Kris and David are back to discuss the (almost-)week that was October 19-24, 1997. We are joined for the first segment of the show by Jim Fannin and Nick Maniwa to discuss not only the end of the USWA and the first ever IWA Mid-South King of the Death Matches tournament, but also other great memories of IWAMS and the upcoming Last Resort tribute show for our dearly departed friend Mark Wolf, which takes place on November 1st. We were excited to have them on to discuss this great cause. Other topics of discussion include:

• Ric Flair's contractual status in WCW.
• Eric Bischoff getting upset at Vince McMahon for “counter-programming” the premiere of Hulk Hogan’s "Assault On Devil's Island" on TNT and lashing out on Nitro.
• Kevin Nash's injury affecting the Wolfpac's political influence.
• Rey Misterio Jr. playing hardball with Eric Bischoff over losing his mask.
• All Japan Women filing for bankruptcy protection while continuing to promote shows.
• Shocker being in PRISON and why that happened.
• Paul Heyman explaining to the Torch why Raven and Stevie Richards won't be getting PPV payoffs.
• Wrestling at the Sportatorium in Dallas nearing its end.
• Shawn Michaels “trying to get fired” as the subtext to the early DX storylines.
• Jeff Jarrett returning to the WWF and cutting a "shoot promo" on Raw that backfires.
• The Nation of Domination's locker room getting vandalized on Raw.
• Jim Cornette’s second of two commentary segments about Phil Mushnick on Raw.
• Jim Ross speaking out about Eric Bischoff.

And lots more. Again, it was great having Jim and Nick on to talk about Mark Wolf and everything else, so we hope you enjoy it as well!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 USWA, Music City, & IWAMS

2:19:30 WCW

3:38:20 Int’l: AJPW, BattlARTS, Dropkick Champion, FMW, Michinoku Pro, SPWF, AJW, GAEA, Jd’, ECCW, ICW (BC), AAA, CMLL, & Promo Azteca

4:07:55 Classic Commercial Break

4:13:26 Halftime

4:49:07 Other USA: ECW, PCW, MEWF, WZWA, & CWA (Dallas)

5:11:36 WWF

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Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was October 13-19, 1990. Topics of discussion include:

• The Genius joining the growing list of layoffs among WWF veteran wrestlers in light of the end of the C-show tour and how his brother, “Macho King” Randy Savage, felt about it.
• Vince McMahon wanting Hulk Hogan to work more dates and getting pushback from him.
• Saturday Night's Main Event turning into Oktoberfest with some wacky skits. plus Dustin Rhodes showing up to get laid out by the Ted DiBiase and Virgil.
• Dick Glover, J.J. Dillon, and Akio Sato going to Japan to lock up a deal for the WWF with one of the major promotions for a future working agreement.
• Ricky Steamboat working a New Japan tour which was called underwhelming.
• Super World Sports making their official debut with two big shows at Yokohama Arena that had production values which blew away all of the other wrestling promotions in that era.
• A wacky indie show in Cleveland featuring Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert and how it was worked into the Memphis TV storylines that morning.
• Kevin Von Erich's new World Class reboot having some problems.
• Jim Cornette having an altercation with a fan in Altoona, Pennsylvania which makes national news.
• Elvira meeting Sid Vicious in the Halloween Havoc commercial spots.
• The burgeoning wrestling action figure market as the holiday shopping season approaches.
• The possibility of Bobby Heenan and Jake Roberts joining the NWA.

This is an extremely fun show, so don't miss it!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:18:54 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, Fray Tormenta, EMLL, & UWA

1:50:53 Classic Commercial Break

1:57:10 Halftime

2:56:56 Other USA: NAWA/SAPW, Peach State, PWF (FL), Generation 1, USWA, WCCW, TWF, & Portland

3:35:37 NWA/WCW

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Kris and David are delighted to be joined by “The King of Old School” STEVE CORINO (@kingcorino on Instagram) to discuss the week-plus that was October 9-16, 1992. Topics of discussion include:

• Rick and Scott Steiner having major issues with Cowboy Bill Watts over Watts wanting to split them up permanently after giving Scott the WCW TV Title as the start of a heel turn and singles push.
• Jake Roberts already doing jobs to Sting on house shows.
• Michael Hayes’s role in the upcoming WCW Slam Jam album.
• Your annual Terry Funk may come to WCW story for the early 90's.
• Watts explaining what a Lights Out Match is on TV.
• Tony Schiavone going Up Close with Erik Watts.
• A Kansas City house show debacle that encourages Bruce Grummert write a sternly-worded letter to the Observer.
• Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Yuji Nagata, and Manabu Nakanishi all make their debuts in New Japan.
• Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero jump to AAA.
• “Canadian Vampire Casanova” and his dalliances with female celebrities in Mexico.
• Competing indie promotions in Georgia involving Sir Samuel F. Kent.
• Ron Wright cutting a promo about possibly going blind thanks to Tim Horner.
• THE KING KILLER debuts in Memphis.
• Bret Hart wins the WWF Title & Money Inc. win the tag team titles on back-to-back days at the WWF TV tapings in Saskatchewan.
• Why the Bret decision was made and how that plays into the new "more wrestling" philosophy of the WWF.

We were so pumped to finally get Steve on the show and it was well worth the damn wait, so you better not miss this one!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:38:23 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Takanos/PWC, Universal, AJW, & CWA

2:13:53 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, & UWA

2:41:50 Classic Commercial Break

2:45:40 Halftime/Jeff Cannonball

3:14:26 Other North America: IWA (Calgary), WWC, John Arezzi, NAWA (NY), WWOW, All-South, ICWA, SMW, USWA, GWF, Big D, Battles of Houston and Los Angeles, IWA (Sacramento), & CWUSA

4:15:21 WWF

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