This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 38: 9/17 – 9/23)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 38) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 9/17 thru 9/23. 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 38 (9/17 - 9/23)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 9 MINUTES

• EMLL (now known as CMLL) promotes its first show
• Fabulous Moolah begins her 28-year run as Women's Champion
• Hints of a Jimmy Snuka 'babyface' turn begin (1982)
• Serious health issues force Jesse 'The Body' Ventura into retirement
• Steel Cage Match between Capt. Lou Albano (52) and Freddie Blassie (67)
• SNME debuts the WWF music video 'Piledriver', and the Mega Powers seal their bond with 'the handshake'
• AUDIO: Looking back at WWF album 'Piledriver'. Which tune was your favorite?
• Dustin Rhodes makes his WWF debut on SNME
• AUDIO: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts promo on Prime Time Wrestling
• Looking back at WCW Fall Brawl: War Games 1993 and 1994
• Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) folds after a three-year run
• AUDIO: Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff meets psychic Gary Spivey
• AUDIO: Rey Mysterio Jr. and Psicosis make their ECW debut
• AUDIO: Steve-A-Mania runs wild as Steve Austin makes his ECW debut
• AUDIO: Infamous Cactus Jack promo: 'Cane Dewey'
• AUDIO: Jim Ross shoots on WWF and introduces the fake Razor Ramon and fake Diesel
• Public Enemy wins WCW Tag Team Titles from Harlem Heat
• AUDIO: ECW invades WWE In Your House: Mind Games PPV and Monday Night RAW
• AUDIO: Highlights of Beulah McGillicutty vs. Bill Alfonso (ECW As Good As It Gets)
• Looking back at WWF UK-exclusive PPV: One Night Only
• AUDIO: Cactus Jack makes his WWF debut
• AUDIO: Steve Austin stuns Vince McMahon for the first time and is arrested\
• AUDIO: The Streak Begins: Bill Goldberg makes his WCW main roster debut vs Hugh Morris
• BONUS AUDIO: The Streak Begins? The story behind Bill Goldberg making his WCW dark match debut and LOSING to Chad Fortune!
• The story behind the Missy Hyatt / Scott Putski 'Sex Video'
• Shocker loses a Mask vs. Mask match against Mr. Niebla
• Stephanie McMahon makes her pro wrestling debut on RAW
• Vince McMahon vacates the WWF Championship and is reinstated by Steve Austin
• The night Triple H wrestled five times on an episode of SmackDown
• Looking back at ECW Anarchy Rulz 1999
• Last episode of RAW on USA Network before the jump to TNN
• KroniK wrestle their one and only PPV match for WWE
• Looking back at WWF Unforgiven 2000 and 2003
• AUDIO: Raven makes his memorable WWF debut
• Kane and The Hurricane win WWF Tag Team Titles
• AUDIO: One of the greatest matches in SmackDown history: Kurt Angle defends the WWE Championship against Brock Lesnar in a 60-Minute Iron Man match. What we didn't know at the time was that Kurt's sister passed away just one day earlier from an overdose. (Includes audio highlights from the match and emotional comments from Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar about the tragedy and match)
• Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson tear down the house at the 2004 IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational
• AUDIO: Lita suffers a miscarriage. Gene Snitsky insists that it wasn't his fault
• Looking back at 'Christy / Carmella' and the WWE shadiness behind the 2004 Diva Search contest
• The story behind New Jack being arrested before a USAPW show and Don Tony bailing him out of jail
• AUDIO: Bobby Lashley makes his WWE debut
• WWE releases Mark Copani (a.k.a. Muhammad Hassan)
• TNA rehires Vince Russo to the creative team
• AUDIO: TNA signs Kurt Angle and the TNA commentators go bonkers
• Teddy Long suffers a 'heart attack' during his wedding ceremony to Kristal Marshall
• Arizona court dismisses Ultimate Warrior lawsuit against WWE
• Daniel Bryan defeats The Miz and wins the US Title
• AUDIO: Mark Henry defeats Randy Orton to become World Heavyweight Champion
• AUDIO: Triple H vs. CM Punk (Night of Champions 2011)
• Matt Hardy arrested for the third time in a month and charged with possession, intent to sell or distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, and more
• TNA changes to a live format in an attempt to stop a substantial ratings decline
• Roman Reigns suffers his first pinfall loss on the WWE main roster
• Looking back at WWE Night of Champions PPV 2014 and 2015
• Sting suffers a serious neck injury against Seth Rollins and wrestles his last match in WWE
• El Rey Network announces Season Two of Lucha Underground
• AUDIO: The List of Jericho is born
• Cesaro suffers two impacted front teeth during a Tag Title bout and finishes the match
• US District Court dismisses major concussion lawsuit filed by 50+ wrestlers against WWE
• WWE debuts 'Then, Now, Forever' intro
• AUDIO: Looking back at every WWE 'Then, Now, Forever: Together' intro from 2018 through 2025
• Trivia question: Which AEW male and female stars were the first seen in the 2019 AEW trailer for the upcoming debut of Dynamite on TNT?
• AUDIO: First AEW trailer launches for the upcoming debut of AEW Dynamite on TNT
• Wade Barrett returns to WWE as a member of the NXT announcing team
• Looking back at Impact Wrestling: Victory Road 2021
• Looking back at the origin of the infamous claim by elite media that AEW fans have more money and a better education than WWE fans
• AUDIO: Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez's memorable critique of Toni Storm doing a throwback character (Hint: It didn't age well)
• Keith Lee gains a nickname in WWE: Bearcat
• Looking back at AEW Grand Slam 2021–2023
• AUDIO: CM Punk's first televised match after a seven-year absence (vs. Powerhouse Hobbs)
• BONUS AUDIO: CM Punk promo on upcoming match with Powerhouse Hobbs
• BONUS AUDIO: Powerhouse Hobbs comments on his memorable match against CM Punk
• AUDIO: Saraya (Paige) makes her memorable AEW debut at AEW Grand Slam 2022
• WWE releases 20 wrestlers including Matt Riddle, Shelton Benjamin, Elias, Dana Brooke, Dolph Ziggler, and others
• WWE and NBCUniversal agree to a five-year, $1.4 billion deal to bring SmackDown back to USA Network from FOX
• WWE announces the return of Saturday Night's Main Event after a 16-year absence
• Hulk Hogan and Sky Daily get married
• AUDIO: Looking back at the memorable internet feud between Kevin Nash and Logan Paul
• AUDIO: Jey Uso wins his first WWE singles title (Intercontinental Title) after 14 years on the main roster (includes off-air emotional post-match interview)
• AUDIO: This Is Cinema! Memorable face-to-face between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes at Georgia Tech's stadium
• Looking back at AEW All Out 2025 and WWE WrestlePalooza 2025
• AUDIO: Oba Femi (NXT Champion) vs. Trick Williams (TNA Champion) Winner Take All Match leads to a wild invasion and takeover of NXT by TNA. (BONUS: Interesting note about the TNA invasion of NXT that will surprise everyone)
• And so much more!

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