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 4PM EST. These episodes are filled with hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history.

SYNOPSIS: S2 E18 (04/30 - 05/06)

• Superstar Billy Graham def Bruno Sammartino to win the WWWF Championship
• Infamous Pat Patterson vs Sgt Slaughter Alley Fight takes place at MSG
• Manny Fernandez stabbed outside TX restaurant
• Looking back: Von Erich Memorial Parade Of Champions 1984-1987
• Audio: Kerry Von Erich def Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
• Looking back: AWA Superclash II 1987
• Audio: Curt Hennig vs Nick Bockwinkel for AWA Championship. AWA 80's fu**ery wasn't limited to Hulk Hogan
• WWF vs WBF battle it out on Family Feud
• Looking back: NJPW Donataku events 1993-1995
• Audio: Current WWF Champion Hulk Hogan belittles and calls the WWF Championship a 'toy'
• Rick Rude suffers serious neck injury during match with Sting which leads to retirement
• Sabu wins IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
• Audio: Following his WWF in ring debut, HHH promotes civility
• Vignettes for The Bodydonnas begin airing on WWF TV
• Looking back: FMW 7th Anniversary Show 1996
• Audio: Shawn Michaels: Home wrecker!
• Onita meets with WWF about a possible joint event with FMW and an Exploding Death Match in WWF
• Christian makes his WWF debut
• Looking back: ECW Wrestlepalooza '98 and AJPW 25th Anniversary Show
• Audio: Terry Funk vs Cactus Jack on Monday Night Raw with Steve Austin on commentary
• Vignettes start airing on WWF TV for the upcoming debut of Edge
• Audio: Paul Bearer tells Jerry Lawler how he 'did' Undertaker's mother
• Kimberly Page poses nude in Playboy
• Audio: Captain Lou Albano's appearance on Lie Detector
• A&E premieres The Unreal Story Of Professional Wrestling 1999
• Looking back: AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Show 1999
• Macho Man Randy Savage makes last appearance in WCW
• Looking back: WWF Backlash 2000, Insurrextion 2000-2002 and the Plane Ride From Hell 2001
• Following the lawsuit filed by the World Wildlife Fund, World Wrestling Federation changes to WWFE
• Audio: WWF Confidential segment on the death of Miss Elizabeth and arrest of Lex Luger
• Daughter of Iron Shiek brutally murdered by boyfriend
• Audio: Jacqueline def Chavo Guerrero Jr to win Cruiserweight Title
• Looking back: WWE Backlash 2005, 2018
• Hulk Hogan Energy Drinks, Microwave Cheeseburger and Chicken Sandwiches hit stores to subpar reviews
• Audio: Joey Styles' Pipe Bomb from WWE Raw
• Audio: Scott Steiner becomes the greatest mathematician in wrestling history
• Santino Marella arrested for DUI
• Ric Flair becomes ROH Ambassador
• WWE signs AJ Lee
• Monday Night War II: TNA airs last episode of Monday Night Impact and moves back to Thursdays
• Obsessed Mickie James fan arrested after threatening to bomb WWE offices and worse
• Looking back: WWE Extreme Rules 2011, 2014
• Audio: Christian becomes WWE World Heavyweight Champion for 48 hours
• Audio: Michelle McCool says Goodbye to WWE and Kharma says Hello
• Audio: John Cena makes surprise announcement to live WWE audience that Osama Bin Laden has met his demise
• WWE releases Dustin Runnels
• Audio: Bullet Club is born
• Looking back: ROH Border Wars 2013
• Audio: Sami Zayn's memorable WWE main roster debut taking on John Cena for United States Championship
• WWE releases Zeb Coulter, Damien Sandow, Wade Barrett, Hornswoggle, Santino Marella, Cameron, Alex Riley and El Torito
• Looking back: WWE Payback 2016, 2017
• Chris Jericho destroys The Ambrose Asylum and murders Mitch The Plant
• And so much more!

 

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