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== List of notable promotions ==
== List of notable promotions ==
These promotions held notable shows in 1995.
These promotions held notable events in 1995.
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|[[Caguas]], Puerto Rico
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|[[Carlos Colón]] (c) vs. [[Hercules Ayala]] in a Singles match for the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]]
|[[Carlos Colón]] (c) vs. [[Hercules Ayala]] in a Singles match for the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]]
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|August 15
| [[New Japan Pro Wrestling|NJPW]]
|[[G1 Climax]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|[[Keiji Mutoh]] defeated [[Shinya Hashimoto]] in the finals
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|August 27
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|[[December to Dismember (1995)|December to Dismember]]
|[[December to Dismember (1995)|December to Dismember]]
|[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States
|[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States
|[[Tommy Dreamer]], [[The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)|The Public Enemy]] ([[Johnny Grunge]] and [[Rocco Rock]]) and [[the Pitbulls]] ([[Gary Wolfe (wrestler)|Pitbull #1]] and [[Anthony Durante|Pitbull #2]]) defeated [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]], [[the Heavenly Bodies]] ([[Jimmy Del Ray]] and [[Tom Prichard]]), [[the Eliminators]] ([[Perry Saturn]] and [[John Kronus]]) and [[Stevie Richards]] by pinfall
|[[Tommy Dreamer]], [[The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)|The Public Enemy]] ([[Johnny Grunge]] and [[Rocco Rock]]) and [[the Pitbulls]] ([[Gary Wolfe (wrestler)|Pitbull #1]] and [[Anthony Durante|Pitbull #2]]) defeated [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]], [[Heavenly Bodies (1990s tag team)|the Heavenly Bodies]] ([[Jimmy Del Ray]] and [[Tom Prichard]]), [[the Eliminators]] ([[Perry Saturn]] and [[John Kronus]]) and [[Stevie Richards]] by pinfall
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==Notable events==
==Notable events==
* May 14 – The first [[In Your House 1|WWF in Your House]] two hour PPV debuts in Syracuse, NY with a [[Sid Vicious]] vs [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Kevin Nash|"Big Daddy Cool" Diesel]] main event.
* May 14 – The first [[In Your House 1|WWF in Your House]] two hour PPV debuts in Syracuse, NY with a [[Sid Vicious]] vs [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Kevin Nash|"Big Daddy Cool" Diesel]] main event.
* September 4 {{ndash}} [[WCW Monday Nitro]] debut on [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] and with it the official start of the [[Monday Night War]]
