Ep. #509: May 22-28, 1996

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was May 22-28, 1996. Topics of discussion include:

• Scott Hall making his shocking WCW debut on the first-ever 2 hour episode of Monday Nitro in Macon, Georgia, and how the wrestling world was changed forever.
• The original plans for "Team WWF" against "Team WCW" and how Hulk Hogan was originally going to be involved.
• The Road Warriors quitting WCW because of how much Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were being paid.
• Brian Pillman playing everyone in every major company.
• Major shakeups in All Japan as Akira Taue wins the Triple Crown while Jun Akiyama becomes a World Tag Champion and gets properly elevated.
• The Golden Cups running the indies in Japan.
• CNBC does an embarassing feature on MMA.
• The debut of Dwayne Johnson as FLEX KAVANA in Memphis.
• Chaos behind the scenes in the WWF regarding the Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy & Diana Smith angle.
• In Your House: Beware of Dog becoming an all-time cursed PPV thanks to a power outage and having to take place over the course of two nights.
• Did Hunter Hearst Helmsley really get punished as bad as the legend says he was after the Clique Curtain Call?

All of that and so much more on a helluva episode of Between the Sheets!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:12:52 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, BJPW, FMW, IWA Japan, Tokyo Pro, Wrestle Dream Factory, PWFG, UWFi, RINGS, AAA, CMLL, & Tijuana

1:51:12 Classic Commercial Break

1:57:06 Halftime

2:46:48 Other USA: UFC, NJCW, ECW, TWWF, & USWA

3:31:41 WWF

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