Between The Sheets

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was January 2-8, 1987. We talk about a Saturday Night's Main Event featuring the Hulk Hogan-Paul Orndorff steel cage match that had a finish that will never be forgotten, as well as the pending Andre the Giant heel turn and how that affected the SNME booking. We also talk about AJPW & NJPW kicking off their new year at Korakuen Hall, Kevin Sullivan returning to Florida and the budding relationship that territory had with Continental, a third New Guinea Headhunter making quite the debut in a steel cage, Hacksaw Duggan & The Fantastics leaving the UWF, the saga of Vladimir Petrov, and much more. This is an extremely fun show, so check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:37:29 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Stampede, EMLL, UWA, & Florida

1:58:30 Classic Commercial Break

2:03:32 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:55:50 USA East: Florida, Continental, & Memphis

3:30:54 USA West: UWF, WCCW, AWA, Portland, & Hawaii

4:48:26 Jim Crockett Promotions

5:45:07 Patreon Preview: Matwatch enters the Continental coverage fray

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Kris Zellner is joined by John McAdam for another installment of our "Wrestling from the 80's" series, and this time we focus on Volume 5 of his set. We talk about the early days of Dusty Rhodes booking for Jim Crockett Promotions, the genesis of Arn Anderson in Southeastern, Jim Cornette getting his head shaved, Junkyard Dog leaving Mid-South and how that affected Watts, Austin Idol's four flat tires, Ric Flair & Missing Link's odd relationship, Muhammad Ali at the Superdome for Mid-South, and tons more. This is a damn fun show, so listen now!!!

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Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was December 26, 1994 - January 1, 1995. We talk about Starrcade 94 and all the matches and angles from the show including Vader confronting Hogan after the main event where Randy Savage made his presence known. We also talk about Honky Tonk Man quitting the company and forcing Arn Anderson into double duty, Jean-Paul Levesque's future in WCW, Yoji Anjoh’s press conference in Japan about his meeting with Rickson Gracie, the peso falling in Mexico and how that affected the world of lucha libre, Tully Blanchard coming to ECW, SMW's Christmas Chaos tour craziness, and Jim Ross' return to the WWF…as a front office employee, not an announcer, including how that will affect the creative side. Very fun show, so don't miss it!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:32:41 Int’l: Yoji Anjoh-Rickson Gracie fallout, Weekly Gong awards, Zimbabwe, All-Star, AAA, CMLL, UWA, & Box y Lucha awards

2:14:06 Classic Commercial Break

2:18:56 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:11:06 Other USA: ICW, ECW, SMW, USWA, Scott Norton, Sid Vicious, JCP, & SoCal lucha

3:58:40 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 Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the week that was December 19-25, 1997. We talk about a wild week of MMA taking place in Japan featuring UFC Ultimate Japan, Pancrase, & RINGS with the UFC having a wild show in many ways. We also discuss about Sgt. Slaughter trying to stir up dissension in DX on RAW and how that worked out for him, ECW & FMW working together for major shows, a wild scene in Tijuana featuring Konnan and friends, ECW finally getting its PPVs on Time Warner Cable, and, of course nWo Monday Nitro in Macon, Georgia. Kris attended that show, which featured the biggest surprise that anyone could've ever wanted. Dom was awesome as a guest, so everyone listen to this show ASAP!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 MMA: UFC, Pancrase, & RINGS

1:44:57 WWF

2:49:39 Classic Commercial Break

2:54:43 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:39:59 Eurasia: Japan (AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Fuyuki Army, Kitao Dojo, Michinoku Pro, Tokyo Pro, Umanosuke Ueda benefit, WAR, & AJW) & Europe (CWA)

4:45:44 Latin America: EMLL, Promociones Mora, & WWC

5:01:31 Other USA: WUW, ECW, HCW, Music City, JCP, ICW (Michigan), & APW

5:35:46 WCW

6:32:07 Patreon Mailbag Preview: A brief sampling of Beau James’s Buddy Landel stories

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 joined by Jeff G. Bailey as we discuss July-December 1987 in Jim Crockett Promotions. We talk about all the ups and downs that JCP had during the last half of 1987, starting with the awesome Great American Bash tour, which is highlighted by the initial War Games on July 4th at The Omni in Atlanta and ending with the aftermath of Starrcade 87 with the promotion trying to start fresh with new angles. We talk about all the major angles and matches that took place during those 6 months and the malaise that took over in the Fall, including the reasons why that happened. This was extremely fun, as Jeff is always a great guest, 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 Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss the week that was December 12-18, 1996. We talk about the nWo taking over Nitro for an hour leading to Masahiro Chono, Big Bubba, & Scott Norton joining the faction on the same show. We also talk about more guys from Mexico coming into WCW, as well as Diamond Dallas Page's wild Christmas party. We then go to Japan and talk about WAR & Pancrase running major shows plus some awards talk. Mexico is next and we discuss AAA making some big moves and CMLL trying to play catchup before going to Memphis where we talk about the USWA version of the Nation of Domination featuring RANDY X & QUEEN MOESHA. We close with the WWF and their "It's Time" PPV as well as their own new relationship with Mexico's AAA featuring the debuts of Cibernetico, Hector Garza, Mil Mascaras, & Pierroth. An extremely good show, so make sure you listen!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1;34:12 Eurasia: Japan (MUGA, Michinoku Pro. WAR, Pancrase, Tokyo Sports Awards, GAEA, & LLPW) & Europe (CWA & EWA)

