Between The Sheets

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 w...

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 i...

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...

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 Rober...

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 b...

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 cle...

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 tit...

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...

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...

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...

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 the...

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&#...

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&#3...

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 t...

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...

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 ab...

Kris & David are joined by Mike Sempervive (Wrestling Observer Live) to discuss the week that was December 5-11, 1984. We talk about Sgt. Slaughter's departure from the WWF including what exactly the real story was, well as the departure of Rocky Johnson and the debut of George Wells. We go to Piper's Pit at the Meadowlands before moving on to Riki Choshu invading All Japan, Dave Meltz...

Kris & David are joined yet again by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was November 28-December 4, 1989. We talk about the death of the Continental Wrestling Federation (which Beau had some very interesting thoughts on, as you would expect), Ric Flair bringing a big surprise for Gary Hart in the NWA, Giant Baba loving The Nasty Boys, the UWF selling out the Tokyo Dome with...

At first, we thought we could fit this week’s whole show into the SoundCloud limit. We were wrong. As a result, this week’s Smoky Mountain Wrestling section, covering the promotion’s closing that week, is presented here as a separate file. Beau James (@kingofkingsport) joins Kris & David to go over both the week—during which he flanked Ricky Morton for the final shows—as well as the larger con...

Kris & David are joined by "Bad Boy" Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) & and Between The Sheets Patron Brian Blake to discuss the week that was November 21-27, 1995, a show that Brian requested. We discuss the New York media exposing Marty Bergman & Laure Brevetti being married and how that affected the Vince McMahon steroid case, the aftermath of the Shawn Michaels concussion angle, D...

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was November 14-20, 1990. We talk about Dusty Rhodes on his way back to WCW and Ole Anderson on his way out, a Clash of the Champions that will never be forgotten, Jim Herd going off in Matwatch on many things, the WWF hooking up with SWS in Japan, lots of wild stuff in Dallas, Ax leaving Demolition and the WWF, plus Joe Pedicino...

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was November 7-13, 1999. We talk about ECW's November to Remember PPV and loads of other ECW news before going to the WWF where we look at Big Show's father "dying" and Arnold Schwarzenegger making a memorable appearance on Smackdown. We then go to Japan where we talk about the awesomeness of 1999 BattlARTS, Canad...

Kris & David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the week that was October 31-November 6, 1995. We talk about WCW trying to turn Sting heel against Darkside Hulk Hogan as buildup for their first ever match, Lex Luger hating being turned heel again, Keiji Mutoh speaking to college students in Japan about many topics, AAA doing a tremendous show in Tijuana, Public Ene...

Kris & David are joined by Wil Tricity to discuss the week that was October 24-30, 2001. We talk about World Wrestling All-Stars launching with a tour in Australia and the debacle of a PPV they ran, which was attended by young Wil. We also discuss the burgeoning XWF, major shows across Japan, greatness of lucha libre in 2001, Wildside running Atlanta, APW’s King of the Indies Tournament includ...

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was October 17-23, 1992. We talk about WCW in the middle of the Bill Watts era and how that's affecting the performers especially Paul E. Dangerously. We also discuss big shows from All Japan and New Japan before going to Mexico to talk about AAA trying to muscle CMLL off of television. We go back to the Unit...