Title Changes On This Day in Wrestling (July 15th)
July 15th has been a slightly less busy day in pro wrestling title changes (than we’ve seen earlier this week), with wrestlingdata.com reporting that around 283 notable/major title changes have taken place on this date historically.
Some of the biggest changes include Lou Thesz winning the NWA World Heavyweight Title in 1955, Samoa Joe winning the TNA Tag Team Titles in 2007 (yes, by himself) and Shinsuke Nakamura winning the WWE United States Title in 2018.
Pro Wrestling Title changes on July 15th
| Year | Championship | New champion(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NWA World Heavyweight Title | Lou Thesz |
| 1965 | All Asia Tag Team Titles | Giant Baba & Toyonobori |
| 1998 | IWGP Tag Team Titles | Gen’ichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka |
| 2002 | WWE Hardcore Title | Bradshaw |
| 2002 | WWE Hardcore Title | Johnny Stamboli |
| 2006 | Mexican National Middleweight Title | Octagón |
| 2006 | IWGP Heavyweight Title | Vacant |
| 2007 | TNA World Tag Team Titles | Samoa Joe |
| 2007 | AAA World Tag Team Titles | Crazy Boy & Joe Líder |
| 2011 | Mexican National Welterweight Title | Pólvora |
| 2011 | CMLL World Trios Titles | El Averno, Ephesto & El Mephisto |
| 2018 | WWE RAW Tag Team Titles | Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel |
| 2018 | WWE United States Title | Shinsuke Nakamura |
| 2018 | GAORA Television Title | TAJIRI |
| 2019 | WWE 24/7 Title | R-Truth |
| 2020 | NXT North American Title | Vacant |
| 2022 | CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title | Bárbaro Cavernario |
| 2023 | IW World Tag Team Titles | Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews |
| 2023 | IW Knockouts World Tag Team Titles | Killer Kelly & Masha Slamovich |
| 2023 | IW Knockouts World Title | Trinity |
| 2023 | IW X-Division Title | Lio Rush |
| 2023 | IW Digital Media Title | Kenny King |
1955-1998
The earliest July 15th entry is from 1955, when Lou Thesz won the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Giant Baba and Toyonobori won the All Asia Tag Team Titles in 1965. Gen’ichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka won the IWGP Tag Team Titles in 1998.
2002
Two WWE Hardcore Title changes took place on July 15th, 2002, under the championship’s 24/7 rule: Bradshaw and Johnny Stamboli each held the title on this date.
2006-2011
In 2006, Octagón won the Mexican National Middleweight Title and the IWGP Heavyweight Title was vacated. In 2007, Samoa Joe won the TNA World Tag Team Titles and Crazy Boy and Joe Líder won the AAA World Tag Team Titles. In 2011, Pólvora won the Mexican National Welterweight Title and El Averno, Ephesto, and El Mephisto won the CMLL World Trios Titles.
2018-2020
Three titles changed hands in 2018: Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel won the WWE RAW Tag Team Titles, Shinsuke Nakamura won the WWE United States Title, and TAJIRI won the GAORA Television Title. R-Truth won the WWE 24/7 Title in 2019. The NXT North American Title was vacated in 2020.
2022-2023
Bárbaro Cavernario won the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title in 2022. Five titles changed hands in 2023: Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews won the IW World Tag Team Titles, Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich won the IW Knockouts World Tag Team Titles, Trinity won the IW Knockouts World Title, Lio Rush won the IW X-Division Title, and Kenny King won the IW Digital Media Title.
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