Kris & David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the week that was March 3-9, 2002. We talk about the earliest reports about what was to become NWA-TNA, with all sorts of info about how and why this was happening, which also features some great Don West audio from Shop at Home. We also talk about the other startups getting attention at the time, WWA & XWF, as well as their issues at that time. We then examine a very heavy week in New Japan, a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion being crowned in Zero-One, and T2P getting ready to go to war with Toryumon. Also, O’Connor gives us a full rundown on the Western Canadian scene, we go over all sorts of U.S. indie goodness, and then close out with the WWF section. There, we talk about the road to WrestleMania featuring Triple H & Stephanie dominating the TV with their wackiness, and so much more. An extremely entertaining show, so listen now!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Startups: Jarrett, WWA, & XWF

1:02:07 Japan: K-1, NJPW, Zero-One, BJPW, DDT, Hayabusa, Kageki, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, T2P, Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, AJW, ARSION, & NEO

2:07:07 Other North America: PCW, Stampede, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, Tijuana, IWAPR, & WWC

2:49:50 Classic Commercial Break

2:54:34 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:23:58 Other USA: ?WA, JCW, CZW, Hardway, Dusty Rhodes, USACW, IWAMS, CAPW, MAW, Lenny Lane, & Eric Bischoff

4:15:52 WWF

6:26:56 Patreon Preview: Pillman-Sullivan “shoot fight”

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