This Week In Wrestling History (Season 4 Episode 40: 10/1 – 10/7)

Enjoy this episode (Season 4 Episode 40) of This Week In Wrestling History covering the week of 10/1 thru 10/7. Running Time: 5 Hours 39 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 40 (10/1 - 10/7)

RUNNING TIME: 5 HOURS 39 MINUTES

Ken Patera retires from powerlifting to become a pro wrestler. A plane carrying Ric Flair, Johnny Valentine, Tim Woods, and others crashes in Wilmington, NC. AUDIO: Ric Flair's detailed account of the plane crash The first incarnation of The Midnight Express defeats the Rock 'n' Roll Express to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship. The Dynamic Duo (Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams) lose a Hair vs. Hair match against Kevin and Kerry Von Erich. AUDIO: Highlights of Uncle Elmer's wedding from Saturday Night's Main Event: Joyce is pelted in the head with trash, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura loves it! Rockin' Robin becomes the last WWF Women's Champion before the title is deactivated (for the first time) in 1990. Chris Jericho and Lance Storm make their pro wrestling debuts—against each other! Looking back at WWF "The Battle Royal" from London, England AUDIO: Terry Funk vs. Jimmy Snuka for the ECW TV Title main event at the first NWA/ECW event booked by Paul Heyman Vince McMahon sends "Macho Man" Randy Savage to the USWA to face Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. AUDIO: "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Vince McMahon USWA promos AUDIO: Memorable Cactus Jack ECW promo on Tommy Dreamer and his dreams of going to WCW AUDIO: Steve Austin cuts his first anti-WCW promo on ECW TV Steve Austin makes his first ECW house show appearance. Looking back at ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1996 AUDIO: HBK and The Undertaker battle in the first-ever Hell in a Cell match, plus the memorable debut of Kane AUDIO: A controversial interview between Vince McMahon and Melanie Pillman, just one day after the death of Brian Pillman AUDIO: Jim Cornette's first of several memorable "shoots" on RAW AUDIO: Faarooq cuts a great promo on Steve Austin Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara leave WWF for WCW just days after the Austin/Zamboni and The Rock "This Is Your Life" segments. AUDIO: After having his leg injured by Kane and The Undertaker, Vince McMahon has three memorable hospital visits (featuring Mick Foley, t