Kris & David are joined by Dr. Keith Lipinski (@KeithLipinski) to discuss the week that was August 26-September 1, 1998. We go on the Highway to Hell in the WWF as we talk about SummerSlam ’98 at Madison Square Garden—where Bix lucked into luxury box seats—including all of the great and not so great stuff on the show. We also talk about WWF getting kicked out of Scranton, Pennsylvania, the breakup of the Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama tag team, Fuerza Guerrera returning to CMLL, Rob Van Dam nearly crippling himself at the ECW Arena, Marlena & Dustin Runnels shooting an angle on a Pennsylvania indie show during SummerSlam weekend, the first mention of Blitzkrieg in the Observer, a classic WCW section featuring an unforgettable Nitro, and much more. This was a great show by all means, so you’d better not miss it!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

2:37:08 Eurasia: AJPW, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, FMW, WAR, RINGS, ARSION, JWP, LLPW, NEO Ladies, & Austria

3:06:19 Classic Commercial Break

3:10:04 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:28:17 Other North America: Peso crash, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, OCESA, & UFC

3:47:50 Other USA: ECW, WSWF, EWA, Music City, MPPW, IWAMS, SSOW, WPW, & NWC

4:40:14 WCW

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