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The Wrestling Classic

The Wrestling Classic

1985
Family/Kids, Action
TV Special
2h 26m
The Wrestling Classic was a World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event that took place on November 7, 1985 from the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. Features a 16-man tournamnet and Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper for the WWF Championship. (Summary by Mapplethorpe)

Starring:

Terry Funk
Terry-Funk
35 total credits
Funk has strong wrestling bloodlines. His dad, Dory Funk Sr., was a well-known grappler from the 1940s to the 1970s, and his brother, Dory Funk Jr., wrestled from 1963 until the early 90s, and won the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) world heavyweight championship in 1969. Funk, himself, became NWA champion and thus the Funks have the distinction of being the only brothers to win the NWA championship.
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Vince McMahon
Vince-McMahon
43 total credits
Credits include: Beyond the Mat, Andre the Giant, WWE Monday Night RAW and Mr. McMahon
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Jesse Ventura
Jesse-Ventura
40 total credits
Minnesota-born wrestler, actor, and politican. Served in the Navy during the Vietnam war and later became a wrestler for the WWF (now WWE) in the 1970s, his fame as a wrestler lead to several acting roles. After retiring from wrestling he turned his attention to politics and became mayor of the town of Brooklyn Park, MN in 1991 and later Minnesota's state governor in 1998, which he held until 2003.
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Roddy Piper
Roddy-Piper
73 total credits
Credits include: They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, The One and Only and WrestleMania III
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Hulk Hogan
Hulk-Hogan
117 total credits
Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Hulk Hogan's crossover popularity led to several television and movie roles. Early in his career Bollea played the part of Thunderlips in Rocky III (1982). He also appeared in No Holds Barred (1989), before starring in the family films Suburban Commando (1991), Mr. Nanny (1993)...(Wikipedia)
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Jimmy Hart
Jimmy-Hart
14 total credits
Credits include: The Sheik, I'm from Hollywood, Thunder in Paradise 2, Thunder in Paradise 3 and The Wrestling Classic
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Sylvester Ritter
Sylvester-Ritter
14 total credits
Credits include: WrestleMania III, WrestleMania, WrestleMania 2, The Wrestling Classic and WWF: The Big Event
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Richard Blood
Richard-Blood
42 total credits
Credits include: WrestleMania III, WrestleMania, Nature Boy, WrestleMania IV and Royal Rumble
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Randy Savage
Randy-Savage
70 total credits
Credits include: WrestleMania III, WCW Monday Nitro, WWF Saturday Night's Main Event, WrestleMania 2 and WrestleMania IV
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Adrian Adonis
Adrian-Adonis
2 total credits
Credits include: The Wrestling Classic and WWF Championship Wrestling: Episode dated 12 January 1985
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Tommy Billington
Tommy-Billington
2 total credits
Credits include: The Wrestling Classic and WWF Challenge: Episode #3.3
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Bob Orton
Bob-Orton
2 total credits
Credits include: The Wrestling Classic and Starrcade '83: A Flair for the Gold
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Genres:

Family/Kids, Action

AKA:

WWF The Wrestling Classic

Country:

USA

Language:

English

The Wrestling Classic

1985
Family/Kids, Action
TV Special
2h 26m
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Ratings & Reviews

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28 Mar 2014
75
67th
What a difference 8 months makes. What was a mostly boring Wrestlemania 1 turns into a fun little tournament with some of the best wrestlers of the time + a Piper vs. Hogan championship match. Damn near every match end in gimmicky ways but that was the style of the time. Heels rarely won clean and they were still trying to make it come off as a real sport so they were more stringent about the rules. Dynamite Kid was a highlight and the commentary from Ventura and Monsoon were on point.
25 Dec 2013
8
78th
WWF's second ever PPV is a little-seen gem, featuring two key selling points - a 16 man tournament featuring the company's most well-known faces and a WWF Chmapionship bout. The tournament suffers a bit because of the amount of participants, most matches last only only 3-4 minutes due to obvious time constraints. However, there are a few highlights - a Savage/Steamboat match some 18 months before their WM3 classic and a great run from Dynamite Kid, who I wish amounted to more in his WWF run.
26 Mar 2023
50
18th
05 Jun 2022
70
61st
04 Jan 2021
61
41st
13 May 2018
70
48th
13 Dec 2013
82
78th

Cast & Info

Starring:

Terry Funk
Terry-Funk
35 total credits
Funk has strong wrestling bloodlines. His dad, Dory Funk Sr., was a well-known grappler from the 1940s to the 1970s, and his brother, Dory Funk Jr., wrestled from 1963 until the early 90s, and won the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) world heavyweight championship in 1969. Funk, himself, became NWA champion and thus the Funks have the distinction of being the only brothers to win the NWA championship.
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,
Vince McMahon
Vince-McMahon
43 total credits
Credits include: Beyond the Mat, Andre the Giant, WWE Monday Night RAW and Mr. McMahon
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,
Jesse Ventura
Jesse-Ventura
40 total credits
Minnesota-born wrestler, actor, and politican. Served in the Navy during the Vietnam war and later became a wrestler for the WWF (now WWE) in the 1970s, his fame as a wrestler lead to several acting roles. After retiring from wrestling he turned his attention to politics and became mayor of the town of Brooklyn Park, MN in 1991 and later Minnesota's state governor in 1998, which he held until 2003.
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,
Roddy Piper
Roddy-Piper
73 total credits
Credits include: They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, The One and Only and WrestleMania III
polygon
,
Hulk Hogan
Hulk-Hogan
117 total credits
Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Hulk Hogan's crossover popularity led to several television and movie roles. Early in his career Bollea played the part of Thunderlips in Rocky III (1982). He also appeared in No Holds Barred (1989), before starring in the family films Suburban Commando (1991), Mr. Nanny (1993)...(Wikipedia)
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Jimmy Hart
Jimmy-Hart
14 total credits
Credits include: The Sheik, I'm from Hollywood, Thunder in Paradise 2, Thunder in Paradise 3 and The Wrestling Classic
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,
Sylvester Ritter
Sylvester-Ritter
14 total credits
Credits include: WrestleMania III, WrestleMania, WrestleMania 2, The Wrestling Classic and WWF: The Big Event
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,
Richard Blood
Richard-Blood
42 total credits
Credits include: WrestleMania III, WrestleMania, Nature Boy, WrestleMania IV and Royal Rumble
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,
Randy Savage
Randy-Savage
70 total credits
Credits include: WrestleMania III, WCW Monday Nitro, WWF Saturday Night's Main Event, WrestleMania 2 and WrestleMania IV
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,
Adrian Adonis
Adrian-Adonis
2 total credits
Credits include: The Wrestling Classic and WWF Championship Wrestling: Episode dated 12 January 1985
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,
Tommy Billington
Tommy-Billington
2 total credits
Credits include: The Wrestling Classic and WWF Challenge: Episode #3.3
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,
Bob Orton
Bob-Orton
2 total credits
Credits include: The Wrestling Classic and Starrcade '83: A Flair for the Gold
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Genres:

Family/Kids, Action

AKA:

WWF The Wrestling Classic

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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