* September 4 {{ndash}} [[WCW Monday Nitro]] [[WCW Monday Nitro debut episode|debut]] on [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] and with it the official start of the [[Monday Night War]]
* The [[Universal Wrestling Association]] closed.
* The [[Universal Wrestling Association]] closed.
* November 9 – [[WCW Pro]] debut their first episode from the [[Disney/MGM Studios]] in their custom arena.
* November 9 – [[WCW Pro]] debut their first episode from the [[Disney/MGM Studios]] in their custom arena.
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* February 17 - [[:ja:長瀬館長|Kancho Nagase]]
* February 17 - [[:ja:長瀬館長|Kancho Nagase]]
* March 31 - [[:ja:死神 (プロレスラー)|Shinigami]] and [[Onryo (wrestler) | Onryo]]
* March 31 - [[:ja:死神 (プロレスラー)|Shinigami]] and [[Onryo (wrestler) | Onryo]]
* April 15 - [[Chikayo Nagashima]]
* April 15 - [[Chikayo Nagashima]] and [[:ja:シュガー佐藤 (プロレスラー)|Sugar Sato]]
* May 24 - [[:ja:コスモ☆ソルジャー|Cosmo*Soldier]]
* May 24 - [[:ja:コスモ☆ソルジャー|Cosmo*Soldier]]
* June – [[Jason Reso|Christian]]
* June – [[Jason Reso|Christian]]
* July 29 - [[:ja:沼尾マキエ|Makie Numao]]
* August 18 - [[Muhammad Yone]] and [[Alexander Otsuka]]
* August 18 - [[Muhammad Yone]] and [[Alexander Otsuka]]
* September 13 - [[:ja:佐藤竜騎士|Takashi Sato]]
* September 13 - [[:ja:佐藤竜騎士|Takashi Sato]]
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* [[Bryant Anderson]] (1993–1995)
* [[Bryant Anderson]] (1993–1995)
* [[Dan Spivey]] (1983–October 1995)
* [[Dan Spivey]] (1983–October 1995)
* [[Francisco Flores (wrestling)|Francisco Flores]] (1960s-1995)
* [[Gordon Solie]] (1950s–1995)
* [[Gordon Solie]] (1950s–1995)
* [[Jack Tunney]] (September 2, 1984 – July 12, 1995)
* [[Jack Tunney]] (September 2, 1984 – July 12, 1995)
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* [[Kevin Von Erich]] (1976–1995)
* [[Kevin Von Erich]] (1976–1995)
* [[Lou Albano]] (1953–1995)
* [[Lou Albano]] (1953–1995)
* [[Pete Sanchez]] (1958-1995)
* [[Pez Whatley]] (1973–1998)
* [[Pez Whatley]] (1973–1998)
* [[The Sheik (wrestler)]] (1947-1995, did not announce his retirement until 1998)
* [[Phil Apollo]] (1986-1995)
* [[The Sheik (wrestler)|The Sheik]] (1947-1995, did not announce his retirement until 1998)
* [[El Supremo (wrestler)|El Supremo]] (1976–1995)
* [[El Supremo (wrestler)|El Supremo]] (1976–1995)
* [[Toni Adams]] (1985–1995)
* [[Toni Adams]] (1985–1995)
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* April 11 - [[Harry Pennington (wrestler)]], 92
* April 11 - [[Harry Pennington (wrestler)]], 92
* May 10 - [[Ilio DiPaolo]], 68
* May 10 - [[Ilio DiPaolo]], 68
* May 28 - [[Chris Colt]], 48
* August 24 – [[Killer Karl Krupp]], 61
* August 24 – [[Killer Karl Krupp]], 61
* October 2 – [[John Ayers]], 42
* October 2 – [[John Ayers]], 42
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Commons category}}
*[[List of WCW pay-per-view events]]
*[[List of WCW pay-per-view events]]
*[[List of WWF pay-per-view events]]
*[[List of WWF pay-per-view events]]

