Ep. #467: July 17-21, 1999

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the partial week that was July 17-21,1999, a Patreon request via William Lanham who threw down the $25 pledge to pick this week. Topics of discussion include:

• UPN President Dean Valentine answering tough questions about putting SmackDown on his network considering the WWF's content at that time.
• The WWF trying to tone down their content as Jeff Jarrett won't let Debra “show off the puppies" anymore.
• Shane McMahon trying and failing to get Stephanie to date Joey Abs.
• Nicole Bass making more money doing apartment wrestling than she was in the WWF.
• The infamous saga, if you can even call it that, of The Dirtbike Kid in Michinoku Pro.
• Shocker winning Rey Bucanero's mask at the big OCESA Ruleta de la Muerte PPV in Mexico.
• ECW’s Heatwave ’99 PPV featuring Buh Buh Ray Dudley going off on one of his wildest and most vulgar rants…right in front of TNN executives who weren't too pleased.
• Justin Credible's push and whether or not it was warranted.
• An insane episode of WCW Monday Nitro featuring ARLISS, Dennis Rodman being wacky, Lenny and Lodi being revealed as brothers, and Buff Bagwell in blackface as Ernest Miller, among other things.

This was a wild and wacky episode, so don’t you don't dare miss it!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 WWF

1:18:49 Eurasia: AJPW, NJPW, BattlARTS, Capture, FMW, IWA Japan, IWA Kokusai, Michinoku Pro, AJW, GAEA, Jd’, JWP, NEO Ladies, JWP/NEO combined show, LLPW, & CWA

2:05:07 Mexico: AAA, CMLL, IWRG, OCESA, & Nuevo Laredo

2:18:55 Classic Commercial Break

2:23:58 Halftime

3:12:25 Other USA: ECW, CZW, OVW, MECW (Nashville), Power Pro, & Oregon

4:46:04 WCW

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