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This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 17: 4/23 – 4/29)
Published 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 17) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 4/23 thru 4/29. Running Time: 4 Hours 39 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 17 (4/23 - 4/29)
RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 39 MINUTES
- Alex Karras and Dick The Bruiser turn their 'feud' into a real-life bar fight involving patrons and Detroit Police
- Bruno Sammartino breaks his neck during a WWWF Title Match against Stan Hansen
- Tommy Rich def Harley Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
- Audio: Infamous Empty Arena Match between Terry Funk and Jerry 'The King' Lawler including the memorable UNCENSORED Terry Funk pre match promo
- Superstar Billy Graham wrestles last WWF match (1983) and leaves company (for AWA) due to issues including painkiller abuse
- Audio: How does Verne Gagne and AWA celebrates the one year anniversary of their fu**ery towards AWA fans and Hulk Hogan? By doing it again but this time, it's 'Super'
- Looking back at AWA Super Sunday event from 1983
- Almost three years to the day the AWA fu**ery began for Hulk Hogan, The Hulkster (now WWF Champion) lands the cover of Sports Illustrated
- Jerry 'The King' Lawler loses his first Hair match and the Southern Heavyweight Title
- Ken Patera makes his WWF return after serving two years in prison for the McDonalds incident
- Bonus Audio: Looking back at the night both Bobby Heenan and Andy Kaufman managed Ken Patera against Jerry Lawler
- The Fantastics end The Midnight Express' 345 day record reign as NWA US Tag Team Champions
- Sting and Lex Luger defeat Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson to win last ever Jim Crockett Sr Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
- Big Bubba Rogers wrestles last match in Japan (teams with Jimmy Snuka) before signing with WWF and becoming The Big Boss Man
- Looking back at Episode 21 of Saturday Night Main Event (1989)
- Looking back at New Japan's first event (Battle Satellite) from the Tokyo Done (1989)
- Mr Perfect defeats Tito Santana in a tournament final to win the vacated WWF IC Championship (previously held by The Ultimate Warrior)
- ECW crowns its first ever ECW Champion (Jimmy Snuka), just to lose it a day later to Johnny Hotbody
- Sid Vicious abruptly leaves WWF after a match against The Ultimate Warrior
- The Heavenly Bodies def The Fantastics to become the first ever Smokey Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Champions
- Naliz makes his WWF debut, attacking The Big Boss Man
- Bonus Audio: A tale of two Nailz promos: One with the WWF voice modulation and one without
- Tammy Sytch debuts for Smokey Mountain Wrestling
- Sean Waltman (as The Lightning Kid) makes his WWF debut
- WWF signs Boni Blackstone
- Captain Lou Albano manages his last tag team to WWF Tag Team Championship victory as The Headshrinkers defeat The Quebecers
- Looking back at the Sumo Match between Earthquake and Yokozuna on Monday Night Raw
- Looking back at AAA Triplemania II-A event (1997)
- Audio: Hunter Hearst Helmsley makes his WWF in ring debut, beating convicted Pedophile Buck 'Rock And Roll' Zumhoff
- Audio: Triple H speaks on the origins of the 'Hunter Hearst Helmsley character and name
- Hulk Hogan finalizes paperwork to launch a small chain of Pastamania restaurants
- Looking back at WCW and New Japan 'Collision In Korea' two day event in North Korea
- Looking back at WWF 'In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies' PPV (1996)
- 'Fat Frank' Iadevia (RIP) causes local controversy in NY/NJ after and odd in call-in to The Howard Stern Show
- D-Generation X attempts to invade WCW Monday Nitro
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RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 39 MINUTES
- Alex Karras and Dick The Bruiser turn their 'feud' into a real-life bar fight involving patrons and Detroit Police
- Bruno Sammartino breaks his neck during a WWWF Title Match against Stan Hansen
- Tommy Rich def Harley Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
- Audio: Infamous Empty Arena Match between Terry Funk and Jerry 'The King' Lawler including the memorable UNCENSORED Terry Funk pre match promo
- Superstar Billy Graham wrestles last WWF match (1983) and leaves company (for AWA) due to issues including painkiller abuse
- Audio: How does Verne Gagne and AWA celebrates the one year anniversary of their fu**ery towards AWA fans and Hulk Hogan? By doing it again but this time, it's 'Super'
- Looking back at AWA Super Sunday event from 1983
- Almost three years to the day the AWA fu**ery began for Hulk Hogan, The Hulkster (now WWF Champion) lands the cover of Sports Illustrated
- Jerry 'The King' Lawler loses his first Hair match and the Southern Heavyweight Title
- Ken Patera makes his WWF return after serving two years in prison for the McDonalds incident
- Bonus Audio: Looking back at the night both Bobby Heenan and Andy Kaufman managed Ken Patera against Jerry Lawler
- The Fantastics end The Midnight Express' 345 day record reign as NWA US Tag Team Champions
- Sting and Lex Luger defeat Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson to win last ever Jim Crockett Sr Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
- Big Bubba Rogers wrestles last match in Japan (teams with Jimmy Snuka) before signing with WWF and becoming The Big Boss Man
- Looking back at Episode 21 of Saturday Night Main Event (1989)
- Looking back at New Japan's first event (Battle Satellite) from the Tokyo Done (1989)
- Mr Perfect defeats Tito Santana in a tournament final to win the vacated WWF IC Championship (previously held by The Ultimate Warrior)
- ECW crowns its first ever ECW Champion (Jimmy Snuka), just to lose it a day later to Johnny Hotbody
- Sid Vicious abruptly leaves WWF after a match against The Ultimate Warrior
- The Heavenly Bodies def The Fantastics to become the first ever Smokey Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Champions
- Naliz makes his WWF debut, attacking The Big Boss Man
- Bonus Audio: A tale of two Nailz promos: One with the WWF voice modulation and one without
- Tammy Sytch debuts for Smokey Mountain Wrestling
- Sean Waltman (as The Lightning Kid) makes his WWF debut
- WWF signs Boni Blackstone
- Captain Lou Albano manages his last tag team to WWF Tag Team Championship victory as The Headshrinkers defeat The Quebecers
- Looking back at the Sumo Match between Earthquake and Yokozuna on Monday Night Raw
- Looking back at AAA Triplemania II-A event (1997)
- Audio: Hunter Hearst Helmsley makes his WWF in ring debut, beating convicted Pedophile Buck 'Rock And Roll' Zumhoff
- Audio: Triple H speaks on the origins of the 'Hunter Hearst Helmsley character and name
- Hulk Hogan finalizes paperwork to launch a small chain of Pastamania restaurants
- Looking back at WCW and New Japan 'Collision In Korea' two day event in North Korea
- Looking back at WWF 'In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies' PPV (1996)
- 'Fat Frank' Iadevia (RIP) causes local controversy in NY/NJ after and odd in call-in to The Howard Stern Show
- D-Generation X attempts to invade WCW Monday Nitro
- A