Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 15th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 15, 1989) – WWF Royal Rumble 1989
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 15, 1989, the World Wrestling Federation aired the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 1989’ event LIVE on PPV from the The Summit in Houston, Texas.
This was the second (televised) Royal Rumble event in WWF history, but the first ever Royal Rumble that was held on Pay-per-view.
Here are the results:
Two-out-of-three falls: The Hart Foundation & Jim Duggan defeated The Fabulous Rougeaus & Dino Bravo
WWF Women’s Championship: Rockin’ Robin (c) defeated Judy Martin
King Of The Ring Crown & Cape: King Haku defeated Harley Race
Big John Studd won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
1/15/89: Finish to a fun opener between Harts/Duggan vs Rougeaus/Bravo to kick off Royal Rumble '89! pic.twitter.com/NAAXBtemB6
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) January 15, 2021
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 15, 1990) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 15, 1990, the World Wrestling Federation held an televised house show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event was televised on the MSG Network and featured Gorilla Monsoon & Hillbilly Jim on commentary.
The results can be found below:
The Genius defeated Jim Neidhart
The Powers of Pain defeated Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty
Al Perez defeated Paul Roma
Mr. Perfect (w/ the Genius) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan by DQ
Akeem (sub. for Bob Orton Jr. who was scheduled to return) defeated Bret Hart
Jimmy Snuka & Ron Garvin wrestled The Honkytonk Man & Greg Valentine to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Ted DiBiase defeated Jake Roberts by count-out
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 15, 1985) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 15, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Don Muraco defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Brutus Beefcake defeated Rick McGraw
Rene Goulet defeated Bret Hart
Ivan Putski defeated The Spoiler by DQ
Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas (sub. for The Tonga Kid) defeated Bob Orton Jr. & Paul Orndorff
Andre The Giant wrestled Big John Studd to a double-DQ
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