2:19:20 Classic Commercial Break

2:24:17 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:02:43 Latin America: AAA, EMLL, Promo Azteca, & WWC

3:46:04 Other USA: ECW, PWX, MACW, USWA, AWF, CWF, & APW

4:37:51 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 Mike Sempervive (Wrestling Observer Live) to discuss the week that was December 5-11, 1984. We talk about Sgt. Slaughter's departure from the WWF including what exactly the real story was, well as the departure of Rocky Johnson and the debut of George Wells. We go to Piper's Pit at the Meadowlands before moving on to Riki Choshu invading All Japan, Dave Meltzer's first tour of Japan, Michael Hayes debuting in Florida, Rick Rude wanting to break windshields, Kamala returning to Mid-South, and tons more. Damn fun show, so check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:24:55 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, UWF, Montreal, EMLL, UWA, & WWC

2:16:38 Classic Commercial Break

2:23:50 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:03:54 USA East: JCP, CWG, CWF, Southeastern, & CWA

3:58:33 USA West: Mid-South, Houston, WCCW, Southwest, St. Louis, Central States, AWA, & Portland

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 yet again by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was November 28-December 4, 1989. We talk about the death of the Continental Wrestling Federation (which Beau had some very interesting thoughts on, as you would expect), Ric Flair bringing a big surprise for Gary Hart in the NWA, Giant Baba loving The Nasty Boys, the UWF selling out the Tokyo Dome with no television, a great show at Arena Mexico featuring Fuerza Guerrera winning All Star's mask, Paul E. Dangerously planning on an indie consortium with Eddie Gilbert, Chris Champion cursing on live TV in Memphis, the WWF trying to change the pay-per-view business, and much more. A very strong show, so listen now!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 CWF

1:11:05 NWA

1:42:42 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, & UWF

2:15:28 Classic Commercial Break

2:20:13 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:57:36 Other North America: Stampede & EMLL

3:16:39 USA East: ICW, Bruno Sammartino, Gilbert/Paul E. consortium, IWA (Russen), PWF, Heritage, & CWA

4:08:52 USA West: USWA, Houston, AWA, HHW, Portland, & Hawaii

4:39:34 WWF

5:16:55 Patreon Preview: Combined AWA/WCCW/CWA tapings for ESPN & surrounding stories

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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At first, we thought we could fit this week’s whole show into the SoundCloud limit. We were wrong. As a result, this week’s Smoky Mountain Wrestling section, covering the promotion’s closing that week, is presented here as a separate file. Beau James (@kingofkingsport) joins Kris & David to go over both the week—during which he flanked Ricky Morton for the final shows—as well as the larger context of the death of SMW, plus some notes on the USWA feud continuing on that side of Tennessee. Tons of great stories on here, including a (sort of) Mister Donnie cameo, 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 "Bad Boy" Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) & and Between The Sheets Patron Brian Blake to discuss the week that was November 21-27, 1995, a show that Brian requested. We discuss the New York media exposing Marty Bergman & Laure Brevetti being married and how that affected the Vince McMahon steroid case, the aftermath of the Shawn Michaels concussion angle, Dean Douglas not getting along with The Clique, New Japan & UWFi teaming up in major ways, the New York media going after "Extreme Fighting,” ECW cancelling a big show due to weather, USWA vs. SMW going hot & heavy, Ron Skoler running a show in Los Angeles with CMLL guys, and last but not least WORLD WAR 3. This is an amazing show, so LISTEN NOW!!!!!! (And for the section with Beau James on the death of SMW, listen to episode #175.5 when you’re ready.)

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:38:00 Eurasia: Japan (AJPW, NJPW, UWFi, WAR, FMW, IWA Japan, & Michinoku Pro) & CWA

2:03:36 MMA

2:20:43 Classic Commercial Break

2:24:55 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game/Larry Matysik

2:59:51 Other North America: IWA Hardcore, AAA, EMLL, UWA, & WWC

3:18:59 SMW note (A.K.A. “Go to episode #175.5”)

3:20:27 WCW

5:00:16 Other USA: ECW, Peach State, USWA, Ozark Mountain, ConfederateWA, & IWC

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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