This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 30: 7/23 – 7/29)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 30) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 7/23 thru 7/29. Running Time: 5 Hours 10 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 30 (7/23 - 7/29)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 10 MINUTES

• An epic battle between Bob Backlund and Antonio Inoki (for the WWWF Championship) ends in a 60-minute draw.
• Looking back at the WWF 'Brawl to End It All' MTV special event.
• First-ever WWF title change in a cage match as Tito Santana defeats Greg Valentine for the IC Title.
• Dusty Rhodes's last reign as the NWA Heavyweight Champion begins, defeating Ric Flair in a steel cage (1986).
• Looking back at the original NWA Great American Bash Tour.
• Audio: Sherri Martel defeats 64-year-old Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's Championship.
• Audio: Wendi Richter defeats Monster Ripper (Bertha Faye) to win the WWC Women's Championship (1987).
• Looking back at the WCW Great American Bash PPV (1989).
• Audio: Jim Cornette debuts for the WWF on Monday Night RAW.
• Audio: Bob Backlund snaps and turns heel after losing to Bret Hart for the WWF Championship (1994).
• Looking back at WWF In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks (1995).
• Audio: Dean Douglas makes his WWF TV debut (1995).
• Scott Steiner makes his ECW debut.
• Audio: The nWo airs its first-ever 'Paid Announcement.'
• Audio: The infamous nWo attack on Nitro, including Kevin Nash throwing Rey Mysterio into a production truck like a lawn dart.
• Audio: Bret Hart's infamous enema remark toward the USA and Pittsburgh on RAW.
• Audio: The WWF's attempt at a Light Heavyweight Division to combat Nitro: Devon Storm vs. Ace Darling.
• Audio: "Dr. Death" Steve Williams vs. Bart Gunn in a WWF Brawl for All Match.
• Looking back at WWF In Your House 23: Fully Loaded.
• Edge wins his first-ever WWE championship, winning the IC Title at a house show. His reign would last one day.
• Looking back at the WWF Fully Loaded PPVs in 1999 and 2000.
• Triple H shows Trish Stratus some 'wrestling moves,' and Stephanie is none too pleased.
• US Champion Lance Storm becomes 'Lance Two Belts,' defeating Big Vito for the WCW Hardcore Title.
• Kurt Angle and Booker T trade WCW Heavyweight Championship title wins.
• Looking back to the future: An OVW event featuring John Cena, Randy Orton, Batista, Brock Lesnar, and many others from 2001.
• Audio: The Rock vs. Ric Flair. The one and only time they faced off in a singles match (2002).
• Ring of Honor crowns its first-ever ROH Heavyweight Champion.
• Looking back at WWE Vengeance 2003.
• Looking back at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's first-ever event (2003).
• Audio: AJ Styles (c) vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Michael Shane: Ultimate X Match for the X Division Title (2004).
• Audio: Jeff Hardy vs. Monty Brown: Memorable #1 contender's match for the TNA Heavyweight Title (2004).
• Looking back at the night a two-hour episode of WWE RAW only had two matches (2004).
• Audio: Teddy Long begins his nine-year reign as SmackDown GM (2004).
• Looking back at the WWE Great American Bash in 2005 and 2006.
• Audio: Muhammad Hassan wrestles his last-ever match in WWE.
• Audio: WWE Battle of the Bands: John Cena vs. Chris Jericho and Fozzy (2005).
• WWE signs Ted DiBiase Jr. to a developmental deal.
• TNA signs Adam 'Pacman' Jones.
• Audio: The same night WWE officially becomes PG programming, Mike Adamle is announced as RAW GM.
• Diamond Dallas Page settles his lawsuit against Jay-Z over the use of the Diamond Cutter symbol.
• Looking back at WWE Night of Champions 2009.
• Audio: Chris Jericho is not happy that Shaq is hosting RAW (2009).
• WWE Champion CM Punk returns to WWE and confronts newly crowned WWE Champion John Cena.
