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The Wrestling Classic was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on November 7, 1985, at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois in the United States. It was the promotion's second ever pay-per-view (after WrestleMania).
The company also ceased operations of three short-lived titles: the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1979–1981), [14] WWF Canadian Championship (1985–1986), [15] and WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983–1989). [16] Despite their names, the geographic-name-based titles were not restricted to wrestlers from that location.
The title was introduced into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1979. Pat Patterson , holder of the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship , was awarded the title (with the kayfabe explanation that he won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and unified the North American and South American titles).
In December 2016, the title's name reverted to WWE Championship. [9] [183] 129 John Cena: January 29, 2017: Royal Rumble: San Antonio, TX: 13 14: 14 [184] 130 Bray Wyatt: February 12, 2017: Elimination Chamber: Phoenix, AZ: 1 49: 48 This was an Elimination Chamber match also involving AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Dean Ambrose, and The Miz. [185 ...
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 21 PNW: Wrestling Extravaganza: Portland, Oregon: Roddy Piper defeated Buddy Rose in a singles match May 10 – June 15 NJPW: IWGP League: Matsumoto, Japan
Maeda departed from the WWF during this reign and defended the title as the "UWF Heavyweight Championship" in the Universal Wrestling Federation before vacating the title on July 23, 1984. † Tatsumi Fujinami: July 5, 1984 — — 3 379 Fujinami regained recognition from the WWF on July 5, 1984, though NJPW recognized his second reign as ...
The 1985 King of the Ring was the inaugural King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The tournament was held on July 8, 1985, at the Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, as a special non-televised house show. Don Muraco won the inaugural 1985 tournament. In addition ...
The War to Settle the Score is a professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). [1] It took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on February 18, 1985. The main event featured Hulk Hogan defending the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.