This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 7: 2/12 – 2/18) Updated For 2025!

Updated For 2025! This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 7) covering the period of 2/12 thru 2/18. Running Time: 5 Hours 20 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 46 MinutesHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: S3 E7 (02/12 - 02/18) The War To Settle The Score: WWF and MTV team up to broadcast (at the time) the most watched show in the history of cable. Jimmy Hart makes his WWF managerial debut. Bruno Sammartino teams up with son David and wrestles after three years retired. Looking back at SNME E5 and the build to WrestleMania 2. Fallout between Adrian Adonis and Brutus (soon to be) 'The Barber' Beefcake begins. Looking back at NWA/WCW Clash Of The Champions V: St Valentine's Day Massacre. Audio: Ted Dibiase debuts the Million Dollar Belt during The Brother Love Show. Audio: Paul Bearer makes his WWF managerial debut. Looking back at ECW Cyberslam '96 and Brian Pillman's controversial appearance. Audio: Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff speak on Brian Pillman. Looking back at WWF IYH 6: Rage In The Cage. Audio: Shawn Michaels surrenders WWF Championship due to injuries and the need to 'find his smile'. Audio: HBK, Bret Hart, Psycho Sid: WWF has three Heavyweight Championship Title changes in four days. Looking back at WWF IYH 13: Final Four. Looking back at WWF IYH 27: St Valentine's Day Massacre. Audio: Memorable Hardcore Match between Al Snow and Bob Holly (IYH 27). Audio: Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon Cage Match (IYH 27). 'The Janitor' Hacksaw Jim Duggan finds WCW TV Title in the trash and declares himself Champion. Looking back at WCW SuperBrawl Revenge. No wonder why WCW never sold this event on home video. Looking back at WWF No Way Out PPV (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009). Audio: Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar battle 30 minutes for WWE Championship. Looking back at Ring Of Honor 2nd and 8th Anniversary Shows (2004, 2010). Looking back at TNA Against All Odds PPV (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012). Audio: Christian def Jeff Jarrett to win NWA Heavyweight Championship. Paul Heyman announces ECW One Night Stand II. Audio: In front of a massive media audience of 3, Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan announce TNA's move to Monday Nights. Last ever episode of WWE/ECW airs on Sci-Fi. WWE/ECW is out. WWE NXT is in. List of NXT Season One 'Rookie' class is announced. Audio: After a seven year absence, The Rock returns to Raw and issues a challenge. Looking back at WWE Smackdown Episode 600. After watching his 'girlfriend' Eve Torres make out with John Cena, Zack Ryder confined to a wheelchair is tossed of Raw stage by Kane. Looking back at WWE Elimination Chamber PPV 2013, 2022, 2023 Audio: Zeb Coulter and Jack Swagger begin the controversial 'We The People' storyline and WWE's piss poor decision to kill its credibility within a week. WWE debuts a new Heavyweight Championship Title replacing the Spinner Belt. WWE crowns their first ever NXT Tag Team Champions. Cesaro's Twitter account is hacked due to using a very predictable password. Audio: After 17 weeks of build, Emmalina's first and only appearance on Raw. Audio: Looking back at the Chris Jericho / Kevin Owens 'Festival Of Friendship'. WWE announces the end of RAW and SmackDown Brand-Only PPVs After SIXTY straight losses, Lana wins her first ever match in WWE WWE releases Rich Swann after disturbing details involving domestic abuse Audio: Braun Strowman interrupts Elias' Concert on RAW. Who knew Braun could sing and play a double bass! Booker T files a lawsuit against Activation and Blizzard Entertaiment accusing them of using his likeness on Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 video game AEW is only around for six weeks, and the elite media is already flooding the net with fake news Nyla Rose def Riho for AEW Women's Championship is met with controversy and very bad takes, led by Val Venis Shayna Baszler cosplays a Vampire on RAW, taking a bite out of Becky Lynch's neck Looking back at NXT TakeOver: Portland Audio: Charlotte Flair attacks and challenges Rhea Ripley for NXT Championship at WrestleMania 36 Cathy Kelley announces her departure from WWE/NXT Otis' heart is broken by Mandy Rose on Valentine's Day. thanks to Dolph Ziggler Natalya' unhinged reaction to a meme posted by WWE On Fox Twitter WWE fires NXT referee Drake Wuertz after using racist hand gesture during photo op Audio: Bad Bunny wins WWE 24/7 Championship on RAW Looking back at Impact Wrestling: No Surrender 2021, 2022 Looking back at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day 2021, 2022 WWE signs Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Parker Boudreaux and Roxanne Perez Audio: Jim Cornette reacts to Cody and Brandi Rhodes' live gender reveal during AEW Dynamite episode D-Von Dudley undergoes career ending spinal fusion surgery Audio: WWE releases the first trailer for Corey & Carmella reality TV series; and it's a train wreck ROH announces CM Punk as the latest induction into the Ring Of Honor Hall Of Fame WWE announces the debut of NXT Level Up Cody and Brandi Rhodes officially leave All Elite Wrestling Audio: Busted Open 'spitballs' bad take after bad take after bad take about Cody and Brandi Rhodes' AEW exit Audio: Michael Cole takes an epic jab at Tony Khan on WWE SmackDown. Which leads to an unhinged tweet by Tony Khan, directed at Ariel Helwani Audio: Ariel Helwani reacts to Tony Khan's unhinged tweet after Michael Cole' remark on WWE SmackDown AEW' memorable epic fail at attempting to trademark AEW Collision. Or should we say AEW Collison Audio: WWE debuts new 'WrestleMania Goes Hollywood' movie parodies including The Bloodline: Goodfellas Looking back at NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023 event NWA announces a new streaming deal with CW Network WWE announces the creation of WWE Speed exclusively airing on X (Twitter) Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin win NXT Tag Team Championships Audio: The Rock joins The Bloodline on SmackDown and starts his memorable heel run leading into WrestleMania 40 And so much more! 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