Kris & David are guestless this time, as we discuss the week-plus that was February 16th - February 23rd, 1993. We talk about the tragic death of Kerry Von Erich and what all played into the situation, as well as the immediate aftermath, including candid comments from The Ultimate Warrior and Road Warrior Hawk to John Clark’s Wrestling Flyer newsletter. We also talk about the WWF filing a defamation lawsuit against Phil Mushnick and the New York Post over their coverage of the “Titangate” scandals while also getting sued by The Ultimate Warrior over back pay, Hulk Hogan returning to the WWF on Monday Night Raw, Atsushi Onita going wild in FMW, the scene in Mexico where AAA is dominating everyone else, Dirty White Boy burning Tracy Smothers' Confederate battle flag in SMW, and Lex Luger's epic appearance at the WMC TV-5 studio in Memphis. Then we close it out with WCW, headlined by Ric Flair’s return in front of a sold out crowd at the awesome SuperBrawl III PPV in Asheville. This was a show of many emotions, and one of the best we have ever done, so please don't miss this one.

Content Warning: The first two segments contain frank discussion of suicide (in both segments) and child sexual abuse (in the Mushnick lawsuit portion of the second segment). If you have any concerns that this could be triggering or otherwise upsetting to you, then you may want to skip directly to the coverage of The Ultimate Warrior’s lawsuit. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or contact the hotline through its website at SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Kerry Von Erich

1:12:54 WWF lawsuits (Ultimate Warrior starts at 2:31:27)

3:03:24 Other WWF

3:39:09 Classic Commercial Break

3:42:13 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

4:07:21 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, NOW, AJW, AAA, CMLL, UWA, & AWF

4:44:15 Other USA: ICW, ICWA, PWFG, SMW, USWA, GWF, Big D, & CWUSA

5:42:57 WCW

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