Between The Sheets

If you downloaded the original version of this episode that went up late Sunday night/early Monday morning, that version had audio sync issues in the WCW section, The version you're looking at right now fixes those and should be considered the "proper" release of this episode.

Kris & David are joined by Joe Gagne (@joegagne) to discuss the week that was January 22-28, 1994. We were originally going to discuss 1998, but…well…you have to listen to the show to hear why we had to make the change. We talk about the 1994 Royal Rumble and all of the major happenings on that show, including Diesel's big push, Owen Hart's heel turn, the tied Rumble finish, the death of The Undertaker, and so much more. We also talk about the WWF announcing the JapanMania tour, WAR planning on breaking away from New Japan, Paul E. Dangerously’s new bodyguard in ECW, the latest drama in the Jerry Lawler prosecution in Louisville, a Hulk Hogan/WCW update, and an Arn Anderson/Sid Vicious lawsuit update, plus Bobby Heenan making his debut at the Clash of the Champions and so so much more. This show was booked on the fly, but we pulled it off pretty damn well, so listen now!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

2:06:44 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, PWC, PWFG, AJW, AAA/IWC, CMLL, & UWA

2:40:15 Classic Commercial Break

2:45:30 Other USA: Dennis Coralluzzo, ECW, SMW, USWA, Joe Lake, Big D, Verne Gagne, & CWUSA/Portland

3:36:47 WCW

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Yello' again, everybody! At LAST—Scott Bowden is back and ready to go, right along ringside with a Memphis wrestling perspective that is somehow both original and extra crispier than ever. First up in the KFR fryer at relaunch is not only the former 1st Lieutenant of Jimmy Hart's First Family in the Gang Wars of Summer of '81 but he's also technically an AWA Southern titleholder—for one golden moment. Look...up the in sky! It's a bird! It's a chick! It's...SUPER CHICK!

Yes, KFR cult favorite Chick Donavan has resurfaced, and his word is as golden as his deep dark tan that would make Buddy Rogers envious. Chick speaks candidly about his Memphis moment in in the hot, humid sun as part of what may have been the best incarnation of the First Family ever, drawing near-sellout crowds all summer long. Chick also dishes on the oddball pairing with Tojo Yamamoto upon Chick's arrival, thoughts on the late, great Rocky Johnson, and how a loss to Steve Keirn led to a dark, dark cloudy day—but with a golden lining in the form of King Midas, Jimmy Hart. Chick also explains why he never quite got over anywhere else but Memphis, the exploits of Chaz the Talking Circus Dog, and why Dusty Rhodes buried the Chickster on commentary in an otherwise excellent TV bout with NWA World champion Ric Flair.

By the end, you'll be singing, "We are family—Bix, Chick, Kris and Scottie!"

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Kris & David are back with a special show this week, as we cover the REST of the week that was January 16-22, 2000. Last year, on episode #183, we were only able to do WCW, so now it’s time for us to cover everything else. We talk about Ken Shamrock signing with Dream Stage Entertainment and the ramifications that would have on the wrestling & MMA worlds. We also talk about ECW getting a financial boost from Acclaim, Toshiaki Kawada returning to AJPW after a long absence from breaking his arm, Dennis Coraluzzo getting kicked out of his own promotion, WXO's TV debut, Steve Austin's spinal surgery, a wild week between The Rock and Opie & Anthony that you must hear, and much more. An extremely fun show, so you’d better not miss out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Pride

0:19:44 ECW

0:34:23 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Rikidozan Memorial, Toryumon, RINGS, AJW, AJW/SPWF, GAEA, JWP, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, & Multifacetico

1:08:58 Classic Commercial Break

1:13:00 Other USA: Dennis Coralluzzo/NWANJ, WXO, EWF, MCW, NWA Wildside, OVW, IWA Mid-South, OPW, WWA, XPW, PW, WNWA, Bob Backlund, Jerry Springer, & Penthouse

1:54:50 Memphis

2:08:42 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!

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Kris & David are joined by one of our Patrons, Tyler Gignac, who put down the $100 to sit in with us and discuss the week that was January 15-22, 1992. We talk about WCW Clash of the Champions XVIII in Topeka—the first big event under the Kip Frey regime—and all of the big happenings that night like Jesse Ventura’s debut, as well as how everyone seems happier in WCW since Jim Herd left. We also talk about New Japan planning the NWA Title tournament, the WWF getting TV in Japan, lots of future stars working for Universal Lucha Libre in Japan, Joel Goodhart going bankrupt and cancelling his final TWA “supershow,” Dennis Coralluzzo bringing out Jerry Lawler's "kids" on USWA TV, and last but not least, ROYAL RUMBLE ’92. Yes, THAT show, complete with Ric Flair winning his first WWF Championship in one of the most historic moments in modern wrestling history, plus the story of Bret Hart not jumping to WCW when he had the chance. An extremely interesting show, so LISTEN NOW!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:34:18 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS/WWF deal, FMW, PWFG, Universal, W*ING, JWP, CMLL, UWA, & WWC

2:17:09 Classic Commercial Break

2:21:25 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:46:49 Other USA: Herb Abrams’ UWF, Joel Goodhart/TWA, ICWA, CWA (Tampa), LPWA, WSW, Portland, & Terry Funk

3:32:47 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!

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Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back with the latest episode of Cover 2 Cover, in which we talk about the October 1988 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. We talk about the big "Great American Contest" that PWI was running at the time where the winner got a phone call from Sting and how that could've gone, Paula Lawler "talking" about how winning the AWA Title made her husband Jerry a monster, Dr. Death's prescription for Mike Rotunda, and so much more. Rob said that this was his favorite episode of the show so far, so that's some high praise!!!

