This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 50: 12/10 – 12/16)

This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 50) covering the period of 12/10 thru 12/16. Running Time: 5 Hours 22 Minutes.

This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony first aired in 2018 and spanned two seasons. After much demand, these retro episodes return REMASTERED and UPDATED FOR 2025. Wrestling history up to and including 2024 has been added!

Hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history.

SYNOPSIS: SEASON 3 EPISODE 50 (12/10 - 12/16)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 22 MINUTES

• Rikidozan dies after stabbing at Japanese Nightclub. DT looks back at the rumored involvement of the Japanese Yakuza in this tragedy
• Terry and Dory Funk Jr def Abdullah The Butcher and The Shiek to win AJPW Real World Tag League Tournament. A match over four decades old that still holds up today
• Although not recognized in the record books, Bob Backlund regains WWF Championship def Bobby Duncam
• Audio: Bob Backlund, a master of the mic (LOL), cuts a terrible promo on Bobby Duncam (1979)
• Hulk Hogan makes his MSG debut def Ted Dibiase
• Memorable SNME (9) event: Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff steel cage match for WWF Championship
• Dynamite Kid suffers serious back injury during match involving British Bulldogs vs Don Muraco and Bob Orton Jr
• Looking back at AWA's lone PPV: Superclash III
• Second ever Slammy Awards (1987) featuring the musical performance by Vince McMahon (Stand Back)
• Audio: The Colossal Connection (Haku and Andre The Giant) def Demolition to win WWF Tag Team Titles
• WWF tapes No Holds Barred: The Match / The Movie
• Audio: NHB The Match Main Event Cage Match: Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake vs Macho Man Randy Savage and Zeus w/ Sherri
• Looking back at Starrcade '89 Futureshock, Starrcade '90: Collision Course, and the disaster: Starrcade 2000
• Audio: Ric Flair revealed as The Black Scorpion
• AWA retires the World Heavyweight Championship
• The bloody match between Great Muta vs Hiroshi Hase which led to the creation of the 'Muta Scale'
• Audio: Alundra Blayze (Medusa) def Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final to win the vacated WWF Womens Championship
• Looking back at ECW Holiday Hell 1994
• Audio: Steve Austin final ECW promo before leaving for WWF
• WWF releases the entire Womens Division and retires the Womens Championship
• Audio: Looking back at Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Event (1995) which included WCW vs WWF match
• Looking back at WWF IYH 5: Season's Beatings (1995) and IYH 26: Rock Bottom (1998)
• Anniversary of the Super J-Cup: 2nd Stage Tournament
• NWO Saturday Night airs on TBS Network
• Audio: Steve Austin throws The Rock's IC Title into the Piscataqua River
• Audio: Vince McMahon announces a change in creative direction dubbed 'The Cure For The Common Show'
• Bret Hart makes his WCW debut following Montreal Screwjob
• RVD and Sabu def Dudley Boyz in Tokyo Japan to win ECW Tag Team Titles
• Ric Flair has a 'heart attack' on WCW Monday Nitro
• Looking back at WWF/WWE Armageddon PPV: 1999, 2002-2004, 2006-2008
• Audio: The McMahon-Helmsley Era official begins. Stephanie turns on Vince (Armageddon 1999)
• Audio: As Vince hunts down Triple H, Stephanie (supporting a sexy new look) explains why she turned - and it makes complete sense
• ECW holds its last Hardcore TV (TNN) taping
• NWA Wildside: AJ Styles vs Sabu vs Air Paris
• Audio: Booker T and Goldust become World Tag Team Champions
• Audio: Battle Of The Sexes: Chris Jericho and Christian vs Trish Stratus and Lita
• JAPW: Dan Maff vs Jerry Lawler vs Shane Douglas
• Audio: Daniel Puder vs Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin: Dixie Dog Fight
• American Angel (Sara del Rey) loses Mask vs Mask Match against Tsunami
• Looking back at TNA Turning Point PPV including no-show by Jeff Hardy
• Audio: Batista and Rey Mysterio become World Tag Team Champions
• Chris Jericho lands a book deal to release the autobiography "A Lion's Tale"
• CBS announces Trish Stratus to co-star in reality series 'Armed & Famous'
• Looking back at Hermie Sadler UWF event (2006)
• WWE releases Amy Zidian
• WWE launches 'A Jingle With Jillian' EP on Itunes
• Audio: Sample of Jillian Hall: 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'
