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 E26 (06/25 - 07/01)

• The Match Of The Century: Buddy Rogers def Pat O'Connor to win NWA World Heavyweight Title 1961
• Antonio Inoki and Muhammed Ali 'battle' to a 45 minute draw
• Muhammad Ali stripped of WBC 'Boxer Of The Year' Award following Inoki match
• Memorable cage match: Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs Bob Backlund at MSG 1982
• Stan Hansen stripped of AWA Heavyweight Title
• Audio: Stan Hansen speaks on being stripped and the story behind running over the AWA Heavyweight Title with his truck
• WCW fires Ric Flair after contract negotiations fall apart
• The Sheik (at 67) def Onita to win WWA World Martial Arts Title
• Looking back at the controversial WCW debut of 'The Possee' (Harlem Heat) that never made TV
• WWF Debuts: Fake Undertaker and Waylon Mercy
• Audio: Looking back at memorable Waylon Mercy vignettes
• Looking back: WWF King Of The Ring 1995, 1998-2000
• Audio: Jerry Lawler announces the coming of Dr Isaac Yankem DDS to WWF
• Looking back: ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995 and WCW Saturday Nitro Pay Per Listen Event 1997
• Audio: Surprise appearance by Jim Cornette at ECW Arena 1997
• Audio: Jim Cornette speaks on his one and only ECW appearance in 1997
• Undertaker vs Mick Foley: Hell In A Cell
• WWF Brawl For It All debuts on Raw 1998
• Onita makes his one and only ECW appearance at ECW Arena
• Audio: Paul Heyman promo on ECW during FMW Event in Japan
• Audio: WCW cancels NWO Wrestling Hotline
• Looking back at the highest rated wrestling match in Cable TV History: Undertaker vs Steve Austin for WWF Championship 1999
• WWF announces the signing of Chris Jericho 1999
• Vince McMahon appears on Conan O'Brien
• Paul Heyman and ECW ink three year TV deal with TNN
• WWF wins court battle filed by USA Network which leads to the abrupt end of ECW on TNN
• Audio: Memorable 'A**hole' promo between The Rock and The Genetic Jackhammer, Vince McMahon 2000
• Mick Foley's first run as WWF Commissioner begins
• Audio: Rhyno vs Test for WWF Hardcore Title leads to the beginning of WCW Invasion
• Audio: WCW wrestler Mike Awesome def WWF wrestler Rhyno to win WWF Hardcore Title
• Audio: Memorable Pep Talk from APA to WWF roster after the WCW invasion
• Audio: Passing The Torch? 1/2: Ric Flair vs Brock Lesnar 2002
• Audio: One of the greatest matches in Raw history: Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy Ladder Match for WWF Championship
• Audio: WWE TV Debuts: John Cena, Batista and Gail Kim
• Hulk Hogan removed from WWE storylines and ultimately released
• Audio: Controversial HBO: Real Sports airs featuring an unhinged Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper who predicted he would not live to 65
• Looking back: WWE Great American Bash 2004 and the concrete crypt rehearsal footage that leaked online prior to PPV
• Looking back: WWE Vengeance 2005, 2006
• Audio: Passing The Torch? 2/2: Ric Flair vs Kurt Angle 2005
• Hulk Hogan makes WWE return after 2 year absence
• Looking back: WWE Night Of Champions 2008
• Audio: CM Punk cashes in MITB Briefcase to def Edge for WWE World Heavyweight Championship
• Sheamus makes WWE TV debut
• Looking back: WWE The Bash 2009
• Titus O'Neil trips during NXT Keg Carry Challenge
• Audio: CM Punk Pipebomb
• Looking back: ROH Best In The World event 2011, 2018
• Audio: Seth Rollins makes NXT debut against Jiro (Taishi Takizawa) & criminal tidbit about Jiro
• Looking back: WWE Money In The Bank 2014 and TNA Slammiversary 2015
• Ethan Carter III (EC3) def Kurt Angle to win TNA World Heavyweight Championship
• And so much more!

 

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