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 & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 8-14, 1988. We talk about The Main Event prime time Friday night special being made official for NBC on February 5th, including how huge that was for the wrestling business. We also talk about the alternate universe of Ted DiBiase as WWF Champion, Big Bubba Rogers seemingly signing with WWF and how pissed Dusty Rhodes was about that, Jack Tunney suspending The Islanders for kidnapping Matilda, Jerry Blackwell's Southern Championship Wrestling from Georgia ramping up its TV taping schedule, Shawn Michaels getting heat in Memphis as a heel (and not just as a heel), and just how much World Class stock Ken Mantell owned, plus JCP airing a big tease of Barry Windham joining the Horsemen among a lot of other tremendous clips from TV. This an an extremely fun show, so listen now!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

0:55:11 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Stampede, & WWC

1:20:25 Classic Commerical Break

1:22:49 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

1:52:24 Other USA: USWA, SCW, GWA, Continental, WOW, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, AWA, Portland, & Bert Sugar

3:03:39 Jim Crockett Promotions

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 & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 1-7, 1997. We talk about the Scott Hall-Jerry Sags "shoot" situation at a house show that pretty much ended Sags' career, as well as the Jeff Jarrett/Four Horsemen drama on Nitro at t and how all that was playing out, We also talk about Atsushi Onita trying to get a relationship with All Japan, New Japan's Wrestling World ’97 at the Tokyo Dome, which was a massive success even with a bizarre New Japan/Big Japan interpromotional feud and Chris Jericho’s disastrous debut as Super Liger on the undercard. We also discuss ECW returning to Revere, Massachusetts for the first time since the Mass Transit incident, Tracy Smothers becoming Shaquille Ali in Memphis, a WWF section featuring the debut of SHOTGUN SATURDAY NIGHT, a particularly Psycho Sid promo leading up to him powerbombing Jose Lothario's son, and much more. This was quite the show, so you know what you need to do: LISTEN NOW!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

0:39:54 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, FFF, FMW, Samurai Project, AJW, LLPW, Televisa, CMLL, Promo Azteca, & WWC

1:21:14 Classic Commercial Break

1:27:41 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

1:55:04 Other USA: ECW, SSW, USWA, IWAMS, Dallas, & APW

2:08:44 WWF

3:01:38 Patreon Preview: Art Barr and ECW

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 guestless as we discuss the week that was December 25-31, 2000. We talk about the impending death of ECW as everything is stacking up against Paul Heyman, including the broadcast of the final episode of Hardcore TV, which features a surprise appearance from Taz. We then go to the WWF where we talk about the New York Daily News previewing the upcoming and incredibly revealing Vince McMahon interview in Playboy, Kurt Angle and his family singing Winter Wonderland, Dave Meltzer's fashion critiques for Stephanie McMahon, and lots more. We then go to Japan for the the amazing show that was the first ever INOKI BOM BA YE at the Tokyo Dome plus the latest battle of SURVIVAL TOBITA!!!!!!, before returning to the U.S. for the first King of the Indies tournament in Northern California and a definite classic "WCW EVERYBODY" section, featuring the firing of Mark Madden and Wade Keller getting fed false contract news among other things. All than and much more on a tremendous show, so don't miss out!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 ECW

0:49:19 WWF

1:51:22 Classic Commercial Break

1:54:43 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:16:45 Int’l: Inoki Bom Ba Ye, NJPW, IWA Japan, SPWC, Samurai TV, Lutte 2000, CMLL, Ciclon Ramirez, & IWAPR

3:10:02 Other USA: NWANJ, IWAMS, & APW

3:24:05 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!

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Kris Zellner is rejoined by John McAdam (Stick to Wrestling) as we resume our series on John's "Wrestling from the 80's" collection with Volumes 11 & 12. We talk about the infamous WFIA Tag Team of the Year angle with Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich in Memphis, lots of Tiger Mask & Dynamite Kid in New Japan, Kerry Von Erich as one of Ric Flair's greatest opponents, Jim Cornette's green jacket angle in World Class, the Midnight Express’s feuds in Mid-South, Bill Watts ripping the WWF on TV, and so much more. A really fun show, 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!

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Kris & David are joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) & Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was December 18-24, 1993. We talk about Jim Cornette's long letter to the Torch about Wade Keller’s coverage of the “race riot” at an SMW show in Wise, Virginia, but we also play some great clips from SMW, especially a Dick Murdoch promo that you can't miss. We also discuss Bobby Heenan coming to WCW, Jesse Ventura staying in WCW, and Davey Boy Smith leaving WCW, including how he was buried on TV to make way for the debut of the Big Bossman as “The Boss." We also talk about all of the news from Japan, Mexico, and Europe, including Otto Wanz running his big year-end show just days after the tragic in-ring death of Larry Cameron. We also have the WWF running some egregious 900 number polls, the debuts of Sparky Plugg & Double J, the return of Randy Savage to WWF Mania, Frank Deford writing to the Observer, and much more. Beau & Al also tell some amazing stories from their time in the business, to boot, and this show is AMAZING, so LISTEN NOW!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 SMW

1:43:52 WCW

3:02:48 Classic Commercial Break

3:07:29 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:44:53 Int’l: Tokyo Sports & AJW awards, NJPW, Korakuen Hall Christmas week shows, CWA, AAA, CMLL, UWA, & Acapulco

4:42:54 Other USA: Joe Pedicino, ECW, USWL, AAWF, USWA, CWI, Big D, UWA, Eddie Sharkey, & CWUSA

5:36:15 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 20 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.)

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