Kris and David are joined by Esteban el Boricua (@ElBoricuaPWO) to discuss the week that was August 30th-September 5th, 2002. Topics of discussion include:

• TNA going through a "soft reboot" as the Jarretts begin talks with the Carter family and Panda Energy which would lead to a sale of the promotion.
• Bill Goldberg making his All Japan debut on a Budokan Hall back-to-back doubleheader, which was memorable for many reasons, especially when the Toryumon guys worked the second night.
• One of the greatest matches in the history of Pro Wrestling NOAH going down at Korakuen Hall.
• Bob Sapp starting to become a major mainstream media star in Japan.
• Carlos Colon and the WWC threatening to sue IWAPR over using Ray Gonzalez in a story where Boricua was fantastic at giving us the full context.
• The morale of the IWA locker room not being good after Gonzalez came in.
• Konnan wrestling Carlos Colon for the first time in the WWC.
• Oprah Winfrey doing an episode of her show addressing pro wrestling's effect on children.
• Low-Ki, Chris Candido, and Tammy Sytch having a problem behind the scenes at a USA Pro show in Queens.
• The Messiah returning to CZW weeks after losing his thumb at the first ever CZW TOURNAMENT OF DEATH.
• XPW runs at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia for the first time, where we get the debut of THE JUICE BAR, starring Juventud Guerrera.
• Eric Bischoff creating the World Heavyweight Title in on Raw after Brock Lesnar and he “Undisputed” WWE Title goes exclusive tp Smackdown, and then handing the belt to Triple H in a famously polarizing segment.
• Chuck (Palumbo) proposing to Billy (Gunn) on SmackDown in a very memorable segment.

This is just the tip of iceberg of this extremely busy show, so you gotta listen to this one!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 NWA-TNA

0:41:19 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Zero-One, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, Osaka Pro, Specialist Global Pro, SPWF, Bob Sapp, AJW, Arsion, GAEA, NEO, & IWA/TWA (UK)

1:44:21 Classic Commercial Break

1:46:49 Halftime

2:10:45 Latin America: AAA, CMLL, Monterrey, IWRG, & Puerto Rico

3:19:24 Other USA: Oprah, USA Pro, ROH, Mike Lima, XWF, PCW (NJ), The Messiah, CZW, XPW, NWA Wildside, MAW, APW, Bobby Heenan, Sting, & WCW alumni

4:30:03 WWE

6:31:48 Patreon Preview: A very revealing sworn affidavit about racism in WCW from longtime stage coordinator Moses Williams

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