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Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #503: April 2-8, 2005 with Nathan KKris and David are joined by Nathan K (one of our Patrons) to discuss the week that was April 2-8, 2005 in a show that Nathan dropped $50 on the Patreon for, letting him pick the week and sit in for a segment. Topics of discussion include:WrestleMania 21 (AKA WrestleMania Goes Hollywood) which featured John Cena and Batista being crowned as the WWE and World Champs, respectively, plus Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels having a classic, Akebono and Big Show doing a little Sumo, the first Money in the Bank ladder match, and tons more.A WrestleMania I reunion at...2025-04-075h 03Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #502: March 27-April 1, 2003Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was March 27-April 1, 2003. Topics of discussion include:Mirko Cro Cop destroying Bob Sapp in a K-1 fight and all of the fallout, including the potential ramifications for Sapp's popularity in Japan.Satoshi Kojima winning the "weakest" Champion Carnival in AJPW history.Jerry Jarrett and Vince Russo having issues in TNA.Nathan Jones and the reasons why WWE wouldn't let him wrestle on TV.John Cena starting to get the shove.Kurt Angle and Steve Austin putting their wellbeing on the line by working major matches at Wrestlemania...2025-03-315h 46Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #501: March 19-25, 1992 with Mikey BlantonKris and David are joined by Black Label Pro's Mikey Blanton (@blpmikey) to discuss the week that was March 19-25, 1992. Topics of discussion include:Kerry Von Erich getting arrested in Dallas and what that means for his job in the WWF.A mysterious voice from prison is coming to get the Big Bossman.Mean Gene boards Ric Flair's "yacht" to discuss the scandalous photos of him and Miss Elizabeth.Leon Spinks wins gold in FMW.Super World Sports is on death's door right as The Undertaker makes his debut there.John Arezzi's radio show is in danger after...2025-03-243h 49Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #496: February 10-17, 1987 with John PollockKris and David are finally joined by their dear friend, the debuting John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock / @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social) for the bookend segments of the show to discuss the week-plus that was February 10-17, 1987. Topics of discussion include:The Battle of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, as Angelo Mosca andJim Crockett Promotions run a matinee at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario on the same day as the WWF runs a nighttime card at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens advertised as Roddy Piper's "Canadian Farewell" show.The WWF’s dominance of the Canadian wrestling scene and how Crockett is partly to...2025-02-176h 25Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #494: January 29-February 4, 2005Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was January 29-February 4, 2005. Topics of discussion include:The second WrestleReunion going down in Tampa, and what a weekend it was, as legends and current wrestlers competed on a star-studded show, but Lex Luger's antics ended up being the biggest story to come out of it.Dusty Rhodes' status as the head booker in TNA being questionable at best.Hiroyoshi Tenzan's body falling apart at the exact worst possible time.A wacky angle involving Jose Estrada and his son Julio in WWC.Dr. Keith Lipinski sending in a...2025-02-035h 53Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #489: December 25, 1993-January 4, 1994 with Chad AustinKris 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...2024-12-306h 22Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsPatreon Flashback — Ep. #58: 2011's Summer of PunkIt'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.---We’re ba...2024-12-094h 11Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #482: October 30-November 5, 2003 with Robert O'ConnorKris and David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the week that was October 30-November 5, 2003. Topics of discussion include:Teddy Hart going completely nuts at the 11/1 Ring of Honor show in Elizabeth, NJ and taking over the wrestling internet with his antics. We talk about the show itself — which gets forgotten because of Teddy and the aftermath, despite some great matches — plus all of the fallout, including Teddy’s “open letter” apology and CM Punk burying Teddy on his LiveJournal blog.A wacky NWA-TNA PPV featuring the announcement of Lex Luger coming in, Raven getting some "revenge" o...2024-11-046h 49Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #479: October 9-15, 1994Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was October 9-15, 1994. Topics of discussion include:The real reasons why WCW