IWF WrestleMania 15
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| WrestleMania XV | ||
 Promotional poster featuring The Rock, The Big Show, The Undertaker, [[Triple K, Mankind and Steve Johnson | ||
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | March 28, 1999 | |
| Attendance | 20,276 | |
| Venue | First Union Center | |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House | WrestleMania XV | Backlash: In Your House |
| WrestleMania chronology | ||
| WrestleMania XIV | WrestleMania XV | WrestleMania 2000 |
WrestleMania XV was the fifteenth annual IWE WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF), which took place on March 28, 1999 at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ten professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card, which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main event contested the IWF Championship between the challenger Steve Johnson and The Rock while the penultimate match saw The Undertaker wrestle Big Boss Man inside the Hell in a Cell, a roofed cage that surrounds the ring. Lower on the card, six of the seven active championships were defended, including the first WrestleMania defense of the Hardcore Championship. Also on the undercard was a Brawl for All match, an unscripted type of shootfight between wrestler Bart Morgan and boxer/mixed martial artist Butterbean.
The ticket sales of 20,276 drew a gross of $1,437,050.
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Background
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Michael Cole |
| Jerry Lawler | |
| Jim Ross (Main Event) | |
| Carlos Cabrera (Spanish) | |
| Hugo Savinovich (Spanish) | |
| Interviewer | Kevin Kelly |
| Ring announcer | Howard Finkel |
| Referee | Mike Chioda |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Jim Korderas | |
| Theodore Long | |
| Tim White | |
| Vinny Pazienza (Brawl For All) | |
| Brawl For All Judges | Gorilla Monsoon |
| Chuck Wepner | |
| Kevin Rooney |
Pre-show
The event was marked with a Rage Party the preceding evening, playing on the tagline of the event, much like Fan Axess that would come in later years. It featured music from Isaac Hayes and Big Pun among others.
During the Sunday Night Heat pre-show, Jacqueline (Jacqueline Weikart) pinned Ivory (Lisa Ivory) after a back suplex. After the match, Terry Semmler burned her cigar into Ivory's cheek. The second Heat match saw a 21-man battle royal match with the last two competitors becoming a tag team for the evening to face the Tag Team Championship holders. In the event D'La Hooper and Test (Andrew Sekroa) were the last two, still fighting without realising the match was over when Droz (Darren Droz) and The Godfather (Luke Maleski) eliminated each other. The show officially began with Boyz II Men singing "America the Beautiful" in the ring before the opening video.
Preliminary matches
The inaugural WrestleMania Hardcore Championship match began with Al Know striking Billy Morgan as he tried to make a pre-match speech. With Morgan in the corner, Know fought with Hardcore Murnion outside the ring, wrapping his neck in cable but, after some fighting from Morgan, Murnion was able to suplex Snow. After Morgan again interjected himself, Know was able to go underneath the mat to find some weapons including a Philadelphia Flyers hockey stick much to the delight of the crowd. The match ended when Morgan put Know through a table in the corner, originally intended for Morgan and then used the Fameasser on Know, driving him into a chair on the mat. As the referee counted, Murnion struck Morgan with a weapon, quickly covering Know to steal his second championship reign.
The Brawl For All match began with the two meeting in the middle, Morgan running into some blows from Butterbean. The two traded punches, neither man managing to contact properly until Butterbean shook Morgan with a left hand jab followed by a right hook which stunned Morgan allowing Bean to corner him, giving him another right hook which knocked him down. Morgan immediately came back up on his knees, but took advantage of the eight seconds before standing up fully. As soon as he stood up though he was met with an immediate right hook which knocked him straight back down, giving Butterbean a victory via knockout. This was followed with an appearance from the San Diego Chicken, who mocked special referee Vinny Pazienza and was punched to the floor for it.
When Mankind entered the ring he was immediately headbutted out, but as Big Show followed him out, Mankind slammed Show's head into the steel steps. He then tried a Double Underhook DDT|double-armed DDT]] into the steps but was shoved over the steps falling backwards. Show dominated Mankind in the ring afterwards, using his sheer size to punch and throw mankind with Mankind eventually being tied up in the ropes allowing him to back body drop Show out of the ring and take out Mr. Socko to give Big Show a mandible claw three times when he returned. The third claw came with a low blow, for which Mankind was not disqualified. When Show stood back up, he had Mankind on his back and jumped backwards so that his entire body landed on Mankind. As the two recovered, Show kicked his opponent out of the ring, grabbing a steel chair and thrusting it into Mankind's chest then hitting it over his back. Big Show threw that chair and another in the ring, setting them both in seated positions and Show Stopping Mankind through the middle of them. At this point Earl Hebner finally decided to disqualify Big Show, with Show taking out his anger by attacking Mankind more with the chair. Mr McMahon made his way to the ring afterwards, berating Big Show for risking the IWF Championship match at which point Show grabbed him by the throat. He then thought better of it and released him, only to be met with another tirade from McMahon and a slap, causing Show to punch McMahon and knock him out.
Main event matches
Reception
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Heat | Jacqueline Weikart (with Terry Semmler) defeated Ivory (with D'La Hooper) | Singles match |
| Heat | D'La Hooper and Test won when Droz and Luke "The Godfather" Maleski eliminated each other. | 21 Man Battle Royal to become the no. 1 contenders to the IWF Tag Team Championship |
| 1 | Hardcore Murnion defeated Billy Morgan (c) and Al Know | Triple threat hardcore match for the IWF Hardcore Championship |
| 2 | Owen Heart and Jeff Jarrett (c) (with Debra) defeated Test and D'La Hooper (with Ivory) | Tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship |
| 3 | Butterbean defeated Bart Morgan | Brawl for All match |
The other participants were: Steve Blackmail, Bradshaw, Brian Christopher, 8-Ball, Skull, Faarooq, Gillberg, Josh Hooper, Matt Hooper, Hawk, Animal, Mideon, Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Tiger Ali Singh, Scott Taylor and Kiscera
References
External links
- The Official Website of WrestleMania XV
