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Weekly podcast with @KrisZellner.bsky.social and @davidbix.bsky.social going over a week in wrestling history as it was covered at the time.
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New @btsheetspod.bsky.social covering 2004! The infamous Shelton Benjamin/Trish Stratus parody of the controversial Terrell Owens/Nicolette Sheridan Monday Night nFootball skit, lots of power games & drama in TNA, CM Punk cuts shoot promo on Rob Feinstein, & much more. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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New @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon deep dive is up, covering Sugar Ray Leonard-Donny Lalonde & Titan Sports' flirtation w/ boxing! How Titan's role in the PPV is misunderstood, how their OTHER Leonard PPV was a surprise hit, & more.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
Patreon Ep. #110B: Leonard vs. Lalonde Our latest deep dive looks into Titan Sports’ involvement in the boxing industry, mainly in the form of the Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Donny Lalonde fight from November 1988. Topics of discussion include: How Titan’s role in the event is often misunderstood. SummerSlam featuring a seemingly unending intermission built around hyping the Lalonde fight. How the Leonard-Lalonde card was ahead of its time in terms of effectively being self-promoted by Leonard without one of the usual middlemen like Bob Arum involved. Speaking of which, Bob Arum constantly shit-talks the Titan/Caesar’s Palace/Mike Trainer joint in the lead-up to the event. Exactly how much did Vince McMahon pay for the PPV rights to the fight, anyway? Vince McMahon getting surprisingly candid in the days leading up to the fight about how he should have realized this was a bad idea. How unusually big a cash outlay this project was compared to everything else that Titan Sports did at the time. Titan requesting confidentiality from cable companies to get them to carry the card. Jim Troy’s very rich claims about the success of the show in the mainstream media. The mixed success of the PPV proper and Leonard lamping Lalonde in the fight itself. How the action promoter and the fighters ended up as the big winners coming out of the fight. How Survivor Series a few weeks later did in comparison to the boxing PPV. Rumors of a Bob Arum-led wrestling promotion?!?!? Titan and Leonard reuniting in March 1997 for his PPV fight against Hector Camacho and how it turned out to be a surprise success. …and much more. No surprise that Kris is in his element here, and we learned a lot doing this one.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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In case it wasn't obvious, some non life or death real world stuff is messing with that release schedule. Will keep you posted.
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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This week's @btsheetspod.bsky.social was a helluva show as we went back to 1991 to discuss the WWF finally testing for steroids as ET & Inside Edition are on their ass, Billy Joe Travis' SUPER TEAM, SPIRIT OF AMERICA, GRAVE DIGGER, and The Saga of The Boss in GWF!!!!

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Hulk Hogan in the Funeral Parlor THE SUPER TEAM SPIRIT OF AMERICA cleaning up our country MAX ANDREWS IS THE BOSS
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Both parts of the Tully Blanchard deep dive are now up on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon! Tully quits the WWF in late 1989, the WWF leaks his drug test results while firing him, & Tully's career immediately spirals from there.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
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November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Audio version is up for POST Café members:

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November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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"Twenty years later, his audience doesn’t focus on what didn’t go right, but instead, celebrates everything that did".

My story reflecting on the passing of Eddy Guerrero, twenty years ago today

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The Death of Eddy Guerrero: Twenty Years Later
The Death of Eddy Guerrero: Twenty Years Later
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November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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So @btsheetspod.bsky.social was really damn fun this week....we go back to 1985 and we have a CLIP BONANZA featuring content from these great photos and so much more!!!!

