Two years ago, we released some of our personal favorite and most well-received shows we’ve ever done when we did a two-art deep dive on Herb Abrams and his UWF promotion for our Patreon backers. With VICE TV’s “Dark Side of the Ring” about to debut their documentary on the life and times of “Mr. Electricity,” we decided that now is the perfect time to release both episodes—combined in one file—so those of you who who have never tried out the Patreon can get an idea of what you’re missing. For dozens more shows like this, including our newest, which starts our series on Sabu's 1995 firing from ECW for double booking himself in NJPW, become a backer for just $5/month at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets.

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By popular demand, it's here: Our deep dive on Herb Abrams' UWF, the OTHER startup that lit up the newsletters in 1990. For part one, we take a look at the first six months of coverage, including Herb claiming to have signed the very much dead Bruiser Brody, the wrestlers praising Herb's ability to pay reliably...until it stopped, the full story of TV job guy DAVEY MELTZER, SportsChannel America drama with Rob Russen's IWA, the Sammartinos' pessimism for the promotion, Herb's brush with Principal Edward Rooney, who the newsletters carried water for, 900 number suspensions, legal entanglements with the WWF, and MUCH more. One of our best shows to date, and there's still more to come.

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It’s baaaaack! Kris and David return to cover Herb Abrams’ UWF from March 1991 through Herb’s untimely demise in 1996. Topics include everything from Herb taking over Mike Sawyer’s hotline, the NY State Athletic Commission shirking its duties when Herb didn’t pay wrestlers, all sorts of check bouncing, the disaster of a pay-per-view that was Beach Brawl, amazing Herb quotes, Steve Williams “shooting” on Steve Ray, Herb stiffing the Manatee Civic Center, everything you ever wanted to know about the Blackjack Brawl (including Dr. Death on The Tonight Show, an accidental musical cameo, and an interpretative reading of a letter that Herb wrote to MGM Grand management), Dave Meltzer and Steve Beverly’s conflicting views on covering Herb, Herb trying to get Mark Madden fired from his day job, and much, MUCH more. This somehow outdoes the last show. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 September 1990

0:45:26 October 1990

1:20:23 November 1990

1:45:14 December 1990

2:00:00 January 1991

2:20:27 February 1991

2:50:34 March 1991

3:12:29 April 1991

3:29:33 May 1991

3:49:33 June 1991 including Beach Brawl

4:13:09 July-September 1991

4:28:11 November 1991 including Herb vs. Mark Madden

4:48:49 1992-1993

5:12:20 1994 including The Blackjack Brawl

5:59:31 1995-1996 including Herb’s untimely demise

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