1995 in professional wrestling

List of years in professional wrestling

1995 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

January

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
NJPW Battle 7 January 4 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 52,500
WWF Royal Rumble (1995) January 22 USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida 10,000

February

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW Double Tables February 4 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,000
WCW SuperBrawl V February 19 Baltimore Arena Baltimore 13,390
ECW Return of the Funker February 25 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,150

March

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WCW Uncensored (1995) March 19 Tupelo Coliseum Tupelo, Mississippi 5,782
CMLL Salvador Lutteroth Trios Tournament March 24 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A.[1]

April

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WWF WrestleMania XI April 2 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut 16,305
CMLL 39. Aniversario de Arena México April 7 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A[2]
CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa April 7 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A[3]
ECW Three Way Dance April 8 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania N/A
ECW Hostile City Showdown (1995) April 15 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,150
WCW Collision in Korea April 28–29 May Day Stadium Pyongyang, North Korea Day 1: 165,000[4]
Day 2: 190,000[5]

May

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku (1995) May 3 Fukuoka Dome Fukuoka, Japan 52,000
FMW FMW 6th Anniversary Show May 5 Kawasaki Stadium Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 58,250
ECW Enter Sandman May 13 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania N/A
WWF In Your House 1 May 14 Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse, New York 7,000[6]
WCW Slamboree (1995) May 21 Bayfront Arena St. Petersburg, Florida 7,000

June

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
AAA Triplemanía III-A June 10 Plaza de Toros de la Concordia Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico 10,000
ECW Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams June 17 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania N/A
AAA Triplemanía III-B June 18 Río Nilo Coliseum Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico 19,500
WCW The Great American Bash (1995) June 18 Hara Arena Dayton, Ohio 6,000
WWF King of the Ring (1995) June 25 CoreStates Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16,590[7]
AAA Triplemanía III-C June 30 Convention Center Madero, Mexico 16,300

July

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW Hardcore Heaven (1995) July 1 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,150
CMLL International Gran Prix July 7 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A[8]
CWA Euro Catch Festival in Graz (1995) July 8 Eisstadion Liebenau Graz, Austria 3,000
ECW Heat Wave (1995) July 15 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,000
WCW Bash at the Beach (1995) July 16 The Beach Huntington Beach, California 9,500[9]
WWF In Your House 2 July 23 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee 6,482[10]

August

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW Wrestlepalooza (1995) August 5 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,150
WWC WWC 22nd Aniversario August 13 N/A Caguas, Puerto Rico N/A
WWF SummerSlam (1995) August 27 Pittsburgh Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 18,062[11]

September

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
CMLL Second Generation Tag Team Tournament September 1 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A[12]
WCW Fall Brawl (1995) September 17 Asheville Civic Center Asheville, North Carolina 6,600
ECW Gangstas Paradise September 19 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,175
CMLL CMLL 62nd Anniversary Show September 22 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A[13]
WWF In Your House 3 September 24 Saginaw Civic Center Saginaw, Michigan 5,146[14]

October

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WWF In Your House 4 October 22 Winnipeg Arena Winnipeg, Manitoba 10,339
CMLL Copa de Oro October 26 Arena Coliseo Mexico City, Mexico N/A[15]
WCW Halloween Havoc (1995) October 29 Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan 13,000

November

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW November to Remember (1995) November 18 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,150
WWF Survivor Series (1995) November 19 USAir Arena Landover, Maryland 14,500
WCW World War 3 (1995) November 26 Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia 12,000

December

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW December to Dismember December 9 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,000
CWA Euro Catch Festival in Bremen (1995) December 16 Stadthalle Bremen Bremen, Germany 5,000
WWF In Your House 5 December 17 Hersheypark Arena Hershey, Pennsylvania 7,289[16][17][18]
FMW Year End Spectacular (1995) December 21 Bunka Gym Yokohama, Japan 58,250
FMW Yamato Nadeshiko II December 22 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WCW Starrcade (1995) December 27 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee 8,200
ECW Holiday Hell (1995) December 29 Lost Battalion Hall Queens, New York 1,283