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Paul Jones as Mr. Spacely Ed Whelen & Diamond Jim Davies 4 Eva Lady Maxine....a whole lotta woman Naitch & The Hacksaw
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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This turned out VERY good I thought.....a very interesting subject at a time when the wrestling newsletter game was getting big
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New @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon show: The 1st of 2 shows this month covering the sudden dismantling of Tully Blanchards wrestling career. He & Arn give the WWF notice, Tully fails a drug test, & all hell starts breaking loose.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
This first part/segment covers everything from the last few months of 1989, while the second part next week will cover the continuing story into 1990 as well as Tully's flirtations with WCW in 1993 and 1994. Topics of discussion include: Tully and Arn, the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions as the Brain Busters, giving their notices, claiming that it was to pursue an opportunity in Japan even though that obviously wasn't true. Is Jack Petrik's refusal to open up the WCW budget for top WWF guys proof that Vince McMahon really made a phone call to Ted Turner in early 1989 begging him to avoid bidding wars so they could artificially hold down wrestler pay? Reports of cash flow issues in the WWF stemming from the "No Holds Barred" and Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Donny Lalonde losses hitting the Titan Sports books, leading to decreasing payoffs, cuts to the Survivor Series '89 card, and WWF talent breaking their brainwashing to seriously consider the stories of big contracts in WCW. Vince reneging on his promise to give Arn and Tully a storyline out on commentary when their tag title loss aired on TV. Tully, already on his way out, getting fired a few weeks before Survivor Series. Did he try to stage a locker room walkout? Was he trying to rally wrestlers to join him and Arn in WCW? Was his failed drug test for cocaine the actual reason, or was it just a nice excuse for the newsletters that they knew would mess with his WCW offer? Some reminders of how big a pro wrestling star Tully Blanchard was in the '80s before his career suddenly dried up at the end of 1989/beginning of 1990. Did the WWF really edit together two different matches to form the Rockers vs. Brain Busters 2/3 falls match on Saturday Night's Main Event? Tully's alleged marketing job with Coca-Cola. Dave Meltzer's personal thoughts on how the drug issue was being leverage to mess with Tully personally, especially as someone who had no reputation for working while intoxicated.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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New @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon show: The 1st of 2 shows this month covering the sudden dismantling of Tully Blanchards wrestling career. He & Arn give the WWF notice, Tully fails a drug test, & all hell starts breaking loose.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
This first part/segment covers everything from the last few months of 1989, while the second part next week will cover the continuing story into 1990 as well as Tully's flirtations with WCW in 1993 and 1994. Topics of discussion include: Tully and Arn, the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions as the Brain Busters, giving their notices, claiming that it was to pursue an opportunity in Japan even though that obviously wasn't true. Is Jack Petrik's refusal to open up the WCW budget for top WWF guys proof that Vince McMahon really made a phone call to Ted Turner in early 1989 begging him to avoid bidding wars so they could artificially hold down wrestler pay? Reports of cash flow issues in the WWF stemming from the "No Holds Barred" and Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Donny Lalonde losses hitting the Titan Sports books, leading to decreasing payoffs, cuts to the Survivor Series '89 card, and WWF talent breaking their brainwashing to seriously consider the stories of big contracts in WCW. Vince reneging on his promise to give Arn and Tully a storyline out on commentary when their tag title loss aired on TV. Tully, already on his way out, getting fired a few weeks before Survivor Series. Did he try to stage a locker room walkout? Was he trying to rally wrestlers to join him and Arn in WCW? Was his failed drug test for cocaine the actual reason, or was it just a nice excuse for the newsletters that they knew would mess with his WCW offer? Some reminders of how big a pro wrestling star Tully Blanchard was in the '80s before his career suddenly dried up at the end of 1989/beginning of 1990. Did the WWF really edit together two different matches to form the Rockers vs. Brain Busters 2/3 falls match on Saturday Night's Main Event? Tully's alleged marketing job with Coca-Cola. Dave Meltzer's personal thoughts on how the drug issue was being leverage to mess with Tully personally, especially as someone who had no reputation for working while intoxicated.
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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@btsheetspod.bsky.social is LIVE!!!!! and we go back to 2002 where we bury the blowoff of the Katie Vick angle, John Cena as Vanilla Ice on the Halloween Smackdown, Panda Energy buys TNA, and NOAH's Halloween show!!

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Terrible damn television Randy News Network John Cena saves his career It's A Very Special NOAH Halloween Spectacular
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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New Center Stage Chronicles is up on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social feed covering October 1990! Halloween Havoc: TERROR RULES THE RING, two different Black Scorpions working house shows, the end of the Midnight Express, Beverly Hills 90210 premieres on Fox, and much more. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
Center Stage Chronicles Ep. #18: October 1990 Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month that was October 1990 in the National Wrestling Alliance and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include: The saga of the two Black Scorpions working house shows. Herb Abrams' UWF Fury Hour making it's TV debut. Beverly Hills 90210 debuts on Fox and television was never the same. Gordon Solie enters the Black Scorpion's lair. Two big angles shot in Chicago to promote Halloween Havoc air on TV. The Motor City Madman and The Big Cat are coming. NWA action figures headed to stores for Christmas. Is Bobby Heenan talking to Jim Herd? What the hell is going on with Barry Windham? Terrible attendances at house shows is becoming a regular thing. A full rundown of the very newsworthy Halloween Havoc PPV. Jim Cornette and Stan Lane quit the promotion just days later after a major blowup with Ole Anderson. This was a tremendous show, so we hope you enjoy!!!
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Heads up: @davidbix.bsky.social has an eye infection that's making it difficult to use his Mac, so the release schedule may be all over the place in the coming days. CSC's exported, regular/Patreon BTS eps are recorded. Will make best effort to get all posted ASAP when the screen isn't a huge blur.
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This week's @btsheetspod.bsky.social is a damn trip as we go back to 1995 to talk about DARKSIDE HULK HOGAN, THE YETTAYYYY, Shawn Michaels looking like complete hell giving up the IC Title, the birth of Buh Buh Ray Dudley and so much more

