Ep. #103: July 5-11, 2005

Kris and David are back with a ridiculously news-packed episode covering the week that was July 5th-11th, 2005, which was requested by a Patreon backer. We open with the death of Shinya Hashimoto, trying to parse the exact circumstances of his departure from NJPW, plus looking at his health and the rise and fall of Zero-One. On top of that, Jim Cornette is fired by WWE for slapping the future Santino Marella, the Summer of Punk rolls on in ROH, Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe is officially announced, Gene Snitsky teams with the Kings of Wrestling against Jimmy Snuka (and admires Lita’s feet), “Hogan Knows Best” debuts, WWE cuts a bunch of wrestlers including two married couples while negotiating with Brock Lesnar, AND the Mohammad Hassan/Undertaker beheading knockoff angle airs on the day of the 7/7 terrorist attack. One of the most loaded shows we have ever done, so check it out! Timestamps: 0:00:00 Shinya Hashimoto 0:55:59 TNA 1:27:39 Japan: Zero-One Max, DDT, Dragon Gate, Michinoku Pro, HERO’S, Potpourri, & M*STYLE 2:08:47 Classic Commercial Break 2:11:59 Housekeeping & The Amazon Game 2:34:52 Other North America: Canada, CMLL, IWRG, Monterrey, & Puerto Rico 3;03:22 U.S. Indies: ROH, CZW, WXW, CAPW, PWE, IWAMS, NWA No Limits, PTW, PWG, & Potpourri 4:30:08 WWE 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. 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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands