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 E27 (07/02 – 07/08)
- NWA Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs WWF Champion Bob Backlund to determine the true World Champion 1982
- Audio: Gordon Solie interviews Ric Flair and Bob Backlund 1982
- Looking back: WCCW Independence Day Star Wars 1983-1986
- Magnificent Muraco wins the first ever WWF King Of The Ring
- Looking back: Great American Bash 1985, 1987, 1990
- NWA features the first ever WarGames Match
- The curse of July 4th: Deaths of Adrian Adonis, Joey Marella, Pat Kelly and Dave McKigney, Brutus Beefcake parasailing and Vince McMahon motorcycle accidents
- Vader makes his WCW debut
- Who remembers the Dudes With Attitudes?
- Audio: 20 year old Rob Van Dam battles 26 year old Sabu in USWA 1991
- Audio: Lex Luger bodyslams Yokozuna aboard USS Intrepid and Lex Express begins
- Audio: The Gangsters (New Jack and Sheik Mustapha) makes their SMW debut 1994
- Audio: The challenge before the memorable heel turn: Bob Backlund challenges Bret Hart for WWF Championship
- Vader begins his infamous Roadkill Tour
- Audio: Ultimate Warrior battles Owen Hart in his last ever match with WWF/WWE 1996
- Looking back at the odd way WWF handled the Ultimate Warrior’s suspension on Raw
- Looking back: WCW Bash At The Beach 1996
- Audio: Hulk Hogan betrays WCW, and the New World Order is born 1996
- Looking back: WWF In Your House: Canadian Stampede 1997
- Audio: Bill Goldberg vs Hollywood Hulk Hogan for WCW Heavyweight Championship in the Georgia Dome on Nitro
- Audio: DX mocks Nation Of Domination 1998
- WWF Footbrawl: Looking back at the loaded WWF House Show at Foxboro Stadium that never took place 1998
- Steve Austin takes batting practice with the Phillies and throws out the first pitch for the Mets
- TNN drops ECW programming after one year of a three year TV deal
- Audio: Johnny The Bull tears his anus during a WCW Hardcore Match against Terry Funk on Monday Nitro
- WWF signs NCAA Champion Brock Lesnar 2000
- Bam Bam Bigelow suffers burns over 40% of his body after rescuing children from a home fire
- Looking back at the disaster that changed WCW Invasion: Buff Bagwell vs Booker T for WCW Heavyweight Title on Raw
- XPW Deathmatch between Kaos and Supreme goes horribly wrong 2001
- The Jackie Gayda Match
- Kevin Nash tears his quad during a main event on Raw 2002
- Audio: Billy and Chuck defend the WWE Tag Team Titles against Edge and Hulk Hogan 2002
- Audio: Chavo Guerrero denounces his Hispanic heritage and the Guerrero name to become Kirwan White
- A wrong is made right: Blue Meanie battles JBL on Smackdown
- Looking back at the WWE PR nightmare after Daivari (w/ Muhammad Hassan) faces The Undertaker on Smackdown
- WWE and ECW Champion Rob Van Dam and Sabu arrested for narcotics possession after a traffic stop
- Audio: Actual sound of Police Officer pulling over RVD & Sabu which led to their arrest 2006
- Audio: Rob Van Dam defends WWE Championship against Edge and John Cena and ECW Championship against The Big Show 2006
- Ric Flair Finances files for bankruptcy less than one year after launch
- GLAAD puts the heat on WWE after video of CM Punk using homophobic insults at a fan during WWE House Show
- Audio: Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family making their WWE Raw debut 2013
- WWE fires, then rehires Emma after alleged shoplifting incident at a CT Walmart
- TNA airs The Final Deletion 2016
- Audio: Infamous Rap Battle between The Usos and The New Day on Smackdown 2017
- And so much more!
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