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 will be posted every Tuesday at 12 Noon EST. These episodes are filled with hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Whether hearing these for the first time, or revisiting the episodes again, you will enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history.

SYNOPSIS: S2 E15 (04/09 - 04/15)

• Buddy Rogers becomes first ever WWWF Champion without wrestling a match
• Jerry Lawler def Kerry Von Erich to win and become the last ever World Class Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion
• Looking back at WWF / All Japan Wrestling Summit 1990
• Audio: Owen Hart and Ricky Morton team up and wrestle on WCW TV
• Looking back at last SNME to air on NBC before moving to FOX
• Audio: Ultimate Warrior and Sid Vicious cut promos on each for a feud that never developed
• Audio: Sid Vicious speaks on why he left WWF during the beginning of his feud with Ultimate Warrior
• Ravishing Rick Rude appears on Howard Stern Show
• Audio: Jesse Venture speaks on winning lawuit against WWF
• NJPW hosts first ever Super J Cup
• Sid Vicious no shows events after stabbing incident with Arn Anderson
• Audio: Eric Bischoff speaks on Hulk Hogan originally signing with WCW
• Paul E and ECW fire Sabu after no-showing event for New Japan
• Audio: Cactus Jack arrives in NWC Promotion 1995
• Audio: Ultimate Warrior arrives in NWC Promotion 1995
• Bonus Audio: The night NWC had Jim Anvil Neidhart wear KKK outfit and assaults Virgil
• Undertaker battles New Jack in Smokey Mountain
• Audio: Gangstas Graveyard Promo on Undertaker and Paul Bearer
• Michael PS Hayes debuts as Dok Hendrix
• Audio: First Hunter Hearst Helmsley vignettes air
• Audio: Rare Brian Pillman radio interview shortly after auto accident
• Vader detained in Kuwait after getting physical with talk show host
• ECW holds its first ever PPV, Barely Legal
• ECW holds banquet night before Barely Legal to tribute Terry Funk
• Audio: The Rock throws Steve Austin and Smoking Skull belt off a bridge
• Audio: Looking back at the night WCW tried to hit the reset button on Nitro
• Audio: Mike Awesome speaks on abruptly leaving for WCW while ECW Champion and dropping the title to Tazz
• Audio: WCW Wrestler Mike Awesome vs WWF Wrestler Tazz at ECW event
• Audio: The attack WWE wants you to forget about. Steve Austin and Triple H beat down and chair bash Lita
• Audio: Jeff Hardy hits Twist of Fate on Stephanie and def Triple H to win IC Championship
• Looking back at World Wrestling All-Stars 'Eruption' event 2002
• Scott Steiner and Chris Nowinski debate America and Foreign Policy on Raw
• The night WWE had Goldberg wear Goldust' wig
• John Cena introduces Spinner Belt
• Looking back at TNA Lockdown PPV 2007, 2008, 2012
• WWE bans photographers from televised events
• CBS cancels proposed Secret Talents Of The Stars series that included Ric Flair
• Hulk Hogan talks about how he could have gone OJ Simpson on his ex-wife
• ESPN airs E:60 episode featuring WWE and Vince McMahon
• Torrie Wilson announces her retirement from wrestling
• Looking back at PWG One Hundred Event 2009
• WWE drafts MVP #1 in 2009 Draft
• Announcements of Smackdown moving to SyFy and Superstars to WWE Website?
• Audio: Edge announces his retirement from wrestling
• Sheamus and Mean Gene Okerlund vs Daniel Bryan and Alberto Del Rio
• Fandango's theme becomes a hit
• Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella get married
• Looking back at TNA X-Travaganza II, World Cup Of Wrestling II 2014
• Daniel Bryan wrestles last match before 2015 retirement
• Taz leaves TNA Impact
• Memorable Raw segment where Braun Strowman flips an ambulance with Roman Reigns inside
• And much more!

 

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