# Ep. #549: March 7-12, 2003

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Podcast: [Between The Sheets](https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-sheets-998026)
Published: 2026-07-13T04:00:43+00:00
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Kris and David return to discuss the (almost-)week that was March 7-12, 2003. Topics of discussion include: Kurt Angle delaying his neck surgery and dropping the WWE Heavyweight Title to Brock Lesnar at a SmackDown taping in Pittsburgh weeks before WrestleMania so they can have their title match at Mania proper. We also go into the rash of neck injuries that ravaged WWE in the early 2000s. The Triple H-Booker T feud with its constant racial overtones. Just why did The Rock wrestle Hurricane on Raw instead of Booker T? Triple H vs. Maven totally tanking the ratings on Raw and why that happened. Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi going the full 60 minutes on a big New Japan show in Nagoya. Dave Meltzer giving his thoughts on the epic Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa match at Budokan on 3/1, which aired on Nippon TV during our week. The 1970s NJPW feel of Zero-One in this era. XPW running a big show at the Golden Dome in Monaca, PA promoted by Shane Douglas in what would turn out to be the last show in the original incarnation of the promotion. Brad Siegel being forced to resign from Turner Broadcasting. The supposedly retired Vince Russo is still helping TNA with creative the shock of all shocks. Lollipop “accidentally” gets exposed, showing off her new implants on the week’s NWA-TNA PPV. All of this and so much more on a really stout episode of Between the Sheets. Timestamps: 0:00:00 WWE 1:34:00 Int’l: AJPW, NJPW, NOAH, WJ, Zero-One, Capture, IWA Kokusai, Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro, Toryumon, WEW, WMF, GAEA, EWP, All-Star (UK), Stampede, CMLL, Super Calo/Tepic, IWRG, Monterrey, Reynosa, Tijuana, & IWAPR 2:35:24 Classic Commercial Break 2:39:52 Halftime 2:18:44 Other USA: USA Pro, CZW, Chikara, XPW, MarylandCW, NWA Wildside, MXPW, IWAMS, USACW, Rev Pro, Portland, &…

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