Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the (almost-)week that was October 18-23, 2001, a Patreon pick requested by Brian Peterson, who threw down the $25 to select this week. Topics of discussion include:

• The state of wrestling as the WWF is trending downward across multiple business metrics.
• The tragic end of Hayabusa's career and how it changed Japanese wrestling forever.
• Keiji Muto winning yet another AJPW belt as he is getting more comfortable there.
• Major problems within Team 2000 in New Japan
• NOAH crowning their first-ever set of GHC Tag Champions.
• Andrew McManus’s World Wrestling All-Stars having an…interesting debut show in Perth.
• WrestleExpress finally runs a show in England.
• La Parka turning on El Hijo del Santo in Tijuana.
• Just who was the money man behind the XWF?
• Mikey Whipwreck's "retirement" show on Long Island.
• The beginning of the end end of Main Event Championship Wrestling
• inDemand wanting to get more pro wrestling on the pay-per-view schedule to make up for revenue lost from various movies being delayed indefinitely after 9/11.
• Michael Modest pulling out of the King of the Indies tournament and how that possibly changed wrestling forever
• Steven DeAngelis’s first tour of Alaska, including Super Dragon, Excalibur, and the other the Rev Pro guys working the openers and pissing off Nova in the process.
• Steve Austin and Rob Van Dam having major dissension within The Alliance.
• A full WWF No Mercy PPV rundown
• Raw, SmackDown, and lots more WWF news and views.

This is a STACKED show so LISTEN NOW!!!!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 State of Wrestling

0:24:25 Japan: Hayabusa, AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Zero-One, BJPW, DDT, FMW proper, KAGEKI, Michinoku Pro, NMC Produce, Osaka, Pro, Toryumon, W*ING, Masakatsu Funaki, RINGS, Arsion, GAEA, Jd’, & Oz Academy

1:35:48 Other Int’l: WWA (McManus), WrestleXpress, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, TIjuana, IWAPR, & WWC

2:07:25 Classic Commercial Break

2:11:40 Halftime

2:33:39 Other USA: XWF, final WCW layoffs, USA Pro/Mikey Whipwreck, CZW, MECW, IWC, NWA Wildside, inDemand, IWAMS, Josh Matthews, MidwestCW, Vince Russo, Michael Modest, Alaska Superslam, & Kappa Publishing buying WOW Magazine IP

3:44:22 WWF

6:25:26 Patreon Preview: Did Tod Gordon REALLY carry Ric Flair’s bags at Slamboree ’94 in Philadelphia?

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