Publications and Podcasts

Something new and exciting for 2016---Mystery Titans Theatre*!!! Available only on YouTube. Watch along as Parv, Kelly and Johnny subject themselves to unimaginable wrestling horrors as they watch cards from yesteryear. You thought Heroes of Wrestling was bad? Ha! *Two out of three non-American hosts, so majority rules for spelling Pilot episode for those who missed it:

It's the 25th episode of Wrestling with a Generation Gap where the new see the old and the old see the new. This week Rob, Dave and Nick finish their look at one of the all time greats of wrestling, The King of Memphis, Jerry Lawler. We talk about Dave's insane rewatching of Wrestlemania IV every week, Rob on WCW post Russo, Dave catches some Mid Atlantic, a bio for Superstar Bill Dundee, Lawler vs. Dundee – the longest feud in wrestling, Dundee as Mid South Booker, Memphis matches as starting slow and building as opposed to up and down, the greatest punch exchange in wrestling history?, Memphis as the last mainland US territory, LONG discussion of where this match fits i…

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was January 10-16, 1993. We talk about Paul Heyman getting fired by WCW for dubious reasons, Bill Watts’ last Clash of the Champions featuring the epic 2 Cold Scorpio music video, Guns ’n’ Roses members at the AJPW show at Korakuen Hall, AAA planning major show in Mexico City, Sapphire comes to Memphis, the debut of Monday Night RAW and tons more…..a loaded show so check it out!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 1:49:33 Japan: AJPW, FMW, PWFG, UWFI, & JWP 2:15:42 Classic Commercial Break 2:19:33 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 3:03:31 Latin America: AAA, EMLL, UWA, & WWC 3:25:16 Other USA: WWA, NGWA, IW…

Kris & David are joined by Matt Griffin (ACTION! Wrestling) to discuss the week that was March 28-April 3, 2002. We talk about Ring of Honor’s 2nd ever show and everything surrounding that plus the other indies in the United States. We also talk about Toshiaki Kawada losing the Triple Crown thanks to injury as well as the rest of the Japanese scene. Also discussed is the WCW racism lawsuit, all the Lucha Libre tidbits, plus the first RAW after the Brand Extension. A really solid show so check it out!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 U.S. Indies: ROH, USA Championship Wrestling, NWA-TNA, WLW, MAW, XPW, & Potpourri 1:31:27 Japan: K-1, AJPW, NJPW, Noah, Osaka Pro, FMW offsh…

Saturday Night Flashbacks Clash of the Champions XX – September 2, 1992 Welcome to Saturday Night Flashbacks! With the classic content of WCW Saturday Night about to drop on the WWE Network this coming week, this seemed to be a great time to revisit some of this classic content. Some background info on my upbringing as a fan – I had seen some matches previously and heard about wrestling through friends of mine who were fans, and I recall my dad showing us a newspaper ad for Hogan-Warrior at Wrestlemania VI. It was around the fall of 1991 when I started watching more regularly and got hooked and started renting Coliseum Videos at the video store to catch up on w…

https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/twiw-indie-intl-02-24-2018 Pete and Tim talk about a lot of topics to open the show. The Pete breaks down his live experience at Aro Lucha Humble. Then we break down the last 2 weeks of CWF Worldwide. The last 2 weeks of NXT. Then we conclude with WXW Dead End.

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was March 21-27, 1999. We talk about Vince McMahon melting down on FOX News with Brian Kilmeade & Wallace Matthews over Phil Mushnick not being in the building, Steve Austin driving a Coors Light truck on RAW, Kenta Kobashi breaking his foot, Pierroth vs. Rey Gonzalez heating up WWC, ECW’s Living Dangerously PPV, and WCW Spring Break in Panama City with lots of shenanigans, and much more. A must listen show that also has what is quite possibly the best Amazon Game segment ever!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 1:32:54 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, Ogawa & Onita news, FMW, Michinoku Pro, RINGs, BattlARTS/JWP, G…

Welcome to the 24th episode of Wrestling with a Generation Gap and the 3rd of our wrestler profiles. This week we take a look at a man whose career has spanned five decades, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler. On the docket we have Jerry Lawler vs. Dream Machine – the King Returns highlight package Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk Jerry Lawler vs. Dutch Mantell – barbed wire match Jerry Lawler & Randy Savage vs. Rick Rude & King Kong Bundy. Also some promos from the King as he expounds on a country western softball game and address racism in wrestling against the Snowman. Then it's back to New Japan for January's Wrestle Kingdom Rumble! A s…

