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1985 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWF	The War to Settle the Score	Feb 18	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	22,000
AWA / NWA	Star Wars	Feb 24	The Meadowlands	East Rutherford, New Jersey	18,600
NJPW	Young Lion Cup	Mar 1 – Apr 18	Ryogoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	11,066
WWF	WrestleMania	Mar 31	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	19,121
EMLL	29. Aniversario de Arena México	Apr 5	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
WCCW	2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions	May 5	Texas Stadium	Irving, Texas	26,153
NJPW	IWGP League	May 10 – Jun 15	Matsumoto General Gymnasium	Matsumoto, Japan	N/A
PNW	Wrestling Extravaganza	May 21	Portland Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon	13,000+
NWA	The Great American Bash	Jul 6	American Legion Memorial Stadium	Charlotte, North Carolina	27,000
WWF	King of the Ring	Jul 8	Sullivan Stadium	Foxboro, Massachusetts	23,000
AWA / NWA	Star Wars	Aug 16	The Meadowlands	East Rutherford, New Jersey	7,000
Lutte WWF	Lutte vs. WWF	Aug 26	Montreal Forum	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	21,000
FCW	Battle of the Belts	Sep 2	The Sundome	Tampa, Florida	7,600
EMLL	EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show	Sep 20	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	0
CSP	CSP 12th Anniversary Show	Sep 21	Hiram Bithorn Stadium	San Juan, Puerto Rico	22,000
AWA	SuperClash	Sep 28	Comiskey Park	Chicago, Illinois	20,347
WCCW	Cotton Bowl Extravaganza	Oct 6	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Texas	26,000
WWF	The Wrestling Classic	Nov 7	Rosemont Horizon	Rosemont, Illinois	14,000
NJPW	IWGP Tag Title League	Nov 15 – Dec 12	Miyagi Sports Center	Sendai, Japan	5,420
AJPW	AJPW Real World Tag League	Nov 23 – Dec 12	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	10,600
NWA	Starcade	Nov 28	Greensboro Coliseum The Omni	Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta, Georgia	30,000 (combined)
AWA / NWA	Star Wars	Dec 29	The Meadowlands	East Rutherford, New Jersey	12,000

Tournaments and accomplishments

JCP

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Bunkhouse Stampede	Dusty Rhodes^[1]^[2]	December 28

WWF

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
The Wrestling Classic	Junkyard Dog	November 7

Awards and honors

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
- AJW Rookie of the Year: Akira Hokuto

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
PWI Tag Team of the Year	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)
PWI Match of the Year	Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff (WrestleMania)
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Hulk Hogan
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Roddy Piper
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Steve Williams
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Mike Von Erich
PWI Rookie of the Year	Nord the Barbarian
PWI Manager of the Year	Jim Cornette
PWI Editor's Award	Dan Shocket

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Ric Flair
Feud of the Year	Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan
Tag Team of the Year	The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith)
Most Improved	Steve Williams
Best on Interviews	Jim Cornette

Title changes

WWF

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
No title changes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Greg Valentine
July 6	Tito Santana	House show

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Antonio Inoki
No title changes

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – The Cobra
May 20	Hiro Saito	House show
July 28	The Cobra	House show
October 31	Abandoned	N/A

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF International Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tatsumi Fujinami
July 19	Vacant	N/A
October 31	Vacant	N/A

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF International Tag Team Championship
Incoming champion – N/A
May 24	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura	House show
October 31	Deactivated	N/A

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF Canadian Championship
Incoming champion – N/A
August 18	Dino Bravo	House show

Date	Winner	Event/Show
WWF Women's Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Velvet McIntyre and Desiree Petersen
August 1	The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin)	Live event

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Wendi Richter
February 18	Leilani Kai	The War to Settle the Score
March 31	Wendi Richter	WrestleMania I
November 25	The Masked Spider Lady (Fabulous Moolah)	Live event	it took place at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The North-South Connection (Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch)
January 21	The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham)	House show
March 31	The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff	WrestleMania I
June 17	The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham)	Championship Wrestling	It aired on tape delay on July 13.
August 24	The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine)	House show

Arts and entertainment

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling premiered on CBS.
Mutharamkunnu P.O., directed by Sibi Malayil and starring Mukesh and Lizy, is released. The film is noted for the special appearance of Indian actor-wrestler Dara Singh as himself.
British wrestler "Mr. TV" Jackie Pallo's autobiography "You Grunt, I'll Groan" is published.
Welsh wrestler-promoter Orig Williams's autobiography "Cario'r Ddraig: Stori El Bandito" is published.
The Wrestling Album is released by the World Wrestling Federation. It is the first album released by the WWF and featuring mostly theme music of wrestlers on the roster at the time.

