DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW

Back by Popular Demand! 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: S2 E36 (09/03 - 09/09)

• Giant Baba def Harley Race for NWA Heavyweight Title - just to lose it back to Race days later
• Wild Samoans win WWWF Tag Titles (Vacated by Backlund & Morales)
• Looking back at WCCW Labor Day Star Wars 1983, 1984, 1987
• Georgia Championship Wrestling regains WTBS Studios
• Looking back at 1987 and 1991 King Of The Ring
• Looking back at WCW Clash Of Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90
• Sting defeats The Black Scorpion. Or does he? 
• NWA strips Ric Flair of World Heavyweight Championship
• Audio: Ric Flair makes his memorable WWF debut. Highlights of Prime Time Wrestling promo, debut match, and the incident with Roddy Piper. Vince McMahon gets physically involved in a segment for the first time ever
• Audio: Sgt Slaughter wants his country back
• WCW airs first ever episode of Monday Nitro
• Audio: Lex Luger makes surprise appearance on first ever episode of WCW Monday Nitro and confronts Hulk Hogan
• Audio: Eric Bischoff speaks on rehiring of Lex Luger and historic importance of his Nitro appearance
• WWF airs special Friday Night Raw
• Shawn Michaels appears in Playgirl Magazine
• Audio: Jim Ross announces imminent return of Razor Ramon and Diesel to WWF 
• Audio: NWO Shirts officially go on sale & Scott Hall proclaims he is NWO For Life
• Looking back at WWF In Your House 17: Ground Zero
• Audio: Womens history made on Raw: Tori vs Ivory in the first ever Womens Hardcore Match for Womens Title 
• Audio: Val Venis and Big Show urinate on GTV: 'And they call you The Big Show?!'
• Audio: Howard Finkel vs Tony Chimmel Tuxedo Match 
• Audio: Rock and Mankind vs Big Show and Undertaker Buried Alive match with lots of interference from Austin, Kane, Triple H and more 
• Audio: WCW holds complicated Battle Royal on Nitro with a 'Can't Blame It On Russo' result
• Eddie Guerrero def Chyna and Kurt Angle to win IC Title
• Rhino def Kid Kash to become last ever ECW World TV Champion 
• Audio: Kurt Angle kidnaps Steve Austin and throws him into a Pool 
• Audio: Christian turns on Edge
• Audio: Steven Richards vs Undertaker leads to WWF debut of Kronik 
• Looking back at NWATNA One Penny 2003
• Audio: Brock Lesnar cuts promo of his career while attacking and throwing Zach Gowen down a long flight of stairs 
• ROH 'Beating The Odds' featuring Raven vs CM Punk: Clockwork Orange House Of Fun Match
• WWE tapes first episode of Friday Night Smackdown to dismal ratings
• TNA releases Andrew 'Test' Martin after one match due to substance abuse issues and more
• Audio: Adam Pacman Jones' awful TNA Tag Title reign begins
• Audio: Hornswoggle revealed as Vince McMahon's bastard son
• The Wrestler wins 2008 Golden Lion Award at Venice Film Festival
• Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness leave ROH for WWE. One would sign with WWE while the other fails a physical but signs with TNA 
• Audio: Bob Barker hosts 'The Price Is Raw'
• Audio: CM Punk impersonates Jeff Hardy and cuts memorable 'straight edge' promo 
• Memphis Championship Wrestling closes its doors
• Bret Hart makes his WWE Raw return in almost 15 years
• Audio: Jerry Lawler suffers Heart Attack during Raw. Includes clips from Raw, comments from Michael Cole and a controversial interview between Steve Austin and Jerry Lawler
• Lucha Underground tapes its first ever episode. 2014
• WWE signs Asuka
• Sting destroys Seth Rollins' statue inside a garbage truck 
• Audio: Gallows and Anderson introduce 'The Old Day'
• And so much more!

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