This is Part One of a Forty Part series looking at the Top Three Matches of the Year in WWF/WWE from 1978-2017. I am starting with the year 2014. This is Part One of a Forty Part Series chronicling the Top Three matches to take place in WWF/WWE from 1978-2017 in an effort to crown the greatest match of all time. Remember how much hope there in April of 2014, Cesaro was getting pushed, Sami Zayn was an over underdog babyface in NXT, the women's revolution was starting, The Shield vs Wyatts were tearing down the house and most importantly Daniel Bryan proved dreams do come true winning the World Championship at WrestleMania XXX in a fairy tale ending. All that hope just…

Kris & David are guestless as we discuss the week that was July 26-August 1, 1989. We talk about Ricky Steamboat leaving the NWA and how it affected the promotion, how great Japanese wrestling (and pretty much wrestling in general around the world) was 1989, Dennis Condrey turning heel in Continental, wackiness in Memphis, the imminent end of World Class, Portland’s resurgence, and Andre the Giant vs. Ultimate Warrior killing towns. A very strong episode of BTS so don’t miss it!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 0:54:33 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, UWF, FMW, & AJW 1:23:31 Classic Commercial Break 1:28:58 Housekeeping & The Amazon Game 2:16:38 Other North America: Grand Pri…

Kris & David are joined by Dylan Hales (Wrestling Culture/The Trade Marks) making his BTS debut discussing the week that was December 22-28, 1989. We talk about Blackjack Mulligan & Kendall Windham counterfeiting money, NWA Future Stars, Japanese Awards, Larry Nelson wackiness, great stuff from Continental & USWA and one of the worst weeks of Hulk Hogan’s life. A definite listen!!!!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 1:26:33 International: Weekly Pro Wrestling awards; Germany 1:42:55 Other USA: AWA, PNW, CWF, & Potpourri 2:53:48 USWA 3:22:03 WWF http://placetobenation.com/between-the-sheets-23-december-22-28-1989-featuring-dylan-hales/

Kris & David are guestless this week to discuss the week that was March 14-20, 1986. We talk about the Crockett Cup press conference which also marked the first big event of the Universal Wrestling Federation. We also discuss how the UWF getting Ken Mantell from World Class affected both promotions and how the first UWF TV taping started the group off with a bang. We also talk about Dave Meltzer’s early thoughts on the WrestleMania 2 card along with great clips and banter involving all the promotions around the world!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 Jim Crockett Promotions 0:44:56 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Montreal, Big Time Wrestling, Stampede, UWA, Tijuana, & WWC 1:10:41 Cla…

After a long break to allow Nick to recover from Hulkamania, we are back with another look at the WWE's recent Unreleased 86-95 DVD set, this time it's disc two. Before hand we get some thoughts on a recent ROH/NJ show, Rob gives thoughts on the All Star Wrestling shows put up on the network, Dave believes a time travelling Hulk Hogan stole his moveset from Kenny Omega (The V Trigger), Rob tries to explain the greatness of the Macho Elizabeth storyline to NIck, who steadfastly believes Liz should have never taken his abusive self back, the great debate, what gimmick was more racist - Kamala or Akeem, quick thoughts on the PTBN's WWE greatest wrestler top 10 list, how Dav…

https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/mount-olympus-winter-2018-a-brief-history-of-pop-music-and-pro-wrestling-in-the-1980s Mount Olympus is back! On this edition Kelly and Johnny, the Golden Lovers of wrestling podcasters, get together to talk about the amazing fusion of pop music with pro wrestling in the 1980s! Among the myriad of topics discussed... - Lord Landsdowne: Innovator of the musical entrance - Gorgeous George and Pomp and Circumstance - The Freebirds change the game - Music in Mid South, Memphis, WCCW and the Carolina's - Hulk Hogan, Eye of the Tiger, and the Rock and Wrestling Connection - Plus much, much more Crank it up and enjoy another…

SCG Radio returns to the Monday Night War Timeline to talk all about July 1999! Covering every Raw, Nitro and PPV, we discuss all the big stories on the month, including the build-up to The End of an Era at Fully Loaded, the developing elevation of Triple H, the continued failure of Billy Gunn, Steve Austin shooting down plans to work with Jeff Jarrett, assholes crapping on Bret Hart, WCW's utter desperation with the return of Hulk Hogan to take the World Title, a dreadful Bash at the Beach show, Megadeth performing live on Nitro, Goldberg returning unadvertised, Dennis Rodman in a terrible feud with Randy Savage and an awful lot of Sid Vicious. With all the facts, figure…

