This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 29: 7/16 – 7/22)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 29) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 7/16 thru 7/22. Running Time: 5 Hours 23 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 29 (7/16 - 7/22)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 41 MINUTES

• Audio: "The Great Betrayal" – Paul Orndorff turns on Hulk Hogan during a tag team match against King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd.
• Audio: Memorable promos from Paul Orndorff and Hulk Hogan following the "betrayal."
• A look back at WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #22.
• Audio: The Brain Busters make history ending Demolition's (then) record-breaking 478-day reign as WWF Tag Team Champions.
• Canada threatens arrest and bans Jacques Rougeau and the WWF from using the name "The Mountie" within the country.
• Audio: "I am The Mountie!"
• Audio: "I am Jacques Rougeau!"
• Audio: Bret Hart defends the IC Championship in the first-ever WWF Ladder Match.
• A look back at NWA/WCW Beach Blast 1993.
• Vince McMahon is found not guilty in the 1994 steroid conspiracy trial.
• A look back at WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 and 1995.
• The Giant (Big Show) makes his WCW debut.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan makes his WCW debut and defeats Ric Flair for the WCW Heavyweight Championship.
• Audio: Phantasio makes his one and only WWF TV appearance.
• Audio: Woman (Nancy Benoit) causes a TV controversy as Mikey Whipwreck takes ten Singapore cane lashes from The Sandman.
• After defeating The Gangstas in the main event, Public Enemy and the fans "break" the ECW ring.
• A look back at WWF In Your House 9: International Incident (1996).
• Wild Bill Irwin (as The Goon) and Ron Simmons (as Faarooq Asad) make their WWF debuts.
• A look back at ECW Heatwave 1997, 1999, and 2000.
• Audio: The Dudleys and Joel Gertner's memorable Heatwave '99 promo.
• XPW talent sits ringside during the Heatwave 2000 PPV, and the ECW wrestlers are none too happy about it.
• A look back at the WWF Invasion PPV (2001) and its massive buyrate.
• Following Eric Bischoff's announcement as Raw GM, Stephanie McMahon debuts as SmackDown GM.
• Audio: The first-ever on-air promo exchange between Eric Bischoff and The Rock.
• A look back at the WWE Vengeance PPV (2002).
• Triple H turns on his friend and "manager," Shawn Michaels.
• WWE unifies the Intercontinental and European Championships.
• Audio: A memorable promo exchange between The Rock and Eddie Guerrero (2002).
• Audio: Sabu makes his NWA TNA debut in a memorable ladder match against Malice (2002).
• Who remembers the WWE Evolution "Paid, Laid, and Made" T-shirt?
• Audio: Goldberg tells Triple H, "You're next!"
• Kane tombstone-piledrives Linda McMahon on the WWE Raw stage.
• Audio: John Cena cuts a memorable graveyard promo on The Undertaker and urinates on a tombstone.
• A look back at ROH Death Before Dishonor 2003.
• A look back at TNA No Surrender 2005.
• A look back at TNA Victory Road 2006 and 2009.
• A look back at WWE Great American Bash 2007 and 2008.
• Hornswoggle wins the WWE Cruiserweight Title.
• Bobby Lashley wrestles the final match of his first WWE run.
• WWE replaces an injured Edge with The Great Khali as the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
• Edge forfeits the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after suffering a torn pectoral muscle.
• Bye-bye, TV-14! WWE officially transitions to PG programming.
• Triple H and Alicia Fox ruin the wedding between Edge and Vickie Guerrero.
• The first-ever WWE Divas Champion is crowned.
• D'Lo Brown makes a memorable return to WWE (2008).
• Audio: A TNA employee exposes the affair between Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle on the Bubba the Love Sponge Radio Show.
• Ron Simmons is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
• A look back at WWE Money in the Bank 2010 and 2011.
• Audio: CM Punk defeats John Cena and leaves WWE as the WWE Champion.
• Audio: Triple H "takes over" WWE and relieves a tearful Vince McMahon of his duties.
• Rey Mysterio wins the title (holding it for 46 minutes) before John Cena replaces CM Punk as WWE Champion.
• Audio: CM Punk confronts Triple H at San Diego Comic-Con.
• Audio: Daniel Bryan proposes to AJ Lee (2012).
• Brie Bella suffers a wardrobe malfunction during a segment on RAW (2013).
• TNA releases D'Lo Brown and Bruce Prichard.
• A look back at WWE Battleground 2014 and 2015.
• CM Punk appears at the Alternative Press Music Awards and vows that a WWE return will never happen.
• Dixie Carter attempts to rehire and hide Vince Russo as a creative consultant for TNA.
• Mick Foley (Raw) and Daniel Bryan (SmackDown Live) are announced as the new WWE General Managers.
• A look back at the 2016 WWE Draft.
• Audio: Cesaro expresses his frustration regarding the WWE Draft.
• Audio: Kalisto's infamous "Lucha Thing" promo.
• Audio: Bubba Ray takes issue with The Usos' Samoan wrestling lineage.
• Audio: Kurt Angle reveals Jason Jordan as his son.
• A look back at Impact Wrestling: Slammiversary 2018, 2020, and 2021.
• A look back at WWE RAW Reunion (2019).
• Audio: Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles featuring The O.C. and DX from WWE RAW Reunion.
• Audio: The WWE 24/7 Title changes hands ten times during the RAW Reunion.
• Audio: John Cena cracks a joke at The Usos regarding their numerous DUI arrests.
• Omos makes his NXT in-ring debut.
• A look back at WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules.
• Audio: The closing moments of the Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio "Eye for an Eye" match from Extreme Rules.
• Tony Khan's tweet admitting his obsession with the 18–49 demo leads to a massive shift in how media reports AEW ratings, and Chris Jericho proclaims himself the "Demo God."
• A look back at WWE Money in the Bank 2021.
• Audio: John Cena welcomes back the live fans attending the first MITB PLE since the pandemic.
• A look back at the time AEW pulled a "WWE/Stephanie Vaquer" move by signing Thunder Rosa.
• WWE hosts its first RAW with live fans since the start of the pandemic, filled with good, bad, and ugly moments.
• Audio: Nikki A.S.H. cashes in her MITB briefcase and wins the RAW Women's Championship from Charlotte Flair.
• Audio: NXT Champion Karrion Kross makes his RAW debut, only to lose to Jeff Hardy in three minutes.
• Keith Lee challenges Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, only to be overshadowed by the return of Bill Goldberg.
• Amidst an NDA scandal, Vince McMahon abruptly retires from WWE and is temporarily replaced by Stephanie McMahon.
• Audio: Dominik Mysterio makes history by main-eventing WWE RAW, NXT, and SmackDown all within the same week.
• Audio: "KONNAN!" A look back at the post-AAA TripleMania XXXI incident where Don Callis was allegedly attacked, bloodied, and concussed by a fan.
• A look back at AEW Blood & Guts 2023.
• A look back at TNA Slammiversary 2024 and 2025.
• Audio: Nic Nemeth wins the TNA World Championship for the first time
• Looking back at the creative blunder at TNA Slammiversary 2025 and the attempted coverup by some within TNA creative
• Audio: Trick Williams defends TNA World Championship against Mike Santana and Joe Hendry (From TNA Slammiversary 2025)
• Audio: Eric Bischoff thinks TNA can surpass AEW to become the #2 promotion within one year if they land the right TV deal. He thought wrong.
• And so much more!

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