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1985

From Pro Wrestling

This is a list of various things that took place in 1985.

Contents

Significant events

March

April

May

  • May 11 – The WWF's Saturday Night's Main Event debuts on NBC, bringing pro wrestling back to broadcast network TV after a 30-year absence

July

August

  • August 27 – The Pro Wrestling USA program debuts on ESPN; within months, the show evolved into AWA Championship Wrestling after the Pro Wrestling USA alliance between the AWA and several NWA affiliates dissolves

September

  • September 20 – The St. Louis Wrestling Club holds its final event in St. Louis before its purchase by Jim Crockett Promotions

October

  • Stampede Wrestling resumes operations after Vince McMahon sells the promotion back to the Hart family

December

  • December 5 – The pilot episode for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling program is taped at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

Births

June

August

Deaths

January

March

September

November

December

Debuts

November

December

Events

April

May

July

August

September

October

November

December

Pay-Per-View events

March

November

Title changes

January

February

March

July

September

November

December

See also

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