Flashback: This Week In Wrestling History S2 E34 (8/20 – 8/26)

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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