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

List of notable promotions

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These promotions held notable events in 1995.

Promotion Name Abbreviation Notes
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración/Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide AAA During this year, AAA ceased using the full name, as the company bought out Televisa and became independent, and thus became Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, but often abbreviated to just AAA.
Catch Wrestling Association CWA
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL
Extreme Championship Wrestling ECW
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling FMW
New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW
World Championship Wrestling WCW
World Wrestling Council WWC
World Wrestling Federation WWF

Calendar of notable shows

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January

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
January 4 NJPW Battle 7 Tokyo, Japan Shinya Hashimoto (c) defeated Kensuke Sasaki in a Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 22 WWF Royal Rumble Tampa, Florida, United States Shawn Michaels won by last eliminating The British Bulldog in a 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XI
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

February

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
February 4 ECW Double Tables Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Sabu and The Tazmaniac (with Paul E. Dangerously) defeated The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) (c) in a Double tables match for the ECW World Tag Team Championship
February 19 WCW SuperBrawl V Baltimore, Maryland, United States Hulk Hogan (c) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Vader by disqualification in a Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
February 25 ECW Return of the Funker Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Cactus Jack defeated D. C. Drake (with the Sandman and Woman) by pinfall in a Singles match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

March

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
March 18 ECW Extreme Warfare Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Sandman (with Woman) and Terry Funk defeated Cactus Jack and Shane Douglas by pinfall in a tag team match
March 19 WCW Uncensored Tupelo, Mississippi, United States Hulk Hogan (with The Renegade) defeated Vader (with Ric Flair) in a Leather Strap match
March 24 CMLL Salvador Lutteroth Trios Tournament Mexico City, Mexico Bestia Salvaje, Emilio Charles Jr. and Sangre Chicana defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo) in a tournament final[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

April

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
April 2 WWF WrestleMania XI Hartford, Connecticut, United States Lawrence Taylor (with Carl Banks, Rickey Jackson, Steve McMichael, Ken Norton Jr., Chris Spielman, and Reggie White) defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (with King Kong Bundy, Ted DiBiase, Kama, Irwin R. Schyster, Tatanka, and Nikolai Volkoff) in a Singles match with Pat Patterson as special guest referee
April 2 AJPW, AJW, Rings, FMW, Go Gundan, IWA Japan, JWP, LLPW, Michinoku, NJPW, Pancrase, PWFG, UWFi Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show Tokyo, Japan Shinya Hashimoto defeated Masahiro Chono in a Singles match
April 7 CMLL 39. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Mexico Héctor Garza defeated El Satánico in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match[2]
April 7 CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa Mexico City, Mexico Héctor Garza defeated El Satánico in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match[3]
April 8 ECW Three Way Dance Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko (c) and Rick Steiner and the Tazmaniac in a Three way dance for the ECW World Tag Team Championship
April 15 ECW Hostile City Showdown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Cactus Jack defeated Terry Funk in a Singles match
April 28–29 NJPW
WCW 		Collision in Korea Pyongyang, North Korea Day 1: Shinya Hashimoto (c) wrestled Scott Norton to a time limit draw in a Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Day 2: Antonio Inoki defeated Ric Flair by pinfall in a Singles match[4][5]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

May

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
May 3 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan Keiji Mutoh defeated Shinya Hashimoto (c) in a Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 5 FMW FMW 6th Anniversary Show Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Atsushi Onita (c) defeated Hayabusa in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
May 13 ECW Enter the Sandman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) (c) defeated the Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) (with Stevie Richards) in a Double dog collar match for the ECW World Tag Team Championship
May 14 WWF In Your House 1 Syracuse, New York, United States Diesel (c) defeated Sycho Sid (with Ted DiBiase) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WWF Championship[6]
May 21 WCW Slamboree St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage (with Jimmy Hart and The Renegade) defeated Ric Flair and Vader (with Arn Anderson) in a tag team match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

June

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
June 10 AAA Triplemanía III-A Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Payasito Rojo lost to Super Muñequito
Other participants included Espectrito I, Espectrito II, Jerrito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera, Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Calo, Ninjita, Octagoncito, La Parkita, Payasito Azul, and Torerito in a 13-Mini-Estrella Steel Cage Elimination match, Lucha de Apuestas, "Mask vs. Mask" with the last man in the cage being unmasked.
June 17 ECW Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Sandman (c) (with Woman) defeated Cactus Jack by TKO in a Barbed wire match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
June 18 AAA Triplemanía III-B Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico Winners defeated Marabunta in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas "Mask vs. Mask" match
June 18 WCW The Great American Bash Dayton, Ohio, United States Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage (with Angelo Poffo) in a Singles match
June 25 WWF King of the Ring Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Bam Bam Bigelow and Diesel defeated Sycho Sid and Tatanka (with Ted DiBiase) in a tag team match[7]
June 30 AAA Triplemanía III-C Madero, Mexico Super Caló defeated Winners in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, "Mask vs. Mask" match
June 30 ECW Mountain Top Madness Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States The Sandman (c) (with Woman) defeated Tommy Dreamer by pinfall in a Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

