Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was February 2-7, 1996. Topics of discussion include:

• Vince McMahon getting particularly vindictive towards Ted Turner as he airs the latest Billionaire Ted skit “despite threat of legal action from Turner Broadcasting” and takes out an ad in the New York Times business section warning stockholders of Ted’s "predatory practices.”
• All of this overshadows a very good Raw show featuring the first televised Bret Hart vs. Undertaker match.
• WWF taking a tour of India with Bret Hart getting a total rock star reaction from local school children.
• Davey Boy Smith getting acquitted of assault stemming from a bar brawl.
• NJPW vs. UWFi going hot and heavy on two nights of shows in Sapporo.
• Atsushi Onita teasing coming out of retirement in an angle on a Tokyo Pro show.
• Michinoku Pro stars arriving in England for All-Star shows promoted by Brian Dixon.
• ECW running the Big Apple Blizzard Blast at the Lost Batallion Hall in Queens, NY, featuring the last appearance of Woman, as 2 Cold Scorpio kicks her out of the building, plus Juventud Guerrera and Bam Bam Bigelow make their surprise debuts, and so much more.
• The first ever "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl in New Jersey.
• A wacky episode of USWA TV featuring Scott Bowden’s continuing efforts to win the affections of Downtown Bruno’s wife, Uptown Karen.
• The pretaped Bodyguards vs. Bandits show debuting on PPV and what a debacle that was.
• The lights going out at Monday Nitro in Lakeland, FL as Lex Luger and Sting wrestle The Road Warriors, and Eric Bischoff makes a big mistake afterwards implying that it was a plot by Vince McMahon.
• Also on Nitro, Brian Pillman and Kevin Sullivan escalated their worked shoot angle in a crazy match, plus Woman turns heel on Randy Savage while they also foreshadow Elizabeth's pending turn.
• News from Universal Studios tapings featuring The Giant as a babyface with Ed Leslie as THE CLIPMASTER by his side.

This was a fantastic show, so we hope you enjoy it!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:24:43 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, IWA Japan, Tokyo Pro, AJW, All-Star, AAA, & CMLL

1:58:42 Classic Commercial Break

2:00:16 Halftime

2:46:28 Other USA: ECW, NWANJ Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl, MEWF, USWA, CajunCWF, Gary Young on Montel Williams, CWA Bodyguards vs. Bandits, & APW

3:56:21 WCW

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