Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of May 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include: The WWF trying to get dates at The Omni at a time when WCW was having some major issues drawing crowds at house shows. The wrestlers having a meeting about being overworked, hoping that their schedule will ease up soon. Rickey Henderson breaking the MLB stolen base record while Nolan Ryan throws hi...
Jun 01, 2026•3 hr 37 min
We lost our dear friend Jordan Breen a year ago today. As a special tribute, courtesy of TJ De Santis at The Rounds Podcast , here's a special compilation of all five episodes of the Sherdog Radio Network's Press Row that our own David Bixenspan appeared on with Jordan. For more of Jordan's audio output, check out not just the archive at The Rounds, which has the remaining archives of the SRN shows (including David's appearances with Jordan and Jack Encarnacao on The Roundtable and Beatdown Afte...
Jun 01, 2026•3 hr 57 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was April 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include: Sid Vicious and his decision to leave WCW for the WWF, including how it went back and forth throughout the month. The looming influx of wacky new gimmicks being talked about in the newsletters as WCW is about to undergo a massive change. Duke wins their first ever National Championship in coll...
May 11, 2026•2 hr 44 min
Well, this is a week we had to do something like this. We start by talking about the fake stabbing of THE ATROCITY KRULE and how it culminated in him being booted from all reputable indies during WrestleMania week after he cost everyone the Berwyn Eagles Club as a venue. Then we move on to WrestleMania week and this may have been a huge mistake! David keeps having to mute to cough as the show gets way too long! Kris loves him some Double Double E! Adam Weitsman: Scrap Metal King of Owego, New Yo...
Apr 22, 2026•3 hr
Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of March 1991 in World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include: Barry Windham kinda sorta teasing leaving the Four Horsemen. The greatness of Buddy Landel shining through right as he gets fired by the promotion for being Budro. The NEVER-ENDING Z-Man vs. Terrence Taylor goes on for yet another month. Bobby Eaton finally turning babyface. The debut of the Mr. Hughes gimmic...
Apr 11, 2026•2 hr 56 min
Here's the text update we posted on Patreon eartlier; we get more detailed on the audio. (Where we also congratulate Steve Corino on his recent nuptials.) Plus we get into more details on how soon the banked Patreon show will come out, as well as Center Stage Chronicles among other things. But just listen to the audio to get the full update. First off: Apologies for forgetting to post this here previously. But based on the numbers, it looks like you guys mostly saw the social media updates, and ...
Apr 09, 2026•33 min
Center Stage Chronicles is back and Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was February 1991 in World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: Jim Herd going on the record with Steve Beverly in MATWATCH on a number of topics ranging from Dusty Rhodes as announcer, Terry Gordy possibly coming back, doing a live Saturday Night TV show, the amount of titles in WCW, and more. Diamond Dallas Page makes his WCW ...
Feb 27, 2026•3 hr 11 min
Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was February 13-19, 1999, a show that was requested by Tim Ostrander by dropping $25 on our Patreon page: Topics of discussion include: Ric Flair being left in the farmlands of Florida being the main story of what was was, up to that point in time, the worst episode of WCW Monday Nitro in it's history. Also on Nitro, we get Bret Hart vs. then “Mad TV” star Will Sasso in a shockingly cromulent match, Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper in a HORRIBLE matc...
Feb 24, 2026•5 hr 46 min
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 takin...
Feb 09, 2026•4 hr 53 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of January 1991 in not only World Championship Wrestling, but also the world of pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: The greatness of Buddy Landel. Bobby Eaton coming into his own as a singles wrestler. Paul E. Dangerously and Missy Hyatt kickstart their feud that would last many months.\ Konnan, Steve DiSalvo as THE MINOTAUR, and Larry Cameron appear on TV in “blink and you’ll miss it” runs....
Feb 04, 2026•3 hr 56 min
Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was January 29-February 4, 2002. Topics of discussion include: The XWF trying to get a TV deal with various outlets. Brian Knobbs and Greg Valentine cozying up to the big money backers of the XWF to try to milk them. Andrew McManus' WWA PPV in Las Vegas has its onsale delayed due to promoter’s license issues. More on the aftermath of Keiji Muto and friends leaving New Japan for All Japan and how NJPW is trying to navigate the situation. The IWGP H...
