Between The Sheets

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week-plus that was September 7-14, 1993. We start with WCW and their issues with the NWA over the NWA World Heavyweight Title, specifically who should be able to pick who the champion, and how all of that nonsense ended up in court. We also talk about Vader losing the “Big Van” part of his name, the Shockmaster doing Shockmaster things on...

Kris & David are joined this week by The Artist Formerly Known as Lenny Leonard ( @LTFromAstoria ) to discuss the week that was August 30th - September 4th, 1985. We start the show by talking about the tragic death of Jay Youngblood at the age of 30, complete with Gordon Solie actually announcing it on Florida TV, which was extremely rare at the time. We then pivot to the WWF, where we talk ab...

Kris & David are back with yet another episode of Between the Sheets, a Patreon request submitted by Allan Paisner who wanted us to do the week that was August 24-30, 1994. We are also joined by one of our favorite guests, Joe Gagne (@JoeGagne), which is always a treat. We start off talking about WCW and one of the most watched wrestling matches in cable TV history, as Hulk Hogan faced off aga...

Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was August 17-23, 2001. We start the show with the WWF, where we talk about their problems with DirecTV (which lasted several months) before pivoting into SummerSlam 2001, where we talk about the good and the bad from the second PPV show of the WCW/ECW invasion. We then go to Raw & Smackdown, including "Stone Cold" Steve Austin...

Kris & David are joined by Gregg Serota ( @GreggSerota ) this week as we discuss the week-plus that was August 7th-16th, 1988, a show that Gregg requested we do with a $50 pledge on our Patreon.  We start the show with Jim Crockett Promotions, where lots of rumors are going around about a potential sale to Ted Turner, plus lots of other rumors about talent coming and going, as there was a lot...

Kris & David are back for another episode of BTS, as we go back to the week-plus that was August 2-9, 1989. We talk about Dave Meltzer attending a WWF TV Taping in Oakland with a full rundown of a wild night outside the ring, as a pair of fans decided to create quite a scene with a pro-WCW banner. We also talk about all of the other news of the week including the final Bobby Heenan Show, which...

Kris & David are guestless for this week's episode of Between the Sheets, where we will be talking about the (almost) week that was July 28-August 2, 1992.  We talk about Ron Simmons becoming the WCW World Heavyweight Champion in shocking fashion at the TV tapings in Baltimore, including the importance of the win and just the overall greatness of the moment in general. We also talk about w...

Kris & David are back with yet another episode of Between the Sheets, and we’re joined by one of our Patrons in Danny Kuchler ( @DJDKooks ) to discuss the week that was July 20-26, 2008, which he selected as a $50 Patreon pick. Danny sat in with us as we talked about WWE which was switching to a TV-PG product, which is funny to look at now that they may be switching Raw back to TV-14. We also...

Kris & David are back this week with Keith Harris ( @glasgowkjh ) to discuss the week-plus that was July 12-19, 2005, which Keith requested as a $100 Patreon pick. We start off talking about WWE and the backlash from the Muhammad Hassan "terrorist" angle with The Undertaker that aired hours after the 7/7 attack in London and how that blew up in their faces, causing them to backtrack he...

Kris & David are back this week for another wild episode of BTS, as we go over the week that was July 6-12, 2000, a Patreon pick. This show is dominated by World Championship Wrestling, particularly Bash at the Beach 2000 and the fallout from that crazy PPV, especially the Vince Russo/Hulk Hogan/Jeff Jarrett/Booker T saga, which we hit from all directions including Guy Evans’ “Nitro” book. Lot...

Kris & David are back with another episode of BTS, discussing the week-plus that was June 28-July 5, 1995.  We begin with WCW, as Kevin Sullivan has replaced Ric Flair as the head booker, and we go over the reasons why that happened, with Flair basically having no one to blame but himself. We also talk Eric Bischoff's interview on Chet Coppock’s NewSport Talk, which is extremely interestin...

It's time to take another Walk on the Wildside as Kris Zellner is joined yet again by "Reverend” Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@revdanwilson) & Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) to discuss the month of March 2002 in NWA Wildside. This show focuses on the build to the major 2 night extravaganza that was Hardcore Hell 2002, where there were many big matches built up to and delivered on t...

