This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 33: 8/13 – 8/19)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 33) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 8/13 thru 8/19. Running Time: 5 Hours 9 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 33 (8/13 - 8/19)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 9 MINUTES

• Bobo Brazil defeats Buddy Rogers to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship but refuses the title (Think Bruno/Rogers 1962).
• Looking back at the World Class Championship Wrestling Star Wars event (1982).
• Looking back at the WWF SummerSlam Fever event: nine matches with fewer than 30 total minutes of wrestling (1990).
• Audio: Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, with the NWA/WCW World Heavyweight Championship in hand, proclaims that the "Real World Heavyweight Champion" Ric Flair is coming to WWF (1991).
• Audio: Never trust a snake: Jake "The Snake" Roberts turns on the Ultimate Warrior.
• Audio: DT satirizes the Jake Roberts turn on the Ultimate Warrior.
• The Grudge Match TV show with Jesse Ventura makes its syndicated debut.
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV.
• Audio: The Shockmaster makes his memorable WCW debut.
• Audio: Dusty Rhodes looks back at The Shockmaster's debut.
• Audio: The Shockmaster suddenly transforms into an electrician.
• Audio: Leslie Nielsen investigates the mystery of The Undertaker (1994).
• Looking back at ECW Hardcore Heaven 1994.
• The infamous chair-throwing incident by ECW fans during the Terry Funk vs. Cactus Jack match.
• Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Sabu sign deals to wrestle for WCW.
• Audio: Goldust's first-ever vignette airs on Raw (1995).
• A WCW press conference in NYC announces the imminent debut of Monday Nitro on TNT.
• Looking back at the WWF/WWE SummerSlam PPVs: 1996, 2001, 2004, 2008, and 2010–2014.
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXXIII.
• Audio: "Die Rocky Die": Rocky Maivia cuts his first promo as part of the Nation of Domination (1997).
• Looking back at the ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997 PPV.
• The Undertaker is "busted open" for the first time ever (in WWF) during a match on WWF Raw.
• Audio: Eddie Guerrero's WCW Nitro promo rips Eric Bischoff and threatens to quit WCW.
• Audio: The Ultimate Warrior makes his memorable WCW debut (1998).
• Looking back at the WCW Road Wild 1999 PPV.
• Lenny Lane wins his first and only WCW Cruiserweight Championship before being stripped due to controversy surrounding his character.
• Looking back at the WCW New Blood Rising PPV.
• Audio: Lance Storm vs. Mike Awesome for the US Title in a "Canadian Rules" match.
• Audio: Lance Storm gives away two of his three WCW Championships.
• Linda McMahon appears at the 2000 Democratic National Convention, and The Rock appears at the 2000 Republican National Convention.
• Looking back at WWF's first live episode of SmackDown, featuring a new theme ("Beautiful People") and a new "Fist" set (2001).
• Audio: Steve Austin introduces "What?!" (2001).
• The beginning of the end for the WWF Hardcore Championship.
• Audio: Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash: Hair vs. Hair Match from 2003
• Audio: Looking back at the infamous Diva Dodgeball Match (from SummerSlam 2004)
• Randy Orton makes WWE history by winning the World Heavyweight Championship at 24 years old.
• Thumbs Down: One night after winning the World Heavyweight Championship, Evolution turns on Randy Orton.
• Audio: Prior to his SummerSlam match against Hulk Hogan, HBK receives nuclear heat from Canadian fans on Raw (2005).
• Looking back at TNA Sacrifice 2005.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan wrestles his last-ever match on Raw (vs. Kurt Angle, 2005).
• Ashley Massaro wins the 2005 WWE Diva Search.
• Looking back at TNA Hard Justice 2006 and 2009.
• Layla El wins the 2006 WWE Diva Search.
• Looking back at Saturday Night's Main Event (2007) from MSG.
• Chris Jericho inadvertently punches HBK's wife, Rebecca, in the face during a SummerSlam segment.
• Audio: Chris Jericho discusses his memorable 2008 feud against Shawn Michaels.
• WWE releases Eugene.
• Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez make their WWE TV debuts.
• Audio: Title vs. Title: CM Punk vs. John Cena ends with a MITB cash-in victory (2011).
• Audio: A memorable promo exchange between CM Punk and Kevin Nash on Raw (2011).
