Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was May 15-21, 1989. Topics of discussion include: The shockwaves sent throughout the WWF when Dusty Rhodes signed with the company and how that could affect the morale of the locker room.Roddy Piper's power play to return to the WWF and how he used Jim Herd for leverage.The coronation of King Duggan.The Rockers and the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers fight over entrance music.Why is All Japan so popular in Tokyo?New Japan vs. USA vs. Russia...

Kris and David are joined by J.D. Oliva (@JD_Oliva) as we discuss the week that was May 8-14, 1997. Topics of discussion include: USA Network moving Monday Night Raw/Raw is War to a 9 PM - 11 PM time slot for the fall season and what that could mean to both the WWF and WCW.Kevin Sullivan starts his hiatus as WCW's booker and all of the ramifications that decision could have for the promotion.Kevin Greene and Reggie White are prominently featured on Nitro to hype their matches at...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the (almost-)week that was May 2-7, 1996. Topics of discussions include: Why exactly Diesel and Razor Ramon do any TV jobs on their way out of the WWF.Barry Buchanan and Dwayne Johnson sign WWF developmental contracts.A wild promo tabloid TV style-interview on Raw with an unnamed women in silhouette accusing Shawn Michaels' of breaking up her marriage.FMW running their annual Kawasaki Stadium show on 5/5, the first time that they did so without...

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) to discuss our memories of the career of "Macho Man" Randy Savage. We go over our earliest memories of Savage and then talk about his greatness in ICW, Memphis, WWF, and WCW. We also talk about our favorite matches and angles plus our favorite incarnations of Macho Man character, as well. This was a damn fun show and we hope to do more like this in the future!! To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only...

Kris and David are joined by Matt Griffin (@MattTheMouth) as we discuss the week that was April 24-30, 2002. Topics of discussion include: Jerry Jarrett’s then-unnamed startup national wrestling promotion is set to run weekly PPVs, and we talk about that business model as well as if it could've ever been sustainable.Jerry Jarrett's thoughts on Vince Russo and if he wanted him involved or not.The announcement of wacky show booked by Road Warrior Animal featuring Japanese imports and all sorts...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week-plus that was April 17-25, 1987. Topics of discussion include: The UWF to JCP transition beginning with the first set of JCP-controlled UWF TV tapings and how it the landscape looked about a week after the deal was finalized.Big Bubba Rogers winning the UWF Heavyweight Title from One Man Gang in the first major change.Dave Meltzer attending a JCP house show in San Francisco and giveing his thoughts on the promotion’s future, which were...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was April 6-12, 1988. Topics of discussion include: The WWF staying on USA Network even though they were undergoing a leadership change.X-Pac's contract and how it differs from other WWF contracts at the time.Cactus Jack cutting an impassioned promo on Raw that the fans in the building didn't give a shit about.Stone Cold goes corporate....or does he?Mitsuharu Misawa, like Shawn Michaels, is breaking down physically.Paul Heyman suspends...

This week on BTS, Kris and David take a look at the week that was April 3-9, 2000. Topics of discussion include: Ready to Rumble debuts in theaters and does decently at the box office. Plus we have reports from the premiere, which featured a "match" between Vampiro & The Wall.Nitro and Thunder being clip shows as this was the week before the big Bischoff/Russo reboot.New Japan has DOME IMPACT at the Tokyo Dome featuring the last major Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa Tokyo Dome main...

Kris and David are guestless this week as we discuss the week-plus that was March 28-April 4, 1999. Topics of discussion include: WrestleMania XV: The Raging Climax in Philadelphia, which was one of the biggest pro wrestling events of all-time up to that point.Butterbean destroying Bart Gunn in the last-ever Brawl For All match.Chyna and Triple H reuniting and then Triple H joining The Corporation the same night.PETE ROSE making his shocking return to attack Kane while wearing the San Diego...

Kris Zellner is joined by Barry Rose as we discuss the history of Thunderbolt Patterson as well as Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham, a.k.a. The U.S. Express, all from a Championship Wrestling from Florida perspective. We talk about how CWF was vital to their careeers and some of their major moments in the territory among other topics. Barry also talks about his upcoming convention "Glory Days Grapplecon" which takes place on the weekend of April 20th at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando,...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was March 20-26, 2003. Topics of discussion include: We learn how Curt Hennig died the same week that “Bruiser” Brian Cox passes away.D-Lo Brown suffers a concussion in his first big TNA match.A.J. Styles uses an unfortunate slur on TNA’s weekly PPV. (The same one he used everywhere else.)AJPW starts the Champion Carnival tour with some big foreign names in the tournament.NJPW runs some big shows with Yoshihiro Takayama defending his...

Kris and David are joined by Phil Schneider (@philaschneider) to discuss the week-plus that was March 13-20, 1988. Topics of discussion include: The differences between the WWF and JCP at the time when it came to running angles with blood on TV.WWF Magazine spoiling the WrestleMania IV tournament winner in an issue that came out about a month before the show.Bruno Sammartino going off on current wrestling on a Pittsburgh radio show.THE GASPARS running wild in New Japan.Brian Pillman talking...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the (almost-)week that was March 7-12, 1996. Topics of discussion include: Dave Meltzer's pilgrimage to the northeast for ECW's Big Ass Extreme Bash shows in Queens and Philadelphia, with very noticeable differences between the two shows both in and out of the ring.Shane Douglas and Brian Pillman heating up their angle on both nights, including “hit the baby.”Rey Misterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera having possibly the greatest match in the history of...

Kris and David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was February 28-March 6, 1991. Topics of discussion include: Dave Meltzer's thoughts on Sensational Sherri being stripped to her underwear to close the Sgt. Slaughter-Ultimate Warrior cage matches on house shows and the changing image of the WWF in general.Bob Costas pulling out of WrestleMania VII and why that happened.Paul Bearer makes a wacky appearance on Prime Time Wrestling that takes a particularly...

Kris and David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was February 21-27, 2000. Topics of discussion include: A rundown of the chaos that was going on behind the scenes at WCW, which was bad enough that both Bill Goldberg and Sting basically wanted nothing to do with it all until there was a permanent booking team in place.Nitro and Thunder having plenty of crazy shit going on including yet another fake La Parka, the Harris Twins getting a huge push for some reason, Buff Bagwell...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the (almost)-week that was February 15-20, 1994. Topics of discussion include: WWF firing Marty Jannetty for at least the fourth time overall and the third time in just two years.Vince McMahon co-hosting Radio WWF with Jim Ross — and it's a doozy.Shinya Hashimoto beating Genichiro Tenryu for the first time as New Japan is red hot.UWFi running a big grandstand angle at a press conference challenging all the big champions in Japan.The very first match...

Kris and David are joined by Pete Stein (for the international sections) to discuss the week that was February 7-13, 1995. Topics of discussion include: WCW adding more PPV events to their schedule.The upcoming Cruiserweight Title tournament that doesn’t happen for another year.Rick and Scott Steiner's impending return, which ALSO doesn't happen for another calendar year.Dave Meltzer's thoughts on the DDP/Evad Sullivan angle.Some great videos on WCW Saturday Night centering on Ric Flair,...

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was January 31-February 6, 1988. Topics of discussion include: The Main Event airing live in prime time on NBC featuring Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant for the WWF Championship and DOUBLE DAVE HEBNERS! We also talk about the Nielsen ratings for the show, Honky Tonk Man refusing to do a clean job to Randy Savage, and much much more from this history-making TV special.Ted DiBiase showing up in Boston and Philly the next day wearing the...

Kris and David are guestless as we talk about the week that was January 24-30, 2014, a Patreon request from Sean Doherty who put down the $25 for us to do it. Topics of discussion include: TNA making a deal to return to Universal Studios for TV tapings.MVP being revealed as the top secret “investor” in TNA in the big angle of their United Kingdom tour.Prince Devitt weighing his offer to join WWE at the same time as KENTA has a tryout at the WWE Performance CenterCM Punk walking out of WWE...

Since we want everyone to be able to learn from our Patreon series on the 1992 "Titangate" sex and drug scandals in WWE, want to be able to direct everyone to the shows, and don't want to give anyone the idea that we're trying to make money off of the awful new lawsuit against WWE, we're releasing all four Titangate shows for free. Permanently. We're really proud of the work we did on these, and we hope that everyone can learn from them. --- Content warning: By necessity of covering this...

Since we want everyone to be able to learn from our Patreon series on the 1992 "Titangate" sex and drug scandals in WWE, want to be able to direct everyone to the shows, and don't want to give anyone the idea that we're trying to make money off of the awful new lawsuit against WWE, we're releasing all four Titangate shows for free. Permanently. We're really proud of the work we did on these, and we hope that everyone can learn from them. --- Content warning: By necessity of covering this...

Since we want everyone to be able to learn from our Patreon series on the 1992 "Titangate" sex and drug scandals in WWE, want to be able to direct everyone to the shows, and don't want to give anyone the idea that we're trying to make money off of the awful new lawsuit against WWE, we're releasing all four Titangate shows for free. Permanently. We're really proud of the work we did on these, and we hope that everyone can learn from them. --- Content warning: By necessity of covering this...

Since we want everyone to be able to learn from our Patreon series on the 1992 "Titangate" sex and drug scandals in WWE, want to be able to direct everyone to the shows, and don't want to give anyone the idea that we're trying to make money off of the awful new lawsuit against WWE, we're releasing all four Titangate shows for free. Permanently. We're really proud of the work we did on these, and we hope that everyone can learn from them. --- Content warning: By necessity of covering this...

We thought we would record something quick for halftime about the new sex trafficking lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon, and John Laurinaitis, but then realized that there was no way it would fit, so we're releasing this here. We made a point of not discussing the graphic, potentially really triggering stuff from the lawsuit. But given the topic, there are obviously discussions of sexual assault and other abuse more broadly, so tread carefully. We also talk about how we've made the executive...