Hello everybody and welcome to episode 13 of the Eggshells Podcast Companion.

This is an audible companion to Eggshells Pro Wrestling in the Tokyo Dome, a book that's

available right now and covers every wrestling show

in the history of Japan's most famous stadium. In this podcast, we take a look at a different

year in Tokyo Dome history each episode.

This particular episode we're going to be talking about the Space Year 2001,

and I am joined this episode by from Voices of Wrestling, Rich Kretsch how you doing.

How's it going Chris? Thanks for having me.

Well, it's an early morning for you but thanks for hopping on.

It's always difficult to do time differences when you do podcasts from Japan.

Right, yeah, no, no, I try to make it as easy for you guys because I know in certain times we've, I think

you and I have done shows before and we've done like night and I always felt horrible because for you it was

like 4 a.m. or whatever so I'm returning the favor here it's only 8 a.m. I'm good.

You got my coffee. We're all right. Yeah yeah I have done a fair few interviews at

three in the morning because it's one thing to do okay it's it's

time differences but time differences plus kids is the biggest nightmare in the world.

Yeah, when they're asleep, that's when we have to do this kind of thing.

So yeah, Rich, 2001, this time, this particular episode what are your recollections of 2001 in in general what

was Rich Craj doing in 2001 oh man in 2001 I was I don't even hold it was at that point. I don't even want to know because it's going to make me feel terrible.

So I didn't even bring it up. But yeah, what was I doing in 2001? I think watching a lot of wrestling for sure, a lot of American wrestling hoping that the invasion wouldn't be so terrible and then it was terrible.

Yeah otherwise in 2001 I mean that was basically it I started

this is actually the first year so I started really getting back in a pro wrestling like I watched a little bit as a kid

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