Back by Popular Demand! This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony aired back in 2018-2019 and spanned two seasons. These retro episodes return remastered and are filled with hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling’s awesome history.
SYNOPSIS: S2 E38 (09/17 – 09/23)
- EMLL (now known as CMLL) promotes it’s first show.
- Fabulous Moolah begins her 28 year run as Womens Champion.
- Hints of a Jimmy Snuka ‘babyface’ turn in WWF begins (1982)
- Serious health issues force Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura to retire from pro wrestling
- Steel Cage Match between Capt Lou Albano (52) and Freddie Blassie (67)
- SNME debuts the WWF Music Video ‘Piledriver’, and Mega Powers seal their bond with ‘the handshake’
- Audio: Looking back at WWF ‘Piledriver’. Which tune was your favorite?
- Dustin Rhodes makes his WWF debut on SNME
- Audio: Jake The Snake Roberts promo on Prime Time Wrestling
- Looking back at WCW Fall Brawl: War Games 1993 & 1994
- Global Wrestling Federation folds after three year run
- Audio: Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff meets Psychic Gary Spivey
- Audio: Rey Mysterio Jr and Psichosis make their ECW debut
- Audio: Steve-A-Mania runs wild as Steve Austin makes his ECW debut
- Audio: Infamous Cactus Jack Promo: ‘Cane Dewey’
- Audio: Jim Ross shoots on WWF and introduces the fake Razor Ramon and fake Diesel
- Public Enemy win WCW Tag Team Titles from Harlem Heat
- Audio: ECW invades WWE IYH Mind Games PPV and Monday Night Raw
- Audio: Highlights of Beulah McGillicutty vs Bill Alfonso (ECW As Good As It Gets)
- Looking back at WWF UK Exclusive PPV: One Night Only
- Audio: Cactus Jack makes WWF debut
- Audio: Steve Austin stuns Vince McMahon for the first time and is arrested
- Audio: Bill Goldberg makes his WCW debut
- The story behind the Missy Hyatt / Scott Putski Sex Video
- Stephanie McMahon makes her pro wrestling debut on Raw
- Vince McMahon vacates the WWF Championship and is reinstated by Steve Austin
- The night Triple H wrestled five times on an episode of Smackdown
- Looking back at 1999 ECW Anarchy Rulz
- Last episode of Raw on USA Network before jump to TNN
- Kronik wrestle their one and only PPV match for WWE
- Looking back at WWF Unforgiven 2000, 2003
- Audio: Raven makes his memorable WWF debut
- Kane and The Hurricane win WWF Tag Team Titles
- Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles vs Bryan Danielson tear down the house at 2004 IWA Mid South Ted Petty Invitational
- Audio: Lita suffers a miscarriage. Gene Snitsky insists that it wasn’t his fault
- Looking back at ‘Christy/Carmella’ and the WWE shadiness behind the 2004 Divas Search Contest
- The story behind New Jack arrested before USAPW show and DT bailing him out of prison
- Audio: Bobby Lashley makes WWE debut
- WWE releases Mark Copani (aka Muhammad Hassan)
- TNA rehires Vince Russo to the creative team
- Audio: TNA signs Kurt Angle and the commentators go bonkers
- Teddy Long suffers ‘heart attack’ during his wedding ceremony to Kristal Marshall
- Arizona Court dismisses Ultimate Warrior lawsuit against WWE
- Audio: Mark Henry def Randy Orton to become World Heavyweight Champion
- Audio: Triple H vs CM Punk (Night Of Champions 2011)
- Matt Hardy arrested for third time in a month and charged with possession, intent to sell/distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and more
- TNA changes to live format in attempt to stop substantial ratings decline
- Roman Reigns suffers his first pin (loss) on WWE roster
- Looking back at WWE Night Of Champions 2014 & 2015
- Sting suffers serious neck injury (against Seth Rollins) and wrestles last ever match
- Audio: The List Of Jericho is born
- Cesaro suffers two impacted front teeth during Tag Title bout, and finishes the match
- And much more!
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