2015 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. List of notable promotions These promotions held notable shows in 2015. Calendar of notable shows January February March April May June July August September October November December Notable events August 31 WWE Performance Center shooting Tournaments and accomplishments AAA Ring of Honor Total Nonstop Action Wrestling WWE Title changes AAA NJPW ROH The Crash Lucha Libre TNA WWE NXT Awards and honors AAA Hall of Fame Pro Wrestling Illustrated TNA Hall of Fame Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards WWE WWE Hall of Fame Slammy Awards NXT Year-End Awards Debuts February 13 – Kuma Arashi February 28 – Hyper Misao March 8 – Senza Volto May 6 – Flip Gordon May 7 – Nia Jax May 17 – Fuminori Abe May 31 Maika Ozaki Natsupoi Saori Anou Tae Honma June 25 – Liv Morgan July 12 – Mika Iwata August 23 Mao Mizuki Watase August 25 Mandy Rose Sara Lee August 29 – Francesco Akira September 11 – Kaito Ishida November 1 – Ayato Yoshida December 22 – Nodoka Tenma December 30 – Sonya Deville Retirements Brazo de Oro (1975–2015) Road Dogg (1986-2015 , became a WWE producer) Mikey Whipwreck (1994–2015) AJ Lee (September 29, 2007 – April 3, 2015) Tomoka Nakagawa (September 19, 2004 – April 12, 2015) Takeshi Morishima (March 22, 1998 – April 21, 2015) El Matematico (1968-May 17, 2015) Johnny Saint (1958-June 13, 2015) David Otunga (May 29, 2009 - July 5, 2015) (became a color commentator) Serena Deeb (March 2005 - July 10, 2015) (returned in 2017 for the inaugural Mae Young Classic) Traci Brooks (2001 – July 18, 2015) Layla (August 16, 2006 – July 29, 2015) Jimmy Snuka (1968 – September 2015) Portia Perez (December 2003 – October 11, 2015) Ezekiel Jackson (June 27, 2007 – October 18, 2015) Mio Shirai (March 4, 2007 – September 20, 2015) Genichiro Tenryu (November 13, 1976 – November 15, 2015) Kid Kash (1990 – December 2015) Act Yasukawa (February 5, 2012 – December 23, 2015) Neko Nitta (March 2, 2011 – December 31, 2015) Deaths January 7 – Tim Arson, 38 January 13 - Brutus Malumba, 92 January 27 – Larry Winters, 58 February 9 – Drew McDonald, 59 February 10 – Daniel Brand, 79 February 13 - Tony Charles, 79 February 14 - Wim