Feb 03, 2026•4 hr 33 min
Kris and David are joined by Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the week that was January 16-22, 1997. Topics of discussion include: Royal Rumble ’97 at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, featuring a flu-ridden Shawn Michaels winning the WWF Title from Sycho Sid, a weirdly booked Royal Rumble won by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, lots of AAA wrestlers on the show despite the fans having no idea who they were, and lots more. Raw the next night featuring a very angry Bret Hart as he "quits" before c...
Jan 26, 2026•7 hr 27 min
Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was January 6-12, 2010. Topics of discussion include: The immediate aftermath of TNA going head-to-head with WWE on January 4th and the politics behind the scenes regarding pushing Spike TV to give TNA a live weekly Monday night time slot. Jeff Jarrett's role in TNA being up in the air again. TNA airing a replay of the January 4th show in it's normal slot, which featured a bunch of both expected and unexpected edits changing the presentation fr...
Jan 19, 2026•4 hr 40 min
Kris and David ARE BACK!!!!! after our battles with the epic Winter 2025-2026 Flu and discussing the (almost-)week that was January 2-7, 1988. Topics of discussion include: Andre the Giant attacking Hulk Hogan after his match with King Kong Bundy on an otherwise not very newsworthy episode of Saturday Night's Main Event to heat up their match in prime time on The Main Event a month later. King Kong Bundy and his job as the celebrity spokesman for Vendex Head Start Computers, which allowed him to...
Jan 12, 2026•3 hr 37 min
Later than we intended thanks to the flu, here’s what was supposed to be stopgap content over the holidays. Make sure to check out the latest Patreon shows, and be on the lookout for the return of the weekly show this Monday. Now, for the original show descriptions: — Part 1: It’s Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: A new Patreon deep dive, this time looking at the first ridiculous startup promotion of the post-WCW era, John Collins’ Main Event Championship Wrestling. And since he was ri...
Jan 10, 2026•7 hr 30 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of December 1990 in the world of the newly-renamed World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: Ole Anderson's last TV as booker of the NWA/WCW scoring surprisingly very good Nielsen ratings. Ty Detmer winning the Heisman Trophy. The TV shows all dropping the NWA name and becoming WCW-branded shows. Konnan, The Minotaur, and Larry Cameron make their debuts working TV ...
Jan 05, 2026•3 hr 35 min
Kris and David are back to discuss the week-plus that was December 17-24, 2000. Topics of discussion include: Raw and Smackdown featuring a TON of Vince McMahon soap opera with neither show having much wrestling of note, all while ratings are declining. The Rock and The Undertaker becoming WWF Tag Team hampions for a one day title change that nobody remembers. Road Dogg being extremely thin ice due to his personal issues. New Japan and all of their political issues with both Shinya Hashimoto and...
Dec 23, 2025•6 hr
Kris and David are joined by Beau James ( @KingofKingsport ) and Robert O'Connor ( @ghostofquinones ) to discuss the week-plus that was December 10-17, 1993, our annual holiday spectacular dropping just in time for Chanukkah!!!! Topics of discussion include: Ted Turner giving a state of WCW speech to the company staff for the first time ever. WCW officially firing Sid Vicious and Davey Boy Smith and how that affected creative plans. Terry Funk and potential assistant Eddie Gilbert being rumored ...
Dec 15, 2025•6 hr 59 min
Kris and David are back to discuss the (almost-)week that was December 4-8, 1998. Topics of discussion include: The WWF running their second UK-only PPV. Capital Carnage, featuring crazy promos from the McMahons, special ringside enforcer Vinnie Jones being A Hard Man, and evem some nudity. Jim Ross finding out about his mother’s death while in England, stressing him to such a degree that he suffered his second attack of Bell's Palsy during the PPV. Steve Austin getting "crucified" (symbolified?...
Dec 08, 2025•5 hr 41 min
Kris and David are back as we discuss the partial week that was November 27-December 1, 1986 which means THANKSGIVING WEEK!! Topics of discussion include: Starrcade ’86 with a full rundown of everything that went down in both Atlanta and Greensboro, featuring Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff, the Midnight Express vs. Road Warriors scaffold match, Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard in a first blood match, Paul Jones becoming a BALD-HEADED GEEK, and so much more. “Bullet” Bob Armstrong making his return ...
Dec 01, 2025•5 hr 26 min
Center Stage Chronicles is back as Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month of November 1990 in the National Wrestling Alliance and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: How pending Turner Broadcasting cutbacks will affect the wrestling division. Graffiti Bridge being the true sequel to Purple Rain Ric Flair putting up his yacht and Rolls Royce against Doom's tag titles. The end of the NWA name being used on TV. Just who the hell is the...
