The Wrestling Classic

The Wrestling Classic (1985)

Hulk Hogan defends the WWE Championship against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Plus, a gigantic 16 Superstar Tournament. First round matches include Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Davey Boy Smith, The Junkyard Dog vs. The Iron Sheik, Paul Orndorff vs. Bob Orton Jr., "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ivan Putski, and more.

Date of release
1985-11-07
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (15)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Vince McMahon

Casting

Interesting facts

The Wrestling Classic was a 1985 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on November 7, 1985, at the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It was the promotion's second-ever pay-per-view, after WrestleMania earlier that year in March.

Production

Following the success of their first professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event WrestleMania in March 1985, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) scheduled a series of five special pay-per-view airings to be titled "WrestleVision".

The promotion of the event began on the October 5, 1985, episode of Championship Wrestling, with Lord Alfred Hayes announcing that there would be a 16-wrestler tournament and that a fan would win a Rolls-Royce. On the same episode, Hayes announced the group of 16 wrestlers. Of the wrestlers announced, 15 of the original appeared in the tournament as initially announced with only Moondog Spot replacing The Missing Link.

The main feud heading into The Wrestling Classic was between Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, with the two battling over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. In 1985, Piper became the top heel of the promotion after he spoke out against the burgeoning Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection, which led to a confrontation with Hogan.

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