Kris and David are joined by J.D. Oliva to discuss the week that was September 4-10, 1989. Topics of discussion include:

• In MATWATCH, Steve Beverly talks to Turner Broadcasting's Jeff Carr about the ongoing issues with World Championship Wrestling airing outside of its normal timeslot among other issues.
• Terry Funk's health issues flaring up, causing him to miss matches against Ric Flair.
• The NWA losing their spot at the Capital Centre in Maryland.
• Sid Vicious and Scott Hall have quite the match on WCW.
• Big Van Vader talking to Hasbro about an action figure deal.
• Akira Maeda wanting a fight with George Foreman.
• The reality of Stampede Wrestling's "talks" with ESPN about being on their network.
• Captain Lou Albano getting roasted by friends for charity.
• The Big Daddy (Steve DiBlasio) trial in Florida starring Dusty Rhodes.
• The saga of Jerry Lawler, Buddy Landell, and a limousine.
• A young man named Steve Williams makes his TV debut in Dallas.
• Rip Oliver turns babyface in Portland.
• The birth of American Gladiators.
• Rick Rude crashes Roddy Piper's party on the Brother Love Show.

We had a blast recording with J.D. and we hope you have a similar blast listening to the show!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 NWA/WCW

1:13:01 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, UWF, & Stampede

1:47:34 Classic Commercial Break

1:51:12 Halftime

2:40:03 Other USA: Lou Albano, ICW, USWA (Raskin), Bobby Fulton, Larry Sharpe, ACW (NC), Big Daddy lawsuit, FCW, Continental, CWA/Memphis, USWA (TX), IWF (LA), AWA, Portland, & American Gladiators

4:12:46 WWF

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Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles for another episode of Center Stage Chronicles. This time, we discuss the month that was August 1991 in the World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include:

• WCW making roster cuts as the Great American Bash tour comes to a close.
• Differing thoughts from WCW personnel regarding a possible steroid testing policy.
• WCW hooking up with Marvel Comics for a comic book.
• Deidre Hall returns as Dr. Marlena Evans on "Days of our Lives."
• Johnny B. Badd and Steve Austin start a beef over Johnny's intentions for Lady Blossom.
• Eddie Gilbert no-shows a return to WCW for Eddie Gilbert reasons.
• The invention of the World Wide Web and Linux as we enter a new age of computer technology.
• The debut of Nicktoons featuring "Doug," "Rugrats," and "Ren & Stimpy."
• Cactus Jack and Abdullah the Butcher return to WCW to torment Sting.
• Nintendo releases the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the masses in North America as the video game world changes forever.
• Sting wins the U.S. Heavyweight Title tournament at the Omni in Atlanta.
• "Doc Hollywood," "Double Impact," "The Commitments," "Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man," and "Showdown in Little Tokyo" all hit the theaters.
• PM Dawn, Metallica, Cypress Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Mr. Bungle, Spin Doctors, Pearl Jam, Blur, Toad the Wet Sprocket all have major albums hit record stores.
• Whether or not The Hunchbacks were really going to be a thing in WCW.

This was a tremendously fun show to do and we hope you enjoy the hell out of it!!!!

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Kris and David are joined by Scott Passner to discuss the week that was August 24-30, 1993, which Scott picked for us to do as a perk for dropping $50 on our Patreon, allowing him to not only request a week, but also sit in for a segment, which Scott does for the WWF section. Topics of discussion include:

• SummerSlam ’93 and how the show was considered a disappointment overall despite a huge crowd.
• The greatness of Jerry Lawler in the Hart Family feud, featuring a feisty Bruce Hart guest appearance.
• The Heavenly Bodies giving the Steiners a WCW-style Steiners match in the WWF.
• Mr. Perfect vs. Shawn Michaels disappointing everyone.
• Lex Luger vs. Yokozuna and how the countout finish buried Luger, especially with the pomp and circumstance celebration afterwards.
• Randy Savage cutting Lex Luger's go-home promo for him on Superstars how and it made you want to see Savage in Lex's spot instead.
• Jim Cornette and Yokozuna on “Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee,” featuring Yoko playing tug o’ war with Regis and friends.
• The Wall Street Journal covers a special New Japan show.
• Michinoku Pro does some STUDIO WRESTLING in Japan.
• AJW selling out the Budokan for a major show.
• Ron Skoler’s IWC makes its debut as AAA’s American promoter, debuting with a series of shows in California where Dave Meltzer is boots on the ground for what he says was, at the time, the best live show he had ever been to: La Revancha at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
• Terry Funk makes his SMW TV debut in an amazing promo.
• Vince McMahon also cuts an amazing promo on USWA TV as McMemphis is in full effect.
• Jeff Jarrett shoots pool with Minnesota Fats.
• Brian Christopher gifts Miss Simpson (Toni Adams) her own personal valet in Miss Robin (Robin Smith/Veronica Lane/Vivacious Veronica).
• Ric Flair and Rick Rude's feud begins on Flair for the Gold.