Accomplishments and tournaments

WCW

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Slim Jim Challenge Paul Orndorff May 27
WCW United States Championship Tournament Sting June 18
World War 3 Randy Savage November 26

WCW Hall of Fame

Inductee
Wahoo McDaniel
Dusty Rhodes
Antonio Inoki
Angelo Poffo
Terry Funk
Big John Studd
Gordon Solie

WWF

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Royal Rumble Shawn Michaels January 22
WWF Tag Team Championship Tournament The 1–2–3 Kid and Bob Holly January 22
King of the Ring Mabel June 25

WWF Hall of Fame

Category Inductee Inducted by
Individual Antonino Rocca Diesel
"Big Cat" Ernie Ladd Bobo Brazil
George "The Animal" Steele Doink the Clown
Ivan Putski Scott Putski
The Fabulous Moolah Alundra Blayze
The Grand Wizard Sgt. Slaughter
Pedro Morales Savio Vega

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Diesel
PWI Tag Team of the Year Harlem Heat
(Booker T and Stevie Ray)
PWI Match of the Year Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XI)
PWI Feud of the Year Axl Rotten vs. Ian Rotten
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Shawn Michaels
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Jerry Lawler
PWI Comeback of the Year Randy Savage
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Diamond Dallas Page
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Barry Horowitz
PWI Rookie of the Year Alex Wright
PWI Lifetime Achievement Ricky Steamboat
PWI Editor's Award Jim Cornette

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Mitsuharu Misawa
Most Outstanding Manami Toyota
Feud of the Year Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko
Tag Team of the Year Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi
Most Improved Johnny B. Badd
Best on Interviews Cactus Jack

Notable incidents

Title changes

ECW

Incoming champion – Shane Douglas
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 15 The Sandman Hostile City Showdown
October 28 Mikey Whipwreck Live event
December 9 The Sandman December to Dismember
Incoming champion – Dean Malenko
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 18 2 Cold Scorpio ECW Hardcore TV
April 8 Eddie Guerrero Three Way Dance
July 21 Dean Malenko ECW Hardcore TV
July 28 Eddie Guerrero ECW Hardcore TV
August 25 2 Cold Scorpio Live event
December 29 Mikey Whipwreck Holiday Hell This was a match where Scorpio put both his World Television Championship and the ECW World Tag Team Championship held by Scorpio and The Sandman on the line.
Incoming champions – The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 4 The Dangerous Alliance
(Sabu and The Tazmaniac)
Double Tables
February 25 The Triple Threat
(Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko)
Return of the Funker
April 8 The Public Enemy
(Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock)
Three Way Dance
June 30 Raven and Stevie Richards Hardcore TV #115
September 19 The Pitbulls
(Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2)
Gangstas Paradise
October 7 Raven and Stevie Richards Hardcore TV #131
October 7 The Public Enemy
(Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock)
Hardcore TV #131
October 28 2 Cold Scorpio and The Sandman Hardcore TV #133
December 29 Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck Holiday Hell

FMW

FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Atsushi Onita
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 21 Mr. Pogo FMW
May 4 Atsushi Onita FMW
May 5 Vacant 6th Anniversary Show
June 27 Hayabusa FMW
June 27 Vacant FMW
September 26 The Gladiator FMW
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – W*ING Alliance (Mr. Pogo and The Gladiator)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 24 Atsushi Onita and Mr. Gannosuke FMW
March 7 W*ING Alliance
(Mr. Pogo and The Gladiator)
FMW
May 5 Lethal Weapon
(Ricky Fuji and Hisakatsu Oya)
6th Anniversary Show
September 5 Daisuke Ikeda and Yoshiaki Fujiwara Grand Slam Tour
December 21 Lethal Weapon
(Ricky Fuji and Hisakatsu Oya)
Year End Spectacular
FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ricky Fuji
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 6 Hideki Hosaka House show
March 30 Koji Nakagawa House show
Unknown Vacated N/A
November 20 Koji Nakagawa House show
FMW Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Vacant
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 30 Bad Nurse Nakamura FMW
May 5 Megumi Kudo 6th Anniversary Show
November 20 Shark Tsuchiya FMW
December 10 Combat Toyoda FMW

NJPW

Incoming champion – Shinya Hashimoto
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 3 Keiji Mutoh Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Incoming champions – The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 6 Vacant N/A
June 10 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
Fighting Spirit Legend
July 7 Vacant N/A
July 13 Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto Battle Final 1994
Incoming champion – Jushin Thunder Liger
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 19 Koji Kanemoto Live event
May 3 Sabu Wrestling Dontaku 1995
June 14 Koji Kanemoto Live event

WCW

Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 29 The Giant Halloween Havoc
November 6 Vacated Nitro
November 26 Randy Savage World War 3
December 27 Ric Flair Starrcade
Incoming champion – Vader
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 25 Vacated Saturday Night Vader was stripped of the title by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel for hospitalizing Dave Sullivan one week prior
June 18 Sting The Great American Bash Defeated Meng in a tournament final
November 13 Kensuke Sasaki WCW World in Japan
December 27 One Man Gang Starrcade Won in a post-PPV dark match. Although the match was restarted and Kensuke Sasaki subsequently retained the title, it was never acknowledged by WCW, nor is it acknowledged by WWE
Incoming champion – Johnny B. Badd
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 8 Arn Anderson Main Event
June 18 The Renegade The Great American Bash
September 17 Diamond Dallas Page Fall Brawl
October 29 Johnny B. Badd Halloween Havoc
Incoming champions – Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 21 The Nasty Boys
(Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs)
Slamboree
May 3 Harlem Heat
(Booker T and Stevie Ray)
WorldWide Aired on tape delay on June 24.
June 21 Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck Saturday Night Aired on tape delay on June 24.
September 17 Harlem Heat
(Booker T and Stevie Ray)
Fall Brawl
September 18 The American Males
(Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs)
Nitro
September 27 Harlem Heat
(Booker T and Stevie Ray)
Saturday Night Aired on tape delay on October 28.

WWF

Incoming champion – Diesel
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 19 Bret Hart Survivor Series It was a No Disqualification Match for the WWF Championship.
Incoming champion – Razor Ramon
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 22 Jeff Jarrett Royal Rumble
April 26 Vacant WWF Action Zone Held up when match between Jeff Jarrett and Bob "Spark Plug" Holly ended in controversy
April 26 Jeff Jarrett WWF Action Zone Aired on tape delay on May 7
May 19 Razor Ramon House show
May 21 Jeff Jarrett House show
July 23 Shawn Michaels In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks
October 22 Dean Douglas In Your House 4 Won the title by forfeit due to Shawn Michaels being attacked outside a nightclub in Syracuse, NY on October 14, 1995
October 22 Razor Ramon In Your House 4
Incoming champion – Bull Nakano
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 3 Alundra Blayze Raw
August 27 Bertha Faye SummerSlam
October 23 Alundra Blayze Raw
December 13 Deactivated N/A Title deactivated when Blayze left the WWF. Blayze then joined World Championship Wrestling and, during Nitro in Augusta, GA on December 18 dropped the title belt in a trash can
Incoming champions – Vacated
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 22 The 1–2–3 Kid and Bob Holly Royal Rumble
January 23 The Smoking Gunns
(Billy and Bart Gunn)
Raw
April 2 Owen Hart and Yokozuna WrestleMania XI
September 24 Two Dudes with Attitudes
(Diesel and Shawn Michaels)
In Your House 3: Triple Header
September 25 Owen Hart and Yokozuna Raw
September 25 The Smoking Gunns
(Billy and Bart Gunn)
Raw
(Title recreated)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
December 18 The Ringmaster Raw Aired on tape delay on January 8.

Births

Debuts

Retirements

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ^ Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.
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  4. ^ Meltzer, Dave. "April 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved April 7, 2016. The all-time pro wrestling attendance record would be for shows on April 28 and April 29, 1995 at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The announced crowds for those shows were 165,000 and 190,000, although the real numbers were about 150,000 and 165,000. The first show was headlined by Scott Norton vs. Shinya Hashimoto and the second by Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair. While there were tickets sold, most of the people attending got in free, and were pretty much ordered to attend, so it's not really a fair comparison.
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