was trying to "retire" Ric Flair at Halloween Havoc 94.WCW’s Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair house show tour, with Dave Meltzer attending the show in Oakland and giving a detailed rundown of the show and the issues the tour had drawing.The Hogan/Flair feud and why Dave Sullivan being so heavily involved was a negative.Chris Candido's only tour of All Japan.The awesome tag team of John Tenta and Vader in the UW...2024-10-146h 04Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #478: October 2-8, 1992Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was October 2-8, 1992. Topics of discussion include:The curious story of WWF Montreal promoter Louis Acocella (Gino Brito Sr.) being arrested in Montreal over his involvement in a loan shark operation and how it came a few months before Dino Bravo’s murder relating to other mob activity.The weekly cable TV wrestling shows hitting all-time lows in the Nielsen ratings and why that might be happening.Just who was the creative force behind the return of Bob Backlund to WWF TV? Plus the promotion changing its "st...2024-10-074h 56Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #470: August 7-13, 1998Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was August 7-13, 1998. Topics of discussion include:WCW Road Wild featuring Jay Leno teaming up with Diamond Dallas Page against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, including all of the insanity surrounding that match, plus the rest of that show, which was one of the worst PPV's of all time.Running through Nitro and Thunder, which were filled with wackiness as you would expect.Rick Martel officially retires from wrestling due to an injury suffered during his brief WCW run…but not the injury you’re thinking of.Lots...2024-08-125h 50Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #466: July 10-16, 2003Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was July 10-16, 2003. Topics of discussion includes:TNA settling their lawsuits with Jay Hassman and Len Sabal and all that entailed.A.J. Styles publicly expressing his preference of working ROH over NWA-TNA while being the NWA World Heavyweight Champion.Scott D'Amore gaining power behind the scenes.Lots of Japanese news and results including WORLD JAPAN.A wild show in Tijuana featuring lots of masked dudes getting their heads shaved.IWA Puerto Rico doing some big business while WWC does terrible business but beats the IWA in...2024-07-155h 50Christ Presbyterian Auburn SermonsChrist Presbyterian Auburn SermonsThe Abiding Life (John 15:1-17)Guest preacher, Reverend James Dickson opens up Jesus' words in John 15. We get to hear Jesus' invitation to abide in His love. We see 1) the picture 2) the practice 3) the produce of abiding.2024-07-1432 minBetween The SheetsBetween The SheetsBix & Lanza's Marathon Media MeltdownAfter trying for weeks to figure out when to do this, we found the time and here it is: David Bixenspan is joined by Joe Lanza of The Flagship Wrestling Podcast to talk about...well...everything that's been frustrating about the wrestling media landscape of late, some of which came to a head again this past week. Topics of discussion include:WWE feeding AEW weekend "fast national" ratings to various people in wrestling media, most recently with the fake data point that the July 6 episode of Collision did a zero rating in the 18-34 demographic. Including what "fast...2024-07-133h 15Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #459: May 22-28, 2005Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was May 22-28, 2005. Topics of discussion include:The remake of "The Longest Yard" opening up at the theatres and how the wrestlers that were involved in the film were perceived and the future of wrestlers in films including The Rock and the filming of "Gridiron Gang."TNA's TV deal with Fox Sports Net expiring as we talk about the last episode of Impact on there, plus an update on their negotiations with WGN.Skype crapping out and not recording Kris’s side of the latter part of th...2024-05-274h 36Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #450: March 20-26, 2003Kris 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 NWF Heavyweight Title against Scott Norton in the marquee match.World Japan...2024-03-255h 02Gen Z HoopsGen Z Hoops419. Brad Zellner - Derby City Distillers Assistant General ManagerFollow Us On All Our Social Media @GenZHoops!  Tune In On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, And All Major Platforms!! Brad Zellner, Derby City Distiller Assistant General Manager, Joins Ashton Khoorchand On Gen Z Hoops To Discuss Recruiting,  Building Cultures Within A Team And Balancing The Positions Of Assistant GM And Assistant Coach In The TBL!!! (0.13) - Welcoming Coach Zellner To Gen Z Hoops! (1.03) - Connection To Basketball (2.18) - Getting Into Coaching (3.18) - Experience Coaching College Basketball  (5.48) - Recruiting (10.07) - Team Culture (19.46) - C...2024-03-2128 minBetween The SheetsBetween The SheetsPatreon Flashback — Ep. #70: Titangate Part 4Since 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 topic, though it is not...2024-01-283h 59Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsPatreon Flashback — Ep. #69: Titangate Part 3Since 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 topic, though it is not...2024-01-284h 12Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsPatreon Flashback — Ep. #68: Titangate Part 2Since 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 topic, though it is not...2024-01-284h 51Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsRe: the new lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon, and John LaurinaitisWe 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 decision to make the four-part Patreon series about the 1992 Titangate scandals in WWE available for...2024-01-261h 01Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #441: January 17-23, 1993 with John McAdamKris and David are joined by John McAdam (@CCMilani) to discuss the week that was January 17-23, 1993. Topics of discussion include:Ric Flair's exit from the WWF featuring the buildup to his loser leaves the WWF match with Mr. Perfect.The surprisingly big backlash to the Doink the Clown/Crush angle which was the focus of a scathing blurb by Bob Raissman in his column in the New York Daily News.Just how fun the early days of Monday Night Raw were.AAA running their first supershow in Mexico City to much success.A big wrestling convention in...2024-01-225h 44Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #440: January 9-16, 1987Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week-plus that was January 9-16, 1987. Topics of discussion include:A look at the WWF and Jim Crockett Promotions running against each other on the same night in Philadelphia, which would become a common deal through the rest of the 80's. We talk about who had the better show both in the ring and at the box office.The weird story of Jim Neidhart being charged with (and eventually being tried for and acquitted of) assaulting a U.S. Air flight attendant on a trip from Tampa to Pittsburgh, which...2024-01-155h 15THINK BIG with Michael ZellnerTHINK BIG with Michael ZellnerFOCUSING ON CRIME IN MEMPHIS With Mayoral Candidate, Paul YoungMemphis Mayoral Candidate Paul Young and I talk CRIME in Memphis and what he would do about it.  Paul is the President/CEO of Downtown Memphis Commission. He is the former Director of City of Memphis Housing & Development. Paul is endorsed by 3 very known Memphians, which include former Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, former head of The Orpheum Theater, Pat Halloran and Entrepreneur and the man mainly responsible for revitalizing Beale Street, John Elkington.2023-09-2130 minBetween The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #420: August 23-30, 1988 with Scott PassnerKris and David are joined by Scott Passner to discuss the week that was August 23-30, 1988, which was a show that Scott picked after putting down a $50 pledge on our Patreon, allowing him to pick both the week and a segment to sit in on as guest. Topics of discussion include:Ron Garvin leaving the NWA and the way that was handled on TV with Dusty Rhodes allegedly maiming him in a parking lot.News on the sale negotiations between TBS and Jim Crockett Promotions, which are on shaky ground during our week for various reasons, which led...2023-08-286h 03Between The SheetsBetween The SheetsEp. #419: August 12-20, 1990 with Beau JamesKris and David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week-plus that was August 12-20, 1990. Topics of discussion include:The WWF's build for SummerSlam’ 90, including the big Tugboat injury angle, where we try to figure out why it happened.“Tag Team,” Jesse Ventura and Roddy Piper's TV series, gets cancelled by ABC before it makes air.A big night of wrestling in Japan featuring Jumbo Tsuruta "injuring" Mitsuharu Misawa, major title changes in New Japan, and a major AJW show.A major UWF card in Yokohama featuring Masaharu Funaki beating Nobuhiko Takada for the first time.Herb A...2023-08-216h 06Be A Better BeingBe A Better BeingLive, Love, Learn--74 years with John BrownDedication to fitness is what united Michelle with John Brown. Working out at the same gym for over 18 years, each was a friendly face in the other’s day. Not knowing any of his story, but KNOWING there is one, Michelle has always admired John’s positive attitude and perseverance. This inspired her to invite him on the show and he did not disappoint! All can benefit from the guidance and wisdom John imparts from 74 years of life experiences.Check out John's book here.https://www.amazon.com/Kevlar-Legions-Transformation-U-S-1989-2005/dp/1518659039/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_enco...2023-07-3139 min