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 E36 (09/03 – 09/09)
- Giant Baba def Harley Race for NWA Heavyweight Title – just to lose it back to Race days later
- Wild Samoans win WWWF Tag Titles (Vacated by Backlund & Morales)
- Looking back at WCCW Labor Day Star Wars 1983, 1984, 1987
- Georgia Championship Wrestling regains WTBS Studios
- Looking back at 1987 and 1991 King Of The Ring
- Looking back at WCW Clash Of Champions XII: Fall Brawl ’90
- Sting defeats The Black Scorpion. Or does he?
- NWA strips Ric Flair of World Heavyweight Championship
- Audio: Ric Flair makes his memorable WWF debut. Highlights of Prime Time Wrestling promo, debut match, and the incident with Roddy Piper. Vince McMahon gets physically involved in a segment for the first time ever
- Audio: Sgt Slaughter wants his country back
- WCW airs first ever episode of Monday Nitro
- Audio: Lex Luger makes surprise appearance on first ever episode of WCW Monday Nitro and confronts Hulk Hogan
- Audio: Eric Bischoff speaks on rehiring of Lex Luger and historic importance of his Nitro appearance
- WWF airs special Friday Night Raw
- Shawn Michaels appears in Playgirl Magazine
- Audio: Jim Ross announces imminent return of Razor Ramon and Diesel to WWF
- Audio: NWO Shirts officially go on sale & Scott Hall proclaims he is NWO For Life
- Looking back at WWF In Your House 17: Ground Zero
- Audio: Womens history made on Raw: Tori vs Ivory in the first ever Womens Hardcore Match for Womens Title
- Audio: Val Venis and Big Show urinate on GTV: ‘And they call you The Big Show?!’
- Audio: Howard Finkel vs Tony Chimmel Tuxedo Match
- Audio: Rock and Mankind vs Big Show and Undertaker Buried Alive match with lots of interference from Austin, Kane, Triple H and more
- Audio: WCW holds complicated Battle Royal on Nitro with a ‘Can’t Blame It On Russo’ result
- Eddie Guerrero def Chyna and Kurt Angle to win IC Title
- Rhino def Kid Kash to become last ever ECW World TV Champion
- Audio: Kurt Angle kidnaps Steve Austin and throws him into a Pool
- Audio: Christian turns on Edge
- Audio: Steven Richards vs Undertaker leads to WWF debut of Kronik
- Looking back at NWATNA One Penny 2003
- Audio: Brock Lesnar cuts promo of his career while attacking and throwing Zach Gowen down a long flight of stairs
- ROH ‘Beating The Odds’ featuring Raven vs CM Punk: Clockwork Orange House Of Fun Match
- WWE tapes first episode of Friday Night Smackdown to dismal ratings
- TNA releases Andrew ‘Test’ Martin after one match due to substance abuse issues and more
- Audio: Adam Pacman Jones’ awful TNA Tag Title reign begins
- Audio: Hornswoggle revealed as Vince McMahon’s bastard son
- The Wrestler wins 2008 Golden Lion Award at Venice Film Festival
- Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness leave ROH for WWE. One would sign with WWE while the other fails a physical but signs with TNA
- Audio: Bob Barker hosts ‘The Price Is Raw’
- Audio: CM Punk impersonates Jeff Hardy and cuts memorable ‘straight edge’ promo
- Memphis Championship Wrestling closes its doors
- Bret Hart makes his WWE Raw return in almost 15 years
- Audio: Jerry Lawler suffers Heart Attack during Raw. Includes clips from Raw, comments from Michael Cole and a controversial interview between Steve Austin and Jerry Lawler
- Lucha Underground tapes its first ever episode. 2014
- WWE signs Asuka
- Sting destroys Seth Rollins’ statue inside a garbage truck
- Audio: Gallows and Anderson introduce ‘The Old Day’
- And so much more!
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