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August 22, 2026 This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 34: 8/20 – 8/26)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 34) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 8/20 thru 8/26. Running Time: 6 Hours 38 Minutes!

Hundreds of hours of wrestling memories, all featuring the ORIGINAL moments as they aired including ORIGINAL theme music! Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history. You won't find history documented like this anywhere but here!

SYNOPSIS: SEASON 4 EPISODE 34 (8/20 - 8/26)

RUNNING TIME: 6 HOURS 38 MINUTES

Dusty Rhodes defeats Harley Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, ending Race's run at 926 days; Rhodes' title reign? FIVE DAYS.
Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV just two weeks after being stabbed by a fan.
Looking back at SummerSlam '91: A Match Made in Heaven, a Match Made in Hell!
Sting defeats Steve Austin to win his first WCW United States Title.
Looking back at SummerSlam Spectacular 1993.
Audio: Bizarro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart (cheered in WWF) is booed in Memphis, and lots more.
Looking back at USWA 'A Matter of Pride' 1993.
Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII.
Ricky Steamboat suffers a career-ending back injury.
"Please Don't Go!": Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko wrestle a 2-out-of-3 Falls in their final ECW match before signing with WCW.
Audio: Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk: IWA King of the Death Match Tournament Final (1995).
Looking back at the WWF EX-perience event from 1996.
Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in-ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro.
Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXXV.
Looking back at WWF Friday Night's Main Event (1997).
Audio: Bart Gunn vs. Bradshaw: Brawl for It All Tournament Final.
Looking back at the WWF SummerSlam 1999.
WWF tapes the first weekly episode of SmackDown.
Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW.
Audio: RAW vs. Nitro Main Event Head-To-Head Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Championship (RAW) vs. KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro).
Lilian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts.
Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping the upcoming debut of ECW on TNN.
Audio: The TRUE first ever Women's Main Event in Monday Night RAW history: Stephanie McMahon battles Lita for the Women's Championship.
Sara (Undertaker's ex-wife) vs. Diamond Dallas Page.
The Rock interviews Mini-Booker T — Sucka!
Looking back at WWE SummerSlam 2002–2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2015–2017, and 2020–2021.
Audio: Last-ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Tommy Dreamer.
Audio: Howard Finkel vs. Lilian Garcia: Tuxedo vs. Evening Gown Match from 2002.
Jimmy Snuka is squashed by 3-Minute Warning.
Jaime Koeppe wins the 2003 WWE Diva Search.
Audio: Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2005).
Audio: HBK's post-SummerSlam promo on RAW.
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho battle in a "You're Fired" Match.
Hulk Hogan wrestles his last-ever WWE match.
WWE Headquarters is spray-painted with the DX logo.
WWE releases Daniel Rodimer and Serena Deeb.
Matt Hardy and MVP play basketball on SmackDown.
Sting defeats AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe to become TNA Tag Team Champion with Kurt Angle.
Big Show, The Great Khali, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase appear on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes' Grooming Tips (2010).
Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient.
Todd Grisham leaves WWE for ESPN.
Hunico begins performing under the mask as Sin Cara.
Daffney escapes near-fatal injuries in an auto accident thanks to wearing a seatbelt.
Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs. Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings of Wrestling).
Audio: AJ Lee cuts her own "Pipebomb" promo on Total Divas (2013).
El Rey Network officially announces the launch of Lucha Underground.
Audio: Nikki Bella wishes Brie Bella had died in the womb!
Looking back at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (2015).
Audio: The Dudley Boyz return to WWE RAW after a 10-year absence (2015).
Sting makes a surprise appearance on RAW to confront The Authority and Seth Rollins.
Audio: Braun Strowman makes his WWE main roster debut.
Audio: Closing moments of the first-ever WWE Universal Title Match: Seth Rollins vs. Finn Bálor.
Asuka (NXT Women's) and Finn Bálor (WWE Universal) are forced to relinquish their titles due to injury.
Audio: The 'shoot' interview that got Joey Styles FIRED from WWE: Cathy Kelley interviews Joey Styles. If addressing IWC hatred for Roman Reigns and WWE dislike for IWC was bad, you will not believe the one indy wrestler Joey Styles thinks WWE needs to hire ASAP!
Audio: The revolution will NOT be televised for at least another decade: Ricky Starks faces Kane on WWE Main Event (2016)
Audio: Heated exchange between Daniel Bryan and The Miz on Talking Smack.
One year after making a memorable return, WWE bids farewell to The Dudley Boyz.
Audio: Chris Jericho discusses his backstage confrontation with Brock Lesnar following Lesnar's match against Randy Orton.
AAA strips Sexy Star of the Reina de Reinas Championship for intentionally injuring Rosemary during their match at TripleManía XXV.
Looking back at AAA TripleManía XXVI.
Five years before the UFC/WWE merger, WWE teams up with Endeavor to create the WWE Podcast Network.
Possibly the only time this has ever occurred: AEW and Chris Jericho send a positive message to NXT, expressing excitement for Wednesday night programming.
Cathy Kelley reveals her breakup with Velveteen Dream—and the first creep to slide into her DMs? Joey Ryan, of course!
FOX Sports' Rob Stone defeats R-Truth to win the WWE 24/7 Championship.
Due to the Covid Pandemic, WWE offers virtual Superstar meet-and-greets with fans at the steep price of $125 for a two-minute conversation.
Looking back at NXT TakeOver XXX and Karrion Kross relinquishing the title after four days due to injury.
Looking back at NXT TakeOver 36: Karrion Kross' final NXT match and Samoa Joe being forced to relinquish the title without a single defense.
Promoted or demoted? Karrion Kross moves from NXT to WWE RAW roster with an abbreviated entrance, without Scarlett, and with the addition of the infamous gladiator helmet and suspenders.
Audio: Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER (c) for the NXT United Kingdom Championship (NXT TakeOver 36).
Audio: Becky Lynch makes a surprise return at SummerSlam 2021 after a 15-month absence and defeats Bianca Belair in 26 seconds.
Audio: Interesting 2021 Nick Khan interview foreshadowing WWE's media rights deals with Peacock, ESPN, Netflix, and more, including the reasoning behind sunsetting the standalone WWE Network and why AEW was not viewed as direct competition.
Audio: AEW Rampage The First Dance: CM Punk debuts in AEW, drawing an impressive TV rating.
Audio: CM Punk battles Jon Moxley for the Undisputed AEW World Championship in an abrupt, controversial finish.
Ava Raine wins her first-ever singles match in NXT by defeating Ivy Nile.
Audio: Looking back at the night Chad Gable handed Gunther his first singles loss on the WWE main roster (via countout).
Audio: Remembering Terry Funk (79) and Bray Wyatt (36), who passed away within a day of each other.
John Cena explains why he chooses Roman Reigns over The Rock as the greatest of all time in WWE.
Audio: Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Jazmyn Nyx form Fatal Influence.
Looking back at AEW All In 2024.
Audio: Mariah May challenges "Timeless" Toni Storm for the AEW Women's World Championship (from AEW All In 2024).
Audio: Rikishi's infamous rant suggesting Jey Uso jump to AEW, expressing deep frustration with WWE creative's booking of Jey.
Looking back at AEW Forbidden Door PPV from 2025.
Raja Jackson, son of Rampage Jackson, livestreams himself brutally assaulting wrestler Syko Stu during wrestling match. DT looks back at the incident, controversial comments from Rob Van Dam and Mark Henry, the criminal case and more.
Audio: Montage of clips from Raja Jackson on his KICK livestream before, during and after the violent attack on Syko Stu.
And so much more!

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