This Week In Wrestling History (Week Thirty-Nine) 9/23 – 9/29

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 39 (9/23 – 9/29)RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 17 Minutes - WWWF Championship Belt stolen from Bruno Sammartino's car. - First WWWF Showdown At Shea Stadium featuring a 75 Minute main event match between Bruno vs Pedro Morales. - Audio: Jim Cornette makes his managerial debut. - Audio: Memorable Memphis match ends in a brawl: Stan Hansen & Jesse Ventura vs Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol. - Looking back at AWA Superclash '85: Night Of Champions. - First time ever: Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan - Rick McGraw's last feud (vs Roddy Piper) before his death begins. - Audio: Battle Of The Talk Shows: Pipers Pit vs The Flower Shop. - Audio: Ronnie Garvin def Ric Flair for NWA Heavyweight Title. - Bonus Audio: Ronnie Garvin speaks candidly on the title win, and Ric Flair's first promo after losing the title. - Kerry Von Erich sentenced in prescription forgery arrest. - Tatanka loses USWA Title back to Jerry Lawler, then loses his undefeated streak against Ludvig Borga, then is 'injured' by Yokozuna. Not a good week. - Audio: Vince McMahon sends Macho Man to take out Jerry Lawler and USWA Title. (Promos by Macho Man and Vince). - Shawn Michaels walks out of WWF and is stripped of IC Title. - Bonus Audio: Shawn Michaels speaks on walking out of WWF in 1993. - Brian Christopher and The Rock 'n Roll Express make their WWF debuts. - Audio: Terry Funk vs Jimmy Snuka for ECW TV Title main event's first NWA/ECW event booked by Paul Heyman. - Audio: Fake Razor Ramon and Fake Diesel in ring WWF debut, with Jim Ross on commentary. - Scott Hall arrested outside a strip club which leads to ex wife Dana ripping WCW for using him while battling serious alcohol problems. - Looking back at WWF In Your House: Breakdown PPV (1998). - Audio: Christian makes his WWF debut. - Audio: Kane and Undertaker def Steve Austin for WWF Title. - Audio: Steve Austin and a Zamboni ruin Vince McMahon, Kane, and Undertaker's Title Award Ceremony. - Audio: Vince backs out his deal with Kane and Undertaker, gets caught giving them the finger, then has his leg broken. - Audio: First time and only time ever 1 on 1 match: Hulk Hogan vs Bret Hart main event Nitro. - Looking back at WWF Unforgiven PPV (1999) - Audio: Remembering the disaster: Al Snow vs Big Boss Man 'Kennel From Hell Match'. - 'This Is Your Life: The Rock' hosted by Mick Foley scores a record 8.4 rating. - Audio: '1, 2, It Doesn't Matter If The Rock Counts To 3!' - Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara leave WWF for WCW just days after Austin/Zamboni, The Rock This Is Your Life segments. - WCW airs a Sprite Soda commercial featuring Sting 'beating up' a 10 year old kid at home. - Psychosis loses a Mask vs Hair Match against Kidman on Nitro. - Audio: Sid Vicious finds his rental car crushed by Goldberg. - First episode of Raw on TNN (previously USA Network) airs. - Audio: Vince Russo wins WCW Heavyweight Title from Booker T on Nitro. - Looking back at the last ECW PPV while under TNN TV deal: Anarchy Rulz 2000. - Released from WWE: Mike Awesome, Justin Credible, Shawn Stasiak, Horace Hogan, Kid Kash, Jillian Hall, Danny Inferno, Kevin Matthews and others. - TNA stars Andy Douglas and Johnny Devine stabbed outside a Nashville Nightclub. - Last episode of Raw airs on Spike TV (before jump back to USA Network). - Dolph Ziggler makes his first WWE appearance as the caddy for Kerwin White. - Cowboy Bob Orton wrestles on Smackdown; first match since 1987. - Audio: CM Punk debut match in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). - TNA makes their debut on Spike TV. - Bob Holly needs 24 stiches to his back after ECW (WWF) Extreme Rules match against Rob Van Dam. - Vickie Guerrero vacates and retires the Cruiserweight Title held by Hornswoggle. - Smackdown airs for the last time on CW Network (before the move to MyNetworkTV). - Looking back at WWE Smackdown Special: Decade Of Smackdown. - Ric Flair Robe becomes first ever pro wrestling item to enter the Smithsonian Institute. - Audio: Drew McIntyre makes his WWE in ring debut. - Bryan Danielson makes his last ROH appearance before jumping to WWE. - Bret Hart wrestles last ever match in MSG. - WWE introduces the new Tag Team Titles: 'The Penny Belts'. - Edge destroys the annoying Anonymous Raw GM Laptop. - Smackdown debuts on Syfy Network. - WWE signs Miroslav Barnyashev (Rusev), Pac (Neville), and Sara del Rey. - The shortest Hell In The Cell Match in history happens post Raw (5 Minutes) and CM Punk isn't thrilled about it. - Audio: Hulk Hogan quits Dixie Carter and TNA. - Asuka makes her NXT debut. - The night after Enzo Amore winning the Cruiserweight Title from Neville, Raw had Neville, Braun Strowman and the entire Cruiserweight division, destroy Enzo. - Neville wrestles last 205 Live match before walking out company. - And so much more! https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/prowrestlingwebcast/S2E39TWIWH20190929.mp3 to download the AUDIO episode of THIS WEEK IN WRESTLING HISTORY S1 E39 (9/23 – 9/29)  === Remember: DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW streams LIVE every MONDAY NIGHT at 11:15PM after WWE RAW at http://www.dtkcdiscord.com/   ==== DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE *PATREON* AND *YOUTUBE CHANNEL MEMBERSHIPS* Since we don't use sponsors, 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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