This Week In Wrestling History (Week Forty-Eight) 11/25 – 12/2

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 48 (11/25 – 12/2)RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 38 Minutes - Stan Stasiak def Pedro Morales to win WWWF Championship. DT addresses the ignorant treatment over the years by the internet towards 'The Man' and his title victory. - Antonio Inoki def Bob Backlund to win WWF Championship; a title reign not recognized by WWE. - Von Erichs def Freebirds and Ric Flair to win WCCW Six-Man Championship. - Looking back at Starrcade 85: The Gathering - Looking back at Starrcade 86: Night Of The Skywalkers - Audio: Highlights of Road Warriors vs Midnight Express Scaffold Math including a rare LOD promo and comments by Jim Cornette on his injuries suffered. - Audio: Shane Douglas wrestles on WWF Superstars (1990). - SNME 8 airs on NBC. - Looking back at Survivor Series 1991: The Gravest Challenge. - Looking back at WWF Tuesday In Texas. - Audio: Highlights of Undertaker def Hulk Hogan to win WWF Championship for first time - just to lose it back to the Hulkster a few days later - just to have the title then vacated until Royal Rumble. - Audio: Ric Flair first WWF PPV match ends in a sudden clusterfu**. - Audio: Memorable Ric Flair promo from Survivor Series. - Audio: Rare clip only seen in NY: Vince McMahon video editorial on Phil Mushnick and NY Post over their coverage of the 1994 steroid trial. - Looking back at ECW November To Remember 1997. - Audio: Stephanie McMahon makes her first ever appearance on Monday Night Raw. - TV Guide debuts 'Signature Covers'. Four custom TV guide covers featuring Austin, Goldberg, Hogan, and Undertaker. - Audio: Test / Stephanie Raw Wedding nixed as Triple H marries a drugged unconscious Stephanie McMahon. - Audio: Stephanie McMahon Smackdown promo on unwillingly 'marrying' Triple H. - Audio: Scott Hall and Kevin Nash throw the WCW TV Title in the trash. - WCW Nitro cage match main event featuring Sid/Goldberg vs Hall/Nash vs Bret Hart/Chris Benoit w/ Roddy Piper as guest referee. - Looking back at UK exclusive WWF Rebellion PPV (2000). - ECW holds their next to last ever PPV, Massacre On 34th Street. - Memories of rare NY indy match involving Eddie Guerrero (vs Low Ki). - World Wrestling All-Stars invades Belfast, Ireland. - Memories of the last ever wrestling event at 'Madhouse of Extreme', the Elks Lodge (Queens NY). USA Pro Wrestling 'End Of An Era': The one and only event Don Tony and The Masked Maniac teamed up for. So how did it do? - Looking back at Survivor Series 2005. - Audio: TNA Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash and Voodoo Kin Mafia crash a WWE House Show. - Looking back at one of the worst WWE PPV's of all time: WWE December To Dismember (2006). - Audio: A tearful Paul Heyman cuts his last promo before resigning and leaving WWE (2006). - Audio: Samoa Joe shoots on Scott Hall no showing TNA Turning Point PPV. - Audio: Kevin Nash, and Samoa Joe speak on the 'shoot', backstage incident, and more. - WWE signs 2008 Playboy Model Of The Year, Jillian Beyor. - Audio: The Miz vs Jerry Lawler in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for WWE Championship. - Sheamus wins 2010 King Of The Ring Tournament. - Kaitlyn wins NXT Season Three. - WWE releases MVP. - Mick Foley (while employed by TNA) heavily criticizes TNA in memorable 2010 interview. - John Morrison wrestles last WWE match before being released. - Audio: Memorable Pipers Pit featuring Roddy Piper interviewing John Cena. - Never forget: WWE debuts then immediately yanks new Sin Cara shirt due to a hilarious graphics faux pa (Now known as the Sin Cara Boner Shirt). - WWE releases Thomas Latimer (aka Bram) after being charged with assaulting a Police Officer. - Audio: The interview that led to numerous lawsuits. CM Punk interviewed on Art Of Wrestling Podcast (EP 226). - Audio: Vince McMahon appears on Stone Cold Podcast (WWE Network) and apologizes to CM Punk.  - New Day make their WWE debut. - Audio: Sheamus forms the League Of Nations. - WWE surveys WWE fans disgruntled over Raw product. Have they addressed anything since this 2015 Survey? - Audio: Broken Matt surprise video appearance from ROH Final Battle (2016). - WWE premieres 205 Live on WWE Network. - RIP Hype Bros: Mojo Rawley turns on Zack Ryder. - And so much more! https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/prowrestlingwebcast/S2E48TWIWH20181201.mp3 to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S1 E48 (11/25 – 12/2)  === CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE (2004-2024) WITH THIS NEWLY RELEASED 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHIRT! http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dontony for DTKC Pro Wrestling Tees Store  http://www.tinyurl.com/dtkcmerch for DTKC Merchandise Store (Shirts, Mugs and more!) ==== Remember: DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW streams LIVE every MONDAY NIGHT at 10:15PM after WWE RAW at http://www.dtkcdiscord.com/ ==== DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE *PATREON* AND *YOUTUBE CHANNEL MEMBERSHIPS: You can send additional support for Don Tony And Kevin Castle and help grow the brand, by becoming a member of DT/KC PATREON and/or YOUTUBE CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP FAMILY. Don Tony and Kevin Castle's PATREON has been around for over seven years! 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