TWIWH S2 E7 (02/12 – 02/18) This Week In Wrestling History

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RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 58 Minutes
Hosted by Don Tony

SYNOPSIS: S2 E7 (02/12 – 02/18)

• The War To Settle The Score: WWF and MTV team up to broadcast (at the time) the most watched show in the history of cable.
• Jimmy Hart makes his WWF managerial debut.
• Bruno Sammartino teams up with son David and wrestles after three years retired.
• Looking back at SNME E5 and the build to WrestleMania 2.
• Fallout between Adrian Adonis and Brutus (soon to be) ‘The Barber’ Beefcake begins.
• Looking back at NWA/WCW Clash Of The Champions V: St Valentine’s Day Massacre.
• Audio: Ted Dibiase debuts the Million Dollar Belt during The Brother Love Show.
• Audio: Paul Bearer makes his WWF managerial debut.
• Looking back at ECW Cyberslam ’96 and Brian Pillman’s controversial appearance.
• Audio: Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff speak on Brian Pillman.
• Looking back at WWF IYH 6: Rage In The Cage.
• Audio: Shawn Michaels surrenders WWF Championship due to injuries and the need to ‘find his smile’.
• Audio: HBK, Bret Hart, Psycho Sid: WWF has three Heavyweight Championship Title changes in four days.
• Looking back at WWF IYH 13: Final Four.
• Looking back at WWF IYH 27: St Valentine’s Day Massacre.
• Audio: Memorable Hardcore Match between Al Snow and Bob Holly (IYH 27).
• Audio: Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon Cage Match (IYH 27).
• ‘The Janitor’ Hacksaw Jim Duggan finds WCW TV Title in the trash and declares himself Champion.
• Looking back at WCW SuperBrawl Revenge. No wonder why WCW never sold this event on home video.
• Looking back at WWF No Way Out PPV (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009).
• Audio: Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar battle 30 minutes for WWE Championship.
• Looking back at Ring Of Honor 2nd and 8th Anniversary Shows (2004, 2010).
• Looking back at TNA Against All Odds PPV (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012).
• Audio: Christian def Jeff Jarrett to win NWA Heavyweight Championship.
• Paul Heyman announces ECW One Night Stand II.
• Audio: In front of a massive media audience of 3, Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan announce TNA’s move to Monday Nights.
• Last ever episode of WWE/ECW airs on Sci-Fi.
• WWE/ECW is out. WWE NXT is in.
• List of NXT Season One ‘Rookie’ class is announced.
• Audio: After a seven year absence, The Rock returns to Raw and issues a challenge.
• Looking back at WWE Smackdown Episode 600.
• After watching his ‘girlfriend’ Eve Torres make out with John Cena, wheelchair ridden Zack Ryder confined to a wheelchair is tossed of Raw stage by Kane.
• Looking back at WWE Elimination Chamber PPV (2013).
• Audio: Zeb Coulter and Jack Swagger begin the controversial ‘We The People’ storyline and WWE’s piss poor decision to kill it within a week.
• WWE debuts a new Heavyweight Championship Title replacing the Spinner Belt.
• WWE crowns their first ever NXT Tag Team Champions.
• Cesaro’s Twitter account is hacked due to using a very predictable password.
• Audio: After 17 weeks of build, Emmalina’s first and only appearance on Raw.
• Looking back at the Chris Jericho / Kevin Owens ‘Festival Of Friendship’.
• And so much more!

NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS: Viscera, Ray Gunkel, Ray Schilling, JT Roberts, Wong Buck Lee,  Wild Bill Zim, Prince Malik, Mini Chessman, Karl Dauberger, Vivianne Vachon, Mitsu Hirai, Larry Sweeney, and Chris Champion RIP, Lumberjack Pierre 80, Tony Salazar 70,  Jim Lancaster 65, Ray Rougeau and Rip Rogers 64, Hugo Savinovich 60, One Man Gang 59, Baby Doll 57, Ken Shamrock 55, Tim Storm and Ultraman Robin 54, Mika Takahashi and Daisuke Ikeda 52, Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, Tigre Universitario and Gangrel 50, Tommy Dreamer and Mariko Yoshida 48, Jack Doan 47, Hiroko 44,  Ai Fujita and General Trent Steel 43, Princesa Guerrera and Blackjack Phoenix 42,  Miyuki Maeda 41, Kurt Adonis, Chicano and Makoto Oishi 40, Shinsuke Nakamura and LuFisto 39, Haruka Matsuo, Ayako Hamada,  Rion Mizuki, Hiroshi Nakamura 38, Mikhail Vakhneev 37, Lenn Oddity, Panamá Jack Daniels, Ray Latino and Jimmy Jacobs 35, TJ Mack, AK 47, Fabius Titus and Ricardo Rodriguez 33, Blake Albright and Ángel de Guerra 32,  Holly Blossom, Mio Shirai and Sadico 31, Tigre Rojo Jr. and Bobby Villa 30, Rich Swann and Poseidon 28, Astro Boy #2 26

NOTABLE PRO WRESTLING DEBUTS: Nick Gage (1999), Lince Dorado (2007), Brad Maddox (2008)

NOTABLE DEATHS: Frank Martinez 81, George ‘The Animal’ Steele and Tony Charles 79, Pedro Morales and Michiaki Yoshimura 76, Tony Altimore, Wilhelm Ruska, Hans-Richard Behrens, Walter Podolak and Ivan Koloff 74, Mildred Burke 73, Johnny Weaver 72, Bill MacMurray, Kurt von Stroheim and Gil Guerrero 69, Buddy Lee 65, Chico García 64,  Bob Owens 61, Henry Kulkovich 53, Nicole Bass 52, Ann Gunkel 50, Chick Garibaldi 46, Viscera 43, Bubba Douglas and Mike Awesome 42, Johnny Grunge 39, Kerry Von Erich, Eddie Gilbert, and Damian Michaels 33, Slick Robbie D 32, Shane Smalls 31, Louie Spicoli 27

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