This Week In Wrestling History (Week Seven) 2/12 – 2/18

The Don Tony Show

DTD Entertainment LLC

Wrestling, Sports, Comedy

4.0 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 237 minutes

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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: Episode 7 (2/12 – 2/18) RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 58 Minutes The War To Settle The Score: WWF and MTV team up to broadcast (at the time) the most watched show in the history of cable. Jimmy Hart makes his WWF managerial debut. Bruno Sammartino teams up with son David and wrestles after three years retired. Looking back at SNME E5 and the build to WrestleMania 2. Fallout between Adrian Adonis and Brutus (soon to be) 'The Barber' Beefcake begins. Looking back at NWA/WCW Clash Of The Champions V: St Valentine's Day Massacre. Audio: Ted Dibiase debuts the Million Dollar Belt during The Brother Love Show. Audio: Paul Bearer makes his WWF managerial debut. Looking back at ECW Cyberslam '96 and Brian Pillman's controversial appearance. Audio: Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff speak on Brian Pillman. Looking back at WWF IYH 6: Rage In The Cage. Audio: Shawn Michaels surrenders WWF Championship due to injuries and the need to 'find his smile'. Audio: HBK, Bret Hart, Psycho Sid: WWF has three Heavyweight Championship Title changes in four days. Looking back at WWF IYH 13: Final Four. Looking back at WWF IYH 27: St Valentine's Day Massacre. Audio: Memorable Hardcore Match between Al Snow and Bob Holly (IYH 27). Audio: Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon Cage Match (IYH 27). 'The Janitor' Hacksaw Jim Duggan finds WCW TV Title in the trash and declares himself Champion. Looking back at WCW SuperBrawl Revenge. No wonder why WCW never sold this event on home video. Looking back at WWF No Way Out PPV (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009). Audio: Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar battle 30 minutes for WWE Championship. Looking back at Ring Of Honor 2nd and 8th Anniversary Shows (2004, 2010). Looking back at TNA Against All Odds PPV (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012). Audio: Christian def Jeff Jarrett to win NWA Heavyweight Championship. Paul Heyman announces ECW One Night Stand II. Audio: In front of a massive media audience of 3, Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan announce TNA's move to Monday Nights. Last ever episode of WWE/ECW airs on Sci-Fi. WWE/ECW is out. WWE NXT is in. List of NXT Season One 'Rookie' class is announced. Audio: After a seven year absence, The Rock returns to Raw and issues a challenge. Looking back at WWE Smackdown Episode 600. After watching his 'girlfriend' Eve Torres make out with John Cena, Zack Ryder confined to a wheelchair is tossed of Raw stage by Kane. Looking back at WWE Elimination Chamber PPV (2013). Audio: Zeb Coulter and Jack Swagger begin the controversial 'We The People' storyline and WWE's piss poor decision to kill its credibility within a week. WWE debuts a new Heavyweight Championship Title replacing the Spinner Belt. WWE crowns their first ever NXT Tag Team Champions. Cesaro's Twitter account is hacked due to using a very predictable password. Audio: After 17 weeks of build, Emmalina's first and only appearance on Raw. Audio: Looking back at the Chris Jericho / Kevin Owens 'Festival Of Friendship'. And so much more! RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S1 E7 (2/12 – 2/18) online ==== CHECK OUT DON TONY AND KEVIN SHOW CONTENT ACROSS THESE PLATFORMS: CLICK HERE FOR APPLE PODCASTS CLICK HERE FOR SPOTIFY CLICK HERE FOR ANDROID CLICK HERE FOR AMAZON MUSIC CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE PODCASTS CLICK HERE FOR PANDORA CLICK HERE FOR PODBEAN CLICK HERE FOR IHEARTRADIO CLICK HERE FOR DON TONY MERCHANDISE!

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0:00.0	America was built as the land of opportunity, a land where decent, law-abiding, respectful
0:07.8	citizens could work hard, pay their taxes and provide a better way of life for their families.
0:13.7	But somewhere along the way, that land of opportunity has turned into a desert of despair.
0:23.8	And why? Tell them why. Well, I'll tell you why, because we have allowed a bunch of greedy, selfish criminal delinquists to cross our borders and
0:31.5	rob this great country of all its wealth. They drive across our borders with a carload full of kids
0:39.6	live 22 an apartment with their hands out looking for a hand out praying on
0:45.5	the generosity and the hospitality of Americans and quite frankly what that
0:50.4	has done has drained this country not only of its resources but its productivity.
0:57.4	I say no more.
0:59.4	No more.
1:00.7	And if you're looking for a handout, Jack Swagger, Zeb Kolter, we're charitable people.
1:07.4	We'll give you a handout.
1:09.5	That handout will be a one-way ticket back to wherever you
1:14.6	came from. Because if our government won't do anything to help us, I know someone who will.
1:21.6	Tell them who, Jack. We the people. Exactly.
1:31.4	And within two weeks,
1:35.4	WWE would fuck that storyline up. And it's just amazing to look back on that
1:38.5	and to see how WWE caved in to public pressure
1:43.6	from one man, Glenn fucking Beck.
1:47.2	It's amazing.
1:48.6	You look back on it.
1:49.8	And yes, to this day, Jack Swagger does we the people, whether it's in wrestling or in
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