Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and our great friend Charles to discuss the month of January 1990 in the National Wrestling Alliance. Topics of discussion include:

• An update on the Windham family counterfeiting saga.
• The Rock ’n’ Roll Express return to the NWA.
• Cactus Jack Manson becomes a force on TV.
• Joe Pedicino leaves the company.
• An amazing TV taping in Johnson City, Tennessee.
• ROOS commercials featuring NWA stars start to air on TV.
• Ric Flair cancelling his booking on the NJPW Tokyo Dome show, which changes Japanese wrestling in a major way.

…and much more. Another strong show, so we hope you enjoy!!!

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On this week's BTS, Kris and David discuss the week-plus that was January 15-23, 1988. Topics of discussion include:

• Dave Meltzer's speculation on how the WWF does in the TV ratings for The Main Event could lead to them getting a regular prime time slot on NBC.
• Bobby Heenan and The Islanders "return" Matilda.
• Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant sign their contract for "The Main Event."
• Steve "Dr. Death" Williams picks New Japan over Jim Crockett Promotions.
• Talk of Antonio Inoki facing Koji Kitao at the then brand-new Tokyo Dome.
• All Japan Women and their stupid mandatory retirement age of 26 years old.
• Antonio Inoki main events in Italy against Bad News Allen.
• The stock scam version of Global Wrestling tapes some TV in Florida.
• Terrible Ted, the wrestling bear, debuts in Continental.
• Terry Taylor debuts as a heel in Memphis, as does Max Payne.
• The saga of the AWA World Tag Team Titles, featuring Paul E. Dangerously going off during his Danger Zone segment on Pro Wrestling This Week.
• The Horsemen wanting to recruit Barry Windham.
• Jim Cornette and Dick Murdoch's awesomeness together on JCP TV.

This show is LOADED with great clips and some good banter, so check it out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:03:49 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, England, Italy, Stampede, EMLL, & WWC

1:45:10 Classic Commercial Break

1:50:38 Halftime

2:52:28 Other USA: Global (FL), Continental, WOW, The Libyan, Kimala, WCCW, Central States, AWA, & Portland

4:32:52 Jim Crockett Promotions

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was January 8-14, 1992. Topics of discussion include:

• A detailed rundown on Jim Herd's resignation from WCW, with all three major newsletters chiming in with unique information regarding this major event in dirtsheet history.
• Just who is Kip Frey, and why was he chosen to replace Jim Herd?
• Lex Luger's status in WCW according to Jack Petrik going on the record in Matwatch.
• The awesomeness of the Dangerous Alliance vs. the world feud on WCW TV.
• Atsushi Onita and The Sheik doing battle in FMW, and how that helped gain the promotion more exposure.
• Bob Backlund wrestling Jerry Lawler for the first time ever at a WWE show in New Jersey.
• The Moondogs destroying job guys on Memphis TV.
• Eddie Gilbert booking the GWF and why it’s arguably his best booking run.
• Phil Mushnick's scathing column on the WWF steroid scandal in the New York Post as Titangate is about to blow up.
• The Rockers breaking up on the set of The Barber Shop in one of the most famous angles and misremembered moments in wrestling history.

We have a tremendous show this week, folks. We really enjoyed doing this one, and we hope you enjoy it as well!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:16:11 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, FMW, UWFi, AJW, JWP, England, Stampede, CMLL, El Suriano, & UWA

1:34:45 Classic Commercial Break

1:38:51 Halftime

2:24:47 Other USA: WWA (NJ), TWA, SAPW, ICWA, IWF (Mansfield), USWA, GWF, LPWA, SoCal Lucha, & Portland

3:02:58 WWF

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Kris and David start off the new year looking at the week of January 1-7, 1984. Topics of discussion include:

• The first major strikes in the War of 1984 are fired as Hulk Hogan, Gene Okerlund, Roddy Piper, and David Schultz all make their WWF TV debut during our week and Dave Meltzer speculates on what the aftermath of that will look like.
• WWF also taking over KPLR TV in St. Louis with their version of "Wrestling at the Chase,” leaving the NWA office out in the cold…but not for long.
• Dusty Rhodes facing off with Antonio Inoki on 1/1 at Korakuen Hall, starting off what would be a crazy year for NJPW.
• Ricky Steamboat's "retirement" tour in JCP.
• Paul Ellering in GCW being his best run as a manager.
• The awesomeness of Nick Bockwinkel as the world heavyweight champion.
• Jerry Lawler paying by the punch to get a rematch with Bockwinkel.
• Magnum T.A. getting tarred and feathered in Mid-South.
• Terry Taylor making his debut in Mid-South in a major way.
• Rick Rood studying Jimmy Garvin's act in Dallas to prepare for his Memphis run.
• The AWA's shoddy handling of Hulk Hogan's departure.

