Kris & David are joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak) to discuss the almost-week that was October 6-10, 1999 as we covered the 11th & 12th on a previous episode. This show starts with a fantastic discussion of the infamous Heroes of Wrestling PPV—the reason Kyle Rieger asked for this week as a $25 Patreon pick—and folks, if you haven't watched this show, you need to, as it's one for the ages. Of course, we talk about Jake Roberts, but there is so much other stuff that was crazy as well, both on camera and behind the scenes, so this is a can't miss segment. We also talk about the death of Gorilla Monsoon and the tragic career ending injury suffered by Darren Drozdov, including how the WWF really dropped the ball in many ways with how they handled the injury publicly on SmackDown two days later. Other things discussed are the pro debuts of Wataru Inoue, Katsuyori Shibata, and Hiroshi Tanahashi in New Japan, Ray Gonzalez becoming “Mr. Raytings” in WWC, Tammy Sytch's infamous sit-down interview on ECW’s TNN show, Jerry Lawler coming up short in the Memphis mayoral election, Jesse Ventura's Playboy interview, then, finally, World Championship Wrestling. There, the top story is the immediate aftermath of Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara joining the promotion, including all of the details as to how it went down. This is a fantastic show, as it always is when Prazak is on with us, so LISTEN NOW!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Heroes of Wrestling

1:55:19 WWF

3:09:22 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, FMW, NOW, Osaka Pro, SPWF, Toryumon, RINGS, Arsion, GAEA, VDB Top Catch, & BWF

3:32:34 Classic Commercial Break

3:37:24 Halftime

3:51:30 Other North America: Stampede, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, WWC, & MMA

4:07:27 Other USA: CZW, UCW, NWA Wildside, IPW, OVW, HWA, Jerry Lawler’s failed mayoral bid, Power Pro, KAW, Dale Gagner’s AWA, APW, & Jesse Ventura

5:20:45 WCW

6:25:32 Patreon Preview: Vince McMahon’s initial public response to the nWo/Outsiders angle

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