This Week In Wrestling History (Week Twenty-Two) 5/27 – 6/2
DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW
Release Date: 05/31/2024
DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW
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info_outlineThis 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 22 (5/27 – 6/2)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 8 Minutes
- Harley Race def Dory Funk Jr for NWA World Heavyweight Title and ends Funk's 1,563 reign as Champion.
- Ric Flair def Kerry Von Erich 2 falls to 1 to regain NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
- The story behind Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) being hired then immediately fired by WWF.
- Honky Tonk Man def Ricky Steamboat to win WWF IC Championship.
- Audio: Honky Tonk Man (and Iron Shiek) speak on Ricky Steamboat throwing shade at IC Title match against HTM.
- Brother Love makes his WWF TV debut.
- No Holds Barred movie released in movie theatres.
- After being fired a year earlier, The Rockers return and make their WWF TV debut.
- 'Common Man' Dusty Rhodes makes his 1991 WWF debut.
- Celebrity Sleuth Magazine features photos of Madusa, Sherri Martel, Missy Hyatt, and several other women wrestlers.
- Cactus Jack 'Lost In Cleveland' vignettes begin to air on WCW TV.
- Ranger Ross sues WCW for Racial Discrimination.
- Matt Hardy makes WWF debut.
- Audio: The Rock (as Flex Kavana) makes his pro wrestling and promo debut.
- WWF sends a Cease and Desist letter to Scott Hall after his controversial WCW Monday Nitro debut.
- Audio: Brian Pillman's controversial ECW return promo after serious Humvee accident.
- Looking back at World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996).
- Audio: ECW vs USWA war begins.
- Booker T appears in 1-800-Collect Commercial as a boxer.
- Looking back at WWF In Your House 22: Over The Edge (1998).
- Darren Drosdov debuts LOD 'Puke' character.
- NBC airs the awful documentary on Jessie 'The Body' Ventura.
- The trial of Jerome Young (New Jack) for assault against 17 year old Erich Kulas beings and ends with not guilty verdict.
- Audio: Original news reports of 'Mass Transit' incident.
- Audio: New Jack speaks on the assault trial and its outcome.
- One of the first cases of massive fake news and 'being first over being right' reporting by wrestling sites: Tammy Sytch removed from WCW TV after Kimberly Page finding drug paraphernalia allegedly belonging to Sytch.
- Audio: DT's favorite WCW Hardcore Match of all time: Terry Funk (c) defends against Chris Candido on a barn and the infamous 'horse kick' incident.
- Audio: Nothing is finer than having a sixty niner with Scott Steiner.
- Brian Lawler fired after drug arrest at Canadian Border prior to WWF Raw event.
- Brian Ong dies while training with Dalip Singh (Great Khali) at a California wrestling school.
- WWE sends Eddie Guerrero home and into drug rehab after showing up for Raw event in no condition to perform.
- Audio: Steve Blackman and Trish Stratus' 'Three's Company' skit.
- Audio: The WCW/ECW invasion angle official begins with Lance Storm interfering during 'WWF' match on Raw.
- Identity of The Stalker's 'voice' is revealed.
- Audio: Undertaker vs Tommy Dreamer and a bucket of 'vomit'.
- Audio: Kevin Nash announces a new member of NWO (WWE version).
- NWA TNA hires Don West for their announcing team.
- WWE promotes 2003 Divas Search by featuring pics of fans and 'girls next door', two who were later revealed to be XXX Porn Stars.
- Audio: Mr America and Vince McMahon take lie detector tests on Smackdown.
- Audio: Highlights of Vince McMahon's 2004 appearance on TSN 'Off The Record' and some memorable discussions that are very relevant today.
- Audio: Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff, and Paul Heyman exchange barbs on Raw to hype ECW One Night Stand (2005).
- Looking back at WWE One Night Stand PPV (2007, 2008).
- WWE signs Curtis Axel and Kalisto.
- 'LA Lakers' vs 'Denver Nuggets' main event WWE Raw.
- Kia Stevens (Kharma) leaves WWE due to pregnancy.
- Brock Lesnar's autobiography 'Death Clutch' hits stores.
- TNA announces the creation of their own Hall of Fame and the first recipient, Jeff Jarrett.
- Looking back at the time Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston were WWE ratings killers in 2012.
- Matt Hardy 'Anti-Bullying' Ring Of Honor promo debuts.
- Looking back at TNA Slammiversary XI event (2013).
- Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson signs with TNA and Bellator.
- Charlotte def Nattie to win vacant NXT Womens Title (2014).
- Looking back at WWE Payback PPV (2014).
- Audio: Batista quits WWE again on Raw.
- Audio: Seth Rollins breaks up The Shield.
- Sami Zayn undergoes Shoulder Surgery.
- Destination America adds Ring Of Honor to their programming and announces ROH/TNA airing back to back.
- Looking back at WWE Elimination Chamber PPV (2015).
- 'Broken' Matt Hardy takes his feud with Jeff Hardy to a whole new level.
- Audio: 'Bailey: This Is Your Life!'.
- And so much more!
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