• Looking back at WWE TLC PPV: 2009, 2012-2015
• Looking back at Slammy Awards: 1987, 2009-2012 
• Audio: During interview hyping Tribute To The Troops special, CM Punk comments on Hulk Hogan signing with TNA and the primetime WWF vs TNA WWF Jan 4, 2010
• Christy Hemme announces her retirement from in ring action
• Looking back at WWE Tribute To The Troops: 2010, 2011
• Looking back at TNA Final Resolution PPV 2011, 2020, 2024
• Billy Gunn returns to WWE as a trainer
• Jeff Hardy launches Music CD 'Similar Creatures'
• Audio: Sample of Jeff Hardy: 'Similar Creatures'
• Tony Atlas reveals to TMZ how far he will go to satisfy his foot fetish
• Audio: Michelle Beadle and CM Punk give their side of the backstage incident at Tribute To The Troops involving AJ Lee
• AJ Styles officially leaves TNA after 11 years with the company
• Looking back at NXT Takeover 3: R-Evolution (2014) and NXT Takeover: London (2015)
• Audio: Kevin Owens makes NXT debut
• Audio: Sami Zayn def Neville to win NXT Heavyweight Championship
• Audio: Roman Reigns returns at WWE TLC 2014 and cuts an infamous 'promo'
• Roman Reigns def Sheamus in a Career vs Title Match to win WWE World Heavyweight Title
• Scott Hall posts a picture of his living room on Instagram showing a decorated Christmas Tree, and XXX movie playing on his TV! LOL
• Brock Lesnar fined $250K and suspended one year by Nevada State Athletic Commission for failing two drug tests prior to UFC fight
• Shad Gaspard stops an Armed Robbery at a gas station convenient store. And it was all captured on security video
• WWE document leaked instructing officials how to handle certain situations at WWE events. DT has the documents and reveals the details
• Rich Swann arrested and charged with kidnapping and assault on his wife, Su Yung
• Audio: Mandy Rose wrestles her first ever match on WWE main roster (Mandy Rose and Paige vs Bayley and Mickie James)
• Alicia Taylor makes her WWE ring announcing debut at an NXT Live Event
• Looking back at WWE: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2018, 2019
• Looking back at Ring Of Honor: Final Battle 2018, 2022, 2023
• Audio: The Elite' Cody Rhodes, Young Bucks and Hangman Page say goodbye to Ring Of Honor (from Final Battle 2018)
• Looking back at Impact Wrestling: Final Resolution 2020
• Audio: Karate Man (Ethan Page) makes a memorable appearance on Impact Wrestling during the pandemic
• Mick Foley revealed as Cameo's Most Booked Athlete for 2021 across all sports!
• DDP and Payge McMahon get married
• WWE signs Fallon Henley and AEW signs Brody King
• Darby Allin takes shots at Cora Jade on Twitter for being a fake skateboarder. It doesn't end well for Darby
• Looking back at NXT Deadline: 2022,
• Audio: Remembering when an NXT Referee started vomiting black goo during a match between Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre?
• Audio: Roxanne Perez wins Iron Survivor Challenge and challenges Mandy Rose for NXT Women's Championship
• Audio: Mandy Rose defends NXT Women's Championship against Roxanne Perez
• WWE releases Mandy Rose for violating their contract by opening and posting photos on FanTime
• Jamie Noble wrestles his last ever match at a WWE Live Event
• Audio: Action Andretti makes his AEW main roster debut by defeating Chris Jericho and the crowd reaction was NUTS
• WWE and Jey Uso resolve trademark issue over usage of 'YEET'
• Audio: Memorable 2023 confrontation on WWE RAW between Seth Rollins and CM Punk who returned to WWE after a ten-year absence which drew a tremendous TV rating
• WWE and MLW reach a settlement in the antitrust case against WWE
• Titan Towers sold: WWE headquarters in Stamford, CT sold for $7.5 Million
• Anthem names Carlos Silva President of TNA Wrestling
• Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke) and Ulysses Diaz tie the knot
• Audio: Kamille addresses repeated fan complaints about her character on AEW Television
• Audio: Tessa Blanchard makes her return to TNA Wrestling and many within IWC have a meltdown
• After just one week after being released from AEW, WWE posts a video teasing the debut of Penta El Zero Miedo
• Chelsea Green def Michin to become the first ever WWE Women's United States Champion
• Looking back at the 2024 return of Saturday Night's Main Event
• And so much more!

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