This was a strong show, and it's always fun to have Scott on, so take a listen!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:50:42 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, WAR, FMW, Michinoku Pro, W*ING, PWFG, AJW, LLPW, CMLL, Moreno/Arena Naucalpan, & UWA

2:31:03 Classic Commercial Break

2:35:32 Halftime/RIP rovert

2:52:52 AAA

3:26:34 Other USA: WWN, NCW (NY), WWOW, Peach State, SMW, USWA, GWF, Big D, Oregon, & Hulk Hogan

4:49:37 WCW

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was August 16-23, 1994. Topics of discussion include:

• Hulk Hogan giving a very candid interview to the Gainesville Sun newspaper talking about Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Vince McMahon, joining WCW, and more.
• The greatness of the Rhodes family vs. Stud Stable feud in Summer 1994.
• Jesse Ventura having issues as Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
• Antonio Inoki & George Foreman negotiating for a super fight in North Korea in 1995.
• Super Vader winning the UWFi World Title from Nobuhiko Takada in one of the most famous bouts of the era.
• Konnan cements his rudo turn in AAA as Los Gringos Locos become a major force.
• The drama between ECW, Dennis Coralluzzo, and Jim Crockett regarding the NWA World Heavyweight Title tournament seems to be getting smoothed over as everyone comes to an agreement so the tournament can take place.
• Shane Douglas and Paul E. Dangerously cut promos ECW TV about the tournament, with Shane specifically targetting "Dick Flair."
• The Gangstas’ first big show as main eventers flops and Dave Meltzer speculates on their future as New Jack calls out the Knoxville NAACP on SMW TV.
• Chris Candido and Tammy Fytch turn on Brian Lee after losing the SMW Tag Team Titles.
• Doug Gilbert gets suspended in the USWA, so he doesn't have to risk his mane in hair matches…yet.
• The greatness of Sid Vicious in the USWA and why he was so different there from anywhere else.
• Austin Idol returning to Memphis in grand fashion.
• Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler taking viewer phone calls on WWF Sunday Night Slam and what an experience that was.

All of that plus so much more on an extremely fun episode of BTS!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:03:39 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Michinoku Pro, RINGS, UWFi, JWP, Maharaj Promotions, CWA, AAA, CMLL, & UWA

1:39:40 Classic Commercial Break

1:43:46 Halftime

2:31:07 Other USA: NWA, ECW, NWA Sabu, IWA (OH), SMW, USWA, Mid-South, & GWF

4:10:27 WWF

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Kris and David are back as we discuss the week that was August 10-16, 2005. Topics of discussion include:

• WWE being in a total lame duck state with Spike TV as their contract is running out soon.
• SmackDown featuring the Eddy Guerrero/Rey Mysterio/Dominik Mysterio soap opera, guest starring MISS CRABTREE.
• Raw in Montreal, as Shawn Michaels is having the time of his life being the old HBK in front of a raucous crowd mocking Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan.
• Ashley Massaro winning the Diva Search over Leyla Milani.
• Ken Anderson becoming Mr. Kennedy.
• Masahiro Chono winning the G1 Climax as a tribute to Shinya Hashimoto.
• A wild angle in the WWC featuring Eddie Colon being imprisoned in the Dominican Republic.
• The Summer of Punk ends in ROH as he loses his title to James Gibson in Dayton and then loses his farewell match to Colt Cabana in Chicago Ridge.
• TNA Sacrifice on PPV and lots more TNA stuff in one of the most stable eras of that promotion's history thanks to Scott D’Amore’s booking and the impending debut of Impact on Spike TV.

That this was all 21 years ago is wild to think about. This was a really fun show, so check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWE & OVW

1:53:48 Int’l: NJPW, Riki Pro, CMLL, IWA Puerto Rico, & WWC

2:14:17 Classic Commercial Break

2:19:29 Halftime

3:18:07 Other USA: Ballpark Brawl, CZW, & ROH

3:50:10 TNA

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was August 4-10, 1987. Topics of discussion include:

• Gordon Solie's 26½ year tenure as the lead announcer for Championship Wrestling from Florida comes to an end after a pay dispute with Jim Crockett.
• Ric Flair and Ronnie Garvin have one of the most epic exchanges possible on TV in front of a molten hot Spartanburg crowd.
• Terry Taylor's highly entertaining for the wrong reasons “press conference" from UWF TV.
• The greatness of Brian Pillman as a rookie.
• Owen Hart does his first pinfall job in 1987 on TV to Gama Singh, losing the British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title.
• Mr. Olympia walks out of Continental and gets buried by Ronnie West on the house mic in Knoxville to a reaction that surprised the office.
• Mr. Olympia joins NASA, a new promotion in Alabama running in opposition to Continental.
• The Black Prince and The Commission in all of their glory in Memphis.
• The Jerry Lawler Show spotlights Fray Tormenta.
• Jammin' with Mitch and Donna and an angle featuring Tommy Rich stripping Sensational Sherri serve as the highlights of AWA TV during our week.
• Paul Boesch officially announces his retirement from promoting Houston Wrestling.
• Ken Patera injures himself at the absolute worst possible time.
• The team of Magnificent Muraco and Bob Orton Jr. falls apart.
• Mr. T returns to the WWF as a special enforcer.

All that and much more on a brand new Between the Sheets!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions/CWF/UWF

1:15:25 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, All-Star, Dale Martin, Atlantic Grand Prix, Stampede, & Tomko

1:47:00 Classic Commercial Break

1:52:03 Halftime

3:00:57 Other USA: NWF, Deep South, Continental, NASA, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, AWA, Central States, Paul Boesch, & Portland

4:36:08 WWF

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Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of July 1991 in World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include:

• The entire show is bookended by Ric Flair being fired at the beginning of the month and then WCW basically offering him the booking position at the end of the month.
• Ric Flair refusing to drop the title not just to Lex Luger but Barry Windham as well, as they were trying to get Flair to do business before he left.
• Flair's departure totally screwing up the production going into the Great American Bash PPV.
• The way Flair's departure was treated on TV as a complete shoot which was so foreign to how wrestling was presented on TV in that era.
• The total confusion of what Barry Windham was supposed to be.
• Axl Rose starting a riot at a Guns ’n’ Roses concert in St. Louis.
• Fans at house shows being very upset over no-shows, especially Ric Flair.
• The awesomeness of The Geto Boys.
• The end of the Desperados after all that damn TV time.
• “Boyz n the Hood” and “Point Break” being released on the same weekend and the impact “Boyz” had on the west coast's rise in pop culture.
• A full rundown of the Great American Bash PPV, including why it wasn't as bad as people want to think it was.
• The supposedly buried Brian Pillman being all over TV and in main events all the time while the supposedly overpushed Dustin Rhodes isn't in those spots.
• The first-ever Lollapalooza tour.
• Mike Tyson and Jeffrey Dahmer getting arrested on the SAME DAMN DAY.
• The end of WCW Pro Wrestling New York, as WCW they switches affiliates in NYC from WPIX to WCBS and Pro NY is replaced by Worldwide.
• MTV and who they pushed to the moon that didn't reach the expected level of success.

This is just a taste of what we talk about on the show as we have a complete and total blast here!!!

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Kris and David are back this week with Beau James (@kingofkingsport) joining us to discuss the week that was July 29-August 4, 1999. Topics of discussion include:

• "Curtis Comes Home" as Shane Douglas and Cody Michaels promote a benefit show for Brian Hildebrand in Rostraver, PA featuring long-time friends of Brian's — including Beau — working the show. Beau gives us a full rundown of the show, his relationship with Brian, and his eyewitness view of Bruno Sammartino's confrontation with Mark Madden.
• Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff's vision for WCW is not working in the slightest as their ideas regarding the main event scene are faltering.
• Wrestlers are upset that Tony Schiavone is coming back to work because they love Scott Hudson so much.
• Randy Savage and Dennis Rodman have quite the confrontation on Nitro.
• FRIENDS OF KONNAN talk a lot to the Pro Wrestling Torch.
• All Japan's decline after the death of Giant Baba starting to really show.
• Mr. Niebla vs. Mr. Niebla getting hot and heavy in Mexico.
• Paul Heyman also talks a LOT to the Pro Wrestling Torch about all things ECW.
• A weird ECW Arena show as the promotion is in a state of flux.
• The World Wrestling Federation officially announces its IPO and changes their corporate name as we give a full rundown of the prospectus with a lot of interesting financial information disclosed.
• The end of Super Astros and why that happened — as well as what they told the talent.
• The Dudley Boyz officially sign with the WWF and we get into why ECW didn't retain them when they had the chance.

Beau is always tremendous on our show and this one was no different, so we hope you enjoy!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Curtis Comes Home

0:56:54 WCW

2:11:39 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, FMW, High Risk, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, & Peru/Alex Lovett

2:33:17 Classic Commercial Break

2:34:28 Halftime

3:19:50 Other USA: ECW, NWA Worldwide, Memphis Power Pro, SoCal Lucha, & XPW

4:20:54 WWF

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For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.

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Kris and David are back this week to discuss the week that was July 20-26, 1990. Topics of discussion include:

• Jesse Ventura's departure from the WWF over making a deal with Sega to lend his name and likeness to a wrestling video game that would be in direct competition to the WWF games.
• Sgt. Slaughter debuts on a heel on WWF TV as we discuss how different his whole run goes if Iraq doesn't invade Kuwait…plus his final AWA TV appearances are still airing.
• The Legion of Doom also makes their WWF TV debut with a little bit of a different presentation than they would get weeks later.
• Paul Roma and Hercules turn heel on the Rockers in an angle that could've went better.
• Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan appear on The Arsenio Hall Show in what proves to be an awkward segment at times.
• The Road Warriors debut in New Japan, albeit for only a handful of shows since they are already signed to the WWF.
• Riki Choshu and Koji Kitao get into a major spat with Kitao hurling racial slurs and walking out of NJPW.
• Male fans coming to All Japan Women shows in real numbers for the first time since the rise of the Beauty Pair, and they’re cheering for the women that the female fans don't like, such as Aja Kong.
• Rumors of a new national promotion get going in the newsletters, and yes, this is the future Global Wrestling Federation.
• Wild and crazy times in Memphis with Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and Tessa feuding with The Dirty White Boy, Eddie Gilbert, and The Dirty White Girl.
• Kerry Von Erich officially leaves the USWA and tells fans to watch him in the WWF on the way out.
• Jeannie Clarke has incriminating photos of Chris Adams to give to his wife Toni.
• The NWA not knowing what they want to be as far as a wrestling promotion.
• Harley Race and Buddy Landell subbing for Ric Flair and Stan Lane respectively on Florida shows, albeit for totally different reasons.

This was a blast of a show, so take a listen and enjoy!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

0:57:39 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, FMW, UWF, AJW, The Main Event (New Zealand), CWA, & England

1:21:50 Classic Commercial Break

1:25:40 Halftime

2:20:34 Other USA: “New National Promotion” (GWF), TWA, NAWA (NC), GASW, IWA (Russen), FCW, David Woods, USWA, TWF, AWA, PWA, LPWA, & Portland

3:48:59 NWA/WCW

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was March 15-21, 1993, the last of our “backlog” shows. Topics of discussion include:

• WCW’s tour of the UK and Ireland, where they changed the WCW World Heavyweight Title twice in a week with Big Van Vader flipping the belt back and forth, plus why this really didn't get talked about much on TV.
• Ric Flair goes “Up Close” with Eric Bischoff on TV, talking about his return to WCW and Barry Windham being NWA World Heavyweighht Champion.
• The Cole Twins get a fan club.
• The Big Bossman returns to All Japan while Hulk Hogan is on his way to New Japan.
• New Japan’s faction warfare and how fun that was.
• The birth of Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
• The three major promotions in Mexico receive their David Awards.
• Chuck Wepner shows up at a New Jersey indie show to referee the most 1993 New Jersey indie match you could possibly think of.
• Arn Anderson works three house shows in SMW the same week that Chris Candido makes his debut as The Avenger.
• Kevin Sullivan brutalizes W*ING Kanemura on SMW TV in a famously gruesome moment.
• Bert Prentice sings live on Memphis TV. Sort of.
• Eddie Gilbert cuts a shoot promo about his position in the USWA and is basically done with the promotion as a result in true Eddie fashion.
• Vince McMahon misses Monday Night Raw’s first visit to Poughkeepsie to receive the Michael Landon Award, so Rob Bartlett joins Gorilla Monsoon as Bobby Heenan “Not Vince McMahon,” and that doesn't go too well.

All this and so much more on a damn fun episode of BTS!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

0:57:20 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Michinoku Pro debut show, NOW, PWC, W*ING, AJW, JWP, LLPW, Dino Bravo funeral, AAA, CMLL, Juan Herrera, Arena Naucalpan, UWA, & Tijuana

1:46:53 Classic Commercial Break

1:55:05 Halftime

2:40:18 Other USA: WIN, IWF (Mansfield), UWS/Chuck Wepner, WWWA (PA), NGWA, SMW, USA (AL), USWA, GWF, Big D, CWUSA, & Wrestling Fury/MidwestWA

4:02:49 WWF

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Kris and David return to discuss the (almost-)week that was March 7-12, 2003. Topics of discussion include:

• Kurt Angle delaying his neck surgery and dropping the WWE Heavyweight Title to Brock Lesnar at a SmackDown taping in Pittsburgh weeks before WrestleMania so they can have their title match at Mania proper.
• We also go into the rash of neck injuries that ravaged WWE in the early 2000s.
• The Triple H-Booker T feud with its constant racial overtones.
• Just why did The Rock wrestle Hurricane on Raw instead of Booker T?
• Triple H vs. Maven totally tanking the ratings on Raw and why that happened.
• Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi going the full 60 minutes on a big New Japan show in Nagoya.
• Dave Meltzer giving his thoughts on the epic Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa match at Budokan on 3/1, which aired on Nippon TV during our week.
• The 1970s NJPW feel of Zero-One in this era.
• XPW running a big show at the Golden Dome in Monaca, PA promoted by Shane Douglas in what would turn out to be the last show in the original incarnation of the promotion.
• Brad Siegel being forced to resign from Turner Broadcasting.
• The supposedly retired Vince Russo is still helping TNA with creative the shock of all shocks.
• Lollipop “accidentally” gets exposed, showing off her new implants on the week’s NWA-TNA PPV.

All of this and so much more on a really stout episode of Between the Sheets.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWE

1:34:00 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, WJ, Zero-One, Capture, IWA Kokusai, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, WEW, WMF, GAEA, EWP, All-Star (UK), Stampede, CMLL, Super Calo/Tepic, IWRG, Monterrey, Reynosa, Tijuana, & IWAPR

2:35:24 Classic Commercial Break

2:39:52 Halftime

2:18:44 Other USA: USA Pro, CZW, Chikara, XPW, MarylandCW, NWA Wildside, MXPW, IWAMS, USACW, Rev Pro, Portland, & Brad Siegel

4:05:41 NWA-TNA

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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 UWF, plus the return of Chris Adams from his "blindness" angle and much more.
• Hell freezing over as Harley Race makes his WWF debut in Toronto just days after working a Central States show in Kansas City.
• Saturday Night's Main Event on NBC featuring Hulk Hogan and the Junkyard Dog vs. the Funks, Jake the Snake DDTing Ricky Steamboat on the floor, and Uncle Elmer’s final WWF match, as he was fired right after the show.
• News from Roddy Piper filming the movie Body Slam, and how the battle lines were drawn on set as far as which wrestlers would hang out with other wrestlers from a given promotion.
• Andre the Giant refusing to cooperate with Akira Maeda, leading to one of the strangest pro wrestling matches ever on a New Japan TV taping, plus the story of how the video of the match, which never aired, originally leaked out.
• The last Pro Wrestling USA-branded show at the Meadowlands.
• Who is that masked man in Continental?
• Jerry Lawler strips J.D. Costello on Memphis TV, revealing Costello's garter belt.
• The Fabulous Freebirds contract signing video on UWF TV, which was fantastic.
• Bruiser Brody and John Nord getting suspended in Las Vegas for playing rough.
• For the 2nd straight year, an NFL 1st round draft pick is threatening to go to pro wrestling to get more money.
• Baby Doll returning to TV after being attacked Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express…and she’s joined by the James Boys to do her bidding.
• Tully Blanchard & Ronnie Garvin take up essentially the whole hour of NWA Worldwide Wrestling with their National Title match, and it's a great episode.

This was a tremendous show and we hope you will enjoy it!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCCW

0:38:47 WWF

1:54:59 Int’l: JPW, NJPW, AJW, Montreal, Stampede, Vancouver All-Star, & WWC

2:17:44 Classic Commercial Break

2:20:53 Halftime

3:03:21 Other USA: PWUSA, NWF, CWF, Continental, CWA/Memphis, UWF, AWA, Central States, & Portland

4:32:22 Jim Crockett Promotions

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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 Title Belt being made to replace the one Nikita Koloff busted up as part of his feud with Lex Luger.
• The background on Johnny B. Badd.
• Jim Ross going after WWF in his own way on WCW Pro Wrestling New York.
• Brian Pillman as the "One Man Zoo" attacking Barry Windham.
• The saga of Ricky Morton joining the York Foundation and becoming Richard Morton.
• The Bull Drop Inn and why it only lasted a few weeks.
• The Desperadoes vignettes debuting on TV and how they were damn long for no apparent reason.
• Nikita Koloff vs. Sting and their feud being great.
• WCW higher-ups demanding that Dusty Rhodes be taken off of television.
• The end of the original run of Twin Peaks on ABC.
• Natalie Cole's “Unforgettable” duet with her late father, Nat King Cole, and how it dominated the airwaves.
• Clash of the Champions XV eminates from Knoxville and is one helluva show, with Ric Flair & Bobby Eaton going 2 out of 3 Falls, Oz making his TBS debut, Paul E. clocking Jason Hervey with his phone in the Danger Zone, the debut of the Hardliners, Sting meeting "Ben", and so much more.
• “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and Bryan Adams singing the main song from the soundtrack, plus how both were everywhere.
• “Stunning” Steve Austin winning the WCW TV Title after just a few weeks in the company.
• The original “Sonic the Hedgehog” is released for the Sega Genesis and takes the world by storm.