As promised, here’s the do-over of what’s missing from this week’s show due to a mysterious technical issue, covering the end of the UWF sub-section before moving on to World Class, Texas All-Star Wrestling, Central States, Portland, and Hawaii. Topics include Blackjack Mulligan getting fired by WCCW for beating up Kevin Von Erich and Rick Hazzard, the nightmare match that is BULLDOG BOB BROWN VS....

Kris & David are back this week with another episode of BTS, going back to the 80's with Robert O'Connor ( @ghostofquinones ) making his return to discuss the week that was June 22-28, 1986. We start in the WWF, where we talk about George Scott being removed as the head booker as well as who his replacements were rumored to be at that time, which may surprise you. We also talk about Pa...

Kris & David are back with another Patronr-requested episode of BTS this week, as we discuss the week that was June 15-21, 2005. We start off with Ring of Honor, where the "Summer of Punk" began with CM Punk shockingly winning the ROH World Heavyweight Title from Austin Aries in what was thought to be his last match before reporting to WWE developmental. Instead, it was the beginning o...

Kris & David are joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak) for a Patron-requested show (you can get your own show by going to our Patreon page and following the protocol) to discuss the almost-week that was June 9th-14th, 1991. We start off with the infamous UWF BEACH BRAWL pay-per-view event promoted by Herb Abrams and what a doozy this was. We talk about everything that went wrong both in the ring...

Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was June 1-7, 2000.  We start the show with WCW, as we go over what was really going on with SFX’s to possibly buy the company, along with trying to appease Hulk Hogan & Bill Goldberg at a time when the company could be sold. We also talk about a wild Monday Nitro featuring Vince Russo vs. Ric Flair inside a Steel Cage and all kinds of...

Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the almost-week that was May 25-30, 1987. Robert O'Connor was supposed to join us, but he fell ill and had to cancel, so he will be back soon and we wish him a speedy recovery. We start off with the WWF, featuring one of the major stories of the late 80’s: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan & the Iron Sheik are arrested on drug possession charges while riding...

Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the almost-week that was May 19-23, 1995.  We start off with WCW, where we talk about Slamboree PPV, the last to have the “Legends Reunion” theme, including Gordon Solie's "surprise" hall of fame induction, plus everything else on the show like Ric Flair injuring Angelo Poffo. We also talk about this show doing a subpar buy rate, even with a...

Kris & David are back with another episode of BTS and we are joined this week by first-time guest Kaia McKenna ( @KaiaMcK ) to discuss the week that was May 11-16, 1999. We start off with ECW, with the main discussion being their Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view, but there were a lot of other things going on, as they were having some major problems with talent leaving over being owed money and muc...

Kris & David are back with another episode of Between the Sheets, as we’re joined by a first-time guest in J.D. Oliva ( @JD_Oliva ) to discuss the week-plus that was May 1-9, 1990. Topics include: The week-long saga of the attempts to find a new WCW head booker, which ended up being Ole Anderson complete with an excellent day-by-day tick-tock/rundown from Steve Beverly in Matwatch. Plus other...

Kris & David are joined by Alfredo Esparza (@therealfredo) to discuss the (almost-)week that was April 28-May 2, 1993. We start off talking about the very first Triplemania event put on by AAA and how it changed the game in lucha libre, drawing the biggest crowd in Mexican wrestling history at Plaza de Toros in Mexico City. We go through each match, particularly Konnan vs. Cien Caras in a lose...

Kris & David are back this week with another episode of Between the Sheets, this time a Patreon request, as Nick Masci wanted us to talk about the week of April 19th-25th, 1989. And as a special treat, we are joined again by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) in all of the American sections. Nick wanted us to talk about New Japan's first show at the Tokyo Dome, Battle Satellite, and we do just...

Kris & David are joined by the returning Beau James (@kingofkingsport) for a TWO-PART episode of BTS celebrating our 350th show, discussing the week-plus that was April 12-19, 1994. We start off part 2 with a controversy in Calgary regarding barbed wire matches, AAA & UWA (well, technically Double Power) being red hot in Mexico, nobody caring about the business getting exposed on 60 Minute...

Kris & David are joined by the returning Beau James (@kingofkingsport) for a TWO-PART episode of BTS celebrating our 350th show, discussing the week-plus that was April 12-19, 1994. We start with WCW, where it's a massive section featuring Hulk Hogan officially reaching a deal with the company, Jesse Ventura winning his big videotape royalties lawsuit over the WWF, Brian Pillman & Stev...