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The Don Tony Show

Flashback: This Week In Wrestling History S2 E34 (8/20 – 8/26)

The Don Tony Show

DTD Entertainment LLC

Wrestling, Sports, Comedy

4.0782 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 226 minutes

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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 E34 (08/20 - 08/26) Dusty Rhodes def Harley Race to win NWA Heavyweight Championship, ending Race's run at 926 days. Rhodes' title reign would last 5 days Audio: Roddy Piper returns to Georgia Championship Wrestling TV two weeks after stabbing incident 1982 Audio: Bizzaro Land: Vince McMahon makes his memorable heel debut in USWA, Bret Hart booed in Memphis, and more 1993 Looking back at USWA 'A Matter Of Pride' event 1993 Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXVIII Ricky Steamboat suffers career ending back injury Final ECW Match: Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko: Best 2 Of 3 Falls Audio: Cactus Jack vs Terry Funk: IWA King Of The Death Match Tournament Final 1995 Audio: Arn Anderson announces his in ring retirement on WCW Monday Nitro 1997 Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XXXV and WWF Friday Night's Main Event 1997 Audio: Bart Gunn vs Bradshaw: Brawl For It All Tournament Final WWF tapes the first weekly episode of Smackdown Raven quits WCW and returns to ECW 1999 Audio: Raw vs Nitro Main Event Battle (1999): Triple H wins his first WWF Heavyweight Title (Raw) vs KISS and the KISS Demon (Nitro) Lillian Garcia and Miss Kitty make their WWF debuts Audio: Paul Heyman appears on MSNBC hyping upcoming ECW on TNN debut 1999 Audio: First Women's Main Event in Raw history: Stephanie McMahon vs Lita for Womens Championship 2000 Sara (Undertaker's Ex-Wife) vs Diamond Dallas Page The Rock interviews Booker Wee - Sucka! Looking back at WWE SummerSlam 1991, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005-2007, 2009, 2015-2017 Audio: Last ever WWF Hardcore Title Match: Rob Van Dam vs Tommy Dreamer 2002 Audio: Howard Finkel vs Lillian Garcia: Tuxedo vs Evening Gown Match 2002 Jaime Koeppe wins 2003 WWE Divas Search Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Shawn Michaels SummerSlam 2005 and HBK Promo from Raw John Cena vs Chris Jericho: "You're Fired' Match Hulk Hogan wrestles his last ever WWE match WWE Headquarters 'spray painted' with DX Logo Matt Hardy and MVP play Basketball on Smackdown Big Show, Khali, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase appear on The Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien Audio: Dashing Cody Rhodes' Grooming Tips 2010 Wacky incident between Balls Mahoney and The Outpatient Audio: NXT fans are treated to CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs Kassius Ohno and Cesaro (Kings Of Wrestling) Audio: AJ Lee cuts her own 'Pipebomb' on Total Divas 2013 El Rey Network officially announces the launch of Lucha Underground Audio: Nikki Bella wishes Brie Bella died in the womb! Looking back at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 2015 Audio: The Dudleys return to WWE Raw after 10 year absence 2015 Sting makes surprise appearance on Raw and confronts The Authority and Seth Rollins Audio: Braun Strowman makes WWE main roster debut Audio: Closing moments of first ever WWE Universal Title Match: Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor 2016 Asuka (NXT Women's) and Finn Balor (WWE Universal) forced to relinquish titles due to injury Audio: Heated exchange between Daniel Bryan and The Miz on Talking Smack One year after making a memorable return, WWE bids farewell to The Dudleys Audio: Chris Jericho discusses backstage fight with Brock Lesnar following match against Randy Orton AAA strips Sexy Star of Reina de Reinas Championship due to intentionally injuring Rosemary during TripleMania XXV match And so much more! CLICK HERE to listen to THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E34 (8/20 – 8/26) online RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S2 E34 (8/20 – 8/26) online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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