This Week In Wrestling History (Week Eleven) 3/11 – 3/17

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: Episode 11 (3/11 – 3/17)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 33 Minutes

• Danny Hodge abruptly retires after suffering a broken neck in a serious auto accident.
• Memorable 1983 match between Ric Flair and Greg Valentine goes to a one hour time limit draw.
• Assassin #2 loses a Hair vs Mask match against Jimmy Valiant. Assassin #2 is revealed to be - Hercules Hernandez.
• Memorable 1986 match between Tiger Mask II (Mitsuharu Misawa) and Riki Choshu.
• Looking back at E10 Saturday Night's Main Event (1987).
• Brian 'Crush' Adams arrested and charged with 5 weapons possession and 7 drug counts. DT researches and clears up several details reported incorrectly for two decades.
• Looking back at ECW Extreme Warfare Vol One (1995).
• Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown (1997).
• The Dudleys win their First Tag Team Titles as a team. They would go on to win two dozen more.
• Looking back at WCW Uncensored PPV (1997, 1998, 1999).
• Audio: Bret Hart's uncensored tirade after being screwed out of winning WWF Championship on Raw.
• Audio: Kane piledrives the San Antonio Spurs' Gorilla Mascot.
• Mick Foley stars in Chef Boyardee Beefaroni commercial.
• Audio: Despite being buried on WWF TV, Public Enemy get a Tag Title shot against Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart.
• Audio: Bubba Ray Dudley powerbombs Mae Young off a stage thru a table. Fabulous Moolah isn't impressed.
• Audio: Two memorable WWF Hardcore Title defenses: Crash Holly vs Mean Street Posse at Newart Airport. Crash Holly vs The Headbangers at Fun Time USA.
• Looking back at ECW Living Dangerously PPV (2000).
• Audio: New Jack speaks on injuries sustained after dive with Vic Grimes goes terribly wrong.
• Pro Wrestling Documentary 'Beyond The Mat' hits movie theatres (2000).
• Looking back at WCW's last ever PPV 'Greed' (2001).
• Turner Networks announce the cancellation of WCW Monday Nitro and Thunder.
• Bonus Audio: Eric Bischoff on TSN Off The Record (2003) discussing what went wrong with WCW.
• Looking back at WWF WrestleMania X8 (2002).
• Audio: Icon vs Icon: The Rock vs Hulk Hogan.
• Audio: Brock Lesnar makes WWF TV debut.
• WWE announces first ever 'brand split'.
• Audio: Steve Austin wrestles his last ever WWE TV (Non-PPV) match on Raw.
• Audio: Memorable Raw 'Tourettes' promo between Goldust and Triple H (w/ Ric Flair).
• Looking back at 2004 WWE Hall Of Fame.
• Audio: Bobby Hennan's WWE Hall Of Fame speech (2004).
• Looking back at WrestleMania XX (2004).
• Looking back at TNA Destination X PPV (2005, 2009).
• Audio: The Rockers reunite and wrestle their first match together in fourteen years (2005).
• Jake 'The Snake' Roberts appears on Raw for the first time in eight years (2005).
• Looking back at 2006 return of WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.
• Audio: Raw Main Event: John Cena and Randy Orton vs THE ENTIRE RAW ROSTER.
• Audio: Vince McMahon receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
• Mickey Rourke and The Wrestler film scenes during ROH event.
• While under WWE suspension, Jeff Hardy tragically loses his home and dog due to fire.
• AJ Styles becomes first ever TNA Grand Slam winner.
• Monday Night Wars II ending miserably for TNA Impact.
• WWE bans all Chairshots to the head. They also ban any blow to the head that is viewed as an 'intentional act'.
• Looking back at TNA Victory Road PPV (2011).
• Audio: Jeff Hardy shows up for TNA PPV Main event high on somas. And TNA has him compete anyway, losing to Sting in 88 seconds.
• Hulk Hogan forced to apologize after using the tragic Tsunami occurring in Japan as promo material.
• Trifecta: After mishandling Jeff Hardy match and Hulk Hogan's tasteless promo, Kurt Angle cuts a promo wanted to 'hunt down and kill' Karen and Jeff Jarrett.
• Audio: John Cena's memorable 'Thuganomics' Raw promo on The Rock (2012).
• Audio: The Rock's memorable 'Cleveland Rocks' Raw concert on John Cena (2012).
• Looking back at TNA One Night Only: 10 Yr Reunion PPV (2013).
• Looking back at TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown PPV (2013).
• Steve Austin announces the creation of his podcast 'The Steve Austin Show'.
• Looking back at WWE Roadblock PPV (2016).
• In an attempt to hide negative fan reaction building towards Roman Reigns, WWE has You Tube delete many camera phone clips of RR at events.
• Neville suffers broken ankle during match against Chris Jericho on Raw.
• Audio: Chris Jericho and Referee Charles Robinson speak on their 'confrontation' during Neville match.
• AJ Styles puts Shane McMahon's head thru a car window.
• And so much more!

RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S1 E11 (3/11 – 3/17) online

==========

CHECK OUT DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW CONTENT ACROSS THESE PLATFORMS:

• CLICK HERE FOR ITUNES
• CLICK HERE FOR SPOTIFY
• CLICK HERE FOR APPLE & ANDROID APPS
• CLICK HERE FOR AMAZON MUSIC
• CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE PODCASTS
• CLICK HERE FOR PANDORA
• CLICK HERE FOR PODBEAN
• CLICK HERE FOR IHEARTRADIO
• CLICK HERE FOR DON TONY MERCHANDISE!

====

🎙️ Join The Family! Become a member of Don Tony and Kevin Castle Show Patreon and access right now:

• Ad-Free episodes of all of Don Tony's weekly shows
• Retro episodes of The Don Tony And Kevin Castle Show going back as early as 2004 (Retro Episodes added each week!)
• Weekly Patreon podcasts hosted by Don Tony and Kevin Castle
• 2000+ hours of Patreon exclusive shows never released publicly!

CLICK HERE to access now! www.Patreon.com/DonTony

====

DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE: UPCOMING WEEKLY SHOW SCHEDULE (EST):

• DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW: LIVE Mondays 11:15PM on DTKCDiscord.com
• THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY: Posted Tuesdays 4PM at DonTony.com
• DT VIPATREON: Patreon Exclusive Show hosted by Don Tony LIVE Tuesdays 10:05PM on Patreon Channel at DTKCDiscord.com
• CASTLE/KNT CHRONICLES: Patreon Exclusive Show hosted by Kevin Castle and Trez LIVE Thursdays 10:30PM on Patreon Channel at DTKCDiscord.com
• Q&A w/DON TONY (Mailbag): posted monthly on Thursdays on YouTube and DonTony.com
• Q&A w/DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE (Mailbag): posted monthly on Thursdays at DonTony.com
• THE SIT-DOWN w/DON TONY: LIVE Fridays at 10:05PM (after WWE SmackDown) on YouTube
• WWE/AEW PPV REVIEWS: (Airdates/Airtimes vary)
• THE DON TONY SHOW: Special Episodes (Airdates/Airtimes vary)

====

SOCIAL MEDIA / WEBSITE / CONTACT INFO:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/dontonyd
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontony
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/DTKCShow
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dontony
• Website: https://www.wrestling-news.com
• Email: [email protected]