• WWF/WWE RAW reaches its 1,000th-episode milestone (2012).
• Stephanie McMahon is 'arrested' for slapping Brie Bella. Ever wonder why WWE never pushed the angle further with a 'mugshot'?
• Seth Rollins inadvertently knees John Cena in the nose, causing several fractures and requiring emergency surgery.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan attempts damage control after a video of his racist tirade surfaces, and he is fired by WWE (2015).
• Layla El announces her WWE retirement.
• Looking back at WWE Battleground in 2016 and 2017.
• Nia Jax and Finn Bálor make their WWE main roster debuts (2016).
• Audio: Braun Strowman vs. WWE newcomer James Ellsworth (2016).
• Brian Christopher tragically dies in a Tennessee jail from suicide by hanging. Jerry Lawler would sue Tennessee for wrongful death one year to the day of Brian Christopher's passing.
• Audio: THREE DAYS after John Cena mocked The Usos' DUI arrests at RAW Reunion, Jimmy Uso is arrested AGAIN for a DUI.
• Audio: Stephanie McMahon announces the first-ever all-women's PPV event, 'Evolution.'
• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson acquires a stake and becomes a partner in VOSS Water—the very same brand of water bottles he notoriously urinates in during photo shoots!
• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson launches his own tequila brand, 'Teremana Tequila.'
• Audio: Adam Cole's infamous confrontation with Pat McAfee on The Pat McAfee Show.
• During a Twitch stream, AJ Styles reveals he believes Dixie Carter hurt and ruined TNA/Impact Wrestling.
• Audio: Sasha Banks makes history and becomes a double champion at the same time as Bayley (holding the RAW, SmackDown, and Tag Team Championships).
• Audio: A post-match promo by Eddie Kingston following a match against Cody Rhodes for the TNT Title, which sparked an IWC push for him to be signed by AEW.
• Audio: AEW reveals the location for Rampage 'The First Dance,' and the CM Punk chants (and ticket prices) explode.
• Audio: Matt Cardona vs. Nick Gage (c) in a Death Match for the GCW World Championship. Note: This match occurred only days before the infamous 'Dominos/Pizza Cutter incident' on AEW Dynamite involving Nick Gage and Chris Jericho.
• Vince McMahon's phone connection suddenly turns to mush during a WWE earnings call when asked if AEW is competition for WWE.
• Following Vince McMahon's retirement, Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan are named Co-CEOs of WWE, with Triple H becoming the head of WWE Creative.
• Audio: Triple H discusses how the WWE product will be different under his leadership now that Vince McMahon has retired.
• AEW announces the creation of the World Trios Championship.
• Jonathan Gresham gets into a heated, profanity-laced confrontation with Tony Khan and quits Ring of Honor.
• Audio: CM Punk spray-paints the AEW World Championship and declares himself the real AEW World Champion.
• Looking back at AEW Blood and Guts 2024.
• Audio: Kamille signs with AEW and makes her debut at Blood and Guts.
• Drew McIntyre trolls CM Punk by posing in a photo with Jack Perry.
• Audio: Hell freezes over; Jesse Ventura meets with Triple H and agrees to return to WWE.
• A photo of Tony Khan and Shane McMahon together goes viral, and the wild, wacky speculation of Shane in AEW begins.
• Audio: Rikishi is pissed at WWE creative for teasing Jey Uso having a crush on Rhea Ripley. He would later delete comments insinuating WWE could harm Jey Uso's marriage. (No worries, we have the audio!)
• Vince McMahon crashes his Bentley while driving over 100 mph on a Connecticut highway. A police bodycam reveals McMahon was only ticketed and not arrested for evading police, which led to the crash.
• Hulk Hogan tragically passes away at 71 years old.
• Audio: Various news coverage, including clips from TMZ and a Hogan documentary, featuring comments from several wrestlers, including part of Vince McMahon's eulogy at Hulk Hogan's funeral.
• And so much more!

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