Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 16) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 4/16 thru 4/22. Running Time: 4 Hours 52 Minutes. Note: This is posted a few days late due to covering WrestleMania 42. Your next episode will post this weekend on normal schedule. Hundreds of hours of wrestling memories, all featuring the ORIGINAL moments as they aired including ORIGINAL theme music! Enjoy this deep dive into pro wrestling's awesome history. You won't find history documented like this anywhere but here! SYNOPSIS: SEASON 4 EPISODE 16 (4/16 - 4/22)
RUNNING TIME: 4 HOURS 52 MINUTES

Audio: Fabulous Moolah appears on TV Show 'To Tell The Truth' (1961)
Playboy Buddy Rose loses a Hair vs Hair match against Roddy Piper
Audio: Hulk Hogan def Nick Bockwinkel for AWA Heavyweight Title just to have decision overturned days later. Thus began two years of AWA business fu**ery towards fans which led to Hulk Hogan's AWA exit
Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch (North South Connection) def Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson to win WWF Tag Titles
Looking back at AWA Wrestlerock '86
Looking back at Saturday Night's Main Event #16 (1988)
Mike McGuirk makes WWF announcing debut
Audio: Highlights of the memorable wrestling themed Morton Downey Jr Show featuring David Schultz, Paul Heyman, Jim Wilson, Capt Lou Albano, and others (1988)
Controversial 'Now It Can Be Told' episode hosted by Geraldo Rivera accusing WWF of multiple accounts of sexual abuse airs
Roddy Piper hosts Piper's Pit that never makes TV due to controversial comments related to Geraldo 'Now It Can Be Told' episode
Paul Heyman, Jim Crockett and Jim Hudson join forces to create a new Promotion (later called World Wrestling Network)
Audio: Infamous Vader vs Cactus Jack WCW Worldwide match involving multiple hard shots to Cactus' face. Includes rare unedited commentary by Jesse 'The Body' Ventura
Negotiations between All Japan Women's Wrestling and Tonya Harding fall thru
Looking back at WCW Spring Stampede PPV (1994, 1998, 2000)
Audio: Ric Flair's WCW Heavyweight Title win over Ricky Steamboat not acknowledged in the record books
Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995
Audio: After losing ECW Heavyweight Title to Sandman, Shane Douglas walks out of ECW Arena - wearing a WWF Monday Night Raw shirt
Brian Pillman released from hospital following serious auto accident
First televised Bi-Sexual wrestling angle? Beulah McGillicuddy cheats on Tommy Dreamer with Kimona Wanalea
Audio: WWF starts airing ridiculously stupid 'Reality-Check' spots during Raw episodes
Looking back at WWF IYH 14: Revenge Of The Taker
Scott Steiner arrested for threatening GA DOT Highway worker
Buff Bagwell suffers serious neck injury during tag team match on WCW Thunder
Brock Lesnar passes up Olympics and agrees to a deal with WWF
Audio: 'It Never Happened!'. Looking back at the night Chris Jericho def Triple H to win WWF Championship, only to have the decision reversed moments later
Audio: WWF Champion Triple H vs ECW Champion Tazz
Looking back at ECW Cyberslam 2000
Triple H regains IC Championship def Jeff Hardy
Looking back at WWF Backlash PPV (2002, 2004)
Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Triple H for WWF Undisputed Championship
Colt Cabana vs Eddie Guerrero vs CM Punk tear it up in IWA Mid South
Audio: Vince Russo replaces James Storm with AJ Styles against Jeff Jarrett (Cage Match for NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
Bloody Jim Ross on Raw leads to MA Rating on WWE Network
Audio: 'You Screwed Matt!' Fans let Lita and WWE know how they feel after Matt Hardy being fired following incident with Lita and Edge
Brock Lesnar and WWE settle 'no-compete' lawsuit following failed attempt at NFL career
Palmer Cannon requests release from WWE after incident involving Chris Benoit and JBL
WWE ends working relationship with developmental territory Deep South Wrestling
Austin Aries suspended for 90 days by TNA due to unprofessional behavior
Santino Marella makes WWE debut and wins IC Title
Looking back at WWE King Of The Ring (2008)
'Barack Obama' and 'Hillary Clinton' battle it out in WWE ring
WWE suspends Michael PS Hayes after incident involving Mark Henry and a racial slur
TNA launches their 'Cross The Line' campaign
Looking back at TNA Lockdown 2009, 2010
WWE airs Monday Night Smackdown?
WWE releases Shelton Benjamin, Mickie James, Katie Lea Burchill, Jesse, Mike Knox, Funaki, and Jimmy Wang Yang
Rob Van Dam def AJ Styles to win TNA Heavyweight Championship
WWE announces the creation of WWE Performance Center
E! announces the creation of WWE Reality TV Series: Total Divas
WWE sends Rosa Mendes home from European Tour due to personal issues
WWE Network releases 'Warrior: The Ultimate Legend' documentary
Takeshi Morishima abruptly retires due to complications involving diabetes
WWE airs idiotic commercial hyping 'Extreme Rules PPV (2016) by showing insects having sex
Samoa Joe def Finn Balor to win NXT Championship
Ring collapses on Raw during match between Braun Strowman and Big Show
Looking back at the 2018 WWE Superstar Shakeup featuring RAW, SmackDown and NXT
Bruno Sammartino passes away at 82
Looking back at WWE Fastlane 2019 PPV
Audio: Firefly Funhouse with Bray Wyatt, Abby The Witch and Mercy The Buzzard makes it WWE TV debut
Viking Experience (War Raiders) make their WWE main roster debut
Audio: Ivar speaks candid about Vince McMahon's horrible decision to change War Raiders name to Viking Experience
AEW signs Private Party
Audio: The Shield's Final Chapter: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose' final sit-down interview before Jon Moxley's departure
Anonymous WWE employee begs Florida officials to shut down WWE tapings due to the Pandemic
NXT defeats AEW Dynamite for a second consecutive week; but the demo!
Mark Carrano fired by WWE after Mickie James is shipped her locker room belongings in a trash bag
Tony Khan provides a very lame reason why AEW hasn't promoted their collab with Impact Wrestling (and Rebellion PPV) on AEW TV programming
Kenny Doane announces his retirement from in-ring competition
Pat McAfee makes his WWE TV Commentary debut for SmackDown
Liv Morgan scammed by a scammer pretending to be a fan who sold his home to a scammer pretending to be Liv Morgan. Got all that?
Audio: LA 'Don't call me Max Dupri Yet' Knight debuts 'Knight Male Models' (later changed to Maximum Male Models)
Ric Flair (73) posts video training in the ring with Jay Lethal which would later lead to Flair's 'Final Match'
Looking back at TNA/Impact Wrestling Rebellion PPV 2023, 2024
Ted Dibiase Jr arrested and charged with multiple federal crimes with punishment up to 120 years in prison
Ric Flair posts an awful picture smiling and posing next to extremely ill Steve 'Mongo McMichael' (battling ALS)
Audio: Chad Gable turns on Sami Zayn
Audio: Ludwig Kaiser turns on Giovanni Vinci
Audio: Broken Matt Hardy makes surprise return to TNA after being released from AEW
WWE begins the QR Code teasers which would eventually lead to Wyatt Sicks' WWE debut
WWE releases Eight including Indus Sher, Jinder Mahal, Von Wagner, Cameron Grimes XIA Li and others
Looking back at AEW Dynasty 2024 PPV
Josh Alexander signs with AEW and makes his in-ring debut
Audio: WWE announces the purchase of Lucha Libre Promotion AAA
Audio: WWE and Netflix reveal details on a new WWE reality show in development: WWE UNREAL
WWE officially retires WWE Universal Championship with Roman Reigns as its last Champion
Looking back at WWE WrestleMania 41
John Cena makes history winning a record 17th World Championship (at WrestleMania 41)
Audio: John Cena's serious and not so serious comments on winning a record 17th World Championship
And so much more!

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