July

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
July 1 ECW Hardcore Heaven Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa Saed) in a tag team match
July 7 CMLL International Gran Prix Mexico City, Mexico Headhunter A defeated Vampiro Canadiense in a 1995 International Gran Prix final match[8]
July 8 CWA Euro Catch Festival in Graz Graz, Austria Rambo (c) defeated Jim Neidhart in Round 7 in a Singles match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship
July 15 ECW Heat Wave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa Saed) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) in a tag team match
July 16 WCW Bash at the Beach Huntington Beach, California, United States Hulk Hogan (c) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Vader by escaping the cage in a steel cage match[9]
July 23 WWF In Your House 2 Nashville, Tennessee, United States Diesel (c) defeated Sycho Sid (with Ted DiBiase) in a Lumberjack match for the WWF Championship[10]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

August

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
August 5 ECW Wrestlepalooza Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States The Gangstas (Mustafa and New Jack) defeated The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) in a Stretcher match
August 13 WWC WWC 22nd Aniversario Caguas, Puerto Rico Carlos Colón (c) vs. Hercules Ayala in a Singles match for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
August 15 NJPW G1 Climax Tokyo, Japan Keiji Mutoh defeated Shinya Hashimoto in the finals
August 27 WWF SummerSlam Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Diesel (c) defeated King Mabel (with Sir Mo) in a Singles match for the WWF Championship[11]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

September

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
September 1 CMLL Second Generation Tag Team Tournament Mexico City, Mexico Apolo Dantés and Emilio Charles Jr. defeated El Hijo del Santo and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in a tournament final match[12]
September 17 WCW Fall Brawl Asheville, North Carolina, United States Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger and Sting (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Dungeon of Doom (Kamala, The Zodiac, The Shark and Meng) (with The Taskmaster) in a WarGames match
September 19 ECW Gangstas Paradise Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Mikey Whipwreck and The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) defeated 2 Cold Scorpio, New Jack and The Sandman (with Woman) in a Gangstas Paradise Cage match
September 22 CMLL CMLL 62nd Anniversary Show Mexico City, Mexico Miguel Perez, Jr. defeated Silver King in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair match[13]
September 24 WWF In Your House 3 Saginaw, Michigan, United States Two Dudes with Attitudes (Diesel (WWF World Heavyweight) and Shawn Michaels (WWF Intercontinental)) defeated The British Bulldog and Yokozuna (WWF Tag Team) (with Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji) in a tag team match for the WWF World Tag Team Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, and WWF World Heavyweight Championship[14]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

October

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
October 22 WWF In Your House 4 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada The British Bulldog defeated Diesel (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WWF Championship
October 26 CMLL Copa de Oro Mexico City, Mexico Máscara Mágica and Ringo Mendoza defeated Chicago Express and Pierroth Jr. in a tournament final match[15]
October 29 WCW Halloween Havoc Detroit, Michigan, United States The Giant (with The Taskmaster) defeated Hulk Hogan (c) (with Jimmy Hart) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

November

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
November 18 ECW November to Remember Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer defeated Raven and Cactus Jack in a tag team match
November 19 WWF Survivor Series Landover, Maryland, United States Bret Hart defeated Diesel (c) in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship
November 26 WCW World War 3 Norfolk, Virginia, United States Randy Savage won by last eliminating One Man Gang in a 60-man World War 3 match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

December

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Date Promotion(s) Event Location Main Event
December 9 ECW December to Dismember Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Tommy Dreamer, The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) and the Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) defeated Raven, the Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard), the Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) and Stevie Richards by pinfall
December 15 Stampede Stu Hart Tribute Show Calgary, Alberta Bret Hart (c) defeated Davey Boy Smith in a singles match for the WWF Championship
December 16 CWA Euro Catch Festival in Bremen Bremen, Germany Ludvig Borga defeated Rambo (c) in Round 6 in a Singles match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship
December 17 WWF In Your House 5 Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States Bret Hart (c) defeated The British Bulldog (with Jim Cornette and Diana Smith) in a Singles match for the WWF Championship[16][17][18]
December 21 FMW Year End Spectacular Yokohama, Japan Hayabusa, The Great Sasuke and Koji Nakagawa defeated Super Delfin, Ricky Fuji and TAKA Michinoku in a Six-man tag team match
December 22 FMW Yamato Nadeshiko II Tokyo, Japan Megumi Kudo defeated Shark Tsuchiya in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Death Match
December 27 WCW Starrcade Nashville, Tennessee, United States Ric Flair (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Randy Savage (c) in a Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
December 29 ECW Holiday Hell Queens, New York, United States Sabu defeated Cactus Jack by pinfall in a "Olympic Rules" match
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Notable events

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Accomplishments and tournaments

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AJW

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Japan Grand Prix 1995 Manami Toyota September 3
Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament Mari Mogami
Tag League The Best 1995 Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe December 10

AJPW

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Champion Carnival 1995 Mitsuharu Misawa April 15
World's Strongest Determination League 1995 Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue December 9

JWP

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Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Blue Star Cup 1995 Carlos Amano

WCW

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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

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Main article: WCW Hall of Fame
Inductee
Wahoo McDaniel
Dusty Rhodes
Antonio Inoki
Angelo Poffo
Terry Funk
Big John Studd
Gordon Solie

WWF

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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

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Main article: 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

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated

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Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
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

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Main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
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

Title changes

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ECW

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ECW World Heavyweight Championship
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
ECW World Television Championship
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.
ECW World Tag Team Championship
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 Mountain Top Madness
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

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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

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IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shinya Hashimoto
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 3 Keiji Mutoh Wrestling Dontaku 1995
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh
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 Best of the Super Jr. II
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Norio Honaga
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

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WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
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
WCW World Television Championship
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
WCW World Tag Team Championship
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

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WWF World Heavyweight Championship
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.
WWF Intercontinental 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
WWF Women's Championship
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
WWF Tag Team Championship
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
Million Dollar Championship
(Title recreated)
unsanctioned championship
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
December 18 The Ringmaster Raw Aired on tape delay on January 8, 1996.

Births

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Debuts

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Uncertain debut date

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Debut date

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Retirements

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Deaths

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See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1995 in professional wrestling.

References

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  1. ^ "Salvador Lutteroth Tournament 1995". Pro Wrestling History. March 24, 1995. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "CMLL Gran Alternativa #2". Pro Wrestling History. April 7, 1995. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  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.
  5. ^ PWTorch.com – WCW FLASHBACK – "Collision in Korea" 20 yrs. ago today: Flair & WCW crew head to N. Korea with New Japan Pro Wrestling
  6. ^ Criscuolo, Scott; Rozzero, Justin (May 22, 2007). "In Your House 1 Review". The History of WWE. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2007.
  7. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "WWF 1995 Results". The History of WWE. Retrieved October 25, 2007.
  8. ^ "Gran Prix Tournament 1995". ProWrestlingHistory.com. July 7, 1995. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  9. ^ "Bash at the Beach 1995". Pro Wrestling History. July 16, 1995. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  10. ^ Criscuolo, Scott; Rozzero, Justin (June 20, 2007). "In Your House 2 Review". The History of WWE. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
  11. ^ Criscuolo, Scott; Rozzero, Justin (July 5, 2007). "SummerSlam 1995 Review". The History of WWE. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  12. ^ "Copa Junior Tag Team Tournament 1995". Pro Wrestling History. September 1, 1995. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  13. ^ "62nd Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 22, 1995. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  14. ^ "Historical Cards: In Your House 3 (September 24, 1995. Saginaw, Michigan)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 150. 2007 Edition.
  15. ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Copa de Oro 1995". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 398. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  16. ^ "Historical Cards: In Your House 5 (December 12, 1995. Hershey, Pennsylvania)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 150. 2007 Edition.
  17. ^ "In Your House #5". Pro Wrestling History. December 17, 1995.
  18. ^ Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling: WWF 1990 – 1999. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ASIN B00RWUNSRS.
  19. ^ "Velveteen Dream Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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