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 E29 (07/16 – 07/22)
- Audio: The Great Betrayal: Paul Orndorff turns on Hulk Hogan with bonus rare promos following the betrayal
- Looking back at SNME #22 1986
- Audio: Brain Busters make history and end Demolition’s record 478 day reign as WWF Tag Team Champions 1986
- Audio: ‘I am, The Mountie!’
- Audio: ‘I am, Jacques Rougeau!’
- Canada threatens to arrest and ban Jacques Rougeau from using The Mountie in Canada
- Looking back at the murder of Bruiser Brody
- Audio: Bret Hart defends IC Title in the first ever WWF Ladder Match
- Looking back at WCW Beach Blast 1993 and Bash At The Beach 1994, 1995
- Vince McMahon found not guilty in 1994 steroids conspiracy trial
- The Giant (Big Show) makes his WCW debut.
- Audio: Hulk Hogan makes WCW debut and defeats Ric Flair for WCW Heavyweight Championship
- Audio: Phantasio makes his one and only WWF TV appearance
- Audio: Woman causes controversy as Mikey Whipwreck takes ten Singapore cane lashes from The Sandman 1995
- Looking back at WWF IYH 9: International Incident 1996
- The Goon and Faarooq Asad make their WWF debuts
- Looking back at ECW Heatwave 1997, 1999, 2000
- Audio: The Dudleys and Joel Gertner’s memorable Heatwave ’99 promo
- XPW sits ringside during Heatwave 2000 PPV and ECW wrestlers are none too happy about it
- Looking back at WWF Invasion and the massive PPV buyrate
- Following Eric Bischoff debut as Raw GM, Stephanie McMahon debuts as Smackdown GM
- Audio: First on air promo exchange between Eric Bischoff and The Rock 2002
- Looking back at WWE Vengeance 2002
- WWE unifies the IC and European Titles
- Audio: Memorable promo exchange between The Rock and Eddie Guerrero 2002
- Audio: Sabu makes NWATNA debut in a memorable ladder match vs Malice 2002
- Who remembers the WWE Evolution ‘Paid, Laid, and Made’ T-Shirt?!
- Audio: Goldberg tells Triple H, he’s next! 2003
- Kane tombstones Linda McMahon on WWE Raw stage
- Audio: John Cena cuts memorable promo on Undertaker and urinates on a tombstone 2003
- Looking back at WWE Great American Bash 2007, 2008
- Hornswoggle wins the WWE Cruiserweight Title
- Bobby Lashley wrestles last match during his first run with WWE
- Bye bye TV-14! WWE officially becomes ‘PG’
- Triple H (and Alicia Fox) ruin the wedding between Edge and Vickie Guerrero
- First ever WWE Divas Champion crowned
- D’Lo Brown makes a memorable WWE return 2008
- Audio: TNA employee exposes Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle affair on Bubba The Love Sponge Show
- Looking back at WWE Money In The Bank 2010, 2011
- Audio: CM Punk defeats John Cena and leaves WWE as Champion 2011
- Audio: Triple H ‘takes over’ WWE and relieves a crying Vince McMahon of his duties
- Rey Mysterio (for 46 min) then John Cena replaces CM Punk as WWE Champion
- Audio: CM Punk confronts Triple H at San Diego Comic-Con 2011
- Audio: Daniel Bryan proposes to AJ Lee 2012
- Brie Bella suffers wardrobe malfunction on Raw 2013
- Looking back at WWE Battleground 2014, 2015
- CM Punk appears at Alternative Press Music Awards and vows a WWE return will never happen
- Dixie Carter attempts to rehire and hide Vince Russo as a creative consultant for TNA
- Mick Foley and Daniel Bryan announced as new WWE General Managers
- Audio: Cesaro is not happy about WWE Draft
- Audio: Kalisto ‘Lucha Thing’
- Audio: Bubba Ray has a problem with The Uso’s Samoan wrestling lineage
- Audio: Kurt Angle reveals Jason Jordan as his son
- Looking back at Impact Wrestling ‘Slammiversary XVI’ 2018
- And so much more!
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