Ep. #453: April 6-12, 1998

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the week that was April 6-12, 1988. Topics of discussion include:

• The WWF staying on USA Network even though they were undergoing a leadership change.
• X-Pac's contract and how it differs from other WWF contracts at the time.
• Cactus Jack cutting an impassioned promo on Raw that the fans in the building didn't give a shit about.
• Stone Cold goes corporate....or does he?
• Mitsuharu Misawa, like Shawn Michaels, is breaking down physically.
• Paul Heyman suspends Sabu and The Sandman for some of their out of the ring chicanery.
• Adrian Street's career is in jeopardy after a serious injury.
• Who exactly owns Music City Wrestling?
• he reasons why Sid Vicious won't be working for Memphis Power Pro Wrestling.
• The saga of Ric Flair and the 4/9 episode of Thunder in Tallahassee, Florida, plus how close was he to jumping to the WWF for their 4/26 PPV in Greensboro.
• WCW wrestlers hanging out backstage at ECW shows and how that got them heat in WCW.
• Some amazing clips of some wild episodes of Nitro and Thunder that you can't miss.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:18:27 Int’l: AJPW, IWA Kokusai, AJW, JWP, LLPW, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, Promo Azteca, Tijuana, & WWC

1:49:14 Classic Commercial Break

1:53:35 Halftime

2:38:28 Other USA: ECW, SSW, Adrian Street, IWAMS, Music City, Memphis Power Pro, NWA Southwest, Mike Modest, & Oregon Lucha

3:10:02 WCW

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