1985 in professional wrestling
Date Promotion ( s ) Event Location Main Event
February 18 WWF The War to Settle the Score New York City , New York Hulk Hogan ( c ) ( with Cyndi Lauper , David Wolff , and Lou Albano ) defeated Roddy Piper ( with Bob Orton ) by disqualification in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
February 24 AWA / NWA Star Wars East Rutherford , New Jersey
March 1 - April 18 NJPW Young Lion Cup Tokyo , Japan Shunji Kosugi defeated Keiichi Yamada in the tournament final
March 31 WWF WrestleMania New York City , New York Hulk Hogan and Mr. T ( with Jimmy Snuka ) defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper ( with Bob Orton ) in a Tag team match with Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as special guest referees
April 5 EMLL 29 . Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City , Mexico Pirata Morgan defeats El Egipcio by disqualification in a Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match
May 5 WCCW 2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions Irving , Texas Kerry Von Erich ( with Fritz Von Erich ) defeated One Man Gang ( with Gary Hart ) in a Hair vs. One Man Gang facing Fritz Von Erich match
May 10 - June 15 NJPW IWGP League Matsumoto , Japan André the Giant defeated Tatsumi Fujinami in a tournament final
May 21 PNW Wrestling Extravaganza Portland , Oregon Roddy Piper defeated Buddy Rose in a singles match
July 6 NWA The Great American Bash Charlotte , North Carolina Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard ( c ) ( with Baby Doll ) in a Steel cage match for the NWA World Television Championship
July 8 WWF King of the Ring Foxboro , Massachusetts Hulk Hogan ( c ) defeated Nikolai Volkoff in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
August 16 AWA / NWA Star Wars East Rutherford , New Jersey
August 26 Lutte WWF Lutte vs. WWF Montreal , Quebec , Canada Dino Bravo and King Tonga defeated Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik in a tag team match
September 2 FCW Battle of the Belts Tampa , Florida
September 20 EMLL EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show Mexico City , Mexico Event was cancelled due to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake
September 21 CSP CSP 12th Anniversary Show San Juan , Puerto Rico
September 28 AWA SuperClash Chicago , Illinois Rick Martel ( c ) fought Stan Hansen to a double countout in a singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
October 6 WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza Dallas , Texas Kerry and Kevin Von Erich defeated The Dynamic Duo ( Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez ) in a Hair vs . Hair match
November 7 WWF The Wrestling Classic Rosemont , Illinois Junkyard Dog defeated Randy Savage ( with Miss Elizabeth ) by count-out in a tournament finals match
November 15 - December 12 NJPW IWGP Tag Title League Sendai , Japan Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final
November 23 - December 12 AJPW AJPW Real World Tag League Tokyo , Japan Ted DiBiase and Stan Hansen won the tournament
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1985 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.