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Damn.......HBK DARKSIDE HOGAN THE YETTTAYYYY Sting the Sucker
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Show will be up later in the morning
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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New on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon: Both parts of our deep dive into WWE's big gay ratings stunts from 2002 are up, in separate and combined form. Yes, both the Chuck and Billy wedding AND the "HOT LESBIAN ACTION" disaster.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
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October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Joined David Bixenspan for a three hour breakdown of this year‘s Observer Hall of Fame ballot

This was a great show that covered a lot of subjects related to the HOF criteria and various cases we made for our choices
btsheetspod.bsky.social Between the Sheets @btsheetspod.bsky.social · Oct 20
New on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social feed: @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social joins @davidbix.bsky.social to discuss the 2025 Observer HOF ballot! Tag team vs. singles criteria, The Randy Orton Problem and the pros/cons of voting for active wrestlers, and a whole lot more. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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New on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social feed: @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social joins @davidbix.bsky.social to discuss the 2025 Observer HOF ballot! Tag team vs. singles criteria, The Randy Orton Problem and the pros/cons of voting for active wrestlers, and a whole lot more. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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EARLY RELEASE on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon: @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social joins @davidbix.bsky.social to discuss the 2025 Observer HOF ballot! Junkyard Dog good! Randy Orton bad! Tree pretty! And more!

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets! (Or wait until Monday.)
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October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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New @btsheetspod.bsky.social with @jd-oliva.bsky.social joining us to cover 1989! WWF's 1st show in England, Jim Troy fired over fight with Koko Ware, Steve Beverly's advice for WCW, Bret Hart's first talks with WCW, Antonio Inoki gets stabbed during a speech, and more. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
Ep. #528: October 9-15, 1989 with J.D. Oliva It’s Monday, and you know what that means: A new Between the Sheets with J.D. Oliva joining Kris and David to discuss 1989! Topics of discussion include: Saturday Night’s Main Event featuring the return of ZEUS. The WWF debuts in England with the famous London Arena show that aired live on Sky One as part of their latest European tour. Jim Troy getting fired after his fight with Koko Ware on the same tour. Steve Beverly giving his suggestions to remedy WCW’s early weak points, some of which sound oddly familiar in 2025. Bret Hart’s discussions with WCW that didn’t go anywhere. Antonio Inoki getting stabbed during a speech. A Florida independent promotion is trying to go public. Again. But this time it’s the PWF. The dying days of Continental TV. Memphis attendance bottoming out. Tim Brooks’ NAWA holds its first TV taping at the Longhorn Ballroom and soundly outdraws what the USWA had been doing at the Sportatorium. All that and much more this week, with J.D. doing a great job in the guest chair. Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 1:14:36 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, FMW, Stampede, EMLL, & UWF 1:39:21 Classic Commercial Break 1:44:26 Halftime 2:13:55 Other USA: PWF, Continental, CWA/Memphis, USWA (TX), NAWA (TX), & Portland 3:33:57 NWA/WCW
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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So full disclosure

My Mom fell and broke her hip yesterday, she had a partial hip replacement surgery this morning and it was a complete success. She is in great spirits but she has a "long" road to recovery

I seriously doubt that we will be recording @btsheetspod.bsky.social this week
October 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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New @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon show is up, the 1st of 2 weeks covering the Chuck and Billy wedding and "Hot Lesbian Action," which actually took place during the same week and were intertwined in the storyline. And it's...a lot.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
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October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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This week's @btsheetspod.bsky.social is up! redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
Ep. #527: October 1-7, 2007
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October 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Podcast will be up later in the morning.
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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This is as good of a show that we've done in a while and it's one of our favorite subjects too....

I can't get enough of Joe Pedicino & Global discussion plus you throw in all the cast of characters as well...

Great show
btsheetspod.bsky.social Between the Sheets @btsheetspod.bsky.social · Oct 3
New on the @btsheetspod.bsky.social Patreon: We go back to 1992 for the infamous "fool or liar?" column that Bruce Mitchell wrote in the Torch Re: Joe Pedicino. Joe's friends respond in force, and then it gets very, VERY interesting.

Just $5.00/month or $50.40/year at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets!
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October 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM