This Week In Wrestling History (Week One) 1/1 – 1/7

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.

RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 57 Minutes
Hosted by Don Tony

 SYNOPSIS: E1 (01/01 - 01/07)

• DT researches and corrects decades of misinformation regarding Stan Hansen's debut match.
• Top stars and St Louis fans pack The Checkerdome for Sam Muchnick Retirement Show.
• Prime Time Wrestling debuts on USA Network.
• Looking back at WCW/NJPW Supershow II (1992) Supershow III (1993).
• In between WWF and WCW, Hulk Hogan competes in Japan.
• Macho Man Randy Savage makes WCW in ring debut.
• Public Enemy leave ECW for WCW.. Sandman vs Konnan.. Shane Douglas returns (and Dean is dead).. Stevie Richards breakout match.. Rey Mysterio plays 'chicken'.. Audio: Beulah pregnant.. RVD ECW debut match and more: Looking back at ECW House Party '96.
• Riki Choshu wrestles five retirement matches in one night.
• Audio: Thirty minutes of soap opera saga that led up to the infamous WCW 'Fingerpoke Of Doom'.
• Audio: Tony Schiovane spoils Mick Foley's WWF Championship win.
• Audio: Looking back at the night Mankind def The Rock to win the WWF Championship.
• Audio: Road Dogg vs Al Snow battle for the Hardcore Title in the snow.
• In between WCW and WWF, Chris Benoit returns to Japan as Wild Pegasus.
• Looking back at Wrestling World 2000, 2004, 2005
• Audio: Stephanie McMahon declares Chris Jericho and Chyna co-IC Champions. A three week title reign WWE does not recognize.
• D-Generation X mocks Mankind with 'Have A Bad Day'.
• 'The Triple H Show' in full force. Triple H appears on Raw ten different times in the same night.
• Looking back at the last ECW televised event: Guilty As Charged '01.
• One of the loudest crowd 'pops' in WWF/WWE history in MSG: Triple H returns after career-threatening quadriceps injury.
• Audio: Al Wilson and Dawn Marie get married on Smackdown in their underwear.
• Audio: Kenzo Suzuki challenges John Cena to a Battle Rap.
• Looking back at the night Brock Lesnar fought Shinsuke Nakamura in Japan.
• WWE releases Juventud Guerrera.
• Looking back at TNA Final Resolution PPV (2007).
• Looking back at WWE New Year's Revolution PPV (2007).
• Audio: Kevin Federline vs John Cena.
• WWE signs Natalya Neidhart.
• Looking back at Wrestle Kingdom II (2008), III (2009), IV (2010), V (2011) 
• January 4, 2010: TNA Impact Live vs WWE Raw.
• Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and others make TNA Impact debuts.
• Jeff Hardy indicted on drug trafficking charges the same day he makes TNA return.
• Bret Hart returns to WWE Raw (as guest host) after twelve year absence.
• Audio: Chris Jericho returns to Raw after 16 month absence and trolls the fans.
• Audio: Warrior slams Nash. Nash challenges Warrior to MMA fight. Warrior responds.
• John Cena lands the cover of Fruity Pebbles Cereal Boxes.
• WWE releases Kaitlyn.
• Audio: WWE special 'Old School Raw' episode highlighted by the return of Jake The Snake Roberts.
• Audio: Interesting look back at 2014 Paul Heyman / Brock Lesnar promo.
• TNA debuts on Destination America channel.
• Audio: The Authority 'fire' Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, and Ryback during 'John Cena Appreciation Night', and the fans could care less.
• AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Shinsuke Nakamura set to leave NJPW for WWE.
• Wrestle Kingdom 10, 11, 12 each provide memorable top MOTY candidates for each event. (Okada vs Tanahashi: 2016) 11 (Okada vs Omega: 2017) and 12 (Omega vs Jericho: 2018).
• TNA debuts on Pop TV channel.
• WWE tapes pilot episode of 'WWE Kids', which never makes it to TV or Network.
• Audio: Royal Rumble contract signing between AJ Styles and John Cena. Plus an interesting tidbit from DT regarding Styles and Cena since this contract signing.
• And so much more!