• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (February 2, 1985) – WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling on TBS
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their TV show ‘World Championship Wrestling’ on Ted Turner’s channel TBS.
‘World Championship Wrestling’ originally belonged to the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory, which Vince McMahon bought in July 1984 (leading to the infamous “Black Saturday”).
After the first ever WrestleMania event in 1985, McMahon sold the TV-show and the timeslot on TBS that came with it, to the Atlanta based Jim Crockett Promotions, who kept the ‘World Championship Wrestling’ name and continued the show as a weekly saturday night Wrestling show.
Ted Turner eventually bought Jim Crockett Promotions in late 1988 and renamed it ‘World Championship Wrestling’, which ironically was also the name of its weekly A-show, until they changed the show’s name to ‘WCW Saturday Night’ in 1992.
The World Wrestling Federation product ran on this show from July 14, 1984 until March 30, 1985.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania event.
You can find the card below:
The Junkyard Dog vs. Scrub
Paul Orndorff & Bob Orton vs. Scrub
Interview: Roddy Piper
Tito Santana vs. AJ Petruzzi
Windham & Rotundo vs. Rene Goulet & Moondog Rex
Interview: Jimmy Snuka
Jimmy Snuka vs. Scrub
David Sammartino vs. Scrub
Swede Hansen vs. Magnificent Muraco
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (February 2, 1985) – WWF All-Star Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF All-Star Wrestling’.
This episode was taped at the Convention Center in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and fearued matches & interviews on the road to WWF WrestleMania I.
You can find the card below:
Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo vs. Goldie Rogers, Terry Gibbs
WWF Update
Jimmy Snuka vs. Carl Fury
Don Muraco vs. Mario Mancini
Angelo Mosca Jr. vs. Frank Marconi
Blackjacks BBQ with guest Lou Albano
Hillbilly Jim vs. AJ Petruzzi
Andre The Giant & The Junkyard Dog vs. Ted Grizzly & Richard Cummings
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