Ep. #518: July 23-29, 2015

Kris and David are back to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Between the Sheets, and there’s no better way to do that than to look back at the week July 23-29, 2015, the week where we recorded and released our first episode.

(Note: Other than the Halftime segment, this episode was recorded before Hulk Hogan passed away.)

Topics of discussion include:

WWE firing Hulk Hogan after the contents of his racist rant contained in one of the sex tapes featuring him with Bubba the Love Sponge's wife were reported by the National Enquirer.Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling holding its first pilot TV taping in Las Vegas, which would be later be repurposed as TNA-branded PPV's.The weird relationship between GFW and TNA during a period where TNA was putting on very blah shows and taping TV far in advance.The changes to the structure of NJPW's G1 Climax tournament, extending it to a weeks-long tour, complete with full rundowns of the early shows.Alberto el Patron and Myzteziz (Mistico) having a legit war of words on Twitter that was not part of any AAA storylines at the time.ROH's Death Before Dishonor iPPV, featuring Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong going to a 60 minute draw and Colby Corino in his role as The Decade’s “young boy.”PWG running their 12th Anniversary Show, complete with a full in-person rundown by Dave Meltzer.Vincent Verhei's rundown of Lucha Underground's ULTIMA LUCHA Part 1 in Figure Four Weekly.Bryan Danielson's book tour, featuring Bryan opening up about his concussion issues for the first time and lots more.Rundowns of SmackDown, Raw, NXT, and all of the other happenings in WWE.

We thank everyone for their support over the last 10 years and we hope you enjoy the show!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Hulk Hogan

1:20:55 GFW & TNA

1:56:41 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, AAA, CMLL, & Tijuana

2:31:10 Classic Commercial Break

2:36:24 Halftime: Death of Hulk Hogan & BTS 10th anniversary messages

3:49:53 Other USA: ROH, PWG, Lucha Underground, Bruce Tharpe/NWA Classics, & A.J. Lee

5:14:42 WWE

6:23:09 More BTS 10th anniversary messages

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