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This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 34: 8/20 – 8/26)
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Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 34) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 8/20 thru 8/26. Running Time: 6 Hours 38 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 34 (8/20 - 8/26)
RUNNING TIME: 6 HOURS 38 MINUTES • Dusty Rhodes defeats Harley Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, ending Race's run at 926 days; Rhodes' title reign? FIVE DAYS.
• Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV just two weeks after being stabbed by a fan.
• Looking back at SummerSlam '91: A Match Made in Heaven, a Match Made in Hell!
• Sting defeats Steve Austin to win his first WCW United States Title.
• Looking back at SummerSlam Spectacular 1993.
• Audio: Bizarro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart (cheered in WWF) is booed in Memphis, and lots more.
• Looking back at USWA 'A Matter of Pride' 1993.
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII.
• Ricky Steamboat suffers a career-ending back injury.
• "Please Don't Go!": Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko wrestle a 2-out-of-3 Falls in their final ECW match before signing with WCW.
• Audio: Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk: IWA King of the Death Match Tournament Final (1995).
• Looking back at the WWF EX-perience event from 1996.
• Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in-ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro.
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXXV.
• Looking back at WWF Friday Night's Main Event (1997).
• Audio: Bart Gunn vs. Bradshaw: Brawl for It All Tournament Final.
• Looking back at the WWF SummerSlam 1999.
• WWF tapes the first weekly episode of SmackDown.
• Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW.
• Audio: RAW vs. Nitro Main Event Head-To-Head Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Championship (RAW) vs. KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro).
• Lilian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts.
• Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping the upcoming debut of ECW on TNN.
• Audio: The TRUE first ever Women's Main Event in Monday Night RAW history: Stephanie McMahon battles Lita for the Women's Championship.
• Sara (Undertaker's ex-wife) vs. Diamond Dallas Page.
• The Rock interviews Mini-Booker T — Sucka!
• Looking back at WWE SummerSlam 2002–2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2015–2017, and 2020–2021.
• Audio: Last-ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Tommy Dreamer.
• Audio: Howard Finkel vs. Lilian Garcia: Tuxedo vs. Evening Gown Match from 2002.
• Jimmy Snuka is squashed by 3-Minute Warning.
• Jaime Koeppe wins the 2003 WWE Diva Search.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2005).
• Audio: HBK's post-SummerSlam promo on RAW.
• John Cena vs. Chris Jericho battle in a "You're Fired" Match.
• Hulk Hogan wrestles his last-ever WWE match.
• WWE Headquarters is spray-painted with the DX logo.
• WWE releases Daniel Rodimer and Serena Deeb.
• Matt Hardy and MVP play basketball on SmackDown.
• Sting defeats AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe to become TNA Tag Team Champion with Kurt Angle.
• Big Show, The Great Khali, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase appear on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
• Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes' Grooming Tips (2010).
• Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient.
• Todd Grisham leaves WWE for ESPN.
• Hunico begins performing under the mask as Sin Cara.
• Daffney escapes near-fatal injuries in an auto accident thanks to wearing a seatbelt.
• Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs. Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings of Wr
RUNNING TIME: 6 HOURS 38 MINUTES • Dusty Rhodes defeats Harley Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, ending Race's run at 926 days; Rhodes' title reign? FIVE DAYS.
• Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV just two weeks after being stabbed by a fan.
• Looking back at SummerSlam '91: A Match Made in Heaven, a Match Made in Hell!
• Sting defeats Steve Austin to win his first WCW United States Title.
• Looking back at SummerSlam Spectacular 1993.
• Audio: Bizarro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart (cheered in WWF) is booed in Memphis, and lots more.
• Looking back at USWA 'A Matter of Pride' 1993.
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII.
• Ricky Steamboat suffers a career-ending back injury.
• "Please Don't Go!": Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko wrestle a 2-out-of-3 Falls in their final ECW match before signing with WCW.
• Audio: Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk: IWA King of the Death Match Tournament Final (1995).
• Looking back at the WWF EX-perience event from 1996.
• Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in-ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro.
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XXXV.
• Looking back at WWF Friday Night's Main Event (1997).
• Audio: Bart Gunn vs. Bradshaw: Brawl for It All Tournament Final.
• Looking back at the WWF SummerSlam 1999.
• WWF tapes the first weekly episode of SmackDown.
• Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW.
• Audio: RAW vs. Nitro Main Event Head-To-Head Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Championship (RAW) vs. KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro).
• Lilian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts.
• Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping the upcoming debut of ECW on TNN.
• Audio: The TRUE first ever Women's Main Event in Monday Night RAW history: Stephanie McMahon battles Lita for the Women's Championship.
• Sara (Undertaker's ex-wife) vs. Diamond Dallas Page.
• The Rock interviews Mini-Booker T — Sucka!
• Looking back at WWE SummerSlam 2002–2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2015–2017, and 2020–2021.
• Audio: Last-ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Tommy Dreamer.
• Audio: Howard Finkel vs. Lilian Garcia: Tuxedo vs. Evening Gown Match from 2002.
• Jimmy Snuka is squashed by 3-Minute Warning.
• Jaime Koeppe wins the 2003 WWE Diva Search.
• Audio: Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2005).
• Audio: HBK's post-SummerSlam promo on RAW.
• John Cena vs. Chris Jericho battle in a "You're Fired" Match.
• Hulk Hogan wrestles his last-ever WWE match.
• WWE Headquarters is spray-painted with the DX logo.
• WWE releases Daniel Rodimer and Serena Deeb.
• Matt Hardy and MVP play basketball on SmackDown.
• Sting defeats AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe to become TNA Tag Team Champion with Kurt Angle.
• Big Show, The Great Khali, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase appear on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
• Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes' Grooming Tips (2010).
• Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient.
• Todd Grisham leaves WWE for ESPN.
• Hunico begins performing under the mask as Sin Cara.
• Daffney escapes near-fatal injuries in an auto accident thanks to wearing a seatbelt.
• Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs. Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings of Wr