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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 E29 (07/16 - 07/22) Audio: The Great Betrayal: Paul Orndorff turns on Hulk Hogan with bonus rare promos following the betrayal Looking back at SNME #22 1986 Audio: Brain Busters make history and end Demolition's record 478 day reign as WWF Tag Team Champions 1986 Audio: 'I am, The Mountie!' Audio: 'I am, Jacques Rougeau!' Canada threatens to arrest and ban Jacques Rougeau from using The Mountie in Canada Looking back at the murder of Bruiser Brody Audio: Bret Hart defends IC Title in the first ever WWF Ladder Match Looking back at WCW Beach Blast 1993 and Bash At The Beach 1994, 1995 Vince McMahon found not guilty in 1994 steroids conspiracy trial The Giant (Big Show) makes his WCW debut. Audio: Hulk Hogan makes WCW debut and defeats Ric Flair for WCW Heavyweight Championship Audio: Phantasio makes his one and only WWF TV appearance Audio: Woman causes controversy as Mikey Whipwreck takes ten Singapore cane lashes from The Sandman 1995 Looking back at WWF IYH 9: International Incident 1996 The Goon and Faarooq Asad make their WWF debuts Looking back at ECW Heatwave 1997, 1999, 2000 Audio: The Dudleys and Joel Gertner's memorable Heatwave '99 promo XPW sits ringside during Heatwave 2000 PPV and ECW wrestlers are none too happy about it Looking back at WWF Invasion and the massive PPV buyrate Following Eric Bischoff debut as Raw GM, Stephanie McMahon debuts as Smackdown GM Audio: First on air promo exchange between Eric Bischoff and The Rock 2002 Looking back at WWE Vengeance 2002 WWE unifies the IC and European Titles Audio: Memorable promo exchange between The Rock and Eddie Guerrero 2002 Audio: Sabu makes NWATNA debut in a memorable ladder match vs Malice 2002 Who remembers the WWE Evolution 'Paid, Laid, and Made' T-Shirt?! Audio: Goldberg tells Triple H, he's next! 2003 Kane tombstones Linda McMahon on WWE Raw stage Audio: John Cena cuts memorable promo on Undertaker and urinates on a tombstone 2003 Looking back at WWE Great American Bash 2007, 2008 Hornswoggle wins the WWE Cruiserweight Title Bobby Lashley wrestles last match during his first run with WWE Bye bye TV-14! WWE officially becomes 'PG' Triple H (and Alicia Fox) ruin the wedding between Edge and Vickie Guerrero First ever WWE Divas Champion crowned D'Lo Brown makes a memorable WWE return 2008 Audio: TNA employee exposes Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle affair on Bubba The Love Sponge Show Looking back at WWE Money In The Bank 2010, 2011 Audio: CM Punk defeats John Cena and leaves WWE as Champion 2011 Audio: Triple H 'takes over' WWE and relieves a crying Vince McMahon of his duties Rey Mysterio (for 46 min) then John Cena replaces CM Punk as WWE Champion Audio: CM Punk confronts Triple H at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Audio: Daniel Bryan proposes to AJ Lee 2012 Brie Bella suffers wardrobe malfunction on Raw 2013 Looking back at WWE Battleground 2014, 2015 CM Punk appears at Alternative Press Music Awards and vows a WWE return will never happen Dixie Carter attempts to rehire and hide Vince Russo as a creative consultant for TNA Mick Foley and Daniel Bryan announced as new WWE General Managers Audio: Cesaro is not happy about WWE Draft Audio: Kalisto 'Lucha Thing' Audio: Bubba Ray has a problem with The Uso's Samoan wrestling lineage Audio: Kurt Angle reveals Jason Jordan as his son Looking back at Impact Wrestling 'Slammiversary XVI' 2018 And so much more! CLICK HERE to listen to THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E29 (7/16 – 7/22) online RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E29 (7/16 – 7/22) online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices