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.

Contents 1 Background 2 Event 2.1 Pre-show 2.2 Preliminary matches 2.3 Main event matches 2.4 Reception 3 Results 4 References 5 External links

Background

Event

Other on-screen talent

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 IWF Tag Team Championship match began with Jeff Jarrett and D'La Hooper exchanging running maneuvers before both tagging in their respective partners at which point Test used a pumphandle slam on Owen Heart, but tried again after a failed pincount only to be met with an enziguiri and then the Sharpshooter. Hooper came in illegally to break it up but was tagged in straight afterwards, dominating both Heart and Jarrett with power slams and dropkicks, almost winning the match after a Sky High that was broken up by Jarrett. Referee Jimmy Korderas was distracted when Debra came to the apron to distract Hooper only to be pulled down by Ivory (Lisa Ivory), at which point PMS (Terri Semmler and Jacqueline Weikart) arrived and all of them began to fight while Test tried to pull them apart. With everyone distracted, Heart missile dropkicked Hooper allowing Jarret to roll Hooper up and sit on him, securing a pin count.

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