This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 20: 5/14 – 5/20)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 20) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 5/14 thru 5/20. Running Time: 4 Hours 35 Minutes.

Hundreds of hours of wrestling memories, all featuring the ORIGINAL moments as they aired including ORIGINAL theme music! Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history. You won't find history documented like this anywhere but here!

 

SYNOPSIS: SEASON 4 EPISODE 20 (5/14 - 5/20)
RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 35 MINUTES

• The era of Bruno begins: Bruno Sammartino def Buddy Rogers to win WWWF Championship
• Andy Kaufman passes away from Lung Cancer at 35 years old
• Audio: AWA fu**ery: Playboy Buddy Rose & Doug Somers win the AWA Tag Team titles on a count out (from Scott Hall and Curt Hennig)
• Looking back at WCW Capital Combat: The Return Of Robocop (1990)
• Looking back at WCW SuperBrawl (1991).
• Audio: Sid Vicious vs El Gigante: Stretcher Match
• Looking back at the GREATEST WarGames match in history: WCW Wrestle War '92
• Papa Shango places a voodoo curse on a vomiting Ultimate Warrior beginning one of the strangest feuds in wrestling history
• AAA Promotion makes its debut (1992)
• Audio: The biggest upset in Raw history? The 1-2-3 Kid defeats Razor Ramon
• Audio: Marty Janetty makes WWF return and defeats Shawn Michaels for IC Championship
• The infamous episode of 'A Current Affair' airs profiling the tragedies surrounding the Von Erich family.
• Looking back at ECW: When Worlds Collide 1994
• Audio: Arn Anderson speaks about his one and only match in ECW and why it sucked
• Looking back at AAA Triplemania II-B event (1994)
• WWF makes significant changes in drug policy in an attempt to prevent further abuse
• Looking back at the first ever WWF In Your House PPV
• Audio: Bob Backlund announces his candidacy for President and makes some comical errors at some historical events
• Infamous Kliq Curtain Call takes place at Madison Square Garden
• Audio: Triple H, Jim Cornette, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash speak on the infamous MSG Curtain Call.
• Looking back at WCW Slamboree 1996-1998
• HBK infamous 'Sunny Days' Promo on Bret Hart airs on Monday Night RAW
• Audio: Sean Waltman reveals a 'Sunny Day' story involving Shawn Michaels
• People Magazine wasn't the only fools running high profile Internet Polls in 1998. Looking back when Ric Flair led in the voting for Time Magazine's 'Person Of The Century' Poll
• Looking back at ECW 'It Ain't Seinfeld' event from 1998
• Taz debuts the FTW (F*** The World) Championship
• Audio: Eric Bischoff taunts Vince McMahon on WCW Thunder
• Audio: Chris Jericho's introduces the participants in the Cruiserweight Battle Royal at Slamboree 1998
• Audio: The night Dean Malenko received one of the loudest pops in WCW history
• Referee Charles Robinson suffers collapsed lung after taking an elbow drop by Macho Man Randy Savage
• Looking back at WCW No Mercy UK PPV from 1999
• Looking back at ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999, 2000
• Audio: Godfather's Ho (Bobcat) wins WWF Hardcore Title from Crash Holly
• Audio: Don Tony's favorite WWF Hardcore Title match of all time airs on Monday Night RAW: Gerald Brisco vs Crash Holly
• Looking back at WWE Judgement Day PPV 2000-2004, 2007-2009
• Vince McMahon makes a return appearance on HBO's On The Record with Bob Costas
• Zach Gowan makes WWF TV debut - by having his prosthetic leg yanked off by Rowdy Roddy Piper
• Ron 'The Truth' Killings wins NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the 2nd time
• Mordecai makes WWE main roster debut
• Audio: Bobby Heenan appears on The Dennis Miller Show
• TNA suspends Jeff Hardy due to substance abuse
• Looking back at TNA Hard Justice 2005
• Tickets for ECW One Night Stand go on sale and immediately sells out
• Looking back at TNA Sacrifice 2006, 2010
• 'See No Evil' starring Kane hits movie theatres
• WWE releases Sabu, Shelly Martinez, Scotty 2 Hotty, Nick Mitchell, Carlito and Angel Williams (Angelina Love)
• Audio: Bret Hart defeats The Miz to win the WWE US Championship
• Hulk Hogan sues Fruity Pebbles Cereal (Post)
• Audio: TNA rebrands as 'Impact Wrestling' and 'Wrestling Matters'
• TNA signs Brooke Hogan
• Looking back at WWE Over The Limit 2012
• Looking back at WWE Extreme Rules PPV (2013).
• Audio: Kevin Owens makes his memorable WWE main roster debut and confronts John Cena
• Looking back at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable 2015
• Samoa Joe makes NXT debut
• Looking back at WWE Payback 2015
• Destination American announces cancellation of TNA Programming effective September 2015
• Audio: New Day 'Time Machine' skit pokes fun at The Vaudvillains
• Looking back at NXT TakeOver: Chicago (2017)
• WWE signs Io Sky (Io Shirai)
• WWE and FOX agree on a five-year deal to air SmackDown on Fox beginning in 2019
• Charges dropped in the sexual assault case against Enzo Amore
• Ashley Massaro tragically passes away at 39
• Audio: Mick Foley introduces WWE 24/7 Championship on RAW to a less than stellar response from live audience and IWC
• Looking back at WWE Money In The Bank 2019
• Audio: Brock Lesnar makes surprise return, screws Mustafa Ali and wins MITB Briefcase
• Audio: Mustafa Ali reveals how everything went down behind the scenes at MITB and Brock Lesnar return
• Audio: Firefly Fun House takes a very dark turn as Bray Wyatt introduces us to The Fiend
• Audio: Shad Gaspard tragically passes away at 39 (news coverage)
• D-Von Dudley announces his retirement from in-ring competition
• Audio: Jim Cornette stirs up controversy discussing Becky Lynch pregnancy
• Looking back at WWE Backlash 2021
• Looking back at Impact Wrestling: Under Siege 2021
• Alexander Wolfe is kicked out of Imperium AND WWE in the same week
• WWE releases eight including Velveteen Dream, Alexander Wolfe, Jessamyn Duke, Adnan Virk and Drake Wuertz
• WBD announces new AEW: Rampage TV series coming to TNT  
• Sasha Banks and Naomi quit WWE
• Audio: Michael Cole on air reaction to Sasha Banks and Naomi quitting WWE
• Stephanie McMahon announces an abrupt leave of absence from WWE
• Audio: An important moment in Bloodline history: RK-Bro (RAW Tag Champions) battles The Usos (SmackDown Tag Champions) in a Tag Team Unification Match
• Audio: Max Dupri makes his WWE TV debut
• WBD announces new AEW: Collision TV series coming to TNT  
• AEW announces the creation of a new YouTube series: "Meal And A Match"
• Ruby Soho and Angelo Parker get married
• Mark Henry leaves AEW 
• Audio: The beginning of the end of Ricky Starks in AEW. Ricky Starks expresses frustration over not being used and media pushing injuries as the excuse 
• Tyra Mae Steele and Jasper Troy win Season One of WWE LFG (Legends and Future Greats)
• Audio: Tyra Mae Steele and Jasper Troy discuss their Season One win of WWE LFG (Steele would be fired less than one year later)
• Mike Raybeck (aka Maxx Justice) tragically struck and killed in a cycling accident by a hit and run driver
• Zoey Stark suffers a serious knee injury on RAW which ended up being her last ever match for WWE
• Lei Ying Lee (Xia Lee) is victorious in her MMA debut
• Audio: Damian Priest is inducted into the Bronx (NY) Walk Of Fame
• Darby Allin makes history, reaching the Summit of Mount Everest
• Audio: Darby Allin comments on climbing and reaching the Summit of Mount Everest
• And so much more!

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