Updated For 2025! This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 5) covering the period of 1/29 thru 2/4. Running Time: 4 Hours 56 Minutes.

This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony first aired in 2018 and spanned two seasons. After much demand, these retro episodes return REMASTERED and UPDATED FOR 2025. Wrestling history up to and including 2024 has been added!

Hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling’s awesome history

SYNOPSIS: Season 3 Episode 5 (1/29 – 2/4)
RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 56 MINUTES

• Looking back at Royal Rumble PPV 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2021, 2022 (with audio clips)
• Andre The Giant makes memorable appearance as ‘Bigfoot’ on the Six Million Dollar Man.
• Audio: Lee Majors tells a drinking story about Andre The Giant on the Six Million Dollar Man set in 1976.
• NWA airs the special ‘Superstars On The Superstation’ on TBS.
• Miss Elizabeth knocked out unconscious and The Mega-Powers (Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage) split (from WWF Main Event #2).
• Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite.
• Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura star in the Movie Pilot ‘Tag Team’ on NBC.
• Audio: Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura look back at discuss the filming of Tag Team.
• Lex Luger makes WWF Monday Night Raw debut.
• Looking back at ECW ‘The Night The Line Was Crossed’ and the historic ‘Three Way Dance’ between Terry Funk vs Sabu vs Shane Douglas (1994).
• Looking back at ECW ‘Double Tables’ event (1995).
• A day in the life of a hardcore ECW fan (DT): Looking back at ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast (1996) which DT attended then walked home two hours in the snow.
• Looking back at ECW Crossing The Line Again (1997).
• Audio: Paul Heyman announces first ever ECW PPV to air in April 1997.
• WCW presents Pay-Per-Listen event ‘Boston Brawl’ (1998).
• Audio: Sample of Real Media streaming WCW used for PPL events.
• Audio: DX presents the ‘State Of The Union’ (Curse Words) Speech from Raw – Censored and Uncensored versions.
• New Age Outlaws push a Dumpster with Cactus Jack and Terry Funk inside off the stage during Raw.
• Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown ’98.
• Audio: WWF Halftime Heat: The Rock (c) vs Mankind Empty Arena Match for WWF Championship.
• Audio: Random memorable Ric Flair promo from WCW Nitro.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan talks gibberish on Nitro with Chuck Zito.
• WCW nixes Kornberg, err Goldberg acting role on upcoming episode of ER.
• Anniversary of WWF and NBC teaming up to announce the formation of the XFL Football League.
• Audio: The Radicals (Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Saturn) show up on Monday Night Raw.
• Audio: Hervina (Harvey Whippleman) def The Cat in a Lumber Jill Snow Bunny Match to win the Women’s Championship.
• Kurt Angle suffers first pinfall in WWE career.
• Audio: Highlights from Week One of XFL along with rare post game Press Conference with Vince McMahon.
• Women Of Wrestling (WOW) holds their first and only PPV, Unleashed.
• Audio: Vince attempts to ‘buy out’ Ric Flair in front of a great energetic crowd.
• Audio: The Brian Kendrick makes a musical WWE debut.
• Looking back at the moment Vince McMahon tore both quads during Royal Rumble PPV.
• Audio: Randy Orton says Eddie Guerrero is in hell.
• Brock Lesnar makes his UFC debut against Frank Mir (UFC 81).
• Bobby Lashley quits WWE.
• Jack Swagger suffers first loss in WWE.
• Controversy erupts online after Kelly Kelly claims in radio interview that Bra And Panties matches will not be back and WWE will remain PG.
• WWE continues transition to Permanent PG by renaming some wrestling moves (ie: Cena FU to Attitude Adjustment).
• Highspots becomes the authorized agent for Ric Flair.
• Audio: John Cena tells TMZ that Chyna has a ‘Fruit Basket’.
• Audio: Vince McMahon announces the cancellation of ECW in lieu of a new program – NXT.
• Shaved head Undertaker returns to Raw wearing a horrendous Halloween wig.
• Rumor of WWE debuting a new Cruiserweight Show on WWE Network gains traction.
• Audio: Bret Hart 4/10 is born.
• Maxim debuts a new advice column hosted by Iron Sheik.
• Looking back at TNA Impact 500.
• Audio: Seth Rollins meets his ‘destroyer’ as Samoa Joe makes Raw debut.
• Akira Tozawa makes 205 Live debut.
• Audio: After abrupt firing of Enzo Amore, Drake Maverick becomes first ever GM for 205 Live and announces tournament to crown next Cruiserweight Champion.
• Jon Moxley declines to re-sign with WWE 
• Jeff Jarrett signs with WWE as a backstage producer and on-air talent
• Audio: Looking back at WWE/NXT Halftime Heat 2019
• Shotzi Blackheart selling pictures of her morning poop?
• Audio: Young Bucks offer AEW contracts to Lucha Bros during an indy wrestling event
• Audio: Priscilla Kelly (GiGi Dolin) intentionally vomits on her opponent during tag team match with Darby Allin
• Audio: David Arquette challenges CM Punk to an MMA fight
• WWE re-signs Edge to a sweetheart deal thanks to AEW?
• Roman Reigns and Sasha Banks star in a Pizza Hut Commercial
• Braun Strowman wins his first WWE singles Title
• Jazwares announces creation of first ever AEW wrestling figures
• Audio: Jim Cornette ends decades long friendship with Dave Meltzer over Kenny Omega
• Wrestling media incorrectly teases Christopher Daniels as the Dark Order’s Exalted One
• WWE Co-Presidents Michelle Wilson and George Barrios leave WWE
• Tessa Blanchard and Taya Valkyrie make Impact and pro wrestling history
• Nikki Bella and Brie Bella both get pregnant 
• RIP to AEW’s Nightmare Collective
• Austin Aries leaves Twitter for mental health reasons and has yet to return
• Audio: Memorable match between CM Punk vs MJF on AEW Dynamite
• Knockouts Champion Mickie James kicks off the WWE/TNA Forbidden Door
• Sami Zayn crashes Johnny Knoxville’s ‘Jackass Forever’ Red Carpet Premiere
• Davey Richards records an adult video for his wife – which ends up airing on a Gay XXX website
• Looking back at NXT Vengeance Day 2023
• AEW announces the launch of ‘House Rules (house shows); which lasts just a few months and has never returned
• Photo of Ricky Starks with Cody Rhodes at 2023 Royal Rumble goes viral
• Audio: “The Hug”: The Rock interrupts Cody Rhodes’ WrestleMania 40 Challenge to Roman Reigns which ultimately leads to the ‘We Want Cody’ movement
• And so much more!

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