This Week In Wrestling History (Week Thirty-Nine) 9/23 – 9/29

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 39 (9/23 – 9/29)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 17 Minutes

• WWWF Championship Belt stolen from Bruno Sammartino's car.
• First WWWF Showdown At Shea Stadium featuring a 75 Minute main event match between Bruno vs Pedro Morales.
• Audio: Jim Cornette makes his managerial debut.
• Audio: Memorable Memphis match ends in a brawl: Stan Hansen & Jesse Ventura vs Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol.
• Looking back at AWA Superclash '85: Night Of Champions.
• First time ever: Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan
• Rick McGraw's last feud (vs Roddy Piper) before his death begins.
• Audio: Battle Of The Talk Shows: Pipers Pit vs The Flower Shop.
• Audio: Ronnie Garvin def Ric Flair for NWA Heavyweight Title.
• Bonus Audio: Ronnie Garvin speaks candidly on the title win, and Ric Flair's first promo after losing the title.
• Kerry Von Erich sentenced in prescription forgery arrest.
• Tatanka loses USWA Title back to Jerry Lawler, then loses his undefeated streak against Ludvig Borga, then is 'injured' by Yokozuna. Not a good week.
• Audio: Vince McMahon sends Macho Man to take out Jerry Lawler and USWA Title. (Promos by Macho Man and Vince).
• Shawn Michaels walks out of WWF and is stripped of IC Title.
• Bonus Audio: Shawn Michaels speaks on walking out of WWF in 1993.
• Brian Christopher and The Rock 'n Roll Express make their WWF debuts.
• Audio: Terry Funk vs Jimmy Snuka for ECW TV Title main event's first NWA/ECW event booked by Paul Heyman.
• Audio: Fake Razor Ramon and Fake Diesel in ring WWF debut, with Jim Ross on commentary.
• Scott Hall arrested outside a strip club which leads to ex wife Dana ripping WCW for using him while battling serious alcohol problems.
• Looking back at WWF In Your House: Breakdown PPV (1998).
• Audio: Christian makes his WWF debut.
• Audio: Kane and Undertaker def Steve Austin for WWF Title.
• Audio: Steve Austin and a Zamboni ruin Vince McMahon, Kane, and Undertaker's Title Award Ceremony.
• Audio: Vince backs out his deal with Kane and Undertaker, gets caught giving them the finger, then has his leg broken.
• Audio: First time and only time ever 1 on 1 match: Hulk Hogan vs Bret Hart main event Nitro.
• Looking back at WWF Unforgiven PPV (1999)
• Audio: Remembering the disaster: Al Snow vs Big Boss Man 'Kennel From Hell Match'.
• 'This Is Your Life: The Rock' hosted by Mick Foley scores a record 8.4 rating.
• Audio: '1, 2, It Doesn't Matter If The Rock Counts To 3!'
• Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara leave WWF for WCW just days after Austin/Zamboni, The Rock This Is Your Life segments.
• WCW airs a Sprite Soda commercial featuring Sting 'beating up' a 10 year old kid at home.
• Psychosis loses a Mask vs Hair Match against Kidman on Nitro.
• Audio: Sid Vicious finds his rental car crushed by Goldberg.
• First episode of Raw on TNN (previously USA Network) airs.
• Audio: Vince Russo wins WCW Heavyweight Title from Booker T on Nitro.
• Looking back at the last ECW PPV while under TNN TV deal: Anarchy Rulz 2000.
• Released from WWE: Mike Awesome, Justin Credible, Shawn Stasiak, Horace Hogan, Kid Kash, Jillian Hall, Danny Inferno, Kevin Matthews and others.
• TNA stars Andy Douglas and Johnny Devine stabbed outside a Nashville Nightclub.
• Last episode of Raw airs on Spike TV (before jump back to USA Network).
• Dolph Ziggler makes his first WWE appearance as the caddy for Kerwin White.
• Cowboy Bob Orton wrestles on Smackdown; first match since 1987.
• Audio: CM Punk debut match in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).
• TNA makes their debut on Spike TV.
• Bob Holly needs 24 stiches to his back after ECW (WWF) Extreme Rules match against Rob Van Dam.
• Vickie Guerrero vacates and retires the Cruiserweight Title held by Hornswoggle.
• Smackdown airs for the last time on CW Network (before the move to MyNetworkTV).
• Looking back at WWE Smackdown Special: Decade Of Smackdown.
• Ric Flair Robe becomes first ever pro wrestling item to enter the Smithsonian Institute.
• Audio: Drew McIntyre makes his WWE in ring debut.
• Bryan Danielson makes his last ROH appearance before jumping to WWE.
• Bret Hart wrestles last ever match in MSG.
• WWE introduces the new Tag Team Titles: 'The Penny Belts'.
• Edge destroys the annoying Anonymous Raw GM Laptop.
• Smackdown debuts on Syfy Network.
• WWE signs Miroslav Barnyashev (Rusev), Pac (Neville), and Sara del Rey.
• The shortest Hell In The Cell Match in history happens post Raw (5 Minutes) and CM Punk isn't thrilled about it.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan quits Dixie Carter and TNA.
• Asuka makes her NXT debut.
• The night after Enzo Amore winning the Cruiserweight Title from Neville, Raw had Neville, Braun Strowman and the entire Cruiserweight division, destroy Enzo.
• Neville wrestles last 205 Live match before walking out company.
• And so much more!

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