Ep. #489: December 25, 1993-January 4, 1994 with Chad Austin

Between The Sheets

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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