This is just the tip of the iceberg on what became a really stacked show. We hope you enjoy it!!!!

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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 to claim the Thursday night slot.
• ROH running Supercard of Honor at the Hammerstein Ballroom, featuring Jay Briscoe winning the ROH Title for the first time from Kevin Steen. 
• Wrestlecon’s indie lineup featuring CZW, CHIKARA, SHIMMER, EVOLVE, and Dragongate USA, complete with loads of future stars.
• WWE going after vendors at Wrestlecon and outside their own shows for selling bootleg merchandise.
• Sabu shooting his own angle before a Jushin Thunder Liger vs. John Morrison match on the Friday night PWS show.
• “Hulk Hogan and Friends” tanking at the Beacon Theatre .
• A terrible episode of TNA Impact featuring Aces and 8s, some horrifying Joey Ryan segments, and all sorts of other awfulness.
• New Japan's big Invasion Attack show, featuring Kazuchika Okada winning the IWGP Title for the second time from Hiroshi Tanahashi, plus Prince Devitt turning heel on Ryusuke Taguchi, leading to the formation of Bullet Club.
• Raw and Smackdown’s go-home shows for WrestleMania.
• Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger being a few years ahead of their time…in a manner of speaking.
• Cody Rhodes, Damian Sandow, and the Bella Twins shooting an angle for their match at Mania mocking Tons of Funk and The Funkadactyls…which would get canceled due to The Undertaker vs. CM Punk running long.
• WrestleMania 29 itself, featuring John Cena beating The Rock for the WWE Championship, a numbingly LONG Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar match, The Undertaker vs. CM Punk (including why Punk should've been the one to break the streak), and much more.
• WWE Fan Axxess at the Izod Center and the WWE Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden, featuring Trish Stratus announcing her pregnancy, Bruno Sammartino making his grand return, Donald Trump being booed out of the building, and much more.

This was a slam packed show, so we hope you enjoy it!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Other USA: ROH, Wrestlecon, CZW, CHIKARA, EVOLVE, Dragongate USA, SHIMMER, & PWS

1:28:48 TNA & The Clique

2:13:11 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, AAA, & CMLL

3:00:45 Classic Commercial Break

3:05:25 Halftime

4:13:13 WWE

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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 Michaels main event. We talk about the match and how injuries affected it, plus Tyson's involvement and whether or not Tyson shot his own angle after the show to explain his association with Austin.
• We also talk about why Earl Hebner didn't work the show and why Shawn dedicated the main event to him.
• Plus Pete Rose and Gennifer Flowers’ wacky involvement in the show, the birth of LOD 2000, Sable working her first match, and so much more from a very newsworthy Mania.
• Akira Taue's injury in AJPW and how that affected the booking of the Champion Carnival tournament.
• Victor Quinones mending fences with Paco Alonso in CMLL.
• A wild scene at an ECW house show where ayoung child got hit with a piece of a table.
• Who are the members of the NWA in March 1998, anyway?
• Chris Cruise doing angles as a heel character in New Dimension Wrestling.
• Flash Flanagan and Troy Haste getting into a legit fight in the crowd at an IWA Mid-South TV taping in Louisville, leading to an arrest.
• Bill Goldberg as a member of the Four Horsemen?!?!?
• Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash having serious problems on WCW Thunder.

All of this and so much more on a really fun episode of BTS, we’re so happy to be back in the swing of things again!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

2:07:33 Classic Commercial Break

2:13:19 Halftime

2:51:12 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, FMW, Wrestle Yume Factory, RINGS, GAEA, JWP, CMLL, & Promo Azteca

3:15:27 Other USA: ECW, NDW, WZWA, NSWA, IWAMS, & Memphis Power Pro

3:56:07 WCW

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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 previewing the Patreon show and next week's regular show, you get the entire first part of what will be a seven week series covering the disaster that was TNA Wrestling from the July 2014 Spike TV cancellation through the end of the Destination America run in December 2015. If you like this episode and want to hear the other six parts that are dropping in the coming weeks, subscribe to our Patreon at the $5.00/month tier or higher, with annual subscriptions running $50.40 and thus saving you 16% off the monthly price. Enjoy!

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It's Friday. You know what that means: The first of SEVEN installments covering TNA's 2014 cancellation by Spike TV through the end of their run on Destination America in 2015. Part 1 covers the weeks of July 14 to August 25, 2014, and topics of discussion include:

• Why everyone was convinced that Vince Russo was secretly working for TNA.
• Russo accidentally revealing it by sending Mike Johnson an email he meant to send to Mike Tenay.
• Russo's ridiculous, ever-changing reactions to the situation.
• Dixie Carter's inexplicable unflinching loyalty to Russo.
• Spike TV and Japanese partner promotion Wrestle-1 both making it clear to TNA that they did not want Russo around.
• TMZ breaking the story that Spike TV had cancelled TNA Impact.
• The big new TV announcement is coming soon! They promise! Just wait for the next TV taping!
• Production staff among others being owed lots of back pay.
• Kevin Kay visiting an Impact taping AFTER cancelling the show.
• How Kay's handling of the cancellation was fueled by his regret over how he handled the end of the Spike/WWE deal nine years earlier.
• Rafael Morffi and other key office staff abandoning ship for better, non-wrestling jobs.
• TNA is negotiating with...Velocity, Discovery's car and airplane channel?

....and much more. Enjoy!

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For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.

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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 Destination America this week, which promises to be epic. In the meantime, though, here's the unreleased episode from three months ago. Will episode #544 ever be fully re-edited and re-released? We don't know. But enjoy episode #545, which is new to everyone!

Kris and David (from three months ago) are back (three months ago) as we discuss the week that was February 28-March 6, 1989. Topics of discussion include:

• The possibility of state athletic commissions getting more involved with regulation of pro wrestling thanks to Vince McMahon testifying that they were "sports entertainment" in New Jersey.
• Ric Flair re-upping his contract with the NWA for three more years as the promotion is undergoing a major overhaul in every way, but not necessarily in the most positive ways.
• Talk of the NWA's TV product needing major changes, especially in production and overall quality.
• Giant Baba's questionable booking of Ricky Steamboat when he comes over as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, as well as the original plans for the NWA Champion on this tour.
• A great look at Stampede Wrestling from this time period, with Ed Whalen and Bulldog Bob Brown on commentary, Brown getting involved way too much, the "retirement" of Dynamite Kid, and the greatness of Lethal Larry Cameron.
• Invader #1 returning to action in WWC after being acquitted on all charges in the Bruiser Brody murder case.
• Terry Funk's insane promo from FCW TV.
• Bill Dundee taking over the book in Continental and Steve Beverly shares his thoughts on what needs to be done better in that territory.
• Lance Russell's final TV show on WMC before leaving for the NWA…sort of, because it doesn’t actually feature Lance, and we explain why that happened.
• The same show also featuring the debut of Ronnie P. Gossett, who causes lots of chaos before he meets Jerry Lawler.
• Eric Embry finding a way to get back in a World Class ring at the expense of referee Harold T. Harris.
• Larry Zbyszko talking about being the real world champion on AWA TV.
• Ted DiBiase revealing the Million Dollar Belt on WWF TV.

All of this and so much more on a solid episode of BTS!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Regulation

0:27:34 NWA/WCW

0:53:28 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, Stampede, All-Star/Tomko, EMLL, Torreon, & WWC

1:29:49 Classic Commercial Break

1:33:22 Halftime (from three months ago)

2:16:48 Other USA: ICW (Savoldi), FCW, Fuller/Polk ECHL team, Continental, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, AWA, POWW, WWA/Geigel, & Portland

3:31:53 WWF

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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 schedule will ease up soon.
• Rickey Henderson breaking the MLB stolen base record while Nolan Ryan throws his 7th no-hitter on the same day.
• TV season finales featuring “Night Court,” “A Different World,” “Beverly Hills 90210,” “Full House,” “In Living Color,” and the series finale of “Dallas.”
• The complete greatness of the video hyping up the Steiners vs. Lex Luger & Sting at SuperBrawl.
• Terry Funk appears on a wrestling themed episode of “Quantum Leap.”
• Reports of Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki coming in…with manager Big Daddy Dink?!?!?
• Madonna's "Truth or Dare" and Bris Bosworth’s “Stone Cold” hit the big screen.
• The TV ratings for WCW become dire, but they aren't alone in that.
• EMF, Seal, Smashing Pumpkins, and Jodeci all release their debut albums in the United States.
• President George Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to a baseball game.
• A full rundown of SuperBrawl, featuring the debuts of Johnny B. Badd, OZ, The Diamond Studd, and much more on a really fun PPV.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, as we have so much going on during the month of May. I thought this was a tremendous show and I hope you agree!!!

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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 the SRN shows (including David's appearances with Jordan and Jack Encarnacao on The Roundtable and Beatdown After the Bell), the shows we did with Jordan that are available right here in the BTS archive, like the Brawl for All deep dive, and the archive of Jordan and David's Two Scoops podcast, which is currently housed in a Google Drive folder.

Rest easy, buddy.

If you'd like to make a donation in Jordan's memory, please consider the GoFundMe page for the Jordan Breen Scholarship Fund.

Press Row: Jordan Breen Talks Bellator 149 Ratings, Freakshows with David Bixenspan

This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen is joined by MMA and pro-wrestling writer David Bixenspan discuss Bellator 149's dreadful product and outstanding ratings success, whther Kimbo Slice-Herschel Walker is what's next for Bellator and what the future of freakshow fights should look like in MMA.

Press Row: Jordan Breen Talks Mayweather-McGregor, Weird MMA-Wrestling Tie-Ups with David Bixenspan

This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and “Between the Sheets” co-host David Bixenspan honor the ongoing and insane Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather discussion with a stream of consciousness conversation about some of their favorite weird MMA crossovers, from Mexican luchadores invading Deep, New Japan Pro Wrestling's flirtations with MMA and Lyoto Machida initially being pegged as a pro wrestler when he first debuted under the wing of Antonio Inoki.

Press Row: Jordan Breen Talks Wrestling-MMA Shenanigans, Ultimate Ken Shamrock with David Bixenspan

This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and “Between the Sheets” co-host David Bixenspan renew their previous discussion of the weird kissing cousins relationship between MMA and pro-wrestling, discussing Brock Lesnar's upcoming return at UFC 200, a strange stable of obese MMA veterans in Zero-One Pro-Wrestling, whether K-1 and World Wrestling Entertainment veteran Sylvester Terkay could've been an MMA star and the importance of the forgotten “Ultimate Ken Shamrock” pay-per-view.

Press Row: Jordan Breen and David Bixenspan Give an In-Depth Character Sketch of Brock Lesnar

This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and “Between the Sheets” co-host David Bixenspan celebrate Brock Lesnar's return to the Octagon at UFC 200 by analyzing some of the strange parts of the former UFC heavyweight champion's personality and history, from feuding with Shane Carwin over who has bigger hands, his infamous post-UFC 100 promo, his marriage to Rena “Sable” Mero and why their union is uniquely intriguing and what a successful multimillionaire like Lesnar does with all his money given his simple, ascetic lifestyle.

Press Row: Jordan Breen and David Bixenspan Discuss the Surreal Build-Up to CM Punk's MMA Debut

This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and Wrestling Observer contributor David Bixenspan discuss the nearly two-year odyssey that has led us to “CM Punk” Phil Brooks finally making his MMA debut at UFC 203, the questionable circumstances around the Ohio Athletic Commission licensing him, why using Mickey Gall as Brooks' debut opponent was a mistake, how Brooks' MMA foray has changed his reputation in the pro-wrestling world and how Brooks' Octagon attempt will be remembered compared to other professional wrestlers' flirtations with MMA.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Press Row: Jordan Breen Talks Bellator 149 Ratings, Freakshows with David Bixenspan (Feb 24, 2016)

0:38:34 Press Row: Jordan Breen Talks Mayweather-McGregor, Weird MMA-Wrestling Tie-Ups with David Bixenspan (Jun 01, 2016)

1:21:33 Press Row: Jordan Breen Talks Wrestling-MMA Shenanigans, Ultimate Ken Shamrock with David Bixenspan (Jun 29, 2016)

2:09:53 Press Row: Jordan Breen and David Bixenspan Give an In-Depth Character Sketch of Brock Lesnar (Jul 06, 2016)

3:16:45 Press Row: Jordan Breen and David Bixenspan Discuss the Surreal Build-Up to CM Punk's MMA Debut (Sep 07, 2016) 

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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 as WCW is about to undergo a massive change.
• Duke wins their first ever National Championship in college basketball, led by top heel Christian Laettner.
• The birth of Comedy Central.
• Paul E. Dangerously and Diamond Dallas Page show up on MTV.
• Lots of TV matches involving Barry Windham and Brian Pillman.
• Married With Children gains a spinoff and has an amazing two-parter set in a grocery store.
• The decision to start taping more WCW TV shows outside of Georgia.
• Dave Meltzer putting over the quality of the WCW TV throughout the month.
• Dusty Rhodes talks with Jim Cornette about coming back to WCW.
• Steven Seagal gets banned from Saturday Night Live after a disastrous hosting effort.
• Jim Ross announces his new radio show in Atlanta.
• The Diamond Studd and P.N. News make their debuts at the end of the month.

This was a really good show, as we talk a lot about what WCW was about to become while they were having a helluva month of TV.

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For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.

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