This Week In Wrestling History (Week Thirty-Two) 8/5 – 8/11

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 32 (8/5 – 8/11)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 21 Minutes

• Hulk Hogan makes his pro wrestling debut.
• Looking back at WWF 'Showdown At Shea' event in Queens NY at Shea Stadium (1980).
• Junkyard Dog makes his WWF in ring debut.
• Audio: Highlights of Ric Flair def Dusty Rhodes to win NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1986).
• Audio: Post match Promos from Tully Blanchard, Ric Flair, and Dusty Rhodes (1986).
• Iron Sheik wrestles last match for WWF (until Gimmick Battle Royal).
• Owen Hart makes his WWF debut, and Curt Hennig returns to WWF after 5 year absence.
• Looking back at AWA final TV taping and the awful $1 Million Team Challenge Series (1990).
• Audio: The Black Scorpion (who sounds an awful lot like The Shockmaster) makes his WCW (promo) debut and calls out Sting (1990).
• Brilliant idea: Sumo Hall sells pillows to all fans attending 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 (1992).
• Masahiro Chono def 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 AAA Night Of Champions event (1994).
• Looking back at WCW Hog/Road Wild PPV (1996, 1997, 1998)
• Audio: Ravishing Rick Rude returns to WWF as HBK's 'Insurance Policy' (1997).
• Audio: Rocky Maivia joins The Nation Of Domination (1997).
• Looking back at ECW Born To Be Wired event (1997).
• Audio: Joey Styles comments on Sabu vs Terry Funk Born To Be Wired.
• Dutch Mantel def Jerry Lawler to become the last ever USWA Unified Heavyweight Champion.
• Audio: Entertaining WCW Monday Nitro main event: Kevin Nash, Sid Vicious, and Rick Steiner vs Sting, Goldberg, and Hulk Hogan (1999). Arguably, the loudest Hogan chants from WCW fans ever.
• Audio: Monday Night Jericho! Chris Jericho makes his WWF debut and immediately confronts The Rock (1999).
• Audio: Kane tells the fans to Suck It! (1999).
• Last Smackdown episode featuring The Ovaltron set before WWF debuts the 'Fist'.
• Audio: Ron 'The Truth' Killings def Ken Shamrock to become the first (and only) NWA Black Heavyweight Champion (2002).
• Audio: Brock Lesnar vs Hulk Hogan (2002).
• Looking back at WWF Global Warning event (2002).
• WWE releases Sable (2nd time).
• James Gibson def CM Punk, Samoa Joe, and Christopher Daniels to win ROH World Championship.
• Miss Monday Nitro sentenced for having sexual relations with a 14-year-old student.
• Bryan Danielson def Nigel McGuinness to win and unify the ROH World and Pure Championships.
• Looking back at TNA Hard/Hardcore Justice PPV (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012)
• Pacman Jones makes his TNA debut, and Test wrestles his one and only match in TNA.
• Looking back at 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 TNA HardCORE Justice PPV (2010).
• WWE signs Seth Rollins
• 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 Ring Of Honor Boiling Point event (2012).
• Looking back at AAA TripleMania XXIII event (2015).
• WWE renames the 'Submission Sorority' to the much more creative 'PCB'.
• Billy Corgan replaces Dixie Carter as President of TNA Wrestling.
• And so much more!

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