This is the earliest show we've ever done, and we have a ton of fun discussion throughout!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:34:30 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Maple Leaf, Winnipeg, Stampede, Vancouver, EMLL, UWA, & WWC

2:04:39 Classic Commercial Break

2:09:47 Halftime

2:34:18 USA East: JCP, GCW, CWF, SECW, & Memphis

4:14:42 USA West: Mid-South, WCCW, SWCW, WWA, AWA, St. Louis, Central States, & Portland

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Kris and David are joined by Chad Austin (@chadhooverdimer) to discuss the week-plus that was December 25, 1993-January 4, 1994. Topics of discussion include:

• The WWF's post Christmas house show run not doing well at the box office.
• Bret and Owen Hart letting everyone know they "made up" over the holidays.
• Alundra Blayze making her debut on WWF TV, winning the WWF Women’s Championship tournament finals.
• Yokozuna as SANTA CLAUS in a wacky skit as well as his fear of caskets.
• John Nord becoming Stan Hansen's new tag partner in AJPW.
• Genichiro Tenryu pinning Antonio Inoki on a newsworthy January 4th Tokyo Dome show for NJPW loaded with major matches including Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, which still manages to be a disappointment at the gate.
• 1993 year-end awards being given out in Mexico.
• ECW Holiday Hell ’93 at the ECW Arena featuring our guest Chad Austin getting a big moment, the debut of Pitbull #1, Terry Funk beating Sabu, and an EXPLOSION (not so much) match between Pat Tanaka and Rocco Rock.
• Dick Murdoch's awesome promos in SMW.
• A screwy way of getting around stipulations on the Christmas Chaos show in Knoxville.
• Jim Neidhart promoting shows in Florida.
• Eddie Gilbert and Buddy Landel wildin’ out in Memphis.
• Jeff Cohen getting candid in the Torch about opening up his own promotion in Indianapolis.
• And last but not least, WCW Starrcade ’93 featuring the amazing Ric Flair vs. Big Van Vader main event, as well as the hoopla surrounding it, which was some of the greatest stuff that WCW ever did.

This is a tremendous show to close out the year, so check it out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:13:39 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, NOW, W*ING, RINGS, AJW, LLPW, Lucha Awards, AAA, CMLL, & UWA

1:53:54 Classic Commercial Break

1:56:19 Halftime

2:20:42 ECW

3:18:29 Other USA: Blackstar Promotions, SMW, NGWA, Peach State, Anvil Promotions, USWA, Mike Samples/Tri-State (KY), CWI, GWF, & Ron Reis

4:41:26 WCW

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

Kris and David are joined this week by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) and Robert O’Connor (@ghostofquinones) for our now-traditional sort “of Christmas Show" as we discuss the week-plus that was December 18-25, 1994. Topics of discussion include:

• The Rougeau family drama in Montreal as Jacques wants to bring in WCW just a couple of months after "retiring" from the WWF, and how that is causing a major rift with Raymond, his brother who’s still a WWF announcer.
• WCW's tour of Germany and how it was a failure.
• The Blacktop Bully makes his in-ring debut on WCW TV.
• Some really wacky Japanese indie scum results as the major promotions are off for the rest of the year.
• 911 chokeslamming Santa Claus and Cactus Jack whacking “The Virgin Princess” Angel with the Sandman’s Singapore cane at the ECW Arena.
• Steve Richards becoming Stevie Flamingo.
• Christmas Chaos in Knoxville for SMW, featuring the brutal murder of Boots the cat and Jim Cornette fully turning babyface as part of his war with The Gangstas.
• The Gagnes seemingly running a rare post-bankruptcy AWA branded show at a casino in Minnesota.
• Bret Hart returning to WWF TV with a beard while he’s filming Lonesome Dove.
• Vince McMahon conducting quite the sit-down interview with Diesel in the lobby of Titan Towers.
• Bob Backlund calling out "Kevin Nash" on Monday Night Raw.
• Diesel leads the WWF staff in singing Christmas carols at Titan Towers.

These Christmas shows are always great with both Beau and O'Connor doing their respective things, and this one was no different, so we hope you enjoy!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:18:35 Int’l: NJPW, FMW, Go Gundan, IWU, Nishi Nihon, Weekly Pro awards, Union Pro, RINGS, AJW, JWP, All-Star, WCCW (BC), CMLL, & UWA

1:57:39 Classic Commercial Break

2:00:57 Halftime

2:11:45 Other USA: ECW, SMW, USWA, NWA Dallas, & AWA

3:42:44 WWF

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Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles for yet another episode of Center Stage Chronicles. This month, we travel back to December 1989, talking about the major happenings in the National Wrestling Alliance, including Starrcade ’89: Future Shock. Besides a full rundown of that show, we also have the Dynamic Dudes/Midnight Express saga, Arn Anderson returning to the NWA, the end of Tommy Young's career, and so much more!!!!

