• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 25, 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 25, 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. Snake Brown
Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff vs. Jim Young & Hollywood Brown
The British Bulldogs vs. Scrubs
Mr. Wrestling II vs. Star Man
King Kong Bundy vs. Scrubs
Greg Valentine vs. Aldo Marino
Ricky Steamboat vs. Scrub
David Sammartino vs. Tony Russo
The Iron Sheik & Nilolai Volkoff vs. Scrubs
Brutus Beefcake vs. Scrub
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (March 25, 1985) – WWF Tuesday Night Titans
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Tuesday Night Titans’.
The show was hosted by Vince McMahon & Lord Alfred Hayes and included interviews and pre-taped matches on the road to ‘WrestleMania 1’.
This episode was a special WrestleMania preview edition with the following guests:
– Billy Martin
– Liberace
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