Kris & Bix are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was May 1-7, 1997. We talk about the Erich Kulas controversy being spotlighted on a Providence TV station and how ECW handled that, as well as Bam Bam Bigelow making his ECW debut in his hometown of Asbury Park. We also discuss Vader’s legal issues in Kuwait, Goldust taking off the paint, New Japan opening up the Osaka Dome with Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa part 2, Atsushi Onita meeting with Vince McMahon at Titan Towers, Ale...
May 06, 2019•5 hr 37 min
In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering ECW’s road to securing a pay-per-view contract in early 1997, Kris, David, and guest John Philapavage take a look at some of the internet fallout from the initial PPV date being cancelled. ECW house organ Bob Ryder and his friends decided to blame it all on Wade Keller and Bruce Mitchell of the Pro Wrestling Torch, and all hell broke loose. For the full show, go to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become a patron for...
May 01, 2019•23 min
Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was April 24-30, 1990. We talk about Genichiro Tenryu leaving All Japan to help form SWS and what that means for both promotions, as well as how New Japan also got hit by SWS with Naoki Sano & George Takano jumping ship, plus the NWA running two controversial house shows (for different reasons) at the Meadowlands & in Greensboro, Marc Lowrance quitting the USWA, the NWA helping the AWA's ticket sales, a fun Saturday Nig...
Apr 29, 2019•3 hr 55 min
Kris & David are joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak) to discuss the week that was April 17-23, 1992. We talk about a big 20/20 story on ABC regarding steroids which involves the WWF, as well as well as the upcoming Current Affair piece on the Murray Hodgson scandal. We also talk about the WWF taking over Europe while also sending talent to Japan for SWS, Stan Hansen winning the Champion Carnival, Roberto Duran working for Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Bob Holly quitting SMW for his shoot job, The Man o...
Apr 22, 2019•5 hr 36 min
Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was April 10-16, 2000, which was a Patron-requested show. This week was so huge that we were only able to fit in WCW, ECW, & the WWF. We talk about the Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo reboot of WCW including Nitro, Thunder, & Spring Stampede with all the details you could want on everything involved, and we play some great clips in this section that you can't miss. We also discuss Mike Awesome leaving ECW as the World Heavyweight C...
Apr 15, 2019•5 hr 31 min
Kris and David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was April 3-9, 1987. We talk about the sale of the Universal Wrestling Federation to Jim Crockett Promotions and the thought process at the time on how that would affect the wrestling business. We also go over the future of all the talent in the UWF plus Paul Boesch being very angry at not knowing this was coming and bolting for the WWF. We also discuss a possible Hogan-Andre match at Shea Stadium, Jim Duggan getting over quickly...
Apr 08, 2019•4 hr 1 min
Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was March 27-April 2, 1993. We talk about WCW planning for the initial Slamboree as well as dealing with people coming and going from the roster. We also talk about the biggest win of Toshiaki Kawada's career so far, WAR doing big business with help from New Japan, AJW's humongous Dream Slam show, SMW's Bluegrass Brawl which featured maybe the greatest match in the history of the promotion, and a wild week in Dallas. And perhaps most fam...
Apr 01, 2019•4 hr 52 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Barry Rose (Breaking Kayfabe) as we continue our "High on Sunshine" series, discussing the Southern Heavyweight & Florida Heavyweight Title holders from Summer 1983 to the end of 1984. We talk about Ron Bass getting a mega-push and such names as Mike Rotunda & Billy Jack taking the territory by storm. We also talk about guys like Kendo Nagasaki, Angelo Mosca, Jim Neidhart, Pistol Pez Whatley, Jesse Barr and lots more. This is a tremendous show as Barry has many ...
Mar 30, 2019•2 hr 19 min
Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was March 20-26, 2002, a Patron-requested week. We talk about the first ever WWF Draft, including all of the reasoning behind each move, the behind the scenes matters influencing, everything, and lots of information that most people haven't heard before. We play all of the clips of the draft picks from RAW including some great Vince McMahon moments, especially with Kurt Angle & The Rock. We also look at how people in develo...
Mar 25, 2019•5 hr 21 min
Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) for a special Between the Sheets supplement covering the U.S. independent scene for the week that was March 13-19, 1996. We talk about Brian Pillman causing problems in ECW, Dave Meltzer's thoughts on Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera in Philadelphia compared to their other matches, Beau going highly in-depth on his Southern States Wrestling shows for the week, Mankind debuting in the USWA before he wrestled for the WWF, the press...
Mar 18, 2019•3 hr 30 min
Kris & David are joined by Alan Counihan (@Alan4L) to discuss the week that was March 13-19, 1996. We talk about the WWF doing great house show business surrounding the issues between Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, & Diesel, including Diesel’s big heel turn on Shawn at MSG. We also discuss Vince making the media rounds, a serious Billionaire Ted skit, New Japan banning Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine from their shows, Sabu going to Big Japan, Atsushi Onita returning to FMW, Dav...
