Ep. #276: November 17-23, 1996 with Dominic Garrini

Kris & David are joined by Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the week that was November 17th-23rd, 1996, a requested from Brian Blake. We start off with the WWF and their big Survivor Series pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden and what a hoot this was. We talk about Jose Lothario's heart attack angle, Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, the debut of Rocky Maivia, and tons more from this show, not to mention all of the events after the fact, featuring a major press conference with the WWF & AAA in San Antonio to announce the Royal Rumble at the Alamo Dome. We also talk about all of the wrestling & MMA events in Japan, including U-Japan, featuring Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Kimo Leopaldo atop a loaded card, as well as the MARS PPV with Oleg Taktarov vs. Renzo Gracie in the United States. We also talk about Hijo del Santo turning rudo for the first time at Arena Mexico in a major shock, Jerry Lawler shooting on the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper on live TV, New Jack slices Erick Kulas’s head open on an ECW show in Massachusetts, and last, but not least, Eric Bischoff joining the nWo, with the storyline reason being something that people forget about. All that and much more on a damn awesome show, so don't miss out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

2:11:30 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, UNION, AJW, GAEA, & JWP

2:32:18 Shoots & Shoot style: RINGS, UWFi, Pancrase, U-Japan, MARS, & Extreme Challenge

3:36:29 Classic Commercial Break

3:40:02 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

4:15:58 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, & Promo Azteca

4:30:06 Other USA: ECW, 

5:26:34 WCW

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