This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 28: 7/9 – 7/15)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 28) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 7/9 thru 7/15. Running Time: 5 Hours 41 Minutes! 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 28 (7/9 - 7/15)
RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 41 MINUTES

• Black Saturday: TBS replaces Georgia Championship Wrestling programming with the World Wrestling Federation.
• Audio: Jim Cornette discusses "Black Saturday."
• Bruno Sammartino wrestles his last ever match at Madison Square Garden.
• Harley Race wins the 1986 WWF King of the Ring.
• Precious! Looking back at the time Ric Flair made out with a mannequin on World Championship Wrestling.
• The Ultimate Warrior (as Dingo Warrior) makes his WWF TV debut.
• "Dr. Death" Steve Williams captures the UWF Heavyweight Championship.
• Looking back at NWA Great American Bash '88.
• "We want Flair! We want Flair!" Looking back at WCW Great American Bash 1991.
• Looking back at WCW Great American Bash 1992.
• Vince McMahon folds the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF).
• Ric Flair wrestles in Charlotte, NC, for the first time as part of the WWF.
• Hulk Hogan takes the stand in the Vince McMahon steroid distribution trial and admits to years of steroid use.
• Looking back at ECW Heatwave 1995 and 1996.
• Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) wins the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament.
• The WWF releases Jack Tunney.
• Audio: Owen Hart & the British Bulldog vs. Steve Austin & Dude Love for the vacant WWF Tag Team Titles.
• The Nitro Girls debut on WCW Monday Nitro.
• Looking back at WCW Bash at the Beach 1997–2000.
• Looking back at the WCW LA Melee Pay-Per-Listen event from 1998.
• Audio: Two Clusterf***s for One: Chavo Guerrero Jr. "submits" to Stevie Ray, then shaves his own head in a Hair vs. Hair Match against Eddie Guerrero.
• The WWF debuts their internet webcast "Code-Red."
• The WWF announces the return of Jesse Ventura (then Minnesota Governor) to referee the main event of SummerSlam 1999.
• Audio: The WCW Junkyard Hardcore Invitational Match.
• Audio: Jeff Jarrett lays down for Hollywood Hulk Hogan, and the Vince Russo tirade that followed.
• Booker T becomes the second-ever Black Heavyweight Champion in WCW history.
• Looking back at the formation of the WCW/ECW Alliance: Audio #1: Tommy Dreamer makes his WWF debut and ECW reforms. Audio #2: Vince McMahon and the WWF form an "alliance" with Shane McMahon and WCW to battle ECW on Raw. Audio #3: WCW swerves the WWF and aligns with ECW, now owned by Stephanie McMahon.
• Kurt Angle sings "Jimmy Crack Corn."
• Audio: Eric Bischoff makes his WWE debut as General Manager of Raw.
• Audio: Kurt Angle and John Cena's Battle Rap!
• Looking back at the WWE Vengeance PPV 2004.
• UPN forces WWE to remove Muhammad Hassan from SmackDown programming.
• Audio: The Muhammad Hassan SmackDown promo that did not air on UPN.
• Audio: Matt Hardy calls into WWE Byte This! and confronts Lita.
• Brock Lesnar is stripped of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
• Looking back at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 2006.
• Looking back at ROH Death Before Dishonor IV 2006.
• Funeral services are held for Nancy and Daniel Benoit.
• Audio: Following the Benoit tragedy, the infamous appearance by Mr. Kennedy on Fox News and his denial of ever taking steroids.
• Jim Ross opens JR's Family BBQ Restaurant.
• WWE signs Teddy Hart to a developmental deal.
• Looking back at TNA Victory Road 2007, 2008, and 2010.
• Looking back at AAA TripleMania XV (2007).
• WWE releases Ashley Massaro.
• Superstar Billy Graham auctions off his WWE Hall of Fame ring on eBay.
• Bobby Lashley and Kid Kash sign with TNA.
• TNA announces the ECW reunion-themed event "Hardcore Justice."
• ABC cancels the "Downfall" game show hosted by Chris Jericho after only 5 episodes.
• Chasyn Rance is arrested for having sexual relations with a 15-year-old.
• Looking back at TNA Destination X 2011.
• TNA releases Matt and Nick Jackson (Generation Me), Matt Morgan, and Hernandez.
• Audio: The CM Punk and Vince McMahon "contract negotiation" from Raw (2011).
• Audio: Bray Wyatt makes his NXT debut.
• Bonus Audio: An early Bray Wyatt promo from FCW.
• Looking back at WWE Money in the Bank 2012 and 2013.
• Kharma and CM Punk are officially released by WWE.
• WWE announces a partnership with Tout.
• WWE opens the Performance Center.
• The GFW "invasion" of TNA draws only 135 fans to a 5,000+ seat stadium.
• Sasha Banks, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch make their WWE main roster debut.
• One week after TNA airs "The Final Deletion" at the Hardy Compound, WWE airs the Wyatt Family vs. New Day at the Wyatt Compound.
• Audio: Bonus Audio: The Wyatt Family challenges the New Day.
• Brock Lesnar defeats Mark Hunt at UFC 200, just to be suspended a week later for a doping violation.
• WWE's lame excuse for not suspending Brock Lesnar for his UFC doping violation.
• Looking back at WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017.
• Audio: Flashback to 2017 when LA Knight wrestled Blue Demon Jr in Miami, FL, as "El Hijo De Trump"!
• Looking back at the WWE Extreme Rules PPV 2018 and 2019.
• Looking back at New Japan Pro-Wrestling Dominion 2020.
• Audio: Vince McMahon welcomes back live fans in attendance for the first time on WWE TV in over a year since the beginning of the pandemic.
• Looking back at AEW Fyter F