Episode Details

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 36) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 9/3 thru 9/9. Running Time: 5 Hours 45 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 36 (9/3 - 9/9)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 45 MINUTES

• Giant Baba def. Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship—only to lose it back to Race a few days later
• The Wild Samoans win the vacant WWWF Tag Team Championship (vacated by Backlund & Morales)
• Looking back at WCCW Labor Day Star Wars (1983, 1984, 1987)
• Georgia Championship Wrestling regains WTBS Studios
• Looking back at the 1987 and 1991 King of the Ring events
• Looking back at WCW Clash of the Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90
• Sting defeats The Black Scorpion... or does he?
• The NWA strips Ric Flair of the World Heavyweight Championship
• AUDIO: Ric Flair makes his memorable WWF debut — highlights include his Prime Time Wrestling promo, his debut match, and the incident with Roddy Piper. Plus, Vince McMahon gets physically involved in a segment for the first time ever
• AUDIO: Sgt. Slaughter wants his country back
• AUDIO: Tito Santana becomes El Matador
• WCW airs the first-ever episode of Monday Nitro on TNT
• AUDIO: Lex Luger makes a surprise appearance on the first episode of WCW Monday Nitro and confronts Hulk Hogan
• AUDIO: Eric Bischoff discusses rehiring Lex Luger and the historic significance of his appearance on Nitro Episode 1
• WWF airs a special Friday night episode of Raw
• Shawn Michaels appears in Playgirl magazine
• AUDIO: Jim Ross announces the imminent return of Razor Ramon and Diesel to the WWF
• AUDIO: nWo shirts officially go on sale
• AUDIO: Scott Hall proclaims he is nWo "4 Life"
• Looking back at the WWF In Your House 17: Ground Zero PPV
• Steven Dunn def. Doomsday (Kane) to become the final USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
• AUDIO: Women's history is made on Raw: Tori vs. Ivory in the first-ever Women's Hardcore Match for the WWF Women's Championship
• AUDIO: Val Venis and Big Show urinate on GTV: "And they call you The Big Show?!"
• AUDIO: Howard Finkel vs. Tony Chimel in a Tuxedo Match
• AUDIO: The Rock & Mankind vs. The Big Show & The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match with heavy interference from Austin, Kane, Triple H, and more
• Vincent (Virgil) joins The West Texas Rednecks
• AUDIO: WCW hosts a convoluted Battle Royal on Nitro with a "Can't Blame It on Russo" finish
• Eddie Guerrero def. Chyna and Kurt Angle to win the Intercontinental Championship
• Rhino def. Kid Kash to become the final ECW World Television Champion
• AUDIO: Kurt Angle kidnaps Stone Cold Steve Austin and throws him into a pool
• AUDIO: Christian turns on Edge
• AUDIO: Steven Richards vs. The Undertaker leads to the WWF debut of KroniK
• Looking back at the NWA-TNA "One Penny" PPV from 2003
• AUDIO: Brock Lesnar cuts the promo of his career while brutalizing Zach Gowen and throwing him down a long flight of stairs
• ROH "Beating the Odds," featuring Raven vs. CM Punk in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match
• TNA signs Gail Kim and Junior Fatu (Rikishi)
• WWE tapes the first episode of Friday Night SmackDown to dismal ratings
• TNA releases Andrew "Test" Martin after one match due to substance abuse issues
• Looking back at TNA No Surrender (2007, 2010, 2012)
• AUDIO: Adam "Pacman" Jones' infamous TNA Tag Team Championship reign begins
• AUDIO: Hornswoggle is revealed as Vince McMahon's illegitimate son
• Looking back at the 2008 WWE Unforgiven PPV an