Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was June 1-7, 2000. 

• We start the show with WCW, as we go over what was really going on with SFX’s to possibly buy the company, along with trying to appease Hulk Hogan & Bill Goldberg at a time when the company could be sold. We also talk about a wild Monday Nitro featuring Vince Russo vs. Ric Flair inside a Steel Cage and all kinds of other insanity. We also go over Thunder and the usual mass confusion that it caused in 2000. Among other topics in this section, we also talk about the planned Fight Club/Knockout Club stable and inquiries made into bringing Dennis Rodman back.
• Japan is next, where we talk about PRIDE shooting a big angle involving Tokimitsu Ishizawa (Kendo Ka Shin), AJPW in the final days before the split, NJPW during the Best of the Super Junior tour, CZW dominating Big Japan, a major Toryumon show, and a lot more.
• We then go to Mexico, where we talk about the AAA wrestlers invading Arena Mexico to set up the big Padrissimo show was coming soon, as well as other stuff from Mexico & Puerto Rico.
• ECW is up next, and what a section this is, as we go over a wild week in the life of Paul Heyman, featuring a major talent meeting, The Sandman acting like a complete moron, and a lot more. Then we go to the indies where the main story is what could've been a possible tragedy on the live Power Pro TV show in Memphis, and a lot more.
• We close with the WWF, where there is a shakeup in the power structure that would be huge as the year goes on, Raw & Smackdown being all over the place with lots of wackiness while still drawing major ratings, and a lot more.

This show was a blast, so you’d better not miss it!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:25:53 Eurasia: PRIDE FC, K-1, AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, FMW, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, AJW, Arsion, Jd’, JWP, LLPW, & Holland

2:18:23 Classic Commercial Break

2:21:41 Halftime

2:48:08 Other North America: Stampede, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, IWAPR, & WWC

3:15:22 ECW

3:54:09 Other USA: FWA, K-Town SmackDown, IWAMS, NWA Worldwide, MPPW, & The Fight Channel

4:14:07 WWF

5:08:33 Patreon Preview: Phil Mushnick and WWF spokesman Steve Planamenta do battle in Mike Mooneyham’s weekly wrestling column

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