Mar 18, 2019•6 hr 6 min
Kris & David are joined by Daniel Makabe (@danielmakabe) to discuss the week that was March 6-12, 1998. We talk about the huge power struggle in WCW between Hulk Hogan and the Wolfpac which indirectly caused the firing of Sean Waltman and how that is affecting the promotion as a whole. We also look at about two very “WCW” TV shows as well as New Japan wanting to kill the two promotions’ working agreement. We then talk about other New Japan news, the end of the WAR promotion, WCW's issues wit...
Mar 11, 2019•5 hr 48 min
Kris Zellner is joined again by John McAdam (Stick to Wrestling) to discuss Volumes 6 and 7 of his Wrestling from the 80's video collection. We continue our series with a focus mainly on 1981 as we talk about Tommy Rich becoming NWA Champion, Verne Gagne retiring as AWA Champion, the greatness of Sgt. Slaughter, Magnificent Muraco, & Ken Patera, Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka's run as a tag team in Georgia, Bruno Sammartino's retirement match, Ric Flair becoming NWA Champion, Bob Backlund's g...
Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was February 27-March 5, 1988. We talk about Bruno Sammartino's departure from the WWF as they ready their plans for WrestleMania IV, Hiroshi Wajima being featured in Sports Illustrated, Akira Maeda finally getting fired by New Japan, Dump Matsumoto retiring, a wild match in Edmonton, Global Wrestling wackiness in Florida, Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt taking over Memphis TV, Michael Hayes’s concert at the Sportatorium in Dal...
Mar 04, 2019•5 hr 55 min
In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering George Scott’s brief run booking WCW in early 1989, Kris and David look at the famously awful Clash of the Champions: St. Valentine’s Massacre special just five days before the Chi-Town Rumble pay-per-view event. Jack Reynolds’s awful announcer tryout, Steven Dane going 17 minutes for no apparent reason, Jack Victory wrestling twice for no apparent reason, most of the matches having no apparent reason for being booke...
Feb 27, 2019•22 min
Kris & David are joined by Richard Mann this week to discuss the week that was February 20-26, 1999, a week that Richard requested via a $50 pledge to our Patreon. Richard joined us for the RINGS section where we discussed their major show at Yokohama Arena featuring the main event of Akira Maeda vs. Aleksandr Karelin, which was a major news story in its day. We also discuss the major unrest in WCW that is starting up and how that is affecting the promotion, including Rey Misterio Jr. unmask...
Feb 25, 2019•6 hr 42 min
Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was February 12-18, 1985. First and foremost, we talk about ABC’s explosive “20/20” segment on pro wrestling featuring Eddie Mansfield, Jim Wilson, John Stossel, & "Dr. D" David Shultz, including all of the controversy surrounding it. We then go over about the comings and goings in the WWF including a great weekend of business capped off by The War to Settle the Score. From there, we look at Antonio Inoki m...
Feb 18, 2019•6 hr 13 min
Kris & David are joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) to discuss the week that was February 6-12, 1986. We talk about Jim Crockett taking over St. Louis while creating a new NWA World Heavyweight Title belt during the final planning stages for the first ever Crockett Cup. We also talk about the beginning of the New Japan vs. UWF feud, the Fabulous Ones leaving Mid-South for Florida, Jake Roberts leaving Mid-South for the WWF, Jerry Lawler returning to Memphis TV in a taped promo, Crockett's ...
Feb 11, 2019•5 hr 6 min
Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 30 - February 5, 2000. We only discuss WCW, ECW, & WWF on the show because it was a monster but there is a lot to dig into here as we talk about the birth of the XFL, WWF talking to FOX & Viacom, The Radicalz going to the WWF, Sabu leaving ECW, lots of drama with Paul Heyman & Raven, WCW trying to bounce back from losing the Radicalz and all kinds of other insanity from a wild week in wrestling. You bett...
Feb 04, 2019•4 hr 36 min
Kris & David are joined by Dylan Hales (@DylanWaco) to discuss the week that was January 23-29, 1997. Most importantly, there’s the complete insanity that was nWo Souled Out, featuring the infamous Miss nWo Pageant. We also discuss Randy Savage re-upping with WCW, Buff Bagwell getting a push in NJPW, AAA having their own Yeti, MMA being in deep trouble in the state of New York, ECW getting cleared for PPV by Request TV, Dave Brown, Corey Maclin, & Randy Hales quitting the USWA, and RAW g...
