Episode Details

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 29 (7/15 – 7/21)
RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 41 Minutes

• Audio: 'The Great Betrayal': Paul Orndorff turns on Hulk Hogan during a Tag Team match against King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd (1986).
• Audio: Memorable promos from Paul Orndorff and Hulk Hogan following the 'betrayal' (1986).
• Looking back at WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #22 (1986).
• Audio: The Brain Busters makes WWF/NWA history and end Demolition's record 478-day reign as WWF Tag Team Champions (1986).
• Canada threatens arrest and bans Jacques Rougeau and WWF from using 'The Mountie' in Canada.
• Audio: 'I am, The Mountie!'
• Audio: 'I am, Jacques Rougeau!'
• Audio: Bret Hart defends IC Championship in the first ever WWF Ladder Match (1992).
• Looking back at NWA/WCW 'Beach Blast' PPV (1993).
• Vince McMahon found not guilty in 1994 steroids conspiracy trial.
• Looking back at WCW 'Bash At The Beach' PPV (1994, 1995).
• The Giant (Big Show) makes his WCW debut.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan makes his WCW debut and defeats Ric Flair for WCW Heavyweight Championship (1994).
• Audio: Phantasio makes his one and only WWF TV appearance.
• Audio: Woman (Nancy Benoit) causes TV controversy as Mikey Whipwreck takes ten Singapore cane lashes from The Sandman (1995).
• After defeating The Gangstas in the main event, Public Enemy and fans 'break' the ECW ring.
• Looking back at WWF In Your House 9: International Incident PPV (1996).
• Wild Bill Irwin (as The Goon) and Ron Simmons (as Faarooq Asad) make their WWF debuts.
• Looking back at ECW Heatwave PPV (1997, 1999, 2000).
• Audio: The Dudleys and Joel Gertner's memorable Heatwave '99 promo (1999).
• XPW sits ringside during Heatwave 2000 PPV and ECW wrestlers are none too happy about it.
• Looking back at WWF 'Invasion' PPV (2001) and the massive PPV buyrate.
• Following Eric Bischoff announced as Raw GM, Stephanie McMahon debuts as Smackdown GM (2002).
• Audio: First on air promo exchange between Eric Bischoff and The Rock (2002).
• Looking back at WWE 'Vengeance' PPV (2002).
• Triple H turns on friend and 'manager', Shawn Michaels.
• WWE unifies the Intercontinental and European Championships.
• Audio: Memorable promo exchange between The Rock and Eddie Guerrero (2002).
• Audio: Sabu makes NWA TNA debut in a memorable ladder match against Malice (2002).
• Who remembers the WWE Evolution 'Paid, Laid, and Made' T-Shirt?!
• Audio: Goldberg tells Triple H, he's next! (2003).
• Kane tombstone piledrives Linda McMahon on WWE Raw stage.
• Audio: John Cena cuts memorable graveyard promo on The Undertaker and urinates on a tombstone (2003).
• Looking back at ROH 'Death Before Dishonor' 2003 event.
• Looking back at TNA 'No Surrender' PPV (2005).
• Looking back at TNA 'Victory Road' PPV (2006, 2009).
• Looking back at WWE 'Great American Bash' PPV (2007, 2008).
• Hornswoggle wins the WWE Cruiserweight Title.
• Bobby Lashley wrestles last match during his first run with WWE.
• WWE replaces Edge (due to injury) with The Great Khali as WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
• Edge forfeits WWE World Heavyweight Championship after suffering a torn pectoral muscle.
• Bye bye TV-14! WWE officially becomes 'PG'.
• Triple H (and Alicia Fox) ruin the 'wedding' between Edge and Vickie Guerrero.
• First ever WWE Divas Champion crowned (2008).
• D'Lo Brown makes a memorable return to WWE (2008).
• Audio: TNA employee exposes Jeff Jarrett and K