Kris & David are joined by John Thorne (Absolute Intense Wrestling) to discuss the week that was December 27, 1997-January 2, 1998. We talk about the crazy week that WCW had with Starrcade & Nitro taking place amidst lots of injuries and rumors of big stars possibly leaving for the WWF. We then discuss Antonio Inoki retiring for good, The best of Japan in 1997 according to Nikkan Sports, ECW battling cable services again, and Raw at Nassau Coliseum where a 13-year-old Bix was in attendance. This is a tremendous show!!!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 2:14:43 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, BJPW, ‘Jd, & Potpourri 2:44:46 Classic Commercial Break 2:48:47 Housekeeping/The Amazo…

Hello! As you may or may not have heard on the PTB Podcast, our next project will kick off the week after WrestleMania: GWWE - Tag Teams... if you are interested and want to be added to that FB discussion group, please click the link below! The project will run April - December. Nominations will open up on 4/9/18 and ballots will be due 12/31/18. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2097290823863377/

Kris & David are joined by “The Bone Collector” Dominic Garrini (Indie Wrestling Superstar) to discuss the week that was February 28-March 6, 1996. We talk about Mick Foley suing WCW over losing his ear in Germany, Johnny B. Badd leaving WCW, AJPW, Pancrase, & UWFi running big shows in Japan, Pentagon nearly dying in the ring on a AAA show, Sid Vicious retiring on Memphis TV, and Kevin Nash giving notice to the WWF among many other stories. A damn awesome show, so LISTEN NOW!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WCW 0:48:41 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, IWA Japan, Michinoku Pro, Tokyo Pro, Pancrase, UWFI, JWP, NWA Malaysia, & NWA U.K. Hammerlock 1:46:30 Classic Commercial Break 1…

Joe Gagne joins Danny as they talk about their wrestling fandom. http://shoutengine.com/MeetThePressSlamVolume2/meet-the-press-slam-with-joe-gagne-54578

Great article about wrestling in the 50's and 60's in Roanoke, VA. http://www.roanoke.com/news/woym-who-were-those-masked-wrestlers-of-the-early-days/article_ae4cf29e-59f6-593b-bf1f-31051e4c65cc.html

Yello again, everybody! I know we have a lot of old school fans on here, so thought Id help out Scott Bowden and promote his new podcast, Kentucky Fried Rasslin. Scott is a former Memphis manager, best known for managing such stars as Eddie Gilbert, Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich and getting into verbal altercations with Dave Brown, Randy Hales, Miss Texas and Downtown Bruno. I help him out with his podcast, working behind the scenes, to help provide fun art of some of your favorite Memphis wrestlers and Memphis moments. With that being said... Episode 15 of the KFR podcast is so packed, we moved it to the main event time slot: 8 p.m. Monday night. The Gr…

Kris note: Yes I know we forgot to do 1987 on the show but we will do a special show soon to rectify that….sorry about that. Kris Zellner is joined by John McAdam to discuss all the major shows at the Boston Garden from 1988 & 1989 including a show we forgot from 1987 which was the debut show of Jim Crockett Promotions. We talk about all the big matches and angles that setup these cards from both the NWA & WWF and the differences between the promotions shows also. A damn fun show so don’t miss it!!! To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at https://patreon.com/BetweenTh…

Should we just give up hope that Dave will be publishing the awards issue before WrestleMania?

For our 23rd episode of Wrestling with a Generation Gap Nick, Dave and Rob travel to the Southeast for some Continental Wrestling action. A special shout out to goc for not only suggesting this stuff, but tracking it down. On the docket we have Jimmy Golden vs. Robert Fuller cage match finish with promos galore The Flame promo Ron Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs. Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller in a cage The Nightmares vs. Tommy & Johnny Rich The Bullet vs. Jimmy Golden The Bullet vs. The Flame Wendall Cooley vs. Exotic Adrian Street Then it's over to TNA for another bloody all out war as Marty the Moth does battle with Killshot. Feedback and suggestions …

Kris & David are guestless this week as we discuss the week that was February 21-27, 1991. We talk about the unpopularity of wrestling in a big media survey, Hulk Hogan winning the Persian Gulf war on his own, AJPW’s new foreigners getting over, SWS battling the media, the birth of IWCCW, and WrestleWar ’91: War Games with WWF running a show in the area the night before. Damn fun show, so don’t miss out!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 0:55:03 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, SWS, FMW, EMLL, & UWA 1:21:45 Classic Commercial Break 1:26:58 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 2:06:18 Other USA: IWCCW, TWA, USWA, TWF, Portland, & Potpourri 2:56:13 WCW To support the show and get acc…