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Kris and David are back after a week off to discuss the two weeks that were December 4-17, 1991. Topics of discussion include:

• The aftermath of This Tuesday in Texas including Jack Tunney announcing that the WWF Championship was vacant.
• Bret Hart winning the "Wrestler of the Year” award in a short, barely explained segment on Superstars.
• Ric Flair beating Shawn Michaels on Prime Time Wrestling thanks in part to misguided “help” from Marty Jannetty, accelerating the Rockers’ breakup.
• Dynamite Kid announces his retirement on the last night of the AJPW Real World Tag League.
• Hulk Hogan beats Genichiro Tenryu on a wacky SWS show at the Tokyo Dome.
• Mascara Año 2000 takes Anibal's mask in a memorable match at Arena Mexico.
• Gordon Scozzari's AWF runs its first shows, including a TV taping in Lowell, MA with some crazy stuff going on, including cameos from DR. MIKE LANO!!!
• Eric Embry gets a new valet and some new wardrobe in the USWA.
• New booker Eddie Gilbert lays down the law in the GWF.
• WCW tours the United Kingdom and is forced to move SuperBrawl II to Milwaukee thanks to Donald Trump.
• Madusa hits a dive on WCW TV that has to be seen to believed.

Plus a whole lot more on a very entertaining episode of BTS!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

0:47:10 Asia: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, FMW, W*ING, RINGS, UWFi, & Singapore

1:58:37 Classic Commercial Break

2:03:27 Halftime

2:55:07 Latin America: CMLL, Juarez, Monterrey, AWF (PR), & WWC

3:27:06 Other USA: AWF TV tapings (Scozzari), UWF (Abrams), TWA, SAPW, Florida, USWA, GWF, & Portland

5:08:17 WCW

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It's December, and you know what that means: Since Kris and David took the week off, we're bringing you the annual holiday selection of a past Patreon deep dive show a few weeks early. This time, we're bringing you our July 2021 show looking at 2011's "Summer of Punk" in WWE, which ended up being surprisingly topical since news of Punk going to AEW broke around when the show came out. For more than eight years' worth of shows like this, you need to sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/BetwenTheSheets.

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We’re back to look at something that we knew we couldn’t do justice to on a regular show: 2011’s Summer of Punk storyline. Starting with the announcement that CM Punk’s contract was up  soon and the “pipe bomb” promo, and going through the week that the storyline completely fell apart when Punk returned after just one week off of TV, this is an in-depth look at a wild period in recent wrestling history. Topics include:

• The angle’s effects (or lack thereof) on various business metrics.
• Punk calling an Australian heckler a “homo” and the resulting fallout.
• The WWE creative team completely botching trying to keep John Cena from looking like an asshole.
• Just how different the Nielsen ratings for Raw and its competition looked ten years ago.
• Punk’s interviews with G.Q. and Bill Simmons.
• Alberto del Rio repeatedly losing out on promised world title reigns.

...and much more. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 May-June 2011

0:52:13 Weeks of July 4 & July 11, 2011

2:05:43 Weeks of July 18 & July 25, 2011

3:33:16 Week of August 1, 2011

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Kris and David are guestless as we talk about the almost week that was November 29-December 3, 1998. Topics of discussion include:

• TV Guide doing a major cover story on pro wrestling, complete with four collectable covers featuring Bill Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and The Undertaker, plus the differences in how both companies promoted this on TV.
• WCW promoting a very classy tribute show to Brian Hildebrand in Knoxville during his second battle with stomach cancer.
• The Giant getting arrested in Memphis — the source of THAT mugshot — hours after a Thunder taping.
• Dana Hall talking to Mike Mooneyham about WCW being an enabler for Scott Hall and helping end their marriage in the process.
• Nitro and Thunder reports including Chris Jericho losing the TV Title as punishment for not signing a new contract and a major angle in the awesome Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Goldberg feud.
• Giant Baba being forced to miss shows in AJPW due to what turns out to be the colon cancer that kills him in January.
• AJW running a big show at Yokohama Arena and how the attendance is a sign of how far the company has fallen.
• WCW talent wrestling WWF talent in CMLL in a major deal that’s largely been forgotten.
• Shane Douglas getting very candid in a newspaper interview.
• Vince McMahon speaking at Oxford University.
• Mark Henry and Chyna go out on a date on Raw, which gets interrupted by Donnie B and friends.
• The WWF posting big numbers at the box office and in the Nielsen ratings.
• Vince McMahon wanting to have a gay wedding angle, this time with Too Much.

This is a stacked show, so check it out!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 TV Guide

0:24:25 WCW

1:44:41 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, IWA Japan, SPWF, WAR, Pancrase, AJW, Arsion, JWP, NEO Ladies, & CWA

2:25:33 Classic Commercial Break

2:30:02 Halftime

3:09:10 Mexico: CMLL, IWRG, & Fraudes en Nuevo Laredo

3:27:18 Other USA: ECW, MarylandCW, NDW, Bert Prentice, & Rollerjam

3:57:19 WWF

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Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Charles a.k.a. Loss to discuss the month of November 1989 in the National Wrestling Alliance. We talk about Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout in Troy, New York with a completely detailed rundown of the show including the iconic Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk “I Quit” match, plus Jim Cornette turning on the Dynamic Dudes and tons more. We also talk about the NWA TV ratings going up in a big way, Buzz Sawyer entering the promotion, Sid Vicious puncturing his lung, and so much more on a highly entertaining CSC.

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