This Week In Wrestling History (Week Forty-Eight) 11/25 – 12/2

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 48 (11/25 – 12/2)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 38 Minutes

• Stan Stasiak def Pedro Morales to win WWWF Championship. DT addresses the ignorant treatment over the years by the internet towards 'The Man' and his title victory.
• Antonio Inoki def Bob Backlund to win WWF Championship; a title reign not recognized by WWE.
• Von Erichs def Freebirds and Ric Flair to win WCCW Six-Man Championship.
• Looking back at Starrcade 85: The Gathering
• Looking back at Starrcade 86: Night Of The Skywalkers
• Audio: Highlights of Road Warriors vs Midnight Express Scaffold Math including a rare LOD promo and comments by Jim Cornette on his injuries suffered.
• Audio: Shane Douglas wrestles on WWF Superstars (1990).
• SNME 8 airs on NBC.
• Looking back at Survivor Series 1991: The Gravest Challenge.
• Looking back at WWF Tuesday In Texas.
• Audio: Highlights of Undertaker def Hulk Hogan to win WWF Championship for first time - just to lose it back to the Hulkster a few days later - just to have the title then vacated until Royal Rumble.
• Audio: Ric Flair first WWF PPV match ends in a sudden clusterfu**.
• Audio: Memorable Ric Flair promo from Survivor Series.
• Audio: Rare clip only seen in NY: Vince McMahon video editorial on Phil Mushnick and NY Post over their coverage of the 1994 steroid trial.
• Looking back at ECW November To Remember 1997.
• Audio: Stephanie McMahon makes her first ever appearance on Monday Night Raw.
• TV Guide debuts 'Signature Covers'. Four custom TV guide covers featuring Austin, Goldberg, Hogan, and Undertaker.
• Audio: Test / Stephanie Raw Wedding nixed as Triple H marries a drugged unconscious Stephanie McMahon.
• Audio: Stephanie McMahon Smackdown promo on unwillingly 'marrying' Triple H.
• Audio: Scott Hall and Kevin Nash throw the WCW TV Title in the trash.
• WCW Nitro cage match main event featuring Sid/Goldberg vs Hall/Nash vs Bret Hart/Chris Benoit w/ Roddy Piper as guest referee.
• Looking back at UK exclusive WWF Rebellion PPV (2000).
• ECW holds their next to last ever PPV, Massacre On 34th Street.
• Memories of rare NY indy match involving Eddie Guerrero (vs Low Ki).
• World Wrestling All-Stars invades Belfast, Ireland.
• Memories of the last ever wrestling event at 'Madhouse of Extreme', the Elks Lodge (Queens NY). USA Pro Wrestling 'End Of An Era': The one and only event Don Tony and The Masked Maniac teamed up for. So how did it do?
• Looking back at Survivor Series 2005.
• Audio: TNA Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash and Voodoo Kin Mafia crash a WWE House Show.
• Looking back at one of the worst WWE PPV's of all time: WWE December To Dismember (2006).
• Audio: A tearful Paul Heyman cuts his last promo before resigning and leaving WWE (2006).
• Audio: Samoa Joe shoots on Scott Hall no showing TNA Turning Point PPV.
• Audio: Kevin Nash, and Samoa Joe speak on the 'shoot', backstage incident, and more.
• WWE signs 2008 Playboy Model Of The Year, Jillian Beyor.
• Audio: The Miz vs Jerry Lawler in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for WWE Championship.
• Sheamus wins 2010 King Of The Ring Tournament.
• Kaitlyn wins NXT Season Three.
• WWE releases MVP.
• Mick Foley (while employed by TNA) heavily criticizes TNA in memorable 2010 interview.
• John Morrison wrestles last WWE match before being released.
• Audio: Memorable Pipers Pit featuring Roddy Piper interviewing John Cena.
• Never forget: WWE debuts then immediately yanks new Sin Cara shirt due to a hilarious graphics faux pa (Now known as the Sin Cara Boner Shirt).
• WWE releases Thomas Latimer (aka Bram) after being charged with assaulting a Police Officer.
• Audio: The interview that led to numerous lawsuits. CM Punk interviewed on Art Of Wrestling Podcast (EP 226).
• Audio: Vince McMahon appears on Stone Cold Podcast (WWE Network) and apologizes to CM Punk. 
• New Day make their WWE debut.
• Audio: Sheamus forms the League Of Nations.
• WWE surveys WWE fans disgruntled over Raw product. Have they addressed anything since this 2015 Survey?
• Audio: Broken Matt surprise video appearance from ROH Final Battle (2016).
• WWE premieres 205 Live on WWE Network.
• RIP Hype Bros: Mojo Rawley turns on Zack Ryder.
• And so much more!

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