9/11 Flashback — Ep. #165: September 12-18, 2001 with Matt Griffin & Phil Schneider

Since today is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we figured we'd re-upload what is effectively our 9/11 show. Matt Griffin joins us to talk about the week from his perspective working in the U.S. Marine Corps public relations department at the time, plus Phil Schneider hops on for the indie section since he lived in Washington, DC at the time of the attacks and is a longtime evangelist of the Low-Ki vs. The Amazing Red match that took place on the UCW/ICW New York show in Queens that week.

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Kris and David are joined by Matt Griffin (ACTION Wrestling) and Phil Schneider (Segunda Caida) this week to discuss the week that was September 12-18, 2001. Topics of discussion include:

September 11th and how that affected us personally as well as the wrestling business, plus Dave Meltzer’s thoughts on the feelings of the nation at the time in a powerful piece.How the WWF handled this situation and the infamous 9/13 live Smackdown from Houston with all the behind the scenes info you would want.The rest of the week in the WWF.New Japan's wild G-1 World Tournament, K-1’s tax issues, and the awesomeness of 2001 CMLL.Phil joins us to discuss the United States indie scene including Low-Ki vs. Red tearing it up on the first wrestling show in NYC since 9/11, Jeff G. Bailey taking over Wildside, post-WCW startup madness, and Stevie Ray on Ricki Lake.A fantastic show and one of our best ever so don't miss it!!!!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 9/11

0:36:16 WWF

2:08:12 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, ZERO-ONE, BattlARTS, BJPW, DDT, FMW, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, W*ING, ARSION, JD’, NEO, & K-1

3:17:55 Classic Commercial Break

3:20:27 Housekeeping/The Amazon Game

3:50:10 Other North America: Matrats, ECCW, AAA, CMLL, IWRG, Luchas 2000, Monterrey, & Dandy-Navarro

4:13:13 Other USA: UCW, Assault, NWA, Memphis, OVW, HWA, MECW, IWAMS, The Wall, WOW Magazine, WrestleXpress, Hulk Hogan, & Ricki Lake (And yes, we found out after the show that the kid on there isn’t who we thought he was.)