Updated For 2025! This Week In Wrestling History (Season 3 Week 6) covering the period of 2/5 thru 2/11. Running Time: 4 Hours 46 Minutes. This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony first aired in 2018 and spanned two seasons. After much demand, these retro episodes return REMASTERED and UPDATED FOR 2025. Wrestling history up to and including 2024 has been added! Hundreds of hours of original wrestling clips & stories. Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history.
RUNNING TIME: 4 Hours 46 Minutes
Hosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: S3 E6 (02/5 - 02/11)
- Pedro Morales def Ivan Koloff to win WWWF Championship.
- Audio: Jerry 'The King Lawler' vs Hulk Hogan battle in Memphis, TN.
- Midnight Rider def Ric Flair to win NWA World Heavyweight Championship but refuses to unmask and surrenders title.
- Audio: Midinight Rider says goodbye to his fans.
- Looking back a the highest rated wrestling event of all time: The Main Event (1988).
- Audio: Andre The Giant def Hulk Hogan to win WWF Title (due to the evil twin referee Earl Hebner), then surrenders the belt to Ted Dibiase.
- Looking back at Ted Dibiase's WWF Championship reign.
- Audio: Larry Zbyszko wins vacant AWA Heavyweight Title in a somewhat confusing battle royal.
- Audio: Bill Apter interviews the newly crowned AWA Champion, Larry Zbyszko.
- Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions X: Texas Shootout.
- Kerry Von Erich arrested for falsifying Valium and Vicodin prescriptions.
- Audio: Undertaker prevents Jake 'The Snake' Roberts from chair bashing Miss Elizabeth.
- Audio: Undertaker's first 'face' turn is complete: Jake Roberts attacks Undertaker during Funeral Parlor segment.
- Audio: Showing some sincere appreciation for Sid Vicious' promo ability.
- Ric Flair wrestles last series of matches before leaving WWF for WCW.
- Audio: Tommy Dreamer is the first person to ever kick out from Jimmy Snuka's Superfly Splash. Or is he?
- Looking back at WCW SuperBrawl VI.
- Audio: Kevin Sullivan vs Brian Pillman 'Respect' Strap Match.
- Audio: Kevin Sullivan speaks on working with Brian Pillman.
- Audio: Goldberg and William Regal speak on their infamous match on WCW Monday Nitro.
- Vince McMahon wrestles first ever match during WWF Raw Saturday Night.
- Essa Rios wins WWF Light Heavyweight Title and Lita makes her WWF debut.
- Audio: Kurt Angle slams Mae Young who then shows EMS her puppies.
- Audio: Hollys vs APA Hardcore Tag Title Match featuring a memorable spill by Viscera.
- Audio: Chris Jericho's promo on Viscera.
- Audio: Funny promo by The Rock on Kevin Kelly, Big Show, DX, and The Radicals.
- Audio: DX and Radicals vs Cactus Jack, The Rock, and Too Cool.
- Audio: Scott Steiner Nitro promo ripping WCW and Ric Flair while praising WWF and Steve Austin.
- Maven def The Undertaker to win WWF Hardcore Title.
- Pose down between Billy and Chuck vs Stacey Keibler and Torrie Wilson.
- Looking back at Ring Of Honor's One Year Anniversary Show.
- Wrestling Society X tapes their first pilot episode.
- Audio: WSX (Wrestling Society X) Rumble.
- Looking back at TNA Against All Odds PPV (2007, 2008, 2009).
- Altercation between Chris Jericho and over zealous fans following WWF House Show).
- Bobby Lashley leaves TNA for MMA Career.
- WWE signs Chris Hero.
- Looking back at NXT Takeover: Rival (2015).
- Audio: Daniel Bryan's memorable retirement speech from Smackdown.
- Titus O'Neil suspended after incident with Vince McMahon following DB retirement speech.
- Samoa Joe makes WWE Raw in ring debut (def Roman Reigns).
- Audio: Cody Rhodes takes ten belt lashes from MJF on AEW Dynamite
- WWE signs Simone Johnson (Ava Raine), daughter of The Rock
- Matt Hardy says Goodbye to WWE fans after a Randy Orton attack on RAW
- Audio: Goldberg confronts The Bloodline and challenges Roman Reigns for WWE Universal Championship
- Audio: One of the worst media takes ever: Goldberg should defeat Roman Reigns and go into WrestleMania 38 as WWE Champion
- EC3 announces live events for newly formed Control Your Narrative promotion
- Audio: Keith Lee makes his memorable AEW in-ring debut
- Jerry The King Lawler suffers a stroke
- Audio: Looking back at MJF's infamous 'Liv' car crash promo on AEW Dynamite
- RIP Toxic Attraction: Jacy Jayne attacks GiGi Dolin during a special 'Ding Dong: Hello' segment with Bayley on NXT
- Looking back at NXT Vengeance Day 2024
- Stardom founder Rossy Ogawa fired for allegedly poaching talent
- Anthony Cicione replaces Scott D'Amore as President of TNA Wrestling
- Billy Jack Haynes arrested and charged with the shooting murder of his wife
- Audio: Sting and Darby win AEW Tag Team Titles on AEW Dynamite
- Drew McIntyre' trolling of CM Punk begins with an epic meme which turned into one of the top selling WWE shirts of 2024
- #WeWantCody movement begins on social media and WWE RAW
- Audio: Looking back at the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff Press Conference and the epic confrontation between The Rock, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins
- And so much more!
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