Between The Sheets

Kris Zellner is joined by Mike "Papa" Hales to discuss his great journey as a wrestling fan. We talk about his early days as a child as a fan in Minnesota & New Mexico talking about the early days of the Funks, Ricky Romero, and others. We then focus on the Chattanooga wrestling scene of the 70's and all the great characters that came through the territory back then. This is such a fun show as Papa Hales is one of the most charming people you will ever meet so check it out!!!!

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Kris Zellner is joined by Alan4L (DKP) to discuss the renaissance of Keiji Mutoh in 2001. We talk about where Mutoh was going into 2001 and how unbelievable it was that Mutoh had such a career resurgence that year. We talk about the key matches and angles that Mutoh was involved in during the year and hopefully we steer you to watch some of the great matches online because there were some real classics. This is a great show!!!

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In this preview of the latest Patreon-exclusive, themed edition of Between The Sheets, Kris and David talk about Bruno Sammartino’s return to the WWF, including how obvious it was that Vince McMahon hated Bruno Jr.

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Here's the description for the full show:

Kris and David return with more exclusive audio as it’s time for Volume 3 of the national expansion era series. This time, we've got a short, packed time period to cover, including Bruno Sammartino's return to the WWF, rumors flying everywhere about whether or not World Class is in bed with the WWF, the launch of Pro Wrestling USA, TV partners being unhappy with the WWF, Riki Choshu and his Ishingundan stable jumping to AJPW, and much more. A great show, so we hope you enjoy it!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Eastern Wrestling News September 1984

0:44:36 Mat Results September 1984

1:56:00 Shedlock August to September 1984 & Wrestling Observer September 30, 1984

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Kris & David are guestless this week discussing the week that was December 21-27, 1992. We talk about the early rumblings of Ric Flair going to back WCW, SMW's first Christmas Chaos tour, sex change accusations in Memphis, Arn Anderson & Erik Watts brawl at a gas station, & Rick Rude gets ripped in Kathie Lee Gifford's book. A fine show if I must say.

Also thanks to everyone who voted for us in the 2016 Sheety Awards as we won Best Podcast, Jeff Hawkins for Best Guest, and Best Co-Host!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

0:35:00 Int’l: Japan, Canada, Mexico, & Puerto Rico

0:53:12 Classic Commercial Break

0:57:15 Housekeeping & The Amazon Game

1:27:55 Other USA: SMW, USWA, GWF/Dallas, & Portland

2:17:31 WCW

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Kris & David are joined by Maxwell Baumbach (RBR Podcast) to discuss the week that was December 14-20, 1998. We talk about WCW & NBC doing business with each other, Ric Flair's "heart attack" on Nitro, Royce Gracie finally losing, new blood in ECW, A Power Pro Christmas, Wrestling With Shadows, & Sable shooting for Playboy. Lots of great stuff on this show so check it out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

2:12:23 Japan (AJPW, Battlarts, Fuyuki Army, & Arsion), MMA, & Europe

2:53:17 Classic Commercial Break

2:55:05 The Amazon Game & Housekeeping

3:26:49 Mexico: AAA, EMLL, & IWRG

3:40:16 Other USA: ECW & Memphis Power Pro Wrestling

4:15:22 Potpourri: Wrestling with Shadows edition

4:40:32 WWF

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Kris & David are guestless this week discussing the week that was December 7-13, 1986. We talk about Andre the Giant coming back to the WWF and his status as a heel as well as the early plans for WrestleMania III. We also talk about Honky Tonk Man's big surprise and WWF's plans for a Japan tour. All-Japan & New Japan ended their tag league tours and we go over the results and how great the shows were. We also go over all the territories from this period with some great names being thrown around. We close talking about the rigid schedule of JCP and John Nord possibly coming in so you can't not love this show!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

0:54:29 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Montreal, Stampede, EMLL, & WWC

1:17:49 Classic Commercial break

1:20:00 Housekeeping & The Amazon Game

1:58:22 USA Southeast: Memphis, Continental, & Florida

2:24:43 Metroplex: UWF & WCCW

2:52:01 USA West: Central States, AWA, WWA, & Portland

3:12:01 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 Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor (Highspots Network) to discuss the history of the NWA/WCW World TV Title. We talk about the reason why it became a world title and then run down all the major champions along with some of their notable matches during their reigns. We also talk about the legacy of the title and how Vince Russo tried to kill it in 1999. This is a really fun show so check it out!!!

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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!

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Kris & David are joined this week by Matt Farmer (MLW Podcast Network) for the 2nd half of the show as we discuss the week that was November 30- December 6, 1994. We talk about Randy Savage entering WCW and Vince McMahon trying to stop it from happening. We talk about FMW & AJW doing big business in Japan as well as the changing scene in Mexico. Matt joins us to talk about the aftermath of Art Barr's death and his funeral plus what's going on in SMW & USWA. All that and lots more on this week's BTS!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:07:36 Japan (AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, UWFI, & AJW) & Canada

1:32:55 Classic Commercial Break

1:36:28 Sheety Awards Campaigning & The Amazon Game

2:12:36 Mexico: AAA & EMLL

2:56:50 Other USA: Portland, ECW, SMW, USWA, & Potpourri

3:32:32 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 is joined by Barry Rose (CWF Archives) to discuss the Florida & Southern Heavyweight Title scene from 1973 to 1976. We talk about all the different champions of this era and their opponents. We talk about who worked and who didn't which may surprise you and Barry brings his excellent memory yet again to this series. I learned some on this show and you will, too!!!!

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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!

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In this preview of the latest Patreon-exclusive, themed edition of Between The Sheets, Kris and David talk about the WWF Action Line, the WWF’s first attempt at a pay-per-call phone hotline. Hear about the great promos that it sounds like the wrestlers cut on each other on the Action Line, a side-discussion about Parade Magazine for some reason, and more!

For the whole show, go to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and support the show at the show for just $5/month.

Here's the description for the full show:

Kris and David are back with more exclusive audio in the form of Volume 2 of the national expansion era series! More than anything else, this episode deals with the fallout of Black Saturday, when the WWF took over the Superstation WTBS wrestling time slots, as well as the launch of the first UWF in Japan. Learn about Dave Meltzer’s psychic powers, the media coverage of Black Saturday, how TBS explained giving Ole Anderson his own new show, the finances of NJPW and AJPW in the early ‘80s, the “WWF Action Line” 976 number, the WWF taking over Toronto, how the Observer covered the Roddy Piper/Jimmy Snuka coconut angle, Nobuhiko Takada’s multiple cancelled American debuts, Vince banning Japanese photographers from MSG, and MUCH more. An awesome show, so check it out!

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