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The Wrestling Classic
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	November 7, 1985
Venue	Rosemont Horizon
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance	14,000
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania	The Wrestling Classic	WrestleMania 2

The Wrestling Classic, also known as Wrestlevision^{[citation needed]}, was a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) pay-per-view event that took place on November 7, 1985, from the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. It revolved around a 16-man single-elimination tournament and included a WWF championship match, as well as a contest in which a fan won a Rolls Royce.

It is a commonly held misconception that The Wrestling Classic was the first WWF pay-per-view; even WWE often refers to it as such. However, the first WrestleMania event, in March of the same year, had been available on pay-per-view in some markets.

First Round:

• Adrian Adonis (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated Cpl. Kirchner (4:17)
  • Adonis pinned Kirchner after a DDT.
• Dynamite Kid defeated Nikolai Volkoff (0:06)
  • Dynamite Kid pinned Volkoff after a Missile Dropkick as Volkoff finished singing the Russian National Anthem.
• Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated Ivan Putski (2:56)
  • Savage pinned Putski with both feet on the ropes for leverage.
• Ricky Steamboat defeated Davey Boy Smith (3:41)
  • The referee stopped the match after Smith landed on the top rope and couldn't continue.
• The Junkyard Dog defeated The Iron Sheik (4:33)
  • JYD pinned Sheik after a headbutt.
• Moondog Spot defeated Terry Funk by count-out (0:17)
  • Funk was counted out after Spot prevented him from re-entering the ring.
• Tito Santana defeated The Magnificent Muraco (4:12)
  • Santana pinned Muraco with a small package.
• Paul Orndorff defeated Cowboy Bob Orton by disqualification (6:51)
  • Orton was disqualified for hitting Orndorff with his cast.

Quarterfinals:

• Dynamite Kid defeated Adrian Adonis (w/Jimmy Hart) (6:03)
  • Dynamite Kid pinned Adonis after Adonis collided with Hart.
• Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated Ricky Steamboat (4:29)
  • Savage pinned Steamboat after hitting him with a pair of brass knuckles.
• Junkyard Dog defeated Moondog