Jan 28, 2019•5 hr 17 min
Kris & David are guestless this week to take on a Between the Sheets like no other: The happenings in World Championship Wrestling for the week that was January 16-22, 2000. We talk about all the drama that went into the Souled Out PPV including massive indecision by Bill Busch on many subjects, which leads to Chris Benoit winning the WCW World Heavyweight Title only to get stripped of the title the next night and released from his contract days later along with Eddy Guerrero, Dean Malenko, ...
Jan 21, 2019•5 hr 9 min
In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering the second half of Eddie Gilbert and Paul Heyman’s run booking the Continental Wrestling Federation in 1988, Kris and David look at a point of contention from when Eddie was fired or quit: Why were tapes to FNN/Score and various local affiliates either missing (to save a few dollars by not overnighting it, really?) or containing the wrong footage? After all, Ron West prided himself in getting that sort of thing corre...
Jan 15, 2019•10 min
Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 9-15, 1990. We talk about WCW’s plans for 1990 and how that changed quickly, Woman beginning her Ric Flair recruiting mission, a very hot WCW crowd in Johnson City, NJPW's original plans for the 2/10 Tokyo Dome show and how they changed, Canadian wrestling TV changes thanks to the CRTC, Wade Keller burying the AWA TV tapings, Mr. Perfect & The Genius have a memorable appearance on “Live! With Regis & Kathie ...
Jan 14, 2019•4 hr 12 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Scott Bowden (Kentucky Fried Rasslin Podcast) to discuss October-December 1983 in Memphis wrestling. We talk about Stan Hansen & Jesse Ventura in Memphis and the exact moment when Hansen knew it was time to leave the territory, the plight of The Russian Invader, Bill Dundee failing as a babyface, Ken Raper & Robert Reed doing the unthinkable, the last matches and angles of Andy Kaufman, the return of Jos LeDuc, and the debut of Randy Savage which could've been h...
Jan 12, 2019•1 hr 56 min
Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was January 2-8, 1987. We talk about a Saturday Night's Main Event featuring the Hulk Hogan-Paul Orndorff steel cage match that had a finish that will never be forgotten, as well as the pending Andre the Giant heel turn and how that affected the SNME booking. We also talk about AJPW & NJPW kicking off their new year at Korakuen Hall, Kevin Sullivan returning to Florida and the budding relationship that terr...
Jan 07, 2019•5 hr 56 min
Kris Zellner is joined by John McAdam for another installment of our "Wrestling from the 80's" series, and this time we focus on Volume 5 of his set. We talk about the early days of Dusty Rhodes booking for Jim Crockett Promotions, the genesis of Arn Anderson in Southeastern, Jim Cornette getting his head shaved, Junkyard Dog leaving Mid-South and how that affected Watts, Austin Idol's four flat tires, Ric Flair & Missing Link's odd relationship, Muhammad Ali at the Superdome for Mid-South, ...
Jan 02, 2019•1 hr 34 min
Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was December 26, 1994 - January 1, 1995. We talk about Starrcade 94 and all the matches and angles from the show including Vader confronting Hogan after the main event where Randy Savage made his presence known. We also talk about Honky Tonk Man quitting the company and forcing Arn Anderson into double duty, Jean-Paul Levesque's future in WCW, Yoji Anjoh’s press conference in Japan about his meeting with Rickson Gracie, the pes...
Dec 31, 2018•4 hr 35 min
Kris & David are joined by Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the week that was December 19-25, 1997. We talk about a wild week of MMA taking place in Japan featuring UFC Ultimate Japan, Pancrase, & RINGS with the UFC having a wild show in many ways. We also discuss about Sgt. Slaughter trying to stir up dissension in DX on RAW and how that worked out for him, ECW & FMW working together for major shows, a wild scene in Tijuana featuring Konnan and friends, ECW finally getting i...
Dec 24, 2018•6 hr 38 min
Kris Zellner is joined by Jeff G. Bailey as we discuss July-December 1987 in Jim Crockett Promotions. We talk about all the ups and downs that JCP had during the last half of 1987, starting with the awesome Great American Bash tour, which is highlighted by the initial War Games on July 4th at The Omni in Atlanta and ending with the aftermath of Starrcade 87 with the promotion trying to start fresh with new angles. We talk about all the major angles and matches that took place during those 6 mont...
Dec 20, 2018•2 hr 19 min
Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss the week that was December 12-18, 1996. We talk about the nWo taking over Nitro for an hour leading to Masahiro Chono, Big Bubba, & Scott Norton joining the faction on the same show. We also talk about more guys from Mexico coming into WCW, as well as Diamond Dallas Page's wild Christmas party. We then go to Japan and talk about WAR & Pancrase running major shows plus some awards talk. Mexico is next and we discuss AAA maki...
Dec 17, 2018•6 hr 39 min
