryu 6/5/89, Sting making his All Japan debut, Atlanta TV news and rumors, FCW's status after Dusty left, Eric Embry becoming the Chairman of the Board of World Class, and an NWA section which features Terry Funk bringing out "Rick Flaire" and having wild brawls with Sting as well as the return of the Midnight Express. An extremely fun show, so don't miss out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:47:48 Int’l: AJPW, Inoki, UWF, Koji Kitao, Stampede, EMLL, & WWC

2:46:06 Classic Commercial Break

2:49:58 Halftime/Housekeeping

3:05:18 Other USA: ACW, Boni Blackstone, SCW, FCW, Continental, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, Portland, & Bruno Sammartino/Merv Griffin

4:16:09 NWA/WCW

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Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was May 27-June 2, 1985. We talk about the state of the Wrestling Observer, including Dave Meltzer's thoughts on the business at the time as well as an update on how his then-shoot job was affecting his schedule. We also talk about the comings and goings in the AWA, Magnum T.A. being gifted a suit by Ric Flair on World Championship Wrestling, the Garvins heading to Montreal, Mr. Kareem Muhammad taking over over “The Jerry Lawler Show,” big time moves in Mid-South including a Superdome show with Muhammad Ali in The Snowman’s corner, World Class running in Massachusetts, Shawn Michaels coming home to San Antonio, St. Louis wrestling being in trouble, the WWF & NBC having some minor issues, and tons more. A tremendous show, so listen now!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 State of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter & AWA

0:56:56 Pro Wrestling USA & Jim Crockett Promotions

1:44:42 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, UWF, Grand Prix, Montreal, Big Time Wrestling, & EMLL

2:30:49 Classic Commercial Break

2:35:52 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:13:48 USA East: CWFlorida, Southeastern, & Memphis/CWA

4:04:52 USA West: Mid-South, WCCW, Texas All-Star, St. Louis, Central States, & Portland

5:14:27 WWF

6:17:58 Patreon Preview: Sabu throws down IWGP Jr. Title

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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 & Rob Naylor are BACK with a new episode of Cover 2 Cover where we focus on the December 1991 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, featuring THE INAUGURAL PWI 500. This is the first episode in a multi-part series on that issue as we go deep on the bottom third of the list, talking about wrestlers ranked from 350 to 500. We talk about a wide variety of guys from the major promotions to the indies, and even talk about names that neither of us had ever seen, which is definitely rare. This is a tremendous show, and the rest of the series should be pretty damn hot as well, so listen now!!!!!

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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Some thoughts on the events of the past week...

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Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss more of the week that was May 19-25, 2001. This is Part 2, where we touch on everything else that wasn't WWF related during the week. We start with Japan as we talk about the state of All Japan—which was quite the hodge podge of wrestlers at the time, New Japan being deep into the Best of the Super Juniors tour, possibly the worst TripleMania ever in AAA, Vampiro doing Vampiro things, Road Dogg getting arrested at a show in North Carolina, Super Dragon and friends tearing it up in XPW, and an eBay story involving Francine & Tammy Sytch that has to be heard to be believed, and much more. Extremely fun show so listen now!!!!

0:00:00 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Zero-One, Daiken Kogyo, DDT, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, AJW, ARSION, GAEA, JWP, & LLPW

1:09:49 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, & WWC

2:00:36 Other USA: ICW, IPW, LAW, Jeff Peterson, Road Dogg arrested at NWA Mid-Atlantic show, NWA Wildside, Dusty Rhodes, Kendall Windham, Memphis, IWA Mid-South, MidwestCW, XPW, ECCW, Hulk Hogan, & Tammy Sytch

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.)

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Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss the week that was May 19-25, 2001. This is Part 1, as we discuss the World Wrestling Federation and everything that went on there during the week, which was a loaded one featuring Judgement Day where Steve Austin & Triple H had major issues, setting up Raw the next night, where they lost their tag titles to Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho in one of the most memorable matches in show history…featuring Triple H's torn quad injury. We also go to Smackdown for an unadvertised TLC match that is one of the greatest ever in that genre but gets slept on because it was on a random TV show. We also talk about Shane McMahon’s “C is for cookie” promo, Terri Runnels pouring the APA's beer on her shirt, and lots more from TV. We also talk about the pending involvement of WCW talent and all the plans for them at the time. 

