ris & David are joined by Tyler Gignac, our Patron who requested this week's show, and little did he know it would end up needing two files to be safe, as we discuss the week-plus that was June 21-29, 2001. Tyler joins us for the first half, where discusses all the happenings in the World Wrestling Federation, their planned version of World Championship Wrestling, and their developmental program, which is in upheaval. We talk about a very newsworthy King of the Ring PPV featuring Kurt Angle going to war with Shane McMahon and Booker T making quite the first impression on Steve Austin, Raw & Smackdown featuring more buildup for the WCW invasion, the insanity of the DDP-Undertaker feud, the debut of Tough Enough, Chyna’s excommunication from the company, the quarterly report, and so much more. Then we move on to the WWF's version of WCW and the planning that was going into making that a reality, with the former Turner property getting Raw on TNN, plus lots more talent news. Then we talk about the huge changes in developmental, as they cut ties with Memphis Championship Wrestling and go with Les Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association, including all of the the ramifications of that move. This is loaded show, so listen now and don’t miss part two for everything else, including a big announcement!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF proper

2:29:10 WWF’s WCW

3:16:00 WWF developmental

3:57:54 Patreon Preview: Wade Keller gets a letter from Not Paul Heyman

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