Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on May 15th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 15, 1993) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 15, 1993, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF King of the Ring 1993’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
Virgil defeated the Brooklyn Brawler
Bob Backlund defeated Damien Demento
Tatanka defeated Razor Ramon
Yokozuna defeated Jim Duggan
Bret Hart defeated Lex Luger by DQ
Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Kamala
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 15, 1987) – WWF Houston House Show *DiBiase Joins The WWF*
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 15, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas.
The event was taped and featured Paul Boesch & Peter Birkholz on commentary.
This show featured Ted DiBiase joining the World Wrestling Federation.
The results can be found here:
Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated the Shadows
WWF Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Angie Minnelli
The One Man Gang defeated Scrub
Tito Santana defeated Butch Reed
Demolition defeated Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
Sam Houston defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
Nikolai Volkoff defeated Jim Duggan
WWF IC Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage
5/15/87:
Here’s a bit of the Savage/Steamboat rematch in Houston. pic.twitter.com/8P1Rv1f2rD
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) May 15, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 15, 1984) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 15, 1984, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Loring Arena in Framingham, Massachusetts.
This live event included matches featuring the 1984 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Brian Blair defeated Fred Marzino
Salvatore Bellomo wrestled Terry Daniels to a draw
The Iron Sheik defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
Roddy Piper & Mr. Fuji (sub. for Paul Orndorff) defeated Ivan Putski & Tony Garea
Bob Backlund defeated David Schultz by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 15, 1980) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 15, 1980, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show in Dover, New Hampshire.
This live event included matches featuring the 1980 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Johnny Rodz wrestled Fred Marzino to a draw
Bobby Duncum defeated Pete Doherty
Larry Zbyszko defeated Rene Goulet
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Jose Estrada
WWF IC Champion Ken Patera wrestled Pat Patterson to a draw
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