This Week In Wrestling History (Week Thirty-Four) 8/19 – 8/25

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: Episode 34 (8/19 – 8/25)RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 44 Minutes Dusty Rhodes def Harley Race to win NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, ending Race's run at 926 days. Rhodes' title reign would last five days. Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV two weeks after stabbing incident (1982). Looking back at SummerSlam '91: A Match Made In Heaven, A Match Made In Hell! (1991). Sting def Steve Austin to win his first WCW United States Title. Looking back at SummerSlam Spectacular (1993). Audio: Bizzaro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart booed in Memphis, and lots more (1993). Looking back at USWA 'A Matter Of Pride' event (1993). Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXVIII (1994). Ricky Steamboat suffers career ending back injury. Final ECW Match: Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko: Best 2 Of 3 Falls. Audio: Cactus Jack vs Terry Funk: IWA King Of The Death Match Tournament Final (1995). Looking back at WWF EX-perience event (1996). Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro (1997). Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXXV (1997). Looking back at WWF Friday Night's Main Event (1997). Audio: Bart Gunn vs Bradshaw: Brawl For It All Tournament Final (1998). Looking back at WWF Summerslam PPV (1999). WWF tapes the first weekly episode of Smackdown. Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW (1999). Audio: Raw vs Nitro Main Event Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Title (Raw) vs KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro). Lillian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts. Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping upcoming ECW on TNN debut (1999). Audio: First Women's Main Event in Monday Night Raw's history: Stephanie McMahon vs Lita for Womens Championship (2000). Sara (Undertaker's Ex-Wife) vs Diamond Dallas Page The Rock interviews Booker Wee - Sucka! Looking back at WWE SummerSlam PPV (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017). Audio: Last ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs Tommy Dreamer (2002). Audio: Howard Finkel vs Lillian Garcia: Tuxedo vs Evening Gown Match (2002). Jimmy Snuka squashed by Three Minute Warning. Jaime Koeppe wins 2003 WWE Divas Search. Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2005). Audio: HBK Post SummerSlam promo from Raw. John Cena vs Chris Jericho: "You're Fired' Match. Hulk Hogan wrestles his last ever WWE match. WWE Headquarters 'spray painted' with DX Logo. WWE releases Daniel Rodimer and Serena Deeb. Matt Hardy and MVP play Basketball on Smackdown. Sting def AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe to become Tag Team Champion with Kurt Angle (2007). Big Show, Khali, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase appear on The Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien. Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes' Grooming Tips (2010). Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient. Todd Grisham leaves WWE for ESPN. Hunico begins performing under the mask as Sin Cara. Daffney escapes serious possibly fatal injuries in auto accident due to wearing a seatbelt. Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings Of Wrestling). Audio: AJ Lee cuts her own 'Pipebomb' on Total Divas (2013). El Rey Network officially announces the launch of Lucha Underground. Audio: Nikki Bella wishes Brie Bella died in the womb! (2014). Looking back at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn (2015). Audio: The Dudleys return to WWE Raw after ten year absence (2015). Sting makes surprise appearance on Raw and confronts The Authority and Seth Rollins. Audio: Braun Strowman makes his WWE main roster debut. Audio: Closing moments of first ever WWE Universal Title Match: Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor (2016). Asuka (NXT Women's) and Finn Balor (WWE Universal) forced to relinquish titles due to injury. Audio: Heated exchange between Daniel Bryan and The Miz on Talking Smack (2016). One year after making a memorable return, WWE bids farewell to The Dudleys. Audio: Chris Jericho discusses backstage fight with Brock Lesnar following match against Randy Orton. AAA strips Sexy Star of Reina de Reinas Championship due to intentionally injuring Rosemary during TripleMania XXV match. Looking back at AAA TripleMania XXVI event (2018). And so much more! RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S1 E34 (8/19 – 8/25) ==== Join The DTKC Family! Become a member of Don Tony and Kevin Castle Show Patreon and access right now: Ad-Free episodes of all of weekly shows Weekly live Patreon podcasts hosted by Don Tony and Kevin Castle Thousands of hours of Patreon exclusive shows never released publicly! (Over 7 Years of Patreon Exclusive Content!) Retro episodes of The Don Tony And Kevin Castle Show going back as early as 2004 (Retro Episodes added each week!) Predictions Contests, Giveaways and more! CLICK HERE to access now! www.Patreon.com/DonTony ==== CHECK OUT DON TONY AND KEVIN SHOW CONTENT ACROSS THESE PLATFORMS: CLICK HERE FOR APPLE PODCASTS CLICK HERE FOR SPOTIFY CLICK HERE FOR ANDROID CLICK HERE FOR AMAZON MUSIC CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE PODCASTS CLICK HERE FOR PANDORA CLICK HERE FOR PODBEAN CLICK HERE FOR IHEARTRADIO CLICK HERE FOR DON TONY MERCHANDISE! ==== DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE: UPCOMING WEEKLY SHOW SCHEDULE (ET): DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW: LIVE Mondays 11:15PM on DTKCDiscord.com DT VIPATREON: Patreon Exclusive Show hosted by Don Tony LIVE Tuesdays 10:05PM on Patreon Channel at DTKCDiscord.com THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY: Posted Thursdays 4PM at DonTony.com CASTLE/KNT CHRONICLES: Patreon Exclusive Show hosted by Kevin Castle and Trez LIVE Thursdays 8:30PM on Patreon Channel at DTKCDiscord.com THE SIT-DOWN w/DON TONY: LIVE Fridays at 10:05PM (after WWE SmackDown) on YouTube WWE/AEW PPV REVIEWS: (Airdates/Airtimes vary) THE DON TONY SHOW: Special Episodes (Airdates/Airtimes vary) PRO WRESTLING DAILY NEWS UPDATES: Pro Wrestling news updates posted daily ==== SOCIAL MEDIA / WEBSITE / CONTACT INFO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dontonyd Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontony Facebook: https://facebook.com/DTKCShow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dontony Website: https://www.wrestling-news.com Email: dontony@dontony.com