Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 32) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 8/6 thru 8/12. Running Time: 4 Hours 43 Minutes!
Hundreds of hours of wrestling memories, all featuring the ORIGINAL moments as they aired including ORIGINAL theme music! Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history. You won't find history documented like this anywhere but here!
SYNOPSIS: SEASON 4 EPISODE 32 (8/6 - 8/12)
RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 43 MINUTES
- Hulk Hogan makes his pro wrestling debut.
- Looking back at the WWF 'Showdown at Shea' event at Shea Stadium in Queens, NY (1980).
- Junkyard Dog makes his WWF in-ring debut.
- AUDIO: Highlights of Ric Flair defeating Dusty Rhodes to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1986).
- AUDIO: Post-match promos from Tully Blanchard, Ric Flair, and Dusty Rhodes (1986).
- Iron Sheik wrestles his last match for the WWF (until the Gimmick Battle Royal).
- Owen Hart makes his WWF debut, and Curt Hennig returns to the WWF after a 5-year absence.
- Looking back at the AWA's final TV taping and the awful $1 Million Team Challenge Series from 1990.
- AUDIO: The Black Scorpion (who sounds an awful lot like The Shockmaster) makes his WCW promo debut and calls out Sting.
- Brilliant idea: Sumo Hall sells pillows to all fans attending the 1991 G1 Climax. Can you guess what happens next?
- AUDIO: Razor Ramon makes his WWF in-ring debut (1992).
- AUDIO: Macho Man immediately calls out Razor Ramon following his WWF debut.
- Masahiro Chono defeats Ravishing Rick Rude to win the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Title.
- Johnny Hot Body becomes the first-ever ECW TV Champion.
- AUDIO: Ricky Steamboat vs. Lord Steven Regal WCW No DQ match ends in a DQ (1993).
- Looking back at the AAA Night of Champions event from 1994.
- Looking back at the WCW Hog/Road Wild PPVs 1996, 1997, 1998.
- AUDIO: Ravishing Rick Rude returns to the WWF as HBK's 'Insurance Policy' (1997).
- AUDIO: Rocky Maivia joins The Nation of Domination.
- Looking back at the ECW Born to Be Wired event from 1997.
- AUDIO: Joey Styles comments on Sabu vs. Terry Funk at Born to Be Wired.
- Dutch Mantel defeats Jerry Lawler to become the last-ever USWA Unified Heavyweight Champion.
- AUDIO: An entertaining WCW Monday Nitro main event: Kevin Nash, Sid Vicious, and Rick Steiner vs. Sting, Goldberg, and Hulk Hogan (1999)—arguably featuring the loudest Hogan chants from his WCW run.
- AUDIO: One of the greatest moments in WWE RAW history: Chris Jericho makes his WWF debut and immediately confronts The Rock (1999).
- AUDIO: Kane tells the fans to "Suck It!" (1999).
- The last SmackDown episode featuring the Ovaltron set before the WWF debuts the 'Fist'.
- AUDIO: Ron "The Truth" Killings defeats Ken Shamrock to become the first African American NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
- AUDIO: Rare match: Brock Lesnar battles Hulk Hogan (2002).
- Looking back at the WWF Global Warning event (2002).
- WWE releases Sable for the second time.
- James Gibson defeats CM Punk, Samoa Joe, and Christopher Daniels to win the ROH World Championship.
- Miss Monday Nitro is sentenced for having sexual relations with a 14-year-old student.
- Bryan Danielson defeats Nigel McGuinness to win and unify the ROH World and Pure Championships.
- Looking back at the TNA Hard/Hardcore Justice PPVs (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012).
- Pacman Jones makes his TNA debut, and Test wrestles his one and only match in TNA.
- Looking back at the TNA Whole F'N Show event (2010).
- AUDIO: Tommy Dreamer's passionate speech from TNA Impact leading into the HardCORE Justice PPV (2010).
- KAHONEYS! Looking back at the TNA HardCORE Justice PPV (2010).
- WWE signs Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) to a developmental deal
- Looking back at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's Legends and Icons iPPV event (2011).
- WWE releases "The G.O.A.T." Abraham Washington, Alberto Del Rio, Joey Styles, and Ryback.
- Looking back at the Ring of Honor Boiling Point event from 2012.
- Looking back at the AAA TripleMania XXIII event from 2015.
- BRAZZERS: WWE renames the 'Submission Sorority' faction (Paige, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch) due to the name's repeated use in the XXX industry.
- Billy Corgan replaces Dixie Carter as President of TNA Wrestling.
- AUDIO: A memorable, emotional Paul He
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