Updated For 2025! This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 16) covering the period of 4/16 thru 4/22. Running Time: 4 Hours 27 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 27 Minutes
Hosted by Don Tony
SYNOPSIS: S3 E16 (04/16 - 04/22)
- Audio: Fabulous Moolah appears on TV Show 'To Tell The Truth' (1961)
- Playboy Buddy Rose loses a Hair vs Hair match against Roddy Piper.
- Audio: Hulk Hogan def Nick Bockwinkel for AWA Heavyweight Title - only to have decision overturned a few days later. Thus began two years of AWA fu**ery towards Hogan and fans.
- Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch (North South Connection) def Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson to win WWF Tag Titles.
- Looking back at AWA Wrestlerock '86.
- Looking back at Saturday Night's Main Event #16 (1988).
- Mike McGuirk makes WWF announcing debut.
- Audio: Highlights of wrestling themed Morton Downey Jr Show featuring David Schultz, Paul E Dangerously, Jim Wilson, Capt Lou Albano, and others (1988).
- Controversial 'Now It Can Be Told' episode hosted by Geraldo Rivera accusing WWF of multiple accounts of sexual abuse airs.
- Roddy Piper hosts Piper's Pit that never makes TV due to controversial comments related to Geraldo 'Now It Can Be Told' episode.
- Paul Heyman, Jim Crockett and Jim Hudson join forces to create a new Promotion (later called World Wrestling Network).
- Audio: Infamous Vader vs Cactus Jack WCW Worldwide match involving multiple hard shots to Cactus' face. Includes rare unedited commentary by Jesse 'The Body' Ventura.
- Negotiations between All Japan Women's Wrestling and Tonya Harding fall thru.
- Looking back at WCW Spring Stampede PPV (1994, 1998, 2000).
- Audio: Ric Flair's WCW Heavyweight Title win over Ricky Steamboat not acknowledged in the record books.
- Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995.
- Audio: After losing ECW Heavyweight Title to Sandman, Shane Douglas walks out of ECW Arena - wearing a WWF Monday Night Raw shirt.
- Brian Pillman released from hospital following serious auto accident.
- First televised Bi-Sexual wrestling angle? Beulah McGillicuddy cheats on Tommy Dreamer with Kimona Wanalea.
- Audio: WWF starts airing ridiculously stupid 'Reality-Check' spots during Raw episodes.
- Looking back at WWF IYH 14: Revenge Of The Taker (1997).
- Scott Steiner arrested for threatening GA DOT Highway worker.
- Buff Bagwell suffers serious neck injury during tag team match on WCW Thunder.
- Brock Lesnar passes up Olympics and agrees to a deal with WWF.
- Audio: 'It Never Happened!'. Looking back at the night Chris Jericho def Triple H to win WWF Championship, only to have the decision reversed moments later.
- Audio: WWF Champion Triple H vs ECW Champion Tazz.
- Looking back at ECW Cyberslam 2000.
- Triple H regains IC Championship def Jeff Hardy.
- Looking back at WWF Backlash PPV (2002, 2004).
- Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Triple H for WWF Undisputed Championship.
- Colt Cabana vs Eddie Guerrero vs CM Punk tear it up in IWA Mid South.
- Audio: Vince Russo replaces James Storm with AJ Styles against Jeff Jarrett (Cage Match for
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