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 E26 (06/25 – 07/01)
- The Match Of The Century: Buddy Rogers def Pat O’Connor to win NWA World Heavyweight Title 1961
- Antonio Inoki and Muhammed Ali ‘battle’ to a 45 minute draw
- Muhammad Ali stripped of WBC ‘Boxer Of The Year’ Award following Inoki match
- Memorable cage match: Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs Bob Backlund at MSG 1982
- Stan Hansen stripped of AWA Heavyweight Title
- Audio: Stan Hansen speaks on being stripped and the story behind running over the AWA Heavyweight Title with his truck
- WCW fires Ric Flair after contract negotiations fall apart
- The Sheik (at 67) def Onita to win WWA World Martial Arts Title
- Looking back at the controversial WCW debut of ‘The Possee’ (Harlem Heat) that never made TV
- WWF Debuts: Fake Undertaker and Waylon Mercy
- Audio: Looking back at memorable Waylon Mercy vignettes
- Looking back: WWF King Of The Ring 1995, 1998-2000
- Audio: Jerry Lawler announces the coming of Dr Isaac Yankem DDS to WWF
- Looking back: ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995 and WCW Saturday Nitro Pay Per Listen Event 1997
- Audio: Surprise appearance by Jim Cornette at ECW Arena 1997
- Audio: Jim Cornette speaks on his one and only ECW appearance in 1997
- Undertaker vs Mick Foley: Hell In A Cell
- WWF Brawl For It All debuts on Raw 1998
- Onita makes his one and only ECW appearance at ECW Arena
- Audio: Paul Heyman promo on ECW during FMW Event in Japan
- Audio: WCW cancels NWO Wrestling Hotline
- Looking back at the highest rated wrestling match in Cable TV History: Undertaker vs Steve Austin for WWF Championship 1999
- WWF announces the signing of Chris Jericho 1999
- Vince McMahon appears on Conan O’Brien
- Paul Heyman and ECW ink three year TV deal with TNN
- WWF wins court battle filed by USA Network which leads to the abrupt end of ECW on TNN
- Audio: Memorable ‘A**hole’ promo between The Rock and The Genetic Jackhammer, Vince McMahon 2000
- Mick Foley’s first run as WWF Commissioner begins
- Audio: Rhyno vs Test for WWF Hardcore Title leads to the beginning of WCW Invasion
- Audio: WCW wrestler Mike Awesome def WWF wrestler Rhyno to win WWF Hardcore Title
- Audio: Memorable Pep Talk from APA to WWF roster after the WCW invasion
- Audio: Passing The Torch? 1/2: Ric Flair vs Brock Lesnar 2002
- Audio: One of the greatest matches in Raw history: Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy Ladder Match for WWF Championship
- Audio: WWE TV Debuts: John Cena, Batista and Gail Kim
- Hulk Hogan removed from WWE storylines and ultimately released
- Audio: Controversial HBO: Real Sports airs featuring an unhinged Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper who predicted he would not live to 65
- Looking back: WWE Great American Bash 2004 and the concrete crypt rehearsal footage that leaked online prior to PPV
- Looking back: WWE Vengeance 2005, 2006
- Audio: Passing The Torch? 2/2: Ric Flair vs Kurt Angle 2005
- Hulk Hogan makes WWE return after 2 year absence
- Looking back: WWE Night Of Champions 2008
- Audio: CM Punk cashes in MITB Briefcase to def Edge for WWE World Heavyweight Championship
- Sheamus makes WWE TV debut
- Looking back: WWE The Bash 2009
- Titus O’Neil trips during NXT Keg Carry Challenge
- Audio: CM Punk Pipebomb
- Looking back: ROH Best In The World event 2011, 2018
- Audio: Seth Rollins makes NXT debut against Jiro (Taishi Takizawa) & criminal tidbit about Jiro
- Looking back: WWE Money In The Bank 2014 and TNA Slammiversary 2015
- Ethan Carter III (EC3) def Kurt Angle to win TNA World Heavyweight Championship
- And so much more!
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