Jan 31, 2025
Updated For 2025! This Week In Wrestling History
(Season 3 Week 5) covering the period of 1/29 thru 2/4. Running
Time: 4 Hours 56 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
56 Minutes
Hosted by Don
Tony
SYNOPSIS: S3 E5 (01/29 - 02/04)
- Looking back at Royal Rumble PPV 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2017, 2021, 2022 (with audio clips)
- Andre The Giant makes memorable appearance as 'Bigfoot' on the
Six Million Dollar Man.
- Audio: Lee Majors tells a drinking story about Andre The Giant
on the Six Million Dollar Man set in 1976.
- NWA airs the special 'Superstars On The Superstation' on
TBS.
- Miss Elizabeth knocked out unconscious and The Mega-Powers
(Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage) split (from WWF Main Event
#2).
- Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XIV: Dixie
Dynamite.
- Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura star in the Movie Pilot 'Tag
Team' on NBC.
- Audio: Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura look back at discuss the
filming of Tag Team.
- Lex Luger makes WWF Monday Night Raw debut.
- Looking back at ECW 'The Night The Line Was Crossed' and the
historic 'Three Way Dance' between Terry Funk vs Sabu vs Shane
Douglas (1994).
- Looking back at ECW 'Double Tables' event (1995).
- A day in the life of a hardcore ECW fan (DT): Looking back at
ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast (1996) which DT attended then walked
home two hours in the snow.
- Looking back at ECW Crossing The Line Again (1997).
- Audio: Paul Heyman announces first ever ECW PPV to air in April
1997.
- WCW presents Pay-Per-Listen event 'Boston Brawl' (1998).
- Audio: Sample of Real Media streaming WCW used for PPL
events.
- Audio: DX presents the 'State Of The Union' (Curse Words)
Speech from Raw - Censored and Uncensored versions.
- New Age Outlaws push a Dumpster with Cactus Jack and Terry Funk
inside off the stage during Raw.
- Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown '98.
- Audio: WWF Halftime Heat: The Rock (c) vs Mankind Empty Arena
Match for WWF Championship.
- Audio: Random memorable Ric Flair promo from WCW Nitro.
- Audio: Hulk Hogan talks gibberish on Nitro with Chuck
Zito.
- WCW nixes Kornberg, err Goldberg acting role on upcoming
episode of ER.
- Anniversary of WWF and NBC teaming up to announce the formation
of the XFL Football League.
- Audio: The Radicals (Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Saturn) show up
on Monday Night Raw.
- Audio: Hervina (Harvey Whippleman) def The Cat in a Lumber Jill
Snow Bunny Match to win the Women's Championship.
- Kurt Angle suffers first pinfall in WWE career.
- Audio: Highlights from Week One of XFL along with rare post
game Press Conference with Vince McMahon.
- Women Of Wrestling (WOW) holds their first and only PPV,
Unleashed.
- Audio: Vince attempts to 'buy out' Ric Flair in front of a
great energetic crowd.
- Audio: The Brian Kendrick makes a musical WWE debut.
- Looking back at the moment Vince McMahon tore both quads during
Royal Rumble PPV.
- Audio: Randy Orton says Eddie Guerrero is in hell.
- Brock Lesnar makes his UFC debut against Frank Mir (UFC
81).
- Bobby Lashley quits WWE.
- Jack Swagger suffers first loss in WWE.
- Controversy erupts online after Kelly Kelly claims in radio
interview that Bra And Panties matches will not be back and WWE
will remain PG.
- WWE continues transition to Permanent PG by renaming some
wrestling moves (ie: Cena FU to Attitude Adjustment).
- Highspots becomes the authorized agent for Ric Flair.
- Audio: John Cena tells TMZ that Chyna has a 'Fruit
Basket'.
- Audio: Vince McMahon announces the cancellation of ECW in lieu
of a new program - NXT.
- Shaved head Undertaker returns to Raw wearing a horrendous
Halloween wig.
- Rumor of WWE debuting a new Cruiserweight Show on WWE Network
gains traction.
- Audio: Bret Hart 4/10 is born.
- Maxim debuts a new advice column hosted by Iron Sheik.
- Looking back at TNA Impact 500.
- Audio: Seth Rollins meets his 'destroyer' as Samoa Joe makes
Raw debut.
- Akira Tozawa makes 205 Live debut.
- Audio: After abrupt firing of Enzo Amore, Drake Maverick
becomes first ever GM for 205 Live and announces tournament to
crown next Cruiserweight Champion.
- Jon Moxley declines to re-sign with WWE
- Jeff Jarrett signs with WWE as a backstage producer and on-air
talent
- Audio: Looking back at WWE/NXT Halftime Heat 2019
- Shotzi Blackheart selling pictures of her morning poop?
- Audio: Young Bucks offer AEW contracts to Lucha Bros during an
indy wrestling event
- Audio: Priscilla Kelly (GiGi Dolin) intentionally vomits on her
opponent during tag team match with Darby Allin
- Audio: David Arquette challenges CM Punk to an MMA fight
- WWE re-signs Edge to a sweetheart deal thanks to AEW?
- Roman Reigns and Sasha Banks star in a Pizza Hut
Commercial
- Braun Strowman wins his first WWE singles Title
- Jazwares announces creation of first ever AEW wrestling
figures
- Audio: Jim Cornette ends decades long friendship with Dave
Meltzer over Kenny Omega
- Wrestling media incorrectly teases Christopher Daniels as the
Dark Order's Exalted One
- WWE Co-Presidents Michelle Wilson and George Barrios leave
WWE
- Tessa Blanchard and Taya Valkyrie make Impact and pro wrestling
history
- Nikki Bella and Brie Bella both get pregnant
- RIP to AEW's Nightmare Collective
- Austin Aries leaves Twitter for mental health reasons and has
yet to return
- Audio: Memorable match between CM Punk vs MJF on AEW
Dynamite
- Knockouts Champion Mickie James kicks off the WWE/TNA Forbidden
Door
- Sami Zayn crashes Johnny Knoxville's 'Jackass Forever' Red
Carpet Premiere
- Davey Richards records an adult video for his wife - which ends
up airing on a Gay XXX website
- Looking back at NXT Vengeance Day 2023
- AEW announces the launch of 'House Rules (house shows); which
lasts just a few months and has never returned
- Photo of Ricky Starks with Cody Rhodes at 2023 Royal Rumble
goes viral
- Audio: "The Hug": The Rock interrupts Cody Rhodes' WrestleMania
40 Challenge to Roman Reigns which ultimately leads to the 'We Want
Cody' movement
- And so much more!
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