This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 27) covering the period of 7/2 thru 7/8. Running Time: 5 Hours 18 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.
SYNOPSIS: S3 E27 (07/02 - 07/08)
- NWA Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair battles WWF Champion Bob Backlund to determine who was the true World Champion
- Audio: Gordon Solie interviews Ric Flair and Bob Backlund
- Looking back at WCCW Independence Day Star Wars 1983-1986
- Magnificent Muraco becomes the first ever WWF King Of The Ring
- Looking back at Great American Bash 1985, 1987, 1990
- NWA features the first ever WarGames Match
- The curse of July 4th: Deaths of Adrian Adonis, Joey Marella, Pat Kelly and Dave McKigney; the Brutus Beefcake parasailing accident and Vince McMahon' motorcycle accident
- Vader makes his WCW debut
- Who remembers the Dudes With Attitudes?
- Audio: 20 year old Rob Van Dam battles 26 year old Sabu in USWA
- Audio: Lex Luger bodyslams Yokozuna aboard the USS Intrepid and the Lex Express begins
- Audio: The Gangsters (New Jack and Sheik Mustapha) makes their Smokey Mountain Wrestling debut
- Audio: The challenge before the memorable heel turn: Bob Backlund challenges Bret Hart for WWF Championship
- Vader begins his infamous Roadkill Tour
- Audio: Ultimate Warrior battles Owen Hart in his last ever match with WWF/WWE
- Looking back at the odd way WWF handled the Ultimate Warrior's suspension on Monday Night Raw
- Looking back at WCW Bash At The Beach 1996
- Audio: Hulk Hogan betrays WCW, and the New World Order (NWO) is born
- Looking back at WWF In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
- Audio: Bill Goldberg battles Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the WCW Heavyweight Championship in the Georgia Dome on Monday Nitro 1998
- Audio: D-X mocks The Nation Of Domination
- WWF Footbrawl: Looking back at the loaded WWF House Show at Foxboro Stadium that never took place
- Jerry Lawler announces his candidacy for Mayor of Memphis, TN
- Steve Austin takes batting practice with the Phillies and throws out the first pitch for the Mets
- WWF awarded $3.5 Million in a lawsuit against the Parents Television Council
- More on TNN dropping ECW programming after one year of a three year TV deal
- Audio: Johnny The Bull tears up his anus during a WCW Hardcore Match against Terry Funk on Monday Nitro
- Discovery Channel airs memorable wrestling special featuring the very beginning of John Cena's wrestling career
- WWF completes the deal with NCAA Champion Brock Lesnar (2000)
- Bam Bam Bigelow suffers burns over 40% of his body after rescuing children from a home fire
- Looking back at the disaster that changed the WCW Invasion angle and future in WWF: Buff Bagwell vs Booker T for WCW Heavyweight Title on Monday Night Raw
- XPW Deathmatch between Kaos and Supreme goes horribly wrong
- The Jackie Gayda Match
- Kevin Nash tears his quad during a main event on Monday Night Raw
- Audio: Billy and Chuck defend the WWE Tag Team Titles against Edge and Hulk Hogan
- Ric Flair's autobiography 'To Be The Man' debuts at #5 on NY Times Best Seller list
- Audio: Chavo Guerrero denounces his Hispanic heritage and
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