Updated For 2025! This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 15) covering the period of 4/9 thru 4/15. Running Time: 4 Hours 41 Minutes.
This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony first aired in 2018 and spanned two seasons. After much demand, these retro episodes return REMASTERED and UPDATED FOR 2025. Wrestling history up to and including 2024 has been added!
Hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history.
RUNNING TIME: 4 Hours 41 Minutes
Hosted by Don Tony
SYNOPSIS: S3 E15 (04/09 - 04/15)
- Buddy Rogers becomes first WWWF Champion and he didn't even wrestle to win the Title
- Jerry Lawler def Kerry Von Erich to win and become the last World Class Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion.
- Looking back at WWF / All Japan Wrestling Summit (1990).
- Audio: Owen Hart and Ricky Morton team up and wrestle on WCW TV.
- Looking back at last SNME to air on NBC before moving to FOX.
- Johnny Ace suffers a broken elbow during match against Cactus Jack.
- Audio: Ultimate Warrior and Sid Vicious cut promos on each for a feud that never developed.
- Audio: Sid Vicious speaks on why he left WWF during the beginning of his feud with Ultimate Warrior.
- WCW makes its debut at MSG Paramount Theatre.
- Ravishing Rick Rude appears on a very early episode of Howard Stern Show.
- Audio: Jesse Ventura speaks on winning lawsuit against WWF.
- New Japan Pro Wrestling hosts first ever Super J Cup.
- Sid Vicious no shows first events after recovering from stabbing incident with Arn Anderson.
- Audio: Eric Bischoff speaks on Hulk Hogan originally signing with WCW.
- Paul E and ECW fire Sabu after no-showing event for New Japan.
- Audio: Cactus Jack arrives in NWC Promotion (1995).
- Audio: Ultimate Warrior arrives in NWC Promotion (1995).
- Bonus Audio: The night NWC had Jim 'Anvil' Neidhart wear KKK outfit and 'hang' Virgil during event.
- Undertaker battles New Jack in Smokey Mountain Wrestling.
- Audio: The Gangstas Graveyard Promo on Undertaker and Paul Bearer.
- Michael PS Hayes debuts as Dok Hendrix in WWF.
- Audio: First Hunter Hearst Helmsley vignettes air on WWF TV.
- Brian Pillman seriously injured in auto accident.
- Audio: Rare Brian Pillman radio interview shortly after auto accident.
- Vader detained in Kuwait after getting too physical with local morning talk show host.
- ECW holds its first ever PPV, 'Barely Legal' (1997).
- ECW holds banquet night before Barely Legal to tribute Terry Funk.
- Audio: The Rock throws Steve Austin and Smoking Skull belt off a bridge.
- Audio: Looking back at the night WCW tried to hit the 'reset' button on Nitro: All champions stripped, Mike Awesome appears still ECW Champion, Billy Kidman's memorable promo on Hulk Hogan, Vince Russo's first appearance on camera, Bischoff revealed as the driver behind Hummer, and so much more.
- Audio: Mike Awesome speaks on abruptly leaving ECW for WCW while still ECW Champion and dropping the title to Tazz.
- Audio: Shane Douglas' spot on comments about Mike Awesome not trusting Paul E and Tazz.
- Audio: WCW Wrestler (Mike Awesome) vs WWF Wrestler (Tazz) at ECW event.
- Audio: The attack WWE wants you to forget about. Steve Austin and Triple H beat down and chair bash Lita.
- Audio: Jeff Hardy interrupts HHH and Austin promo and hits Twist of Fate on Stephanie.
- Audio: Jeff Hardy def
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