Births

January 13 – Luke Robinson
January 17 – Sage Beckett
January 27 – Yuji Hino, Japanese professional wrestler
February 3 – Angela Fong
February 20 – Killian Dain, British professional wrestler
February 26 – Pentagón Jr., Mexican luchador enmascarado
March 5 – Martin Casaus, American professional wrestler
March 24 – Lana
April 10 – Yūki Ōno, Japanese professional wrestler
April 20 – Curt Hawkins^[3]
April 22 – Jay Lethal
May 8 – Tommaso Ciampa^[4]
May 14 – Zack Ryder
May 16 – Mike Kanellis^[5]
May 19 – Aleister Black^[6]
May 24 – The Great Naga, British professional wrestler
May 25 – Roman Reigns, American professional wrestler^[7]
June 6 – Drew McIntyre
June 30 – Cody Rhodes, American professional wrestler
July 22 – Akira Tozawa^[8]^[9]
August 2 – Davey Boy Smith Jr.
August 6 – Tony Nese^[10]
August 20 – Mikey Nicholls^[11]
August 22 – Jimmy Uso^[12]
August 22 – Jey Uso^[12]
September 19 – Renee Young
September 24 – Shane Haste^[13]
November 25 – Yuki Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
December 7 – Dean Ambrose, American professional wrestler
December 16 – Psycho Clown
December 21 – Oney Lorcan^[14]
December 28 – Taryn Terrell

Debuts

November 28 - Sting
December 5 -
- Jeanne Basone
- Lisa Moretti

Retirements

Cora Combs (1945 - 1985)
George Scott (1948 - 1985)
Gil Hayes (1966 - 1985)
Chief Jay Strongbow (1955 - 1985)
Larry Hennig (1956 - 1985)
Wally Karbo (1935 - 1985)
Buzz Tyler (1977 - 1985)

Deaths

January 21 – Eddie Graham, American wrestler and Championship Wrestling from Florida promoter (b. 1930)
March 6 – Wild Bull Curry, American wrestler (b. 1913)
September 3 – Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
September 18 – Ed Don George, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1905)
November 1 – Rick McGraw, American WWF wrestler (b. 1955)
December 24 – Pierre "Mad Dog" Lefebvre, Canadian wrestler (b. 1955)
December 24 – Tarzan Tyler, Canadian wrestler and manager (b. 1927)

References

^ "Bunkhouse Stampedes". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
^ Cawthon, Graham; Cornette, Jim (2013-12-25). Sawyer, Grant (ed.). The History of Professional Wrestling: Jim Crockett Promotions & the NWA World Title 1983–1988 (1 ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781494803476.
^ "Brian Myers". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
^ "Tommaso Ciampa – Online World of Wrestling ("Birthday: May 8, 1985")". www.onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
^ Wolcott, David (September 10, 2010). "Carver native signs with Ring of Honor wrestling; Mike Bennett gets his big break". Wicked Local Kingston. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
^ "Kader". wXw – more than Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016.
^ "Joe Anoai". Georgia Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
^ "戸澤陽". Dragon Gate (in Japanese). Gaora. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
^ "Mikey Nicholls". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
^ "Anthony Nese". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
^ "Mikey Nicholls". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ ^a ^b "The Uso Brothers – Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
^ "Shane Haste". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
^ "Biff Busick's profile at Cagematch.net". Cagematch.com. ^{[unreliable source]}

[StampeedeWinners-1] "Bunkhouse Stampedes". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved June 17, 2015.

[WCW8388Book-2] Cawthon, Graham; Cornette, Jim (2013-12-25). Sawyer, Grant (ed.). The History of Professional Wrestling: Jim Crockett Promotions & the NWA World Title 1983–1988 (1 ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781494803476.

[3] "Brian Myers". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved October 8, 2016.

[4] "Tommaso Ciampa – Online World of Wrestling ("Birthday: May 8, 1985")". www.onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

[5] Wolcott, David (September 10, 2010). "Carver native signs with Ring of Honor wrestling; Mike Bennett gets his big break". Wicked Local Kingston. Retrieved May 15, 2011.

[wxw-wrestling.com-6] "Kader". wXw – more than Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016.

[7] "Joe Anoai". Georgia Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.

[8] "戸澤陽". Dragon Gate (in Japanese). Gaora. Retrieved 2016-08-27.

[9] "Mikey Nicholls". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.

[10] "Anthony Nese". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2016-12-23.

[11] "Mikey Nicholls". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

[Uso-12] "The Uso Brothers – Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

[13] "Shane Haste". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.

[14] "Biff Busick's profile at Cagematch.net". Cagematch.com. ^{[unreliable source]}

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