This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 42: 10/15 – 10/21

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 42) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 10/15 thru 10/21. Running Time: 5 Hours 14 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 42 (10/15 - 10/21)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 14 MINUTES

• AUDIO: Nick Bockwinkel refuses to wrestle Ric Flair in Memphis, Tennessee
• Infamous Cage Match: The Magnificent Muraco vs. Jimmy Snuka
• AUDIO: Awesome promo montage from The Magnificent Muraco leading up to his cage match against Jimmy Snuka
• AUDIO: The Magnificent Muraco eats a meatball sub during a match
• Looking back at two local New York WWF events DT attended in October 1983
• The Sheepherders (a.k.a. The Bushwhackers) become the last UWF Tag Team Champions before the UWF/Crockett merger
• Looking back at the 1988 King of the Ring
• Arachnaman!
• AUDIO: What could have been: The confrontation between Madusa and Sensational Sherri at a New York convention
• Sabu works WWF tryout matches against Owen Hart and Scott Taylor
• AUDIO: Jim Cornette speaks on Sabu's 1993 WWF tryout
• Crush betrays "Macho Man" Randy Savage on Monday Night RAW
• Dean Douglas taketh and giveth the Intercontinental Title away
• Looking back at WWF In Your House: Great White North (1995) and Buried Alive (1996)
• AUDIO: Highlights of the Buried Alive match between The Undertaker and Mankind
• Bret Hart turns down a rumored $8 million deal from WCW to sign a 20-year contract with the WWF
• Jushin Thunder Liger transforms into Kishin Liger
• AUDIO: Rick Rude gets nuclear heat from ECW fans at the Elks Lodge
• Bam Bam Bigelow defeats Shane Douglas for the ECW Heavyweight Title
• Vince McMahon fires "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at Judgment Day
• Christian wins the Light Heavyweight Title in his WWF debut
• AUDIO: BANG 3:16: A "fired" and armed Steve Austin kidnaps and threatens Vince McMahon with multiple weapons
• AUDIO: Memorable match: Bret Hart vs. Sting on WCW Monday Nitro
• Stacy Keibler auditions for the Nitro Girls
• Looking back at the WWF/WWE No Mercy PPV from 1999, 2002, and 2003
• AUDIO: Chyna defeats Jeff Jarrett in a "Good Housekeeping Match" to win the Intercontinental Title
• Jeff Jarrett appears on WCW Monday Nitro the day after competing at WWF No Mercy
• WCW releases Bret Hart
• A 2001 article highlights WWE's generosity toward 9/11 rescue efforts, including a $1 million donation and opening The World (WWF New York) to first responders
• Hayabusa (RIP) is paralyzed during a match against Mammoth Sasaki
• The infamous Triple H / Katie Vick funeral segment airs on Raw
• Hermie Sadler competes on an NWA:TNA PPV event
• AUDIO: HBK vs. Goldberg leads to Batista's return from injury, collecting the bounty on Goldberg
• WWE holds the first-ever Taboo Tuesday PPV (2004)
• AUDIO: Ric Flair busts himself open while cutting a promo and ends up a bloody mess
• Kurt Angle makes his TNA PPV debut at Bound for Glory (2006)
• AUDIO: Steve-O reflects on Umaga shooting on him during a Raw appearance
• AUDIO: Steve-O and Chris Pontius are destroyed by Umaga on Raw
• AUDIO: Kevin Federline appears on Raw
• Cryme Tyme makes their WWE debut
• AUDIO: Memorable promo exchange between DX and Rated-RKO (2006)
• WWE releases Kristal Marshall
• Candice Michelle suffers a broken clavicle during a Raw match against Beth Phoenix
• Booker T issues a statement regarding his and Sharmell's departure from WWE (2007)
• Brock Lesnar signs with UFC and appears at UFC 77
• AUDIO: Brock Lesnar speaks about signing with UFC
• Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling debuts on CMT
• SHIMMER crowns its first-ever Tag Team Champions
• Shane McMahon announces his resignation from WWE management, effective January 1, 2010
• AUDIO: WWE launches the "Stand Up for WWE" campaign
