Season 6 - Episode #48: Paul Burchill The Pirate

In 2006, WWE decided to try and capitalize on the popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean and they made newcomer Paul Burchill start a pirate gimmick after his split with William Regal. They would have a very interesting feud involving cross-dressing and more. Then Vince killed the gimmick but not for the reasons you would expect.

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Season 6 - Episode #47: The Pointless Funeral of Lex Luger

On the September 27, 1999 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, there was a video package of a funeral of Lex Luger complete with his ghost. It came out of the blue and it led to ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! This is the most nonsensical and pointless thing to ever take place on an episode of wrestling TV.

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BTG Extra: AEW Double Or Nothing Recap (2020)

We've finished watching the latest PPV from All Elite Wrestling and we have tons of thoughts! Join us for a full recap and discussion on another great and unique show!

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Season 6 - Episode #46: Climb The Corporate Ladder Match (Money In The Bank 2020)

For WWE's Money In The bank PPV taking place during the Covid-19 nationwide quarantine, they had to get creative without fans. So they decided to have a Money In The Bank match at their corporate headquarters where the participants had to work their way from the ground floor all the way to the roof to win. Well it was quite the show so we break it down in full detail here.

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Season 6 - Episode #45: Sunny Has Sex With Elmo AKA The First Two Episodes of WWF Shotgun Saturday Night

I honestly can't believe this is real. Back in early 1997, before the Attitude Era was in full swing, WWF decided to run a weekly live show from nightclubs in NYC. It was called Shotgun Saturday Night and it was an attempt at bringing "edgier" content to the company. Well it was a complete failure and gave us some moments that are simply unbelievable. The main one was when Sunny had sex with Elmo! Others included, The Flying Nuns, Hog Farmers, midget wrestling with Jim Cornette, Honky Tonk Man karaoke, a pregnant Goldust and so much more!

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Season 6 - Episode #44: The Trial Of Eric Bischoff and Our Ready To Rumble 2 Pitch

Eric Bischoff had been the GM of Raw for about 3 years and Vince felt his time was up. So he held a trial for Bischoff to see if he truly hadn't lived up to his promises. What followed was a extremely enjoyable episode of Raw with a very bizarre courtroom. It ends with the greatest character exist in WWE history and it involves a dump truck.

Liv Morgan has made a splash on Twitter by going nuts over the cult wrestling film Ready To Rumble starring our Patron Saint David Arquette. She also has expressed a desire for a sequel. David Arquette responded by saying she could play his daughter. Well we have come up with the perfect pitch for a Ready To Rumble sequel and hope you guys agree!

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Season 6 - Episode #43: It's Me Austin! (The Greater Power/Higher Power) and the 20th Anniversary of David Arquette as WCW Champion

WWE has a history of ruining well built up angles but this one is by far the worst. The Greater Power (also known as Higher Power) story was a massive one that spanned five months and utilized the biggest names in the company. It had good, if not bizarre, character development and was pretty intriguing at least. But in five seconds they threw it completely down the drain with the worst reveal in wrestling history.

We also have to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our show's Patron Saint David Arquette winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. On April 26th, 2000, he pinned Eric Bischoff to become the first actor to hold the gold. He went on a memorable two week run culminating in a heel turn at Slamboree in a triple cage match with DDP and Jeff Jarrett.

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Season 6 - Episode #42: WWE Releases and The Unfortunate Career of Muhammad Hassan

This was a brutal week for many WWE wrestlers as a spree of releases torn through the company.

For the show this week we go back to 2004-5 when a new character debuted. Muhammad Hassan was portrayed initially as an Arab-American who had turned on America due to racist oppression in the wake of 9/11. It was actually a pretty well done heel character both from a writing perspective and from Hassan. He started to rise in the ranks and was being positioned for a massive push when it all came crashing down due to an awful segment at the worst time.

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Season 6 - Episode #41: 100th Episode: Chris Jericho Makes Saturn Wear A Dress

We have somehow made it to 100 episodes of Behind The Gorilla! Thanks so much to all of you who listen to our crazy show!

This week we have a topic that goes from pretty weird to downright freaky. Perry Saturn found himself in a feud with Chris Jericho in January of 1999 in WCW. It started with a crooked referee Scott Dickinson helping Jericho win on several occasions. This lead to a match at Souled Out where if Saturn lost he had to wear a dress. It would escalate to Saturn becoming a cross-dressing Gothic transvestite looking character and a dog collar match. You don't want to miss this one!

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Season 6 - Episode #40: Firefly Funhouse Match Breakdown and WrestleMania 36 Review

The weirdest WrestleMania of all time is behind us but it gave us a wonderful gift which is the Firefly Funhouse Match between John Cena and Bray Wyatt AKA The Fiend. It was the perfect kind of bizarre and fits our show perfectly so we go over it in full! Also we talk about the full two day card!

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