Ep. #560: September 22-28, 2008

Kris and David are back to discuss the week that was September 22-28, 2008. Topics of discussion include:

• ROH New Horizons debuts on PPV featuring Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black, Nigel McGuinness defending the ROH Title against Claudio Castagnoli, appearances from Naomichi Marufuji and Go Shiozaki, and so much more.
• An update on Kevin Nash's contract status in TNA.
• Booker T's horrible Ugandan accent in TNA.
• "The Love-In" starring “The Guru” Sonjay Dutt and SoCal Val.
• Who’s going to portray Suicide in TNA with Frankie Kazarian getting hurt?
• The Great Muta winning the Triple Crown again in AJPW.
• HUSTLE going down the toilet at the box office.
• The total insanity of the TEAM VADER shows in Tokyo.
• INDYPENDENCE DAY in England.
• Homicide is crowned "The King of New York” on a very random show in Queens.
• Erick Stevens winning the Jeff Peterson Cup the same weekend that Drake Younger wins the Ted Petty Invitational.
• Vince McMahon wanting better ACTING~! from the WWE roster.
• The TV wrestling boom in Spain officially coming to an end.
• Raw General Manager Mike Adamle. That is all.
• Santo Marella’s rivalry with “BAPTISTA.”
• Triple H slumming it on SmackDown, where he’s programmed with the Great Khali and Vladimir Kozlov.
• Stephanie McMahon beefing with Kevin Dunn even as far back as 2008.
• Why isn't WWE connecting with adults?

All that and more on a fun episode of BTS!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 ROH

0:23:15 TNA

1:12:32 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, Apache Army, DDT, Dragongate, Fukumen Mania, Futen, HUSTLE, Kageki, Team Vader, VKF, Zero-One. JWP, WSW (Portugal), & Indypendence Day

2:00:52 Classic Commercial Break

2:05:21 Halftime/Anti-aggregator ranting

2:53:09 Other North America: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Juarez, BPW, ACE, Mark Madden, Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, & IWAMS

3:38:56 WWE

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