Flashback: This Week In Wrestling History S2 E31 (7/30 – 8/6)

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 E31 (07/30 - 08/05) Bruno Sammartino 'refuses' NWA World Heavyweight Title after def Buddy Rogers who suffered an 'injury' during the match Memorable MSG bloodbath between Bruno Sammartino and Superstar Billy Graham (Special Referee: Gorilla Monsoon) Roddy Piper and Tony Atlas make their WWWF TV debuts Audio: Roddy Piper trolls fans in WWWF TV debut 1979 Audio: Roddy Piper 2nd WWWF TV match vs Jose Estrada 1979 Roddy Piper stabbed following NWA Mid Atlantic Title match vs Jack Brisco Bonus Audio: Roddy Piper $10K promo and match against Jack Brisco for NWA Mid Atlantic Title 1982 Bob Backlund's original WWF run ends 1984 Miss Elizabeth makes her WWF debut Audio: Eddie Gilbert vs Shane Douglas (original opponent: Sting) for UWF TV Title 1987 Looking back at WWF Wrestlefest '88 United States Wrestling Association (USWA) is created Looking back at the one and only WCW appearance of The Pearl Audio: Nikita Koloff vs Rick Rude + Sting 'injury' by Jake 'The Snake Roberts (WCW debut) leads to Ron Simmons def Vader becoming the first ever Black WCW Heavyweight Champion 1992 Hulk Hogan wrestles final WWF match before exiting in 1993 Looking back at SMW 'Night Of Legends' event (1994) and the match that had Chris Jericho break the 'Muta scale' WCW Collision In Korea airs on PPV Audio: Memorable ECW match between The Steiners and Eddie Guerrero vs Cactus Jack, 2 Cold Scorpio, and Dean Malenko 1995 Great Sasuke def Ultimo Dragon to win J-Crown Tournament and becomes 'Sasuke Eight Belts'! Looking back: WWF 'Summerslam' 1997 and ECW 'Heatwave '98 Audio: Lex Luger def Hollywood Hulk Hogan to win WCW World Heavyweight Championship Audio: Sunday Night Heat makes it's debut on USA Network Audio: 'Choppy Choppy, Val Venis' Pee Pee!' Looking back at the Brian Hildebrand Benefit Show 'Curtis Comes Home' 1999 Lance Storm wins WCW Cruiserweight Title and becomes 'Lance Three Belts' Pro Wrestling NOAH holds its inaugural show Audio: First promo confrontation between The Rock and Booker T post WCW closing its doors 2001 Playstation 2 Magazine (UK) launches 4 commemorative covers featuring WWE Divas. Or did they? Audio: Shawn Michaels' infamous Hulk Hogan impersonation on 'Larry King Live' 2005 ROH Fight Of The Century: Bryan Danielson and Samoa Joe battle to a 60 minute time limit draw Audio: CM Punk makes his WWE/ECW debut 2006 Audio: NY WWE fans tell viewers to 'change the channel' during Batista / Big Show match 2006 Vince McMahon loves coc* Vince McMahon makes regular return to WWE programming after Chris Benoit tragedy - and is 'served' with a paternity lawsuit Celebrity Guest Host Dr Ken Jeong (w/ Jeremy Piven) is dropped on his head on Raw 2009 TNA suspends Samoa Joe after backstage tirade over TNA (creative) handling of match against Jeff Hardy Audio: Memorable confrontation between Triple H and newly crowned WWE Champion, CM Punk 2011 Billy Corgan announces the creation of Resistance Pro Wrestling Audio: Abraham Washington makes a dopey Kobe Bryant rape joke on WWE Raw which ultimately leads to his WWE release 2012 Audio: 'And the crowd goes mild!' Remembering the less than stellar TNA 'August 1st Warning' storyline and revelation 2013 Following Ronda Rousey's heartfelt tribute to Roddy Piper at UFC 190, Dana White calls WWE 'fake sh**' Audio: The Broken Hardys become 'Woken' 2017 Joey Ryan counters Mr Socko with the D*** Flip And so much more! CLICK HERE to listen to THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E31 (7/30 – 8/5) online RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E31 (7/30 – 8/5) online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices