WrestleMania (1985)
March 31, 1985Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Mr. T
Self
Roddy Piper
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
Paul Orndorff
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
James Reiher
'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka
Bob Orton, Jr.
Cowboy Bob Orton
Wendi Richter
Self
Cyndi Lauper
Self
Patty Seymour
Leilani Kai
Lillian Ellison
The Fabulous Moolah
André Roussimoff
André The Giant
John Minton
Big John Studd
George Scott
Writer
Ray Heenan
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
Josip Peruzović
Nikolai Volkoff
Khosrow Vaziri
The Iron Sheik
Freddie Blassie
Classy Freddie Blassie
Mike Rotunda
Self
Ernie Schultz
Editor
Barry Windham
Self
Louis Albano
Capt. Lou Albano
Sylvester Ritter
The Junkyard Dog
John Wisniski Jr.
Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine
Jimmy Hart
'The Mouth of The South' Jimmy Hart
David Sammartino
Self
Bruno Sammartino
Self
Ed Leslie
Brutus Beefcake
John L. Sullivan
'Luscious' Johnny V
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
Matt Osborne
Matt Borne
Chris Pallies
King Kong Bundy
Conrad Efraim
Special Delivery Jones
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
WrestleMania (sequentially known as WrestleMania I) was the inaugural WrestleMania and inaugural professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event (only in selected areas), produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The attendance for the event was 19,121. The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television, making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time.The event consisted of nine professional wrestling matches. In the main event, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper. Also, Wendi Richter (accompanied by manager Cyndi Lauper) defeated Leilani Kai to win the WWF Women's Championship, and Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik defeated The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship. Celebrity guests included former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali as referee, baseball player/manager Billy Martin as ring announcer, and musician-actor Liberace as timekeeper.