• Old School WWF Legend Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW/WWF Legend “Faarooq” Ron Simmons celebrates his 60th birthday today. DAMN!
WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts made him the first ever black World Heavyweight Champion in 1992, before Simmons joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1996 as Faarooq Asaad.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON SIMMONS!
• OLD SCHOOL VIDEO HISTORY (May 15, 1993) – Giant Gonzalez vs. Tatanka
On this day in 1993, the World Wrestling Federation aired a King of The Ring Qualifying match between Giant Gonzalez and Tatanka.
You can watch that match right here:
• OLD SCHOOL VIDEO HISTORY (May 15, 1993) – Hulk Hogan Interview
On this day in 1993, the World Wrestling Federation aired an interview that Mean Gene Okerlund conducted with WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan on the set of ‘Thunder In Paradise’.
You can watch the interview below:
• SmackDown Champion Suffers Injury?
It looks like SmackDown Live’s United States Champion Jeff Hardy might have suffered a knee injury during a dark match with The Miz after the 205 Live tapings (which took place after the SmackDown Live tapings).
Below are some tweets from fans in attendance:
Jeff Hardy noticeably limping in dark match on #SDLive. Doctor has come from the back to check on him. #WWE #WWELondon
— Matthew Shaw (@mattshaw32) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/vayerism/status/996489325071216641
https://twitter.com/wwesignquest/status/996490123608055816
https://twitter.com/Jamie_Exactly/status/996490270257700864
Jeff Hardy limping a lot before and after his dark match with The Miz 🙄 #SDLive #WWElondon
— Run-in Ryan (@runinwrestling) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/James_Milne/status/996492481419186176
No spoilers but Jeff Hardy may well be injured. See what happens with that one but he looked injured for most of the match and the doctor checked him over after the dark match with The Miz. Disappointed not to see Rusev, The Usos or Samoa Joe.
— #FuckCovid19 (@Wrestle316UK) May 15, 2018
Below is the possibly the spot where Hardy might have injured himself:
https://twitter.com/BulletClubItal/status/996489601865932802
https://twitter.com/WWENewsMafia/status/996628371516870656