• After failing a WWE physical, Nigel McGuinness signs with TNA
• Looking back at the PPV disaster: AWE Night Of Legends (2011)
• TNA inducts Kurt Angle into the TNA Hall of Fame
• TNA reinstates Bram after criminal charges are dropped
• AUDIO: Goldberg makes his WWE return after a 13-year absence
• AJ Styles vs. James Ellsworth for the WWE World Championship
• Looking back at WWE TLC 2017, which featured Kurt Angle's first WWE match in 11 years (competing as an honorary member of The Shield)
• WWE signs its first Middle Eastern and Indian female wrestlers: Kavita Devi and Shadia Bseiso
• AUDIO: Roman Reigns delivers an emotional speech revealing his battle with leukemia, relinquishing the WWE Universal Championship to focus on treatment
• WWE signs Chelsea Green, Damian Priest, Omos, Matt Riddle, Mia Yim, Humberto Carrillo, and Xyon Quinn to NXT contracts
• AUDIO: Seth Rollins attacks Bray Wyatt and burns down the Firefly Fun House
• Bushiroad purchases Stardom
• WWE launches its first official podcast, After The Bell, hosted by Corey Graves
• Looking back at Impact Wrestling's Bound for Glory PPV events from 2019 and 2023
• Mexican wrestler Príncipe Aéreo (26) tragically passes away during a match in Mexico City
• AUDIO: AJ Styles introduces his new "personal colossus" and eventual tag team partner, Omos
• AUDIO: Chris Jericho and MJF present "Le Dinner Debonair" on AEW Dynamite
• Looking back at WWE Crown Jewel 2021
• Tony Khan's controversial October tweets continue with unprovoked jabs at Ted Turner and his handling of WCW
• Villano IV loses a Mask vs. Mask match to Pentagón Jr. and unmasks for the first time in his 42-year career
• AUDIO: Bobby Lashley reveals a bizarre storyline he pitched to Vince McMahon—which was even worse than his pitch for a legitimate fistfight with Karrion Kross
• AUDIO: After six years, Impact Wrestling announces it will rebrand back to TNA Wrestling
• AUDIO: The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) vent after being granted their WWE/NXT release
• AUDIO: The moment Ricky Starks' AEW run fractured: the infamous AEW Collision promo exchange between Starks and Adam Copeland
• Bonus AUDIO: Ricky Starks discusses the infamous promo exchange with Adam Copeland
• Nick Aldis officially signs with WWE and begins his run as SmackDown General Manager
• AUDIO: Sting shocks fans on AEW Dynamite by announcing his retirement match will take place at AEW Revolution 2024
• AUDIO: John Cena hints at his looming retirement from in-ring competition
• Post-retirement, Sting signs a multi-year deal to remain with AEW in a non-wrestling capacity
• Samantha Irvin announces her departure from WWE
• Nick Khan reveals WWE and Netflix are developing a behind-the-scenes documentary series (later titled WWE Unreal)
• AEW launches AEW All Elite Show, a weekly program airing exclusively on FOX Sports Mexico
• The Motor City Machine Guns make their WWE debut
• AUDIO: WWE uses Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso to begin WWE's on camera simping for Travis Scott
• AUDIO: Jimmy Kimmel airs a clip of Batista working out and mocking U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump
• AUDIO: The Undertaker, Kane, and Donald Trump post a video response to Batista
• AUDIO: Rikishi goes nuclear on Vince Russo after Russo criticizes Jey Uso's emotional reaction to winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• Looking back at AEW WrestleDream 2025 including Mercedes 'Ultimo' Mone making Championship history, Jon Moxley attempts to drown Darby Allin in a fish tank and more
• AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defeat Judgement Day to capture WWE World Tag Team Championships
• WWE makes a controversial hiring to help begin a major leap into the world of AI
• AUDIO: D'Von Dudley accuses Jim Ross of racist treatment during his WWE career
• And so much more!

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