Ep. #375: October 5-11, 1988 with John McAdam

Kris & David are joined by John McAdam (@CCMilani) this week for another episode of Between the Sheets, talking about the week of October 5-11, 1988.

• We start off with John giving us his memories about the 1988 UAWF Convention in Memphis—the first for that group of fans—and what a doozy it was. We get stories about attending the live WMC studio taping and the Mid-South Coliseum show, as well as the awards banquet and shenanigans that took place after hours. We also play some clips, including Lance Russell’s speech, the WMC segment about the convention, and Paul E. Dangerously giving Dave Meltzer some "scoops."
• Next, we go to the WWF, where we talk about the infamous Dynamite Kid/Jacques Rougeau "fight,” with Bix reading directly from Dynamite's book, as well as The Red Rooster & Bobby Heenan on The Brother Love Show and much more.
• Then we go international, where we go over all the news and results from around the world, before coming back to the U.S.A. talking about the territory scene, featuring Eric Embry turning babyface in Dallas and a lot more.
• We then close with Jim Crockett Promotions, where they turn the Road Warriors heel in a big angle that would flop, and we go over the reasons why it went that way. We also look at JCP more broadly, as there is a lot of uncertainty going around because of the Turner sale not being finalized as of yet. We also have some great clips with Ric Flair & Jim Cornette, as well.

This was a hoot of a show and a blast to record, so everyone check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 UAWF Convention & CWA/Memphis

1:15:13 WWF

1:47:23 Classic Commercial Break

1:49:37 Halftime

2:21:06 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, Stampede, EMLL, Tijuana, & WWC

2:32:32 Other USA: Joe Pedicino, FCW, CWF, WCCW, AWA, Portland, & FNN/SCORE

2:48:20 Jim Crockett Promotions

3:39:10 Patreon Preview: Weird hold-ups in the WWF’s negotiations to buy WCW thanks to both themselves and Viacom

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