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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 E37 (09/10 - 09/16) Audio: Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl: Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton vs Atsushi Onita and Masa Fuchi Ric Flair def Dusty Rhodes to win NWA World Heavyweight Title for the first time Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling Cartoon premieres on CBS Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan team up in the booth for the first time The Quebecers def Steiner Brothers for the WWF Tag Team Titles - on a DQ Audio: Tatanka (representing WWF) def Jerry Lawler for USWA Unified Heavyweight Championship Audio: More Pre 'Mr McMahon' USWA Promos 1993 Nitro and Raw go head to head for the first time ever WWF debuts 'Raw On The Roof' intro Audio: Eric Bischoff debuts 'Raw Spoilers' during Nitro broadcasts WCW fires Steve Austin Audio: Steve Austin and Eric Bischoff look back at the Austin firing Audio: Sabu makes his WCW debut on Nitro Sting drops the colorful face paint and tights Sean Waltman makes his WCW debut Looking back at Terry Funk: Wrestlefest featuring wrestlers from WWF, ECW, Japan, and more Audio: Highlights of Bret Hart vs Terry Funk (Wrestlefest) Curt Hennig turns on the Horsemen Audio: Hulk Hogan challenges and Warrior accepts match at WCW Halloween Havoc Audio: Ric Flair returns to WCW, reforms The Horsemen and curses out Eric Bischoff Jacqueline def Sable to win Womens Championship, previously vacated for almost 3 years Sandman signs with WCW, abruptly leaves ECW Audio: New Jack speaks on Taz' 1997 arrest after an alleged incident at a tanning salon involving a minor Vince McMahon def Triple H for WWF Championship Audio: WWF wrestlers pay tribute to victims of 9/11. And then it was Stephanie McMahon's turn to pay tribute Audio: International Organization For Women confront Eric Bischoff Audio: The Upset Of The Century: Rico def Ric Flair on Raw Audio: Billy and Chuck Wedding and the awesome performance by Eric Bischoff GLAAD, NY Times, NY Post, Today Show and others are not happy with the outcome of the wedding between Billy Gunn and Chuck Polumbo 80 Year Old Fabulous Moolah def Victoria on Raw Audio: Eddie Guerrero vs John Cena Parking Lot Brawl Audio: Raven comments on losing a NWATNA Hair vs Hair match and his head being butchered in the process Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle wrestle a One Hour Ironman Match on Smackdown Simon Dean's Commercial debuts on Raw, and fans actually tried buying the fitness products Audio: Gene Snitsky makes his Raw debut and Lita has a 'miscarriage' Arguably the greatest match in TNA history: AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels X Division Title (Unbreakable 2005) WWE releases Daniel Puder Trish Stratus wrestles last match as a full time competitor ECW (WWE) has its first ever event at MSG Audio: Tired or Under The Influence? Jeff Hardy has some blunt comments towards CM Punk after the 'Charismatic Enabler' promo Jeff Hardy arrested and charged with trafficking prescription pills and possessing anabolic steroids Ric Flair recently retired from WWE, agrees to wrestle for Hulkamania Tour of Australia Seth Rollins wrestles last ever ROH match, and makes his WWE debut Audio: Kevin Nash speaks on 2011 return, never facing CM Punk at COC and major changes within WWE locker room Nikki Bella becomes longest reigning Divas Champion Sting wrestles his first, and last ever Raw match Kevin Owens headbutts Vince McMahon Kairi Sane wins the 2017 Mae Young Classic Tournament And so much more! CLICK HERE to listen to THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E37 (9/10 – 9/16) online RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E37 (9/10 – 9/16) online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices