Back by Popular Demand! 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: S2 E34 (08/20 - 08/26)

Dusty Rhodes def Harley Race to win NWA Heavyweight Championship, ending Race's run at 926 days. Rhodes' title reign would last 5 days

Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV two weeks after stabbing incident 1982

Audio: Bizzaro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart booed in Memphis, and more 1993

Looking back at USWA 'A Matter Of Pride' event 1993

Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXVIII

Ricky Steamboat suffers career ending back injury

Final ECW Match: Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko: Best 2 Of 3 Falls

Audio: Cactus Jack vs Terry Funk: IWA King Of The Death Match Tournament Final 1995

Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro 1997

Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXXV and WWF Friday Night's Main Event 1997

Audio: Bart Gunn vs Bradshaw: Brawl For It All Tournament Final

WWF tapes the first weekly episode of Smackdown

Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW 1999

Audio: Raw vs Nitro Main Event Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Title (Raw) vs KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro)

Lillian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts

Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping upcoming ECW on TNN debut 1999

Audio: First Women's Main Event in Raw history: Stephanie McMahon vs Lita for Womens Championship 2000

Sara (Undertaker's Ex-Wife) vs Diamond Dallas Page

The Rock interviews Booker Wee - Sucka! 

Looking back at WWE SummerSlam 1991, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005-2007, 2009, 2015-2017

Audio: Last ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs Tommy Dreamer 2002

Audio: Howard Finkel vs Lillian Garcia: Tuxedo vs Evening Gown Match 2002

Jaime Koeppe wins 2003 WWE Divas Search

Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Shawn Michaels SummerSlam 2005 and HBK Promo from Raw

John Cena vs Chris Jericho: "You're Fired' Match

Hulk Hogan wrestles his last ever WWE match

WWE Headquarters 'spray painted' with DX Logo

Matt Hardy and MVP play Basketball on Smackdown

Big Show, Khali, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase appear on The Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien

Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes' Grooming Tips 2010

Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient

Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings Of Wrestling)

Audio: AJ Lee cuts her own 'Pipebomb' on Total Divas 2013

El Rey Network officially announces the launch of Lucha Underground

Audio: Nikki Bella wishes Brie Bella died in the womb!

Looking back at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 2015

Audio: The Dudleys return to WWE Raw after 10 year absence 2015

Sting makes surprise appearance on Raw and confronts The Authority and Seth Rollins

Audio: Braun Strowman makes WWE main roster debut

Audio: Closing moments of first ever WWE Universal Title Match: Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor 2016

Asuka (NXT Women's) and Finn Balor (WWE Universal) forced to relinquish titles due to injury

Audio: Heated exchange between Daniel Bryan and The Miz on Talking Smack

One year after making a memorable return, WWE bids farewell to The Dudleys

Audio: Chris Jericho discusses backstage fight with Brock Lesnar following match against Randy Orton

AAA strips Sexy Star of Reina de Reinas Championship due to intentionally injuring Rosemary during TripleMania XXV match

And so much more!


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