Ep. #181: January 2-8, 1987 with Beau James

Kris & David are joined by Beau James (@kingofkingsport) to discuss the week that was January 2-8, 1987. We talk about a Saturday Night's Main Event featuring the Hulk Hogan-Paul Orndorff steel cage match that had a finish that will never be forgotten, as well as the pending Andre the Giant heel turn and how that affected the SNME booking. We also talk about AJPW & NJPW kicking off their new year at Korakuen Hall, Kevin Sullivan returning to Florida and the budding relationship that territory had with Continental, a third New Guinea Headhunter making quite the debut in a steel cage, Hacksaw Duggan & The Fantastics leaving the UWF, the saga of Vladimir Petrov, and much more. This is an extremely fun show, so check it out!!! Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWF 1:37:29 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, Stampede, EMLL, UWA, & Florida 1:58:30 Classic Commercial Break 2:03:32 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game 2:55:50 USA East: Florida, Continental, & Memphis 3:30:54 USA West: UWF, WCCW, AWA, Portland, & Hawaii 4:48:26 Jim Crockett Promotions 5:45:07 Patreon Preview: Matwatch enters the Continental coverage fray To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows! You can also support the show by shopping with our Amazon referral link at TinyURL.com/BTSAmazon — Nothing extra comes out of your wallet, but Amazon gives us a kickback for referring you to them. For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out Powerbomb.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 20 day trial! To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.

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