Kris and David are joined by the returning Joe Sposto (@JoeSposto) to discuss the week-plus that was January 2-10, 1995. 

• We start off with the WWF, where we have the 2nd Anniversary of Monday Night Raw featuring WILLIAM SHATNER sassing Jerry Lawler and Howard Finkel vs. Harvey Wippleman in one of the worst matches of all-time, plus the debut of MANTAUR, Diesel cutting one of the worst promos of all time, and so much more. We also talk about Chris Candido and Tammy Sytch being on their way in, and the heat that may have caused, as well as all sorts of other wacky news and views.
• Then we go International, where we have Tommy Dreamer touring AJPW, New Japan at the TokyoDome featuring the epic failure that was Sting vs. Tony Palmore en route to Sting vs. Antonio Inoki on the same show, and all sorts of other results from New Year’s Week, as everyone was running Korakuen Hall. After that, we go to Mexico, where we have all sorts of drama between AAA and Ron Skoler, a new promotion starting up in the form of PROMELL, and tons more.
• Next, we go back to the United States for the Indie scene, where Shane Douglas and Tully Blanchard go "60 minutes" at the ECW Arena in a legendary disaster on a show that featured the debut of Raven among other things, the aftermath of the "death" of Boots the cat in SMW, the PG-13 vs. Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich feud going wild in the USWA, plus so much more.
• WCW closes out the show as Jean-Paul Levesque h heading the WWF, lots of TV tapings, Van Hammer getting arrested, Hulk Hogan being naned the Loser of the Week in Entertainment Weekly, and various assorted “WCW, EVERYBODY!” moments.

This is an extremely fun show, as it always is with Joe, so please LISTEN NOW!!!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:30:17 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, IWA Japan, IWU, UWFi, Weekly Pro Wrestling dome show, AJW, JWP, & LLPW

2:25:28 Classic Commercial Break

2:30:13 Halftime

3:03:32 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, PROMELL, & UWA

3:35:25 Other USA: Battlecade, WWA (NJ), ECW, “NWA Sabu,” Abdullah The Butcher. All-Star (GA), SMW, USWA, Mid-South, & NWA Dallas

5:43:35 WCW

6:30:25 Patreon Preview: Mainstream Canadian magazine coverage of the Montreal Screwjob

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