This Week In Wrestling History (Week Fifty One) 12/17 – 12/23

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 51 (12/17 – 12/23)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 31 Minutes

• Mil Mascaras invades Madison Square Garden to battle WWWF Heavyweight Champion Superstar Billy Graham.
• Tarzan Tyler, Mad Dog Lefebvre, and Referee Adrien Desbois die tragically in an auto accident.
• Audio: New Jack Hustler: The Gangstas (New Jack & Mustafa) hype an upcoming SMW match against The Rock N' Roll Express.
• Audio: Madusa (Alundra Blayze) returns to WCW and throws the WWF Womens Championship on Monday Nitro.
• Audio: D-X HBK and Triple in G-Strings and Mistletoe cut funny Christmas Promo.
• Audio: Long before Kevin Nash / Hulk Hogan 'Fingerpoke Of Doom' on Nitro, HBK lays down for Triple H in a WWF European Title Match.
• NWO takes over Monday Nitro for a night. DT looks at Raw vs Nitro ratings before and after NWO Monday Nitro.
• Hulk Hogan receives a Christmas Present: A severed dummy head of himself.
• Taz lays down and 'intentionally' loses his unsanctioned FTW Championshp to Sabu.
• Looking back at WCW Starrcade 1999.
• Audio: Bret Hart vs Goldberg at Starrcade '99 and Nitro the following night: A career ending mule kick, a forfeited WCW Title, a pissed off Kevin Nash, an unhinged Roddy Piper, two Screwjobs, a faction reformation and lots more.
• Mike Awesome def Masato Tanaka for ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
• ECW holds its final event ever at ECW Arena.
• Edge and Christian def The Rock and Undertaker for WWF Tag Team Titles.
• Audio: Remembering the infamous Supermarket Brawl between Steve Austin and Booker T, with comments from Austin on that night and tidbits about the market.
• Audio: The Rock performs his version of 'The 12 Days Of Christmas'.
• Audio: One of the greatest rivalries in recent history begins: Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar.
• Audio: Vintage John Cena live rap (w/ B-Squared) from Smackdown (2002).
• DT looks back at XPW 'Merry F'n X-Mas' event, the emergence of Shark Boy, and the scary incident involving Lizzy Borden and DT's Timekeepers Table.
• Looking back at WWE 'Christmas From Baghdad' 2003 and 2004.
• Looking back at WWE Armageddon PPV 2005 and 2006. 
• Looking back at WWE 'Holiday / Tribute To The Troops' 2005 and 2010.
• Audio: Vladimir 'Dont Call Me Viktor' Kozlov makes his 'Double Double E' debut - and is not seen again on WWE TV for 16 months.
• Audio: The infamous controversial appearance of 'President George W Bush' on Raw.
• Looking back at Ring Of Honor 'Final Battle' 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011.
• WWE signs Nuevo Gran Apolo.
• Looking back at the wackiest gimmick themed night in TNA history: Christmas 2007.
• Audio: Origins of 'Donzilla vs Samoa Joe' DTKC Show Intro.
• Audio: AJ Styles is forced to wear a Reindeer Costume after losing a 'Grab The Reindeer' (Costume On A Pole) Ladder Match.
• NBC officially cancels American Gladiators (hosted by Hulk Hogan).
• Maryse begins her 216 day run at WWE Divas Champion.
• Kid Kash arrested and accused of identity theft and forgery (charges were later dropped).
• Looking back at TNA Final Resolution PPV 2009.
• TNA tapes the All Womens Impact: New Years Knockout Eve.
• WWE releases Kaval (aka Low Ki).
• WWE posts the Top 10 'Submission Specialists Of All Time' list.
• Looking back at WWE TLC PPV 2010 and 2011.
• Audio: Highlights from Kevin Steen (Owens) vs El Generico (Sami Zayn) 'Fight Without Honor' brawl from ROH Final Battle 2010.
• Audio: Big Show wins World Heavyweight Championship def Mark Henry - just to lose it 7 seconds later.
• Audio: Daniel Bryan cashes in MITB Briefcase and wins first WWE Heavyweight Title (def Big Show).
• WWE roster performs 'Jingle Bells' (2012).
• WWE announces the return of Batista to WWE in January 2014.
• Jeff Jarrett officially resigns from TNA.
• Braun Strowman makes pro wrestling debut at NXT event taping (which appears to have never been televised).
• Audio: CM Punk appearance on TSN 'Off The Record w/ Michael Landsberg' gets quite awkward and intense. Almost exactly one year later of the Punk interview, OTR is canceled.
• WWE holds 2015 Slammy Awards on Raw.
• Audio: R-Truth pulls a 'Steve Harvey' and announces the wrong Slammy Award winner.
• Looking back at WWE 'Roadblock' PPV 2016.
• Cesaro and Sheamus end New Day's 483 day reign as Raw Tag Team Champions.
• Audio: 'Best friend' Chris Jericho helps Kevin Owens retain WWE Universal Title (vs Roman Reigns) - by hitting KO with a Codebreaker.
• Neville proclaims himself the 'King Of The Cruiserweights'.
• And so much more!

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