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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 will be posted every Tuesday at 12 Noon EST. These episodes are filled with hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Whether hearing these for the first time, or revisiting the episodes again, you will enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history. SYNOPSIS: S2 E14 (04/02 - 04/08) Audio: Jerry Lawler piledrives and sends Andy Kaufman to the hospital Ken Patera and Masa Saito arrested after brawl with WI Police Looking back: WrestleMania 2, V, VIII, IX, XI, 2000, 21-22, XXV, XXVII, 29-30, 32-34 Looking back: NWA Clash Of The Champions 6: Ragin' Cagin Looking back: AWA SuperClash IV Shawn Michaels debuts new Raw talk segment: Heartbreak Hotel Memorable Raw Womens Match: Alundra Blayze vs Bull Nakano for WWF Womens Title Audio: Ultimate Warrior makes Raw debut and has a memorable exchange with Goldust Following beatdown by Vader, Yokozuna is carried out by forklift Looking back: WCW Spring Stampede 1997 Audio: Hulk Hogan, we coming for you n*****! Audio: Droz makes ECW debut and is greeted by New Jack Audio: Rob vs Dam def Bam Bam Bigelow and begins 700 day run as ECW TV Champion Looking back: WCW Pay-Per-Listen: Malice At The Palace 1998 Looking back: ECW Cyberslam '99 WCW prepares their hard reboot of product and Nitro 2000 HBK comes out of retirement and wins TWA Championship HHG Corporation (ECW) files for bankruptcy Audio: Tajiri breaks up with Torrie Wilson and get censored by TNN Audio: The Rock's last ever Non-PPV TV match 2003 Audio: The Rock challenges Goldberg Umaga makes WWF Raw debut and lays out Ric Flair Kevin Nash returns to WWF after 9 month absence due to Quad Tear Roddy Piper returns to WWF after 7 year absence Audio: Vince McMahon and The Product Of His Semen vs Shawn Michaels and God announced for Backlash All five members of The Spirit Squad are recognized as WWE Tag Team Champions Mickie James cosplays Trish Stratus Audio: Jack Swagger cashes in MITB Briefcase and wins WWE Championship CM Punk attempts to have Darren Young join the Straight Edge Society Orlando Jordan simulates an ejaculation to his chest on TNA Impact Wrestlicious fails miserably and closes its doors WWE signs Dean Ambrose and Becky Lynch The Rock vs John Cena announced a year before WrestleMania XXVIII Kurt Angle pleas guilty to reckless driving after 03/25/11 DWI incident Audio: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE after eight year absence and F-5's Cena Daniel Bryan breaks up with AJ Lee Scott Steiner goes on Twitter Storm against TNA and Hulk Hogan Audio: One of the loudest pops in Raw history: Dolph Ziggler cashes in MITB Briefcase and def Alberto Del Rio for WWE Heavyweight Championship Audio: Memorable Raw match: Randy Orton vs Sheamus and the bored crowd entertains themselves with creative chants and doing the wave Audio: Paige makes WWE Raw debut and def AJ Lee for the Divas Championship Eat. Sleep. Conquer The Streak Cesaro becomes a Paul Heyman Guy Rusev makes WWE debut Audio: Coming Soon: Adam Rose, Bo Dallas Audio: Memorable Daniel Bryan Raw promo after winning WWE Championship at WrestleMania Audio: Ultimate Warrior memorable Raw Promo a day before his untimely death AJ Lee retires and leaves WWE Kurt Angle becomes new Raw General Manager Finn Balor makes WWE in ring return after 7+ month absence with shoulder injury Drew McIntyre makes WWE return and debuts for NXT Audio: After def Undertaker at WrestleMania, Roman Reigns proclaims WWE is now his yard and the fans go ape sh** And much more! CLICK HERE to listen to THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E14 (4/2 – 4/8) online RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E14 (4/2 – 4/8) online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices