Ep. #415: July 19-25, 2000 with Mark Coale

Kris & David are joined by Mark Coale (@black_bile) to discuss the week that was July 19-25, 2000, a week that he requested by dropping a $100 on our Patreon so he could sit in for the whole show. Topics of discussion include:

Dave Meltzer talking about how he plans to alter the way he does the Observer because of the changing wrestling industry.WWF Fully Loaded featuring some really solid wrestling on top after some shakiness on the undercard.The morale among The Radicalz after being in the WWF for almost 6 months.Rikishi taking one of the wilder spills of that era of WWF wrestling that somehow never gets talked about today.Tazz being "paranoid" in two different promotions.The first All Japan Budokan Hall show after the NOAH split, featuring Genichiro Tenryu’s in-ring return, as well as the final AJPW show featuring the departing NOAH talent.Stampede planning on making Sabu a traveling world champion who would tour affiliated promotions.ECW still looking for TV deals to replace TNN while working angles with Billy Corgan.The story behind the drama between Jim Cornette and Terry Landel.XPW running a big show in Los Angeles a week after their big dust-up at the ECW PPV.WCW doing big business in Australia with the initial on-sale for their upcoming tour, even while producing some of the stupidest wrestling television ever made, like Booker T and Bill Goldberg's wild night at Nitro.An update on company morale since Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan had walked out at Bash at the Beach.Johnny Ace being praised for his work helping up the in-ring quality of the shows with his agenting work, particularly his knack for coming up with good finishes.

That's just a glimpse of what we have this week, as this show is slam-packed, so check it out!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 State of the Observer

0:20:13 WWF

1:49:36 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, BJPW, Capture, FMW, Onita Pro, & GAEA

2:15:09 Classic Commercial Break

2:20:12 Halftime

2:59:59 Other North America: Stampede, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, MVS/GWAS, Tijuana, & WWC

3:34:34 Other USA: CZW, ECW, ECWA, Terry Landel, Rev Pro, & XPW

4:07:30 WCW

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