Ep. #482: October 30-November 5, 2003 with Robert O'Connor

Kris and David are joined by Robert O'Connor (@ghostofquinones) to discuss the week that was October 30-November 5, 2003. Topics of discussion include:

• Teddy Hart going completely nuts at the 11/1 Ring of Honor show in Elizabeth, NJ and taking over the wrestling internet with his antics. We talk about the show itself — which gets forgotten because of Teddy and the aftermath, despite some great matches — plus all of the fallout, including Teddy’s “open letter” apology and CM Punk burying Teddy on his LiveJournal blog.
• A wacky NWA-TNA PPV featuring the announcement of Lex Luger coming in, Raven getting some "revenge" on Jim Mitchell, and lots more TNA goodness.
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan finally winning the IWGP Heavyweight Title in New Japan on a weird show in Yokohama.
• NOAH's 11/1 Budokan show, featuring Shiro Koshinaka making his surprise debut and Kenta Kobashi defending the GHC World Heavyweight Title against Yoshinari Ogawa.
• Michinoku Pro’s 10th anniversary show featuring Bob Sapp.
• Randy Savage's rap album flopping hard.
• Two completely insane segments featuring Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman on SmackDown.
• WWE calling Matt Morgan up from OVW at a time where way too many big guys were called up at once and devalued each other as a result.
• Raw is Degrassi, with the key Canadian talent showing off their ACTING~! skills.

That's just a taste of the greatness on this show, and of course O'Connor delivers the content as always, so LISTEN NOW!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 ROH

1:21:47 NWA-TNA

2:20:35 Int’l: NJPW, NOAH, World Japan, Zero-One, Michinoku Pro, Toryumon, NEO Ladies, AAA, CMLL, Monterrey, Tijuana, & IWAPR

3:08:12 Classic Commercial Break

3:12:20 Halftime

4:07:01 Other USA: NWA Wildside, Hawk Memorial Show, PWG, Randy Savage, & John Todd Miller

4:25:25 WWE

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