• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 19, 1985) – WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania.
You can find the card below:
Terry Gibbs vs. The Junkyard Dog
SD “Special Delivery” Jones vs. “Cowboy” Bob Orton
Ted Grizzly vs. Angelo Mosca Jr.
“Violent” Brian Mackney vs. “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff
Goldie Rogers vs. “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas
Mr. X & AJ Petruzzi vs. Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 19, 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:
Jack & Jerry Brisco vs. Dave Barbie & Gino Carabello
Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo vs. Scrubs
Ken Patera & Big John Studd vs. Scrubs
Hulk Hogan vs. Johnny Rodz
Pipers Pit: Tito Santana
George Wells vs. Paul Kelly
The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. Scrubs
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 19, 1985) – WWF Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Championship Wrestling’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York and featured matches & interviews on the road to the first ever WrestleMania.
You can find the card below:
Blackjack Mulligan vs. R.D. Reynolds
Brutus Beefacke vs. Jim Powers
The Junkyard Dog vs. Rusty Brooks
Salvatore Bellomo vs. The Spoiler
Piper’s Pit w/ Tito Santana
Big John Studd & Ken Patera vs. Jim Young & Paul Roma
Hulk Hogan vs. Johnny Rodz
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 19, 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.
The show featured the commentary debut of Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura.
You can find the card below:
The Junkyard Dog vs. Terry Gibbs
Bob Orton vs. SD Jones
Angelo Mosca Jr. vs. Ted Grizzly
Paul Orndorff vs. Brian Mackney
Blackjacks BBQ with guest Andre the Giant
Tony Atlas vs. Goldie Rogers
Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo vs. Mr. X, AJ Petruzzi
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