Nov 27, 2025•3 hr 17 min
Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was November 19-25, 2004. Topics of discussion include: Two years into their ownership of TNA, Panda Energy is facing major losses and may have to sell the company. Jerry Jarrett reportedly winning a power battle over his son Jeff and replacing him as the head booker with Dusty Rhodes in a move that also means that Vince Russo's power diminishes in the promotion as well. Johnny B. Badd and Randy Savage both showing up on TNA Impact in a wild time ...
Nov 25, 2025•6 hr 43 min
Kris and David are back to discuss the week-plus that was November 9-17, 1991. Topics of discussion include: WWF tests for steroids for the first time at a TV taping right before a big pieces about the steroid scandal were set to air on Entertainment Tonight and two Inside Edition. The end of Ric Flair using the “Big Gold Belt” on WWF TV. Hulk Hogan getting attacked by The Undertaker in the Funeral Parlor as the top feud is shifted from Hogan-Flair to Hogan-Undertaker. The stacked list of teams ...
Nov 17, 2025•7 hr 8 min
Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was November 3-9, 1985. Topics of discussion include: The wacky Paul Jones/Superstar Billy Graham breakup The official debut of Miss Atlanta Lively. Larry Zbyszko interviewing new AWA World Tag Team Champions Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal on his In This Corner segment. The first ever Riki Choshu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta singles match takes place…but it’s technically on a Japan Pro show, not an AJPW show. Some great clips from very early in the Stampede...
Nov 10, 2025•6 hr 12 min
Kris and David are back this week as we discuss the week that was October 28-November 3, 2002. Topics of discussion include: Hulk Hogan leaving WWE again due to "creative issues" with Vince McMahon over the plans for him to job to Brock Lesnar a second time. The aftermath of the Katie Vick angle and the total disaster of an opening segment on Raw the next week where HHH did terrible “comedy” with an alleged mannequin in a cheerleader uniform. Randy Orton debuts "RNN” on Raw. SmackDown has its fa...
Nov 04, 2025•5 hr 2 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month that was October 1990 in the National Wrestling Alliance and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: The saga of the two Black Scorpions working house shows. Herb Abrams' UWF Fury Hour making it's TV debut. Beverly Hills 90210 debuts on Fox and television was never the same. Gordon Solie enters the Black Scorpion's lair. Two big angles shot in Chicago to promote Halloween Havoc air on TV. The Mo...
Nov 01, 2025•3 hr 32 min
Kris and David are back to discuss the week-plus that was October 16-23, 1995. Topics of discussion include: Hulk Hogan losing his mind as Darkside Hogan on two Monday Nitros, including the infamous promo where he compared himself to O.J. Simpson just a few weeks after his acquittal in his murder trial. Ric Flair and Sting finally get on the same page as they get ready to battle Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman at Halloween Havoc. Akira Maeda issues a grandstand challenge to Keiji Muto. Televisa a...
Oct 27, 2025•6 hr
It’s Observer Hall of Fame season, and you know what that means: With Kris having to take the week off, David figured this would be a good week of a HOF show, so he’s joined here by our dear friend John Pollock of POST Wrestling to go over the ballot! The focus is on new/returning candidates and our ballot shortlists for the most part to keep our sanity, but there’s a ton of ground covered, with topics including: David’s new research into the Von Erichs and how it affects their candidacy as a gr...
Oct 20, 2025•3 hr 1 min
It’s Monday, and you know what that means: A new Between the Sheets with J.D. Oliva joining Kris and David to discuss 1989! Topics of discussion include: Saturday Night’s Main Event featuring the return of ZEUS. The WWF debuts in England with the famous London Arena show that aired live on Sky One as part of their latest European tour. Jim Troy getting fired after his fight with Koko Ware on the same tour. Steve Beverly giving his suggestions to remedy WCW’s early weak points, some of which soun...
Oct 13, 2025•4 hr 29 min
Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was October 1-7, 2007. Topics of discussion include: Nigel McGuinness winning the ROH Title from Takeshi Morishima and why it happened when it did. Larry Sweeney's role in ROH and how it could've been even better. A wacky Dixie Carter conference call to hype up the first ever two hour episode of TNA Impact, which was wall to wall, full-on insanity topped off by a great review from Bryan Alvarez in F4W. The saga of Leticia Cline and how she foun...
Oct 06, 2025•5 hr 15 min
