Date
|
Promotion(s)
|
Event
|
Location
|
Main Event
|
February 18
|
WWF
|
The War to Settle the Score
|
New York City, New York
|
Hulk Hogan (c) (with
Cyndi Lauper, David Wolff, and
Lou Albano) defeated
Roddy Piper (with Bob Orton) by
disqualification in a
singles match for the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
[1]
|
February 24
|
AWA /
NWA
|
Star Wars
|
East Rutherford, New Jersey
|
Sgt. Slaughter won a "tag team battle royal." Slaughter's partner,
Jerry Blackwell, was injured and could not compete, forcing Slaughter to wrestle alone. Also in the match were:
The Road Warriors,
Ivan and
Nikita Koloff,
Greg Gagne and
Jim Brunzell,
Kamala and
Billy Robinson,
Mark and Chris Youngblood,
Jerry Lawler and
Baron Von Raschke,
Bob Backlund and
Jimmy Valiant,
Mr. Saito and
Masked Superstar,
Nick Bockwinkel and
Dory Funk Jr.,
Jimmy Garvin and
Larry Zbyszko, and
Steve Keirn and
Jerry Oski
|
March 1 – April 18
|
NJPW
|
Young Lion Cup
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Shunji Kosugi defeated
Keiichi Yamada in the tournament final
[2]
|
March 31
|
WWF
|
WrestleMania
|
New York City, New York
|
Hulk Hogan and
Mr. T (with
Jimmy Snuka) defeated
Paul Orndorff and
Roddy Piper (with
Bob Orton) in a
Tag team match with
Muhammad Ali and
Pat Patterson as
special guest referees
[3]
|
April 5
|
EMLL
|
29. Aniversario de Arena México
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
Pirata Morgan defeats El Egipcio by disqualification in a
Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match
[4]
|
April 21
|
AWA
|
StarCage 1985
|
St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Sgt. Slaughter &
Jerry Blackwell beat
Masked Superstar,
King Tonga, &
Adnan Al-Kassie in a Handicap Steel Cage match
|
May 5
|
WCCW
|
2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions
|
Irving, Texas
|
Kerry Von Erich (with
Fritz Von Erich) defeated
One Man Gang (with
Gary Hart) in a
Hair vs. One Man Gang facing Fritz Von Erich match
[5]
|
May 10
|
WWF
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
Uniondale, New York
|
Hulk Hogan (c) (with
Mr. T) defeated
Bob Orton (with
Roddy Piper) by
disqualification to retain the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
May 10 – June 15
|
NJPW
|
IWGP League
|
Matsumoto, Japan
|
André the Giant defeated
Tatsumi Fujinami in a tournament final
[6]
|
May 21
|
PNW
|
Wrestling Extravaganza
|
Portland, Oregon
|
Roddy Piper defeated
Buddy Rose in a singles match
|
June 25
|
AJW
|
Japan Grand Prix Finals
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Lioness Asuka defeated
Dump Matsumoto in the finals
|
July 6
|
NWA
|
The Great American Bash
|
Charlotte, North Carolina
|
Dusty Rhodes defeated
Tully Blanchard (c) (with
Baby Doll) in a
Steel cage match for the
NWA World Television Championship
[7]
[8]
|
July 8
|
WWF
|
King of the Ring
|
Foxboro, Massachusetts
|
Hulk Hogan (c) defeated
Nikolai Volkoff in a
singles match for the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
[9]
|
July 27
|
Mid-South
|
Wrestlefest
|
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Bill Watts,
Jim Duggan &
Dick Murdoch defeated
Kareem Muhammad,
Kamala &
Skandar Akbar
|
August 3
|
PPP
|
A Hot Summer Night
|
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
Ric Flair fought
Siva Afi to a double disqualification for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
|
August 16
|
AWA /
NWA
|
Star Wars
|
East Rutherford, New Jersey
|
The Road Warriors (
Animal and
Hawk) defeated
The Fabulous Freebirds (
Michael Hayes,
Terry Gordy and
Buddy Roberts) by disqualification in a six-man tag team match
|
August 26
|
Lutte
WWF
|
Lutte vs. WWF
|
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|
Dino Bravo and
King Tonga defeated
Nikolai Volkoff and
The Iron Sheik in a tag team match
|
September 2
|
FCW
|
Battle of the Belts
|
Tampa, Florida
|
Ric Flair (c) defeated
Wahoo McDaniel in 2 out of 3 three falls match for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
|
September 20
|
EMLL
|
EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
Event was cancelled due to the
1985 Mexico City earthquake
[10]
|
September 21
|
CSP
|
CSP 12th Anniversary Show
|
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
Jimmy Valiant defeated
Kamala in a singles match by disqualification
|
September 28
|
AWA
|
SuperClash
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
Rick Martel (c) fought
Stan Hansen to a
double countout in a
singles match for the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
[11]
|
October 3
|
WWF
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
East Rutherford, New Jersey
|
Hulk Hogan (c) defeated
Nikolai Volkoff (with
Freddie Blassie) to retain the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
October 6
|
WCCW
|
Cotton Bowl Extravaganza
|
Dallas, Texas
|
Kerry and
Kevin Von Erich defeated The Dynamic Duo (
Chris Adams and
Gino Hernandez) in a
Hair vs. Hair match
[12]
|
October 6
|
AJW
|
Tag League The Best Finals
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
The Crush Gals (
Chigusa Nagayo and
Lioness Asuka) defeated Gokuaku Domei (
Bull Nakano and
Dump Matsumoto) in the finals
|
October 19
|
WWC
|
Battle of the Gladiators
|
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
Carlos Colón defeated
Abdullah the Butcher to win the
WWC Universal Championship
|
October 31
|
WWF
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
Hershey, Pennsylvania
|
Hulk Hogan and
André the Giant (with
Lou Albano) defeated
King Kong Bundy and
Big John Studd (with
Bobby Heenan) by
disqualification
|
November 7
|
WWF
|
The Wrestling Classic
|
Rosemont, Illinois
|
Junkyard Dog defeated
Randy Savage (with
Miss Elizabeth) by count-out in a tournament finals match
[13]
|
November 15 – December 12
|
NJPW
|
IWGP Tag Title League
|
Sendai, Japan
|
Tatsumi Fujinami and
Kengo Kimura defeated
Antonio Inoki and
Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final
|
November 23 – December 12
|
AJPW
|
AJPW Real World Tag League
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Ted DiBiase and
Stan Hansen won the tournament
|
November 28
|
NWA
|
Starcade
|
Greensboro, North Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
|
Dusty Rhodes defeated
Ric Flair (c) in a singles match for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
[14]
|
December 6
|
EMLL
|
Juicio Final
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
El Solar II vs. Belcebu in a
Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match
[15]
[16]
|
December 19
|
WWF
|
Saturday Night's Main Event
|
Tampa, Florida
|
Hulk Hogan (c) (with
Junkyard Dog) defeated
Terry Funk (with
Jimmy Hart) to retain the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
December 29
|
AWA /
NWA
|
Night of Champions II
|
East Rutherford, New Jersey
|
Stan Hansen defeated
Rick Martel (c) by submission in a singles match for the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
|
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
|