Kris & David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the (almost-)week that was March 9-14, 1995. We start off with Dave Meltzer going over the changing world of the PPV business in wrestling with the introduction of In Your House and World War 3 as well as the return of the Great American Bash, and how that affects the whole business. We then go to the WWF, where Crush/Brian Adams gets arrested, Men on a Mission turn on the Smoking Gunns, Carl Ouellet becomes a pirate, and so much more before going to Japan, where we talk about New Japan’s faction-based and interpromotional feuds, Los Power Raiders debuting in AAA, CMLL getting a TV contract extension from Televisa, Jim Cornette & Bob Armstrong going to war with The Gangstas in SMW, DIAMOND MIKE AND HIS CREW in Memphis, Marcus Dupree showing up in Memphis, a promotional war brewing in Mississippi, Paul Alperstein’s AWF announcing their title tournament in grand fashion, and then WCW, where Ric Flair is about to lose his mind as the booker amidst all of the Hulk Hogan insanity. 

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Pay-per-view changes

0:36:15 WWF

1:38:45 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, IWA Japan, IWU, Pancrase, & AJW

2:05:40 Classic Commercial Break

2:09:27 Halftime

2:26:44 Other North America: CRMW, AAA, & CMLL 

3:02:17 Other USA: ECW, Terry Funk in VA, Peach State, SMW, USWA, Ozark Mountain, Circle City, Deep South vs. Mid-South war for Mississippi, JCP, AWF, & Northwest

4:34:08 WCW

5:19:33 Patreon Preview: APW King of the Indies 2001 unintentionally becomes the proof of concept for ROH

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