This Week In Wrestling History (Week Twenty-Two) 5/27 – 6/2

This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony aired back in 2018-2019 and spanned two seasons. These retro episodes return remastered and are filled with hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history.

SYNOPSIS: Episode 22 (5/27 – 6/2)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 8 Minutes

• Harley Race def Dory Funk Jr for NWA World Heavyweight Title and ends Funk's 1,563 reign as Champion.
• Ric Flair def Kerry Von Erich 2 falls to 1 to regain NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• The story behind Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) being hired then immediately fired by WWF.
• Honky Tonk Man def Ricky Steamboat to win WWF IC Championship.
• Audio: Honky Tonk Man (and Iron Shiek) speak on Ricky Steamboat throwing shade at IC Title match against HTM.
• Brother Love makes his WWF TV debut.
• No Holds Barred movie released in movie theatres.
• After being fired a year earlier, The Rockers return and make their WWF TV debut.
• 'Common Man' Dusty Rhodes makes his 1991 WWF debut.
• Celebrity Sleuth Magazine features photos of Madusa, Sherri Martel, Missy Hyatt, and several other women wrestlers.
• Cactus Jack 'Lost In Cleveland' vignettes begin to air on WCW TV.
• Ranger Ross sues WCW for Racial Discrimination.
• Matt Hardy makes WWF debut.
• Audio: The Rock (as Flex Kavana) makes his pro wrestling and promo debut.
• WWF sends a Cease and Desist letter to Scott Hall after his controversial WCW Monday Nitro debut.
• Audio: Brian Pillman's controversial ECW return promo after serious Humvee accident.
• Looking back at World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996).
• Audio: ECW vs USWA war begins.
• Booker T appears in 1-800-Collect Commercial as a boxer.
• Looking back at WWF In Your House 22: Over The Edge (1998).
• Darren Drosdov debuts LOD 'Puke' character.
• NBC airs the awful documentary on Jessie 'The Body' Ventura.
• The trial of Jerome Young (New Jack) for assault against 17 year old Erich Kulas beings and ends with not guilty verdict.
• Audio: Original news reports of 'Mass Transit' incident.
• Audio: New Jack speaks on the assault trial and its outcome.
• One of the first cases of massive fake news and 'being first over being right' reporting by wrestling sites: Tammy Sytch removed from WCW TV after Kimberly Page finding drug paraphernalia allegedly belonging to Sytch.
• Audio: DT's favorite WCW Hardcore Match of all time: Terry Funk (c) defends against Chris Candido on a barn and the infamous 'horse kick' incident.
• Audio: Nothing is finer than having a sixty niner with Scott Steiner.
• Brian Lawler fired after drug arrest at Canadian Border prior to WWF Raw event.
• Brian Ong dies while training with Dalip Singh (Great Khali) at a California wrestling school.
• WWE sends Eddie Guerrero home and into drug rehab after showing up for Raw event in no condition to perform.
• Audio: Steve Blackman and Trish Stratus' 'Three's Company' skit.
• Audio: The WCW/ECW invasion angle official begins with Lance Storm interfering during 'WWF' match on Raw.
• Identity of The Stalker's 'voice' is revealed.
• Audio: Undertaker vs Tommy Dreamer and a bucket of 'vomit'.
• Audio: Kevin Nash announces a new member of NWO (WWE version).
• NWA TNA hires Don West for their announcing team.
• WWE promotes 2003 Divas Search by featuring pics of fans and 'girls next door', two who were later revealed to be XXX Porn Stars.
• Audio: Mr America and Vince McMahon take lie detector tests on Smackdown.
• Audio: Highlights of Vince McMahon's 2004 appearance on TSN 'Off The Record' and some memorable discussions that are very relevant today.
• Audio: Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff, and Paul Heyman exchange barbs on Raw to hype ECW One Night Stand (2005).
• Looking back at WWE One Night Stand PPV (2007, 2008).
• WWE signs Curtis Axel and Kalisto.
• 'LA Lakers' vs 'Denver Nuggets' main event WWE Raw.
• Kia Stevens (Kharma) leaves WWE due to pregnancy.
• Brock Lesnar's autobiography 'Death Clutch' hits stores.
• TNA announces the creation of their own Hall of Fame and the first recipient, Jeff Jarrett.
• Looking back at the time Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston were WWE ratings killers in 2012.
• Matt Hardy 'Anti-Bullying' Ring Of Honor promo debuts.
• Looking back at TNA Slammiversary XI event (2013).
• Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson signs with TNA and Bellator.
• Charlotte def Nattie to win vacant NXT Womens Title (2014).
• Looking back at WWE Payback PPV (2014).
• Audio: Batista quits WWE again on Raw.
• Audio: Seth Rollins breaks up The Shield.
• Sami Zayn undergoes Shoulder Surgery.
• Destination America adds Ring Of Honor to their programming and announces ROH/TNA airing back to back.
• Looking back at WWE Elimination Chamber PPV (2015).
• 'Broken' Matt Hardy takes his feud with Jeff Hardy to a whole new level.
• Audio: 'Bailey: This Is Your Life!'.
• And so much more!

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