This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 32: 8/6 – 8/12)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 32) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 8/6 thru 8/12. Running Time: 4 Hours 43 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 32 (8/6 - 8/12)
RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 43 MINUTES

• Hulk Hogan makes his pro wrestling debut.
• Looking back at the WWF 'Showdown at Shea' event at Shea Stadium in Queens, NY (1980).
• Junkyard Dog makes his WWF in-ring debut.
• AUDIO: Highlights of Ric Flair defeating Dusty Rhodes to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1986).
• AUDIO: Post-match promos from Tully Blanchard, Ric Flair, and Dusty Rhodes (1986).
• Iron Sheik wrestles his last match for the WWF (until the Gimmick Battle Royal).
• Owen Hart makes his WWF debut, and Curt Hennig returns to the WWF after a 5-year absence.
• Looking back at the AWA's final TV taping and the awful $1 Million Team Challenge Series from 1990.
• AUDIO: The Black Scorpion (who sounds an awful lot like The Shockmaster) makes his WCW promo debut and calls out Sting.
• Brilliant idea: Sumo Hall sells pillows to all fans attending the 1991 G1 Climax. Can you guess what happens next?
• AUDIO: Razor Ramon makes his WWF in-ring debut (1992).
• AUDIO: Macho Man immediately calls out Razor Ramon following his WWF debut.
• Masahiro Chono defeats Ravishing Rick Rude to win the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Title.
• Johnny Hot Body becomes the first-ever ECW TV Champion.
• AUDIO: Ricky Steamboat vs. Lord Steven Regal WCW No DQ match ends in a DQ (1993).
• Looking back at the AAA Night of Champions event from 1994.
• Looking back at the WCW Hog/Road Wild PPVs 1996, 1997, 1998.
• AUDIO: Ravishing Rick Rude returns to the WWF as HBK's 'Insurance Policy' (1997).
• AUDIO: Rocky Maivia joins The Nation of Domination.
• Looking back at the ECW Born to Be Wired event from 1997.
• AUDIO: Joey Styles comments on Sabu vs. Terry Funk at Born to Be Wired.
• Dutch Mantel defeats Jerry Lawler to become the last-ever USWA Unified Heavyweight Champion.
• AUDIO: An entertaining WCW Monday Nitro main event: Kevin Nash, Sid Vicious, and Rick Steiner vs. Sting, Goldberg, and Hulk Hogan (1999)—arguably featuring the loudest Hogan chants from his WCW run.
• AUDIO: One of the greatest moments in WWE RAW history: Chris Jericho makes his WWF debut and immediately confronts The Rock (1999).
• AUDIO: Kane tells the fans to "Suck It!" (1999).
• The last SmackDown episode featuring the Ovaltron set before the WWF debuts the 'Fist'.
• AUDIO: Ron "The Truth" Killings defeats Ken Shamrock to become the first African American NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
• AUDIO: Rare match: Brock Lesnar battles Hulk Hogan (2002).
• Looking back at the WWF Global Warning event (2002).
• WWE releases Sable for the second time.
• James Gibson defeats CM Punk, Samoa Joe, and Christopher Daniels to win the ROH World Championship.
• Miss Monday Nitro is sentenced for having sexual relations with a 14-year-old student.
• Bryan Danielson defeats Nigel McGuinness to win and unify the ROH World and Pure Championships.
• Looking back at the TNA Hard/Hardcore Justice PPVs (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012).
• Pacman Jones makes his TNA debut, and Test wrestles his one and only match in TNA.
• Looking back at the TNA Whole F'N Show event (2010).
• AUDIO: Tommy Dreamer's passionate speech from TNA Impact leading into the HardCORE Justice PPV (2010).
• KAHONEYS! Looking back at the TNA HardCORE Justice PPV (2010).
• WWE signs Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) to a developmental deal
• Looking back at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's Legends and Icons iPPV event (2011).
• WWE releases "The G.O.A.T." Abraham Washington, Alberto Del Rio, Joey Styles, and Ryback.
• Looking back at the Ring of Honor Boiling Point event from 2012.
• Looking back at the AAA TripleMania XXIII event from 2015.
• BRAZZERS: WWE renames the 'Submission Sorority' faction (Paige, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch) due to the name's repeated use in the XXX industry.
• Billy Corgan replaces Dixie Carter as President of TNA Wrestling.
• AUDIO: A memorable, emotional Paul Heyman promo on his current relationship with Brock Lesnar.
• Looking back at WWE SummerSlam and NXT TakeOver from 2019.
• AUDIO: Triple H verbally eviscerates Mike Johnson after Johnson attempted a 'gotcha' moment about WWE and 'Blood and Guts'.
• AEW signs Orange Cassidy.
• AUDIO: Booker T claims that Dixie Carter partied with 'the boys' and hints at sexual activity as well.
• Major heat on Chris Jericho and Fozzy for performing in front of tens of thousands at Sturgis during the peak of the pandemic with no social distancing and very few face masks.
• Eric Bischoff praises the sh*t out of Tony Khan, compliments his production, and says Khan is grabbing AEW 'by the balls'.
• The Baltimore Ravens cut Bronson Rechsteiner (Bron Breakker), and soon after, he signs with WWE.
• BONUS AUDIO: Bronson Rechsteiner talks about becoming a wrestler after his football career and reveals who his favorite wrestler of all time is (outside of his family).
• AUDIO: Elias Is Dead: WWE kills off the Elias character (which ultimately led to the debut of Ezekiel).
• AUDIO: AEW suspends Max Caster without pay after he takes shots (during a rap) at Simone Biles' battle with mental health and Julia Hart's vagina.
• AUDIO: Keith Lee explains his absence from WWE and reveals he was battling serious complications from COVID-19, including heart inflammation and more.
• Following Vince McMahon's abrupt retirement, WWE fires John Laurinaitis.
• Karrion Kross and Scarlett make their memorable WWE return, getting into it with Drew McIntyre and sending a message to Roman Reigns.
• Looking back at Impact Wrestling: Emergence 2022 PPV.
• AUDIO: Looking back at AEW Dynamite: Quake by the Lake and an interesting confrontation between CM Punk and Jon Moxley.
• WWE signs Nick Aldis.
• WWE names five members to its Board of Directors for TKO Group Holdings, and Triple H is not one of them.
• WWE signs a multi-year deal to move NXT programming to the CW Network (from USA Network).
• Mandy Rose competes and almost wins the 2024 WBFF Bikini World Championship.
• AUDIO: WWE teases the return of a repackaged Giovanni Vinci after a four-month absence due to an attack from Ludwig Kaiser.
• AUDIO: MSK and The Rascalz Are Dead: Wes Lee turns on Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel following an NXT Tag Team Championship loss to Axiom and Nathan Frazer.
• AUDIO: Bronson Reed's memorable attack on RAW against Seth Rollins, including SIX Tsunamis and more.
• AUDIO: CHAULPA BOY! A disastrous but funny moment for Jack Perry as a Taco Bell commercial airs right in the middle of an intense promo.
• AUDIO: After running AEW for six years, Tony Khan reveals his biggest regret as AEW President
• Jake Hager (aka Jack Swagger) announces his retirement from pro wrestling. DT reveals an interesting stat which contributed to his retirement
• Karrion Kross and Scarlett abruptly exit WWE after contract talks fall apart. And the details learned about WWE's 24 Hour 'Take It Or Leave It' stance was quite unprofessional.
• AUDIO: Karrion Kross discusses how WWE contract talks fell apart including the very tacky way WWE treated Scarlett's exit
• And so much more!

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