Episode Details

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 26) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 6/25 thru 7/1. Running Time: 6 Hours 27 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 26 (6/25 - 7/1)
RUNNING TIME: 6 HOURS 27 MINUTES
- The Match of the Century: Buddy Rogers defeats Pat O'Connor to capture the NWA World Heavyweight Title
- Antonio Inoki and Muhammad Ali battle to a historic 45-minute draw
- Muhammad Ali stripped of WBC "Boxer of the Year" Award following the Inoki match
- [Audio] The memorable steel cage showdown: Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Bob Backlund at Madison Square Garden
- Stan Hansen stripped of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
- [Audio] Stan Hansen tells the wild story behind being stripped of the title and running it over with his truck
- WCW fires Ric Flair after contract negotiations collapse
- The Sheik (at age 67) defeats Onita to win the WWA World Martial Arts Title
- [Flashback] The controversial, unired WCW debut of "The Posse" (Harlem Heat)
- The Fake Undertaker (Brian Lee) makes his infamous WWF debut
- Waylon Mercy makes his chilling WWF television debut
- [Audio] Looking back at the memorable and eerie Waylon Mercy vignettes
- [Flashback] Remembering WWF King of the Ring 1995, and the legendary 1998–2000 editions
- [Audio] Jerry "The King" Lawler announces the arrival of Dr. Isaac Yankem, DDS to the WWF
- [Flashback] Revisiting the chaos of ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995
- [Flashback] Remembering WCW's bizarre "Saturday Nitro" Pay-Per-Listen audio event (1997)
- [Audio] WWF vs. ECW: Jim Cornette's shocking surprise appearance at the ECW Arena
- [Audio] Jim Cornette reflects on his historic, one-and-only ECW appearance
- [Audio] Inside the greatest Hell in a Cell match ever—and Jim Ross's iconic commentary: Undertaker vs. Mankind (King of the Ring 1998)
- The infamous WWF "Brawl for All" tournament debuts on Monday Night Raw
- Atsushi Onita makes his one and only appearance at the ECW Arena
- [Audio] Paul Heyman cuts an intense promo on ECW during an FMW event in Japan
- [Audio] WCW pulls the plug on the infamous New World Order (nWo) Wrestling Hotline
- Tod Gordon makes a surprise appearance at a Dennis Coraluzzo NJ indie show
- [Flashback] The highest-rated match in cable TV history: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker for the WWF Championship (1999)
- WWF officially announces the groundbreaking signing of Chris Jericho (1999)
- Vince McMahon brings his unique energy to Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999)
- Paul Heyman and ECW secure a monumental three-year television deal with TNN
- WWF wins its legal battle against USA Network, spelling the abrupt end of ECW on TNN
- [Audio] The legendary "Ahole" promo exchange between The Rock and Vince McMahon (2000)
- Mick Foley begins his memorable first run as WWF Commissioner
- Rena Mero (Sable) lands the cover of Muscle & Fitness Magazine
- [Audio] Rhyno vs. Test for the WWF Hardcore Title officially sparks the WCW Invasion
- [Audio] The Invasion escalates: WCW's Mike Awesome defeats Rhyno to capture the WWF Hardcore Championship
- [Audio] The APA delivers a legendary, hard-hitting "pep talk" to the WWF locker room during the WCW Invasion
- [Audio] Passing the Torch? (Part 1): Ric Flair goes one-on-one with Brock Lesnar (2002)
- [Audio] A Raw classic: The Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy ladder match for the WWF Championship
- [Audio] "Ruthless Aggression" begins: John Cena makes his explosive WWF TV debut against Kurt Angle
- [Audio] Batista makes his dominant SmackDown in-ring debut