Flashback: This Week In Wrestling History S2 E20 (5/14 – 5/20)

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 E20 (05/14 - 05/20) Bruno Sammartino def Buddy Rogers to win WWWF Championship Andy Kaufman passes away from Lung Cancer at 35 years old Audio: AWA fu**ery: Playboy Buddy Rose & Doug Somers win the AWA Tag Team titles on a count out (from Scott Hall and Curt Hennig) Looking back: WCW Capital Combat: The Return Of Robocop 1990 and SuperBrawl 1991 Audio: Sid Vicious vs El Gigante: Stretcher Match Looking back: WCW WarGames 1992 Papa Shango places a voodoo curse on a vomiting Ultimate Warrior, and the feud begins AAA Promotion makes its debut 1992 Audio: The biggest upset in Raw histoy? The Kid def Razor Ramon Audio: Marty Janetty makes WWF return and def Shawn Michaels for IC Championship A Current Affair debuts profiling the tragedies surrounding the Von Erich family Looking back: ECW: When Worlds Collide 1994 Audio: Arn Anderson speaks on his one match in ECW and why it sucked Looking back at AAA Triplemania II-B event 1994 Looking back: First ever WWF In Your House 1995 Audio: Bob Backlund announces his candidacy for President and makes some comical errors at some historical events Infamous Cliq Curtain Call takes place at Madison Square Garden Audio: Triple H, Jim Cornette, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash speak on the infamous MSG Curtain Call Looking back: WCW Slamboree 1996-1998 HBK infamous 'Sunny Days' Promo on Bret Hart airs on Raw Audio: Sean Waltman reveals a 'Sunny Day' story involving Shawn Michaels Looking back when Ric Flair had led Time Magazine's 'Person Of The Century' Poll Looking back: ECW 'It Ain't Seinfeld' event 1998 Taz debuts the FTW (F*** The World) Championship Audio: Eric Bischoff taunts Vince McMahon on WCW Thunder Audio: Chris Jericho's introduces the participants in the Cruiserweight Battle Royal at Slamboree 1998 Audio: The night Dean Malenko received one of the loudest pops in WCW history Referee Charles Robinson suffers collapsed lung after taking an elbow drop by Macho Man Randy Savage Looking back: WCW No Mercy UK 1999 and ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999, 2000 Audio: Godfather's Ho (Bobcat) wins WWF Hardcore Title from Crash Holly Audio: Don Tony's favorite WWF Hardcore Title match: Gerald Brisco vs Crash Holly Looking back: WWE Judgement Day 2000-2004, 2007-2009 Vince McMahon makes return appearance on HBO's 'On The Record with Bob Costas' Zach Gowan makes WWF TV debut - by having his prosthetic leg yanked off by Rowdy Roddy Piper Mordecai makes WWE main roster debut Audio: Bobby Heenan on The Dennis Miller Show TNA suspends Jeff Hardy Looking back: TNA Hard Justice 2005 Tickets for ECW One Night Stand go on sale and immediately sells out Looking back: TNA Sacrifice 2006, 2010 'See No Evil' starring Kane hits movie theatres WWE releases Sabu, Shelly Martinez, Scotty 2 Hotty, Nick Mitchell, Carlito and Angel Williams (Angelina Love) Audio: Bret Hart defeats The Miz to win the WWE US Championship Hulk Hogan sues Fruity Pebbles Cereal Audio: TNA rebrands as 'Impact Wrestling' and 'Wrestling Matters' TNA signs Brooke Hogan Looking back: WWE Over The Limit 2012 and Extreme Rules 2013 Audio: Kevin Owens makes WWE main roster debut Looking back: NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable 2015 Samoa Joe makes NXT debut Destination America announces cancellation of TNA Programming effective September 2015 Audio: New Day 'Time Machine' skit poking fun at The Vaudvillains 2016 And so much more! CLICK HERE to listen to THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E20 (5/14 – 5/20) online RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E20 (5/14 – 5/20) online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices