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TWIWH S2 E34 (08/20 – 08/26) This Week In Wrestling History


RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 28 Minutes
Hosted by Don Tony

SYNOPSIS: S2 E34 (08/20 – 08/26)

  • Dusty Rhodes def Harley Race to win NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, ending Race’s run at 926 days. Rhodes’ title reign would last five days.
  • Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV two weeks after stabbing incident (1982).
  • Looking back at SummerSlam ’91: A Match Made In Heaven, A Match Made In Hell! (1991).
  • Sting def Steve Austin to win his first WCW United States Title.
  • Looking back at SummerSlam Spectacular (1993).
  • Audio: Bizzaro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart booed in Memphis, and lots more (1993).
  • Looking back at USWA ‘A Matter Of Pride’ event (1993).
  • Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXVIII (1994).
  • Ricky Steamboat suffers career ending back injury.
  • Final ECW Match: Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko: Best 2 Of 3 Falls.
  • Audio: Cactus Jack vs Terry Funk: IWA King Of The Death Match Tournament Final (1995).
  • Looking back at WWF EX-perience event (1996).
  • Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro (1997).
  • Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXXV (1997).
  • Looking back at WWF Friday Night’s Main Event (1997).
  • Audio: Bart Gunn vs Bradshaw: Brawl For It All Tournament Final (1998).
  • Looking back at WWF Summerslam PPV (1999).
  • WWF tapes the first weekly episode of Smackdown.
  • Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW (1999).
  • Audio: Raw vs Nitro Main Event Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Title (Raw) vs KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro).
  • Lillian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts.
  • Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping upcoming ECW on TNN debut (1999).
  • Audio: First Women’s Main Event in Monday Night Raw’s history: Stephanie McMahon vs Lita for Womens Championship (2000).
  • Sara (Undertaker’s Ex-Wife) vs Diamond Dallas Page
  • The Rock interviews Booker Wee – Sucka! 
  • Looking back at WWE SummerSlam PPV (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017).
  • Audio: Last ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs Tommy Dreamer (2002).
  • Audio: Howard Finkel vs Lillian Garcia: Tuxedo vs Evening Gown Match (2002).
  • Jimmy Snuka squashed by Three Minute Warning.
  • Jaime Koeppe wins 2003 WWE Divas Search.
  • Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2005).
  • Audio: HBK Post SummerSlam promo from Raw.
  • John Cena vs Chris Jericho: “You’re Fired’ Match.
  • Hulk Hogan wrestles his last ever WWE match.
  • WWE Headquarters ‘spray painted’ with DX Logo.
  • WWE releases Daniel Rodimer and Serena Deeb.
  • Matt Hardy and MVP play Basketball on Smackdown.
  • Sting def AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe to become Tag Team Champion with Kurt Angle (2007).
  • Big Show, Khali, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase appear on The Tonight Show w/ Conan O’Brien.
  • Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes’ Grooming Tips (2010).
  • Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient.
  • Todd Grisham leaves WWE for ESPN.
  • Hunico begins performing under the mask as Sin Cara.
  • Daffney escapes serious possibly fatal injuries in auto accident due to wearing a seatbelt.
  • Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings Of Wrestling).
  • Audio: AJ Lee cuts her own ‘Pipebomb’ on Total Divas (2013).
  • El Rey Network officially announces the launch of Lucha Underground.
  • Audio: Nikki Bella wishes Brie Bella died in the womb! (2014).
  • Looking back at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn (2015).
  • Audio: The Dudleys return to WWE Raw after ten year absence (2015).
  • Sting makes surprise appearance on Raw and confronts The Authority and Seth Rollins.
  • Audio: Braun Strowman makes his WWE main roster debut.
  • Audio: Closing moments of first ever WWE Universal Title Match: Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor (2016).
  • Asuka (NXT Women’s) and Finn Balor (WWE Universal) forced to relinquish titles due to injury.
  • Audio: Heated exchange between Daniel Bryan and The Miz on Talking Smack (2016).
  • One year after making a memorable return, WWE bids farewell to The Dudleys.
  • Audio: Chris Jericho discusses backstage fight with Brock Lesnar following match against Randy Orton.
  • AAA strips Sexy Star of Reina de Reinas Championship due to intentionally injuring Rosemary during TripleMania XXV match.
  • Looking back at AAA TripleMania XXVI event (2018).
  • And so much more!

NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS: Crash Holly, Sam Muchnick, Judy Grable, Pat O’Connor, Bobby Duncum Jr, Ivan Koloff, Ed Malone, George Linnehan, Joe Marsh, Don Eagle, Donald Lortie, Espanto #2, Bobby Shane, Howard Cantonwine, Enrique Llanes, Jim Siksay, Babe Zaharias, Earl Freeman, JC Bailey, Wayne Martin, Alfonso Amezcua, Brady Boone, Bill Bartush (RIP), Irma González 83, Rocky Johnson 75, Vince McMahon 74, Jesse Hernández 69, Steve Regal 68, Keith Hart 67, Paul Ellering 66, Fumihiro Niikura 62, Stevie Ray 61, Ice Killer, Gronda #2 and Len Denton 59, Nick Kiniski 58, Bob Cook and Guerrero Samurai 56, Tori (D-X) and Yoshikazu Taru 55, FUNAKI 51, Angel Orsini 50, Nathan Jones, Yuki Morimatsu and Kumiko Matsuda 49, El Exótico and Junji Tanaka 48, Katsushi Takemura, Máscara Divina and David Young 47, Short Sleeve Sampson and Paul LeDuc 46, Brimstone 45, El Cazador and Justin Richards 44, Jamie Potts, Antonio Mestre, Hideo Tokoro and Seiya Morohashi 42, Yuichi Taniguchi 41, Paul Wright 39, Byron Saxton and Petey Williams 38, Tommy Wilson, Gameboy, Cade Sydal, Jonathan de Jesús Navarro Jiménez 37, Tino Sabbatelli, Gabriel, Ali Aslan, Dean Allmark, Atsushi Sawada and Ashley Sixx 36, Erik (Viking Raiders), Eve Torres, Manjimaru, Kid Fite, Tiger Fuka and Fabio Ferrari 35, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Cameron Skyy, Yohei Nakajima, Mikey Nicholls, Logan Creed and Jay Phenomenon 34, PAC, Hayato Mashita, Casanova Valentine, Eléctrico, Michael Dante and Berry Breeze 33, Apollo Crews, WALTER, Devon Starr, Ryan Howe, Alan Slex, Lucky Cannon, BAM and Adam Blampied 32, DASH Chisako, Jonah Rock, John Wayne Murdoch, Meyer and Channing Decker 31, Stephon J. Baxter III, Violento Jack, Jordan Jacobs and El Niño de Fuego 30, Mr Leo and Dirty Dragan 29, Toshiyuki Sakuda 28, Kylie Rae and Oro Jr 27, Anthony Greene 26, Príncipe Escorpión and Tomoya Hirata 25, Baby Puma, Megumi Nomura and Reina Oscura 24, Toxin Boy 22

NOTABLE PRO WRESTLING DEBUTS: Mitsuharu Misawa 1981, Bam Bam Bigelow 1985, Kenny Kaos 1995, Kurt Angle 1998, Matt Cross 2001, Mia Yim 2009, Kaitlyn 2010, Otis (Heavy Machinery) and Mandy Rose 2015

NOTABLE DEATHS: Masked Phantom 92, Ole Olsen 85, Frank Butcher 84, Bonnie Watson, Tom Rice and Escorpión #1 82, Tiny Bell 81, Sonny Fargo and Mike London 80, Don Slatton 78, Everett Rattan 74, Tony Morelli and William Hall 73, George Mansor 71, Toru Tanaka 70, Donna Christianello 69, Masked Marvel and Ramón Torres 68, Armando Lopez and Villano III 66, Killer Karl Krupp and El Monarca 61, Chris Champion 57, Sailor White 56, Mike Ryan 51, King Kong Kirk 50, Vivianne Vachon 47, Maximum Capacity 46, Espectro #2 45, The Xtremist 42, Dick Bishop and Jerry London 41, Mars Bennett 35, Peter Goodman 29

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