• WWE suspends Tough Enough winner Andy Leavine and referee Mike Chioda for violating the Wellness Policy.
• Matt Hardy is arrested following a single-car accident and is released by TNA (who had just rehired Jeff Hardy).
• Audio: Daniel Bryan defeats John Cena to win the WWE Championship, only to lose it to a MITB cash-in by Randy Orton.
• Looking back at the TNA Hardcore Justice PPV (2013).
• WWE suspends Eva Marie and Paige due to Wellness Policy technicalities.
• WWE suspends Alberto Del Rio due to a Wellness Policy violation, leading to his permanent departure from WWE TV.
• Audio: The WWE Universe is introduced to "The Demon King" Finn Bálor (2016).
• Audio: Brock Lesnar doesn't give a sh about Heath Slater's kids.
• Looking back at ROH Death Before Dishonor XIV.
• Audio: Baron Corbin unsuccessfully cashes in his MITB briefcase.
• Looking back at WWE SummerSlam 2018, including the end of a 15-year streak for one WWE Superstar.
• Looking back at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4.
• Audio: Ricochet challenges Adam Cole for the North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 (an amazing match, great commentary, and a hot crowd).
• WWE and USA Network announce a deal to bring NXT to USA Network on Wednesday nights (airing against AEW Dynamite).
• Trish Stratus officially passes the torch to Charlotte Flair—the first of several torches passed by Stratus to WWE women.
• Audio: An eerie interview where Bray Wyatt offers creepy advice to Dominik Mysterio.
• Looking back at the disturbing incident involving a stalker who broke into Sonya Deville's home.
• Looking back at the auto accident involving Marcus "Buff" Bagwell that eventually led to the amputation of his leg.
• Vic Joseph officially begins his tenure as the lead play-by-play commentator for NXT.
• FOX reacts to Retribution's first and only SmackDown appearance by assigning WWE a TV-14 rating for the night.
• Audio: Rusev reveals Vince McMahon dismissed the "Rusev Day" chants as nothing more than fans "fu*ing with Rusev."
• Renee Young gives her notice and departs WWE.
• Looking back at AAA Triplemanía XXX, XXXI, and XXXII.
• Ric Flair hilariously trends for days after a photo surfaces of a lookalike engaging in an explicit act on a train.
• Audio: Sammy Guevara proposes to his longtime fiancée, Pam, during an AEW Dynamite event—only to call it off and get engaged to Tay Conti less than a year later.
• Looking back at the Impact Wrestling: Emergence 2021 PPV.
• AEW Rampage debuts on TNT (match results and TV ratings).
• Audio: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Christian Cage for the Impact World Championship kicks off the debut episode of AEW Rampage.
• Audio: Christian Cage returns to Impact Wrestling for the first time in 7 years and "retires" the TNA Championship.
• Audio: Footage surfaces of "Hangman" Adam Page telling fans he doesn't take advice from veterans (mentioning a redacted "Icon").
• Audio: CM Punk capitalizes on the Hangman Page controversy by trolling him in the opening promo of AEW Dynamite.
• WWE announces the closure of NXT UK, followed by the release of two dozen NXT UK talents.
• Looking back at NXT Heatwave 2022.
• Audio: "The SuperDiva" Quincy Elliott is coming to NXT.
• An infamous altercation occurs between CM Punk and Jack Perry prior to AEW Collision over Perry's planned spot involving "real glass."
• Audio: CM Punk discusses the backstage incident with Jack Perry at AEW Collision, which led to the fallout at All In and Punk's exit from AEW.
• Audio: Edge wrestles his final WWE match on SmackDown against Sheamus.
• MVP and Bobby Lashley exit WWE.
• Audio: The WWE women's roster led by Bianca Belair battles the WWE men's roster led by Montez Ford on Celebrity Family Feud.
• Looking back at TNA Emergence 2025 PPV
• Audio: Drew McIntyre goes viral saying that 85% of the roster doesn't belong in WWE
• WWE salvages their relationship with Peacock inking a new deal involving Saturday Night's Main Event and WWE SmackDown
• TMZ airs 'The Real Hulk Hogan' including an interview with Vince McMahon following Hulk Hogan's death (Sample Audio Clip: Vince McMahon says Hulk Hogan was not a racist)
• And much more!

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