Flashback: This Week In Wrestling History S2 E46 (11/12 – 11/18)

The Don Tony Show

DTD Entertainment LLC

Wrestling, Sports, Comedy

4.0 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2023

⏱️ 214 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 E46 (11/12 - 11/18)RUNNING TIME: 3 HOURS 34 MINUTES Audio: Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas def The Wild Samoans to win WWF Tag Team Titles. WWF Legends Battle Royal featuring Lou Thesz, Nick Bockwinkel, Bobo Brazil, Gene Kiniski, Killer Kowalski, Ray Stevens, and others. Looking back at NWA Clash Of The Champions IX and XXI. Audio: Ric Flair (c) vs Terry Funk: I Quit Match for NWA Heavyweight Title. Remember Nitron? Interesting story involving 'Sabretooth' (X-Men) and Kevin Nash. Last original SNME airs on Fox and the last pairing of The Ultimate Maniacs. Audio: Sudden departure of Ultimate Warrior puts Mr Perfect 'turn' on the fast track. Highlights of the Perfect/Heenan split. Clash Of The Sexes: Madusa vs Paul E Dangerously. Undertaker reveals an awesome looking Patriotic Betsy Ross American Flag lined inside his coat. Chris Candido wins NWA Heavyweight Title, previously vacated by Shane Douglas. Looking back at ECW November To Remember 1995, 1996. Audio: Highlights from ECW N2R 1995: Taz' profanity laced promo, Sandman dancing, Steve Austin vs Mikey, Funk/Dreamer vs Cactus/Raven and more. Looking back at Survivor Series 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2017. 1996 WWF Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. The Rock makes his WWE PPV debut. Audio: Ravishing Rick Rude appears on ECW TV, WWF Monday Night Raw, and WCW Monday Nitro all the same week. Audio: 'Bret Screwed Bret'. Infamous '97 Vince McMahon 2 Part Interview from Raw on Bret Hart and Survivor Series. DT looks at the affect on ratings for remainder of 1997 post Montreal Screwjob. Audio: Road Warrior Hawk falls from the top of the Titantron. Audio: Sid 'viciously' botches a promo after Kevin Nash impersonates him on Nitro. Audio: WCW Nitro airs a Pinata On A Pole Match, which leads to the return of Dr Death Steve Williams and the debut of 'Oklahoma'. Audio: Kurt Angle promo leading into his WWF in ring debut. Audio: Big Show wins an entire Survivor Series match in less than two minutes. Audio: Steve Austin is struck by a hit and run driver. WWF signs fitness model and radio host, Trish Stratus to a contract. WWF No Mercy Video Game is released for the Nintendo 64. WCW holds an international PPV airing exclusively in Germany. Jerry Lawler returns to Raw after quitting in February due to his then wife (Stacy Carte) being released. Audio: Ric Flair returns to WWE after 8 years and is revealed as 50% owner of WWF. Eddie Guerrero passes away at 38 years old. Audio Bonus: Rare Eddie Guerrero interview from 2002. WWE airs a special episode of Raw paying tribute to Eddie Guerrero. Looking back at TNA Genesis PPV 2005, 2006. Ric Flair and Roddy Piper's WWE World Tag Team Title reign comes to an end. The Miz and John Morrison win WWE Tag Team Titles. Audio: Save Us Y2J: Chris Jericho makes his WWE return after two years and 'saves us' from Randy Orton. Brock Lesnar wins UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 91. Audio: WWE Raw (2009) debuts a new intro and theme song. WWE releases seven including Luke Gallows, Shad Gaspard, and Jillian Hall. WWE presents its first ever edition of 'WWE Old School Raw'. 'Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin' press conference in Australia leaves Hulk Hogan battered and bloodied. Matt Hardy kicked out of WWE rehab and arrested for violating a court order. WWE announces their Top 20 Superstars of the Attitude Era. WWE releases The Great Khali. Grumpy Cat invades WWE as the Guest Host of Raw. The Shield make their WWE main roster debut. Destination America announces a TV deal with TNA for 2015. And so much more! ==== CHECK OUT THE DON TONY SHOW ON THESE PLATFORMS: CLICK HERE FOR ITUNES CLICK HERE FOR SPOTIFY CLICK HERE FOR APPLE & ANDROID APPS CLICK HERE FOR AMAZON MUSIC CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE PODCASTS CLICK HERE FOR PANDORA CLICK HERE FOR STITCHER CLICK HERE FOR PODBEAN CLICK HERE FOR IHEARTRADIO CLICK HERE FOR DON TONY MERCHANDISE! ==== THE DON TONY SHOW: UPCOMING SHOW SCHEDULE (EST): WWE Raw Post Show: LIVE MON 11:05PM on YouTube This Week In Wrestling History: Uploaded TUE 4PM at www.DonTony.com DT VIPatreon: LIVE TUE 10:05PM on Patreon www.patreon.com/dontony Wednesday Night Don-O-Mite: WED at MIDNIGHT on www.DonTony.com Q&A w/Don Tony (Mailbag): Bi-Weekly on THU The Don Tony Show: LIVE SAT 12PM on YouTube The Sit-Down w/Don Tony: LIVE SUN 8:05PM on YouTube WWE/AEW PPV Reviews following PPV/PLE on YouTube ==== SOCIAL MEDIA / WEBSITE / CONTACT INFO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dontonyd Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dontony Facebook: https://facebook.com/dontonyshow YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dontony Website: http://www.dontony.com Email: dontony@dontony.com

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0:00.0	Poor Sid Vicious. Can't cut a break returning to WCW. This week in 1999 on Nitro,
0:10.4	Kevin Ash comes out impersonating Sid Vicious. Rubber mask with a really protruding jaw.
0:19.4	His facial reactions were hilarious.
0:22.9	The blonde wig, the flannel shirt, and he's acting all stupidly.
0:27.6	So he's in the ring with Scott Hall.
0:30.2	They're making fun of Sid.
0:31.5	Sid comes out to a chorus of booze, trying to insult Kevin Nash back,
0:39.6	and he came out with this gem that will stick with him for the rest of his wrestling lifetime.
0:47.5	See, Nash, you can wear any Halloween costume you want to,
0:53.8	but you know and I know that you you only half the man that I am.
1:02.3	And I have half the brain that you do.
1:06.6	And in case you didn't hear it at the very end,
1:11.3	his attempt to insult Kevin S, he says to Kevin that,
1:15.3	I only have half the brain that you do.
1:19.7	Man, if you're not aware of these botches that Sid used to do,
1:26.0	there are some tribute pages online if you do some searching, and they have nothing but a
1:32.3	montage of botches that Sid had done in interviews.
1:36.4	Nothing personal against the guy, even though I don't like, you know, his political
1:41.1	attitude of late.
1:42.6	I think it's the best way I could put it.
1:44.6	But still, as a wrestling fan, I enjoyed them back in the day.
1:48.3	You know, the promos made me laugh a little bit.
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