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 E40 (10/1 – 10/7)
- Ken Patera retires from powerlifting to become a pro wrestler
- Plane carrying Ric Flair, Johnny Valentine, Tim Woods and others crashes in Wilmington, NC
- Audio: Ric Flair’s detailed account of the plane crash
- First incarnation of Midnight Express def Rock n Roll Express to win NWA Mid America Tag Titles
- Dynamic Duo (Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams) lose a Hair vs Hair match against Kevin & Kerry Von Erich
- Audio: Highlights of Uncle Elmer wedding from Saturday Night’s Main Event. Joyce pelted in the head with trash and The Body loves it!
- Rockin’ Robin becomes last WWF Womens Champion before title is deactivated (for the first time) in 1990
- Chris Jericho and Lance Storm make their pro wrestling debuts – against each other!
- Looking back at WWF ‘The Battle Royal’ from London, England
- Vince McMahon sends Macho Man to USWA to face Jerry Lawler for USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
- Audio: Macho Man and Vince McMahon USWA Promos
- Audio: Memorable Cactus Jack ECW promo on Tommy Dreamer and dreams of going to WCW
- Audio: Steve Austin cuts his first Anti-WCW promo on ECW TV
- Steve Austin makes first ECW House Show appearance
- Looking back at ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1996
- Audio: HBK vs Undertaker battle in the first ever Hell In A Cell Match, plus a memorable debut by Kane
- Audio: Controversial interview between Vince McMahon and Melanie Pillman, just one day after the death of Brian Pillman
- Audio: Jim Cornette’s first of several memorable ‘shoots’ on Raw
- Audio: Faarooq cuts a great promo on Steve Austin
- Audio: After having his leg injured by Kane and Undertaker, Vince McMahon has three memorable hospital visits (Mick Foley, Mr Socko’s debut, and ‘Dr’ Austin
- Audio: Owen Hart walks out of Raw and WWF
- WCW strips Lenny Lane of Cruiserweight Title due to pressure over his gay character
- Bret Hart and Chris Benoit have memorable Nitro match paying tribute to the late Owen Hart
- Darren Drozdov paralyzed in a match against D-Lo Brown
- Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara abruptly leave WWF and sign with WCW
- Audio: ECW on TNN airs controversial interview with Tammy ‘Sunny’ Sytch
- Audio: Booker T def Jeff Jarrett to win WCW Title (previously vacated by Vince Russo)
- Audio: Infamous Wrestlecrap moment involving Booker T and a photo of Scott Hall
- Juventud Guerrera arrested in Australia during WCW tour
- Looking back at ROH ‘Glory By Honor’ 2002 and the attempts to run XPW out of Philly
- Audio: Big Show and Eddie Guerrero tamper with each other’s burritos
- Audio: Carlito makes WWE TV debut and wins US Title
- Audio: Steve Austin stuns Linda (and the entire McMahon family) at WWE Raw: Homecoming
- Kurt Angle arrested on DUI charges
- Audio: Tony Atlas speaks on confrontation with CM Punk in OVW
- Sandman pleads guilty from incident during Capt Lou Albano’s birthday party
- Looking back at WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
- Smackdown debuts on MyNetworkTV
- CM Punk main events first ever episode of Main Event
- Audio: Batista makes his MMA debut
- Tommy Dreamer’s House Of Hardcore holds first ever event
- Cody Rhodes & Goldust reinstated by WWE after defeating The Shield
- Prince Puma becomes first ever Lucha Underground Champion
- Audio: Matt Hardy vacates TNA World Heavyweight Championship
- Audio: Memorable Bayley vs Sasha Banks Ironman Match from NXT Takeover: Respect
- Broken Hardys win TNA Tag Titles from Abyss and Crazy Steve in ‘The Great War’
- And so much more!
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