Between The Sheets

Kris & David are not only joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak), also the Patron that requested the show, Big Tros Man (@BigTrosMan) as we discuss the week that was November 18-23, 1994. We talk about Ricky Steamboat getting fired from WCW and his subsequent retirement, the anger from the younger WCW guys over Hulk Hogan's guys getting pushed, a live and “interactive” episode of WCW Main Eve...

Kris & David are joined by Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) to discuss the week that was November 17th-23rd, 1996, a requested from Brian Blake. We start off with the WWF and their big Survivor Series pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden and what a hoot this was. We talk about Jose Lothario's heart attack angle, Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, the debut of Rocky Maivia, and tons more from this s...

Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back for yet another episode of Cover 2 Cover, where on this episode, we go back to the 1980's and pore over the January 1987 issue of Wrestling Power magazine…which was edited by 21-year-old Paul Heyman. We talk about all the news in the wrestling world during July 1986— which was when that issue was written—including Dusty Rhodes winning the NWA Title, the M...

Kris & David are guestless this week was we discuss the DAY that was November 6, 1999. Yes, one day....you will understand why when you listen to the show. This was a Patreon-requested show that Pete Fusco put on the board, so if you want to be a Patron and have a chance to pick a week yourself, then visit Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets to find out how you can do that. We talk about the infamous...

With next week's regular Between The Sheets being lighter than usual (albeit long by normal human podcast standards) and it being about six months months since we last did this, we decided that now is a great time to give everyone another peek at the kind of shows we do on Patreon! This time out, thanks in part to the suggestion of Joe Sposto, we flash back to the show we did looking at Sid Eu...

Kris & David are joined by Joe Sposto (@JoeSposto) to discuss the week that was October 24-30, 1995. We talk about a wild night in the ECW Arena, which Joe was in attendance for, featuring fire, crucifixions, and even a match full of racist chants from the Philadelphia faithful. We have the aftermath of the fire incident featuring Terry Funk & Cactus Jack including who actually set the cha...

Kris & David are joined by Mike Sempervive (@Sempervive) to discuss the week-plus that was October 20-27, 1986. We talk about Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff’s formation of the Super Powers after Magnum T.A.'s tragic car wreck, including the awesome clips from the card where Nikita turns, plus Dusty being jumped by the Horsemen in the parking lot of the JCP offices, as well as the Super Pow...

Kris & David are joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) to discuss the week-plus that was October 9-20, 1987. We start with the ongoing drama in Jim Crockett Promotions regarding Starrcade coming up, how they are handling booking house shows, and the bitter banter between the UWF guys and the Horsemen on WTBS. We also talk about the debut of Mighty Wilbur, Takeshi Kitano wanting to start his own...

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week-plus that was October 5-12, 1985. We talk about the big Cotton Bowl show for World Class featuring The Dynamic Duo losing their hair in an epic angle and what *should* have been done after the match…but wasn't. We also talk about the controversial return of Mike Von Erich and the debut of Lance Von Erich on that same show, and how...

Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back with the latest episode of Cover 2 Cover, where we finally finish our miniseries on the 1991 PWI 500; specifically by going over the the top 50 and the list of wrestlers who were mistakenly overlooked from the next issue. We spend a lot of time on these names and we had a helluva blast doing the show. You will definitely be interested in our thoughts on these...

Kris & Bix are guestless as we discuss the week that was September 30-October 6, 2002. We talk about Keiji Mutoh officially taking over All Japan Pro Wrestling and all the major changes that would soon be coming to the promotion. We also talk about the rise of Bob Sapp in K-1 as he gets his first big win over Ernesto Hoost and becomes a major mainstream superstar overnight. We then go to New J...

Kris & David are joined by Robert O’Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the week-plus that was September 22-29, 1993. We talk about the WWF stripping Shawn Michaels of the Intercontinental Championship and quickly filling the vacancy with Razor Ramon. We also talk about the start of the Ludvig Borga super-push and Undertaker-Yokozuna feud, the rise of Radio WWF, and Titan Sports’ legal team g...

Kris & David are joined by Roy Lucier (@RoyLucier) to discuss the week-plus that was September 15-22, 1994. We talk about Jesse Ventura being dropped by WCW, ending his tenure there, and we then talk about the Fall Brawl PPV, featuring the last really good War Games. We also talk about the Halloween Havoc press conference in Detroit, Masahiro Chono's first time wearing black as a heel in N...

Kris & David are joined by Devon Hales (@kingmotivatorh) to finish discussing the week that was September 9-15, 2004. We talk about all of the major happenings in Japan including a big NOAH show at the Budokan featuring the debut of SUWA and everything happening in Mexico & Puerto Rico, plus Mick Foley's debut in ROH, CZW doing a double shot in Philly the same day, IWA Mid-South runnin...

Kris & David are joined by Devon Hales (@kingmotivatorh) to discuss the week that was September 9-15, 2004. We talk about a LONG week in the WWE featuring many issues on SmackDown including Kurt Angle & Eddie Guerrero fighting each other backstage in a shoot as well as Unforgiven featuring Triple H taking the World Title off of Randy Orton after a month long reign, not to mention the infam...

Kris Zellner & Dylan Hales welcome you to the second episode of our new podcast series, The Pay Windah, in which we go over the history of World Championship Wrestling. This time out, we go over the month of February 1989, where George Scott has fully taken over the promotion. Everything is being molded in his vision, but that is a major problem. We talk about the mistakes he made in signing t...

Kris & David are joined this week by Alfredo Esparza (@therealfredo) to discuss the week that was September 2-8, 1991. We talk about the impending luchadores strike that is about to go down in Mexico with all the details about how and why this is happening, with the timing being very important because CMLL is about to get on Televisa and the big Anniversario show coming up. We also talk about...

Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back with the latest episode of Cover 2 Cover, where we continue our miniseries on the 1991 PWI 500; specifically wrestlers numbered 149-51 on the list. Again, we’re only able to do 98 names because of the name value of these guys, but still there are lots of interesting names and placements on the list that I won’t spoil here. These shows are always a hoot, and t...

In this free preview clip of our latest deep dive Patreon special, which is the second in a series on ECW on TNN, we look an the portion of Bruce Mitchell’s Torch column on “the new work”—being honest about small things so the big lies will be more credible—that dealt with ECW. More specifically, he gets into the reaction to the ECW on TNN ratings, and Kris sees so many parallels to 2020 that he d...

Kris & David are joined by Dr. Keith Lipinski (@KeithLipinski) to discuss the week that was August 26-September 1, 1998. We go on the Highway to Hell in the WWF as we talk about SummerSlam ’98 at Madison Square Garden—where Bix lucked into luxury box seats—including all of the great and not so great stuff on the show. We also talk about WWF getting kicked out of Scranton, Pennsylvania, the bre...

Kris Zellner is joined by Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) & "Reverend" Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@dragonsrejects) as we take yet another walk on the Wildside to discuss the months of November and December 2000 in NWA Wildside. We talk about the major buildup for Sabu coming to town in December defending the NWA World Heavyweight Title against Air Paris and A.J. Styles on consecut...

Kris & David are guestless this week to discuss the week-plus that was August 19-25, 2000. We talk about a typically infuriating week for WCW in 2000 with the debut of Misogynist Mike Tenay, a Juggalo invasion, the debut of Ashley Hudson as Crowbar’s doppelgänger, Kevin Nash politics, bad production, bad crowds, Booker T burying Nash, and much more. We also talk about the death of K-1 legend A...

Kris & David are joined by Mikey Blanton (@BLPMikey) of Black Label Pro to discuss the week-plus that was August 11-18, 1995. We talk about an eventful period in the WWF as Davey Boy Smith abruptly turns heel, Adam Bomb & Lex Luger give their notices, and Goldust makes his debut on Monday Night RAW in a very interesting vignette. We also talk about an article in The Economist regarding Ame...

Kris & David are joined by Mikey Falcone (@mikeVSphilly) to discuss the week-plus that was August 4-11, 1990. We talk about the current situation in the NWA behind the scenes as well as the contract situation and how that would affect jumps to the WWF down the road. We also talk about the NWA TV situation in syndication, some "WCW EVERYBODY" moments on TV including the one and only app...

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@KingOfKingsport) to discuss the week-plus that was July 27-August 4, 1984. We talk about the major comings and goings in the WWF, including who was supposed to go but didn’t; these were some big names, so you definitely need to listen to this segment. We also talk about the beginning of the transformation of All Japan into a different type of promotion,...