Ep. #258: July 8-11, 2002 with Esteban el Boricua [Part 2]

Kris & David are joined by Esteban el Boricua (@ElBoricuaPWO) for Part Two of our coverage of July 8-11, 2002. We talk about Vince Russo getting hired for the first time by NWA-TNA and how it was covered at the time, including Jerry Jarrett giving the scoop to the Wrestling Classics message board. We also talk about a crazy TNA PPV featuring the first Tennessee Titans involvement plus Hermie Sadler working his first match, the scene in Japan where Kenta Kobashi was back in NOAH among other things. a typically crazy USA Pro show on Long Island, Jesse Ventura nearly dying from a reoccurrence of the illness that retired him, and a very memorable Monday Night Raw featuring the legendary Jackie Gayda mixed tag team match plus Kevin Nash tearing his quad in the weirdest way possible. All that and much more on an extremely fun show, so make sure you listen to both parts!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 NWA-TNA

1:00:19 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Toryumon, WMF, AJW, & Arsion

1:23:28 Classic Commercial Break

1:25:59 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

2:04:23 Other North America: CMLL, IWRG, USA Pro, & Jesse Ventura

2:25:32 WWE

3:54:24 Patron Preview: Sabu returns to ECW

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