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Post by Iron Man on Feb 17, 2008 1:44:52 GMT -5
 MATCH: Don Kernodle defeated Tommy Lane.. JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Denny Brown defeated Rocky King to retain.. MID-ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Krusher Khruschev defeated Sam Houston to win the title! BULLROPE MATCH: "Outlaw" Ron Bass defeated Black Bart.. BULLROPE MATCH: JJ Dillon defeated "Outlaw" Ron Bass.. NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Buddy Landell defeated Terry Taylor to win the title! UNITED STATES TITLE STEEL CAGE "I QUIT" MATCH: Magnum TA defeated Tully Blanchard to win the title! TAG TITLE CAGE MATCH: The RockNRoll Express defeated The Russians (Ivan & Nikita Koloff).. Ricky Morton pinned Ivan Koloff to win the World Tag Team titles.. MATCH: Thunderfoot #1 defeated The Italian Stallion.. MATCH: "Pistol" Pez Whatley defeated Mike Graham.. POLE MATCH: Manny Fernandez defeated Abdullah the Butcher.. STREET FIGHT MATCH: Jimmy Valiant & Miss Atlanta Lively defeated The Midnight Express.. ARM WRESTLING MATCH: "SuperStar" Billy Graham defeated The Barbarian by DQ.. TAG MATCH: Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Jack Haynes.. WORLD TITLE MATCH: Dusty Rhodes defeated Ric Flair by Disqualficiation.. Ric Flair retains the NWA World Heavyweight title..  Event: WrestleMania Date: March 31, 1985 Location: New York City, New York Arena: Madison Square Garden Attendence: 22,000 Tito Santana defeated The Executioner (Buddy Rose) via submission....King Kong Bundy pinned SD Jonesin nine seconds....Ricky Steamboat pinned Matt Borne....Brutus Beefcake and David Sammartino fought to a Double Countout....Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match: Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Valentine by Count Out. Valentine retains the Intercontiental title....World Tag Team Title Match: Nikolai Volkoff and Iron Sheik defeated Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda when Volkoff pinned Windham to win the titles....Andre the Giant defeated John Studd in a "bodyslam" match. If Andre lost he would retire. If Studd lost, he would give Andre $15,000....World Womens' Title Match: Wendi Richter (managed by Cyndi Lauper) pinned Lelani Kai to win the title....Main Event Tag Team Match: Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper when Hogan pinned Orndorff. Muhammad Ali was the special outside referee. Credit, Wrestling Information Archieved |
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Post by lugerfan1 on Feb 17, 2008 3:34:42 GMT -5
I guess this particular year I would pick Starrcade. I think in the 80's the general way things went was that a particular years Starrcade probably had superior wrestling and action. Wrestlemania, on the other hand, was a superior spectacle. Wrestlemania 1 has very little to offer on the wrestling side of things. It was just the style of the WWF then. There were a lot of guys on Wrestlemania 1 who had had many memorable matches while in the NWA, they just toned it down a lot once they switched teams. I mean, this Wrestlemania had Steamboat,Valentine, Rotundo, Windham, Santana, and Piper on it, but no real great matches. Kind of a shame. Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard is reason enough why Starrcade was better this year.
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Post by Dwight on Feb 17, 2008 11:08:36 GMT -5
I still think the first WM was a flat out joke. If they would've spent my time on wrestling rather than celebrities, it may have been better. Looking at Starrcade, it was clearly above and beyond WM as far as actual WRESTLING.
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Post by Iron Man on Feb 17, 2008 12:17:40 GMT -5
^Yeah, Wrestlemania, the first, was pretty horrid. None of the matches were anything special and everything was about the special guests like nWowolfpac stated.
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Post by WWF Sim Fed on Feb 20, 2008 0:47:23 GMT -5
Definitely like to see a Ric Flair main event over a Hulk Hogan Mr. T tag match. You know you're actually getting wrestling with Flair.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Feb 20, 2008 16:33:25 GMT -5
Starrcade had Ronnie Garvin in drag... So I don't know how I feel about that...
I guess I'll say that Starrcade had better matches, but Wrestlemania was an event... I mean, people may look at it now and say it wasn't good, but all those things that people insult are what made it huge, and the reason that Wrestlemania is still the top ppv.
So my vote goes to Mania, because of what it created.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2008 17:38:42 GMT -5
Unfortunately I never saw Starcade 85 so I can't decide.
Wrestlemania wasn't great wrestling-wise. But it was a good spectacle and I wouldn't call it a bad event.
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Post by ToastMaster General on Feb 21, 2008 20:42:48 GMT -5
Starrcade 85 is one of the best wrestling shows I've ever seen. WrestleMania has it's historical signifigance but it's hardly a great "wrestling" show. So my pick is Starrcade 1985. Come to think of it WM wasn't really a great wrestling show until around VII or VIII.
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