Again, Part 2 will be released separately, so make sure you listen to that after you listen to this great piece of audio!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

3:35:04 Classic Commercial Break

3:38:57 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

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.)

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Kris Zellner is joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) & Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) as we take another Walk on the Wildside, looking at what went down in NWA Wildside in January-April 2000. We talk about such topics as the babyface turn of Shank, ECW talent showing up in Cornelia, the end of K-Krush in Wildside, the Steve Martin/Jeff G. Bailey feud, the Rock ’n’ Roll Express coming in to town as heels, Bill Behrens turning heel and denouncing NCW which of course leads to the birth of the NWA Elite, and so much more. This show is AWESOME and is one of my favorite podcasts I've ever done!!!!

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.

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Kris & David are joined by Ian Riccaboni (@IanRiccaboni) to discuss the week that was May 13-19, 1998. We talk about a WILD week in WCW where Eric Bischoff reads a letter from Jerry McDevitt on Thunder, wins by forfeit over Vince McMahon at Slamboree, and convinces his right-hand woman Janie Engle to stay with the company instead of going to the WWF after she already gave her notice. There is also all the in-ring action of WCW to talk about as well which there was a lot going on as usual, including Dean Malenko as Ciclope at Slamboree. We also talk about the beginning of the Top of the Super Juniors in New Japan, drama in Promo Azteca, Jeff Blatnick becoming the commissioner of the UFC right before a great UFC PPV from Mobile, Alabama, ECW presenting "It Ain't Seinfeld" in Queens the same night as the Seinfeld finale, and the WWF featuring Stone Cold vs. McMahon getting white hot. All that and a TON more on this week's show, so you’d better not miss this!!!!

Here’s to another 250 episodes of Between The Sheets!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

2:43:01 Japan: NJPW, MUGA, BattlARTS, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, AJW, GAEA, JWP, LLPW, & NEO Ladies

3:06:33 Other North America: ECCW, AAA, CMLL, Monterrey, Promo Azteca, & WWC

3:17:37 Classic Commercial Break

3:21:03 Halftime

3:22:02 UFC

4:19:32 Other USA: ECW, WWA, Sid Vicious, UCW, PCW, NDW, MPPW, IWAMS, WCPW, Eddie Sharkey, BBOW, & APW

4:43:52 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.)

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Kris Zellner is joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to talk about the Memphis wrestling scene during the Summer of 1984. We talk about all the Mid-South Coliseum cards during the months of May-August, as well as all the big matches and angles that took place during those months. Beau gives us the rundown on why Bart Batten had to change his name to Mark and dye his hair blonde, the real story behind Randy Savage's issues with Bill Dundee, the death of the New Fabulous Ones, King Kong Bundy breaking a ring at a spot show, and so much more.

This show—and the rest of the Memphis Mayhem series—is dedicated in the memory of Scott Bowden.

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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.)

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Kris & David are joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak) to discuss the week that was May 6-12, 1995. We talk about big changes coming to ECW after a wild Florida tour which included a near riot, FOX & the WWF talking about a network TV deal, Skip & Sunny making their TV debut in a vignette, the birth of the new FMW, Terry Funk going crazy on SMW TV, Steve Austin walking out on a WCW TV taping and returning the same week, and Hulk Hogan’s “Hulk Rules” album, among other things. All that and more on a highly entertaining episode of Between the Sheets!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 ECW

1:00:52 WWF

1:59:02 Japan: NJPW, BJPW, FMW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, & AJW

2:31:37 Classic Commercial Break

2:33:39 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:08:31 Mexico: AAA * CMLL

3:24:01 Other USA/Canada: OCW, CRMW, Ilio Di Paolo, NWANJ, ASWF, SMW, USWA, Dallas, Dennis Condrey, NWC, & IWAS

5:16:53 WCW

6:36:52 Patreon Preview: “FUCK SABU!” Part 1

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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.)

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