Ep. #472: August 21-27, 1996 with Tom Green

Between The Sheets

Kris and David are joined by Tom Green (@NotThatTomGreen) to discuss the week that was August 21-27, 1996. Topics of discussion include:

• A wild Monday Nitro featuring the most heated nWo beatdown to date, plus the WCW debuts of Juventud Guerrera, Chris Jericho, and Ted DiBiase, memorably terrible post-match promos from Juvi and Jericho, and much more.
• Lots of other WCW drama, which is, as always, to be expected.
• Rumors of Nobuhiko Takada joining AJPW in 1997.
• Jushin Liger's successful brain surgery to remove a benign tumor.
• Why did Satoru Sayama return to pro wrestling, and and why in Tokyo Pro of all places?
• Exactly what is real and what isn't in RINGS?
• Otto Wanz comes out of retirement to wrestle Terry Funk in Austria.
• Natural Born Killaz at the ECW Arena featuring a wild Gangstas vs. Eliminators cage match.
• The tragic death of Maryland indie wrestler Neil Superior.
• Flex Kavana gets a title shot at Jerry Lawler in a loser leaves town match on USWA TV.
• What does the future hold for Bret Hart?
• The WWF's weekly PPV concept idea fading away when the cable companies had no interest.

All of that plus lots more on a damn fun episode of BTS.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WCW

1:20:36 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, FMW, Michinoku Pro, PWC, Tokyo Pro, WAR, Wrestle Dream Factory, RINGS, AJW, CWA, AAA, CMLL, & PROMELL

2:16:26 Classic Commercial Break

2:20:57 Halftime

2:54:45 Other USA: IWF (MA), ECW, USWL, Steel City, Neil Superior, IPWA, NFWA, AWF, ICW (MI), USWA, CWA (TX), & CWUSA

3:44:34 WWF

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