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Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back with the latest episode of Cover 2 Cover, where we continue our miniseries on the 1991 Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500; specifically wrestlers numbered 249-150 on the list. Again, we’re only able to do 100 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...

In this free preview clip of our latest deep dive Patreon special, which is the first in a series on ECW on TNN, we look at the coverage of ECW Heatwave '99 and how the show was particularly bloody and vulgar, even with TNN executives in the crowd, thanks in large part to the Dudleys. Did they not care, or were they acting maliciously? To hear the whole show, you need to become a Between The S...

Kris & David are joined by Marty DeRosa (@MartyDeRosa) to discuss the week that was July 22-28, 1999. This is part 2 of our show, as this section is all WWF-related, featuring Vince McMahon making a very memorable appearance on Michael Landsberg's Off the Record show on TSN talking about the Hart Family; we play all Vince’s explosive comments and then, of course, go over what really happen...

Kris & David are joined by Marty DeRosa (@MartyDeRosa) for part 1 of our discussion of the week that was July 22-28, 1999. We talk about a wild week in WCW featuring some weird television as Rick Steiner mauls folks, the No Limit Soldiers are basically killed off, Hulk Hogan injures his knee, plus all kinds of other WCW insanity at the time. We also talk about Mitsuharu Misawa regaining the Tr...

Kris Zellner is joined by Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) & Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@dragonsrejects) to discuss the months of September and October 2000. We talk about the promotion really starting to find its groove after celebrating one year of having syndicated TV, as well as Shank & Lazz becoming the top babyface stars of the promotion and their paths to that status, which was...

Kris & David are joined by Matt Griffin (@MattTheMouth) to discuss the week that was July 15-21, 1996. We talk about the latest on the Ultimate Warrior's suspension from the WWF and how they planned on moving on without him, including Sid replacing him in the main event of the In Your House International Incident PPV. We also go over Tarzan Yamamoto resigning from Weekly Pro Wrestling and...

Kris & David are joined by Esteban el Boricua (@ElBoricuaPWO) for Part Two of our coverage of July 8-11, 2002. We talk about Vince Russo getting hired for the first time by NWA-TNA and how it was covered at the time, including Jerry Jarrett giving the scoop to the Wrestling Classics message board. We also talk about a crazy TNA PPV featuring the first Tennessee Titans involvement plus Hermie S...

Ep. #258: July 8-11, 2002 with Esteban el Boricua [Part 1] Kris & David are joined by Esteban el Boricua (@ElBoricuaPWO) to discuss the partial week that was July 8-11, 2002; we explain why this isn’t a full week at the start of the show. Here in the first part of the show, we discuss all the major happenings in Puerto Rico…which takes up the entire week because of all the new information from...

Kris & David are joined this week by the Left Coast Mr. Ooh La La (@MisterOohLaLa) to discuss the week that was July 1-7, 1997, a week he picked after making a $100 pledge on the Between The Sheets Patreon page. We talk about The Pitbulls being arrested on federal drug charges and how that affected the wrestling scene, Paul Heyman's suddenly very shaky with the WWF, Lex Luger appearing on...

Kris Zellner is joined by Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) and Dan "The Dragon" Wilson (@dragonsrejects) to discuss everything that went down in NWA Wildside from May-August 2000, and what a hot, crazy Summer it was. We talk about the rise of Shank as a top babyface and his epic Cellblock Match with Timber the Lumberjack, the major heel turns of A.J. Styles & Steve Martin as they join th...

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was June 24-30, 1992. We talk about WWF spokesman Steve Planamenta making some highly interesting comments in a Mike Mooneyham article, Rocco debuting with the Legion of Doom, the Berzerker making a fashion statement with Mean Gene’s tie, The Undertaker invading Prime Time Wrestling, and a lot more WWF action. Then we go to Japan...

Kris Zellner & Dylan Hales welcome you to the first episode of our new podcast series, The Pay Windah, in which we go over the history of World Championship Wrestling, starting with January 1989 and going through till the end...hopefully. For January 1989, we talk about Ricky Steamboat signing with the NWA, Jim Herd taking firm control immediately, Eddie Gilbert's trajectory in the promoti...

Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are back with the latest episode of Cover 2 Cover, where we continue our miniseries on the 1991 Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500; specifically wrestlers numbered 250-349 on the list. We have lots more familiar names on this show hence, only doing 100 this time instead of 150, and there are lots of interesting names and placements on the list that I won’t spoil here. This...

Kris & David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the week that was June 17-23, 1987. We talk about Terry Taylor and his recovery from his serious car wreck that changed his career, Dave Meltzer traveling to Houston for the Western States Heritage Title Tournament, a Ric Flair promo to remember on TBS, Kevin Sullivan turning babyface in Florida, an update on the laws...

Kris & David are guestless this week, as we discuss the week that was June 10-16, 2006, a show requested by Patreon subscriber Grant Fecher. We talk about the relaunch of ECW in the vision of Vince McMahon, as we had the 2nd One Night Stand PPV which set the table for the famously terrible first WWECW TV show on the Sci-Fi Channel two nights later. We look at the ONS PPV featuring a rah rah sp...

Kris & David are joined by Ben Zani (@BostonNooga) to discuss the week that was June 3-9, 1989. We discuss the opening weekend of No Holds Barred and all the news from the theaters regarding the film. We also talk about Dusty Rhodes debuting on in the WWF with the beginning of his vignettes and a surprise match at the Boston Garden, Big John Studd quitting the WWF, Jumbo vs. Tenryu 6/5/89, Sti...

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was May 27-June 2, 1985. We talk about the state of the Wrestling Observer, including Dave Meltzer's thoughts on the business at the time as well as an update on how his then-shoot job was affecting his schedule. We also talk about the comings and goings in the AWA, Magnum T.A. being gifted a suit by Ric Flai...

Kris Zellner & Rob Naylor are BACK with a new episode of Cover 2 Cover where we focus on the December 1991 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, featuring THE INAUGURAL PWI 500. This is the first episode in a multi-part series on that issue as we go deep on the bottom third of the list, talking about wrestlers ranked from 350 to 500. We talk about a wide variety of guys from the major promotions...

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Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss more of the week that was May 19-25, 2001. This is Part 2, where we touch on everything else that wasn't WWF related during the week. We start with Japan as we talk about the state of All Japan—which was quite the hodge podge of wrestlers at the time, New Japan being deep into the Best of the Super Juniors tour, possibly the wors...

Kris & David are joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to discuss the week that was May 19-25, 2001. This is Part 1, as we discuss the World Wrestling Federation and everything that went on there during the week, which was a loaded one featuring Judgement Day where Steve Austin & Triple H had major issues, setting up Raw the next night, where they lost their tag titles to Chris Benoit & Chr...

Kris Zellner is joined by Al Getz (@AlGetzWrestling) & Jeff G. Bailey (@JeffGBailey1) as we take another Walk on the Wildside, looking at what went down in NWA Wildside in January-April 2000. We talk about such topics as the babyface turn of Shank, ECW talent showing up in Cornelia, the end of K-Krush in Wildside, the Steve Martin/Jeff G. Bailey feud, the Rock ’n’ Roll Express coming in to tow...

Kris & David are joined by Ian Riccaboni (@IanRiccaboni) to discuss the week that was May 13-19, 1998. We talk about a WILD week in WCW where Eric Bischoff reads a letter from Jerry McDevitt on Thunder, wins by forfeit over Vince McMahon at Slamboree, and convinces his right-hand woman Janie Engle to stay with the company instead of going to the WWF after she already gave her notice. There is...

Kris Zellner is joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to talk about the Memphis wrestling scene during the Summer of 1984. We talk about all the Mid-South Coliseum cards during the months of May-August, as well as all the big matches and angles that took place during those months. Beau gives us the rundown on why Bart Batten had to change his name to Mark and dye his hair blonde, the real story...

Kris & David are joined by Dave Prazak (@DavePrazak) to discuss the week that was May 6-12, 1995. We talk about big changes coming to ECW after a wild Florida tour which included a near riot, FOX & the WWF talking about a network TV deal, Skip & Sunny making their TV debut in a vignette, the birth of the new FMW, Terry Funk going crazy on SMW TV, Steve Austin walking out on a WCW TV ta...