Between The Sheets

Kris and David are back this week to discuss the week-plus that was April 28-May 5, 1986, a show requested by Joe Finnerty on our Patreon with a $25 pledge . Topics of discussion include: The final gasp of the glory days of World Class, as we talk about the 3rd Annual David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions at Texas Stadium, featuring the end of the Freebirds basically as they depart for the...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we go back in time to the discuss the month of June 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large in another installment of CENTER STAGE CHRONICLES!!! Topics of discussion include: WCW getting their own newsstand magazine with London Publishing in charge of the project. A new United States Heavyweight T...

Kris and David are back as we continue to catch up on our backlog of shows, with this episode covering the week that was April 1-7, 2013, show requested by Tim Ostrander with a $25 pledge on our Patreon . Topics of discussion include: The first true "modern" WrestleMania weekend, complete with the first Wrestlecon, all sorts of indie shows at Wrestlecon, and PWS being the first promotion t...

Kris and David ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!! with the main show, and we are making up for lost time with our Patreon picks, so this week we are discussing the (almost)-week that was March 24-29, 1998, a show that was requested by BTS Patron Michael Otts with his $25 pledge . Topics of discussion include: Wrestlemania XIV in Boston, featuring Mike Tyson as a ringside enforcer for the Steve Austin vs. Shawn...

It's Monday. You know what that means. Sort of. As a very special taster, we're offering up the first part of our new Patreon series, Destination Cancellation, for free this week so non-patrons can sample it and have it serve as a bridge to next week's return of the regular free show. (This first episode of Destination Cancellation dropped for Patrons this past Friday.) After an intro...

New new free shows will be back very soon, but remember that we've been back doing weekly content on our Patreon page for a while during the free show hiatus, covering the Jerry Lawler/Stacy Carter 2001 WWE departure and eventual divorce, the WWE Network launch, and the "Clique Curtain Call." We're also starting an in-depth series on TNA getting cancelled by Spike TV and Destinatio...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of May 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include: The WWF trying to get dates at The Omni at a time when WCW was having some major issues drawing crowds at house shows. The wrestlers having a meeting about being overworked, hoping that their schedul...

We lost our dear friend Jordan Breen a year ago today. As a special tribute, courtesy of TJ De Santis at The Rounds Podcast , here's a special compilation of all five episodes of the Sherdog Radio Network's Press Row that our own David Bixenspan appeared on with Jordan. For more of Jordan's audio output, check out not just the archive at The Rounds, which has the remaining archives of...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was April 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include: Sid Vicious and his decision to leave WCW for the WWF, including how it went back and forth throughout the month. The looming influx of wacky new gimmicks being talked about in the newsletters a...

Well, this is a week we had to do something like this. We start by talking about the fake stabbing of THE ATROCITY KRULE and how it culminated in him being booted from all reputable indies during WrestleMania week after he cost everyone the Berwyn Eagles Club as a venue. Then we move on to WrestleMania week and this may have been a huge mistake! David keeps having to mute to cough as the show gets...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of March 1991 in World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include: Barry Windham kinda sorta teasing leaving the Four Horsemen. The greatness of Buddy Landel shining through right as he gets fired by the promotion for being Budro. The NEVER-ENDING Z-Man vs. Terrence Taylor goe...

Here's the text update we posted on Patreon eartlier; we get more detailed on the audio. (Where we also congratulate Steve Corino on his recent nuptials.) Plus we get into more details on how soon the banked Patreon show will come out, as well as Center Stage Chronicles among other things. But just listen to the audio to get the full update. First off: Apologies for forgetting to post this her...

Center Stage Chronicles is back and Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was February 1991 in World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: Jim Herd going on the record with Steve Beverly in MATWATCH on a number of topics ranging from Dusty Rhodes as announcer, Terry Gordy possibly coming back, doing a li...

Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was February 13-19, 1999, a show that was requested by Tim Ostrander by dropping $25 on our Patreon page: Topics of discussion include: Ric Flair being left in the farmlands of Florida being the main story of what was was, up to that point in time, the worst episode of WCW Monday Nitro in it's history.  Also on Nitro, we get Bret Hart vs. the...

Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was February 2-7, 1996. Topics of discussion include: Vince McMahon getting particularly vindictive towards Ted Turner as he airs the latest Billionaire Ted skit “despite threat of legal action from Turner Broadcasting” and takes out an ad in the New York Times business section warning stockholders of Ted’s "predatory practices.” All of this...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of January 1991 in not only World Championship Wrestling, but also the world of pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: The greatness of Buddy Landel. Bobby Eaton coming into his own as a singles wrestler. Paul E. Dangerously and Missy Hyatt kickstart their feud that would last many months.\ Konna...

Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was January 29-February 4, 2002. Topics of discussion include: The XWF trying to get a TV deal with various outlets. Brian Knobbs and Greg Valentine cozying up to the big money backers of the XWF to try to milk them. Andrew McManus' WWA PPV in Las Vegas has its onsale delayed due to promoter’s license issues. More on the aftermath of Keiji Muto...

Kris and David are joined by Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the week that was January 16-22, 1997. Topics of discussion include: Royal Rumble ’97 at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, featuring a flu-ridden Shawn Michaels winning the WWF Title from Sycho Sid, a weirdly booked Royal Rumble won by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, lots of AAA wrestlers on the show despite the fans having no i...

Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was January 6-12, 2010. Topics of discussion include: The immediate aftermath of TNA going head-to-head with WWE on January 4th and the politics behind the scenes regarding pushing Spike TV to give TNA a live weekly Monday night time slot. Jeff Jarrett's role in TNA being up in the air again. TNA airing a replay of the January 4th show in it&...

Kris and David ARE BACK!!!!! after our battles with the epic Winter 2025-2026 Flu and discussing the (almost-)week that was January 2-7, 1988. Topics of discussion include: Andre the Giant attacking Hulk Hogan after his match with King Kong Bundy on an otherwise not very newsworthy episode of Saturday Night's Main Event to heat up their match in prime time on The Main Event a month later. King...

Later than we intended thanks to the flu, here’s what was supposed to be stopgap content over the holidays. Make sure to check out the latest Patreon shows, and be on the lookout for the return of the weekly show this Monday. Now, for the original show descriptions: — Part 1: It’s Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: A new Patreon deep dive, this time looking at the first ridiculous startup...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of December 1990 in the world of the newly-renamed World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: Ole Anderson's last TV as booker of the NWA/WCW scoring surprisingly very good Nielsen ratings. Ty Detmer winning the Heisman Trophy. The TV shows all dropping the NWA na...

Kris and David are back to discuss the week-plus that was December 17-24, 2000. Topics of discussion include: Raw and Smackdown featuring a TON of Vince McMahon soap opera with neither show having much wrestling of note, all while ratings are declining. The Rock and The Undertaker becoming WWF Tag Team hampions for a one day title change that nobody remembers. Road Dogg being extremely thin ice du...

Kris and David are joined by Beau James ( @KingofKingsport ) and Robert O'Connor ( @ghostofquinones ) to discuss the week-plus that was December 10-17, 1993, our annual holiday spectacular dropping just in time for Chanukkah!!!! Topics of discussion include: Ted Turner giving a state of WCW speech to the company staff for the first time ever. WCW officially firing Sid Vicious and Davey Boy Smi...

Kris and David are back to discuss the (almost-)week that was December 4-8, 1998. Topics of discussion include: The WWF running their second UK-only PPV. Capital Carnage, featuring crazy promos from the McMahons, special ringside enforcer Vinnie Jones being A Hard Man, and evem some nudity. Jim Ross finding out about his mother’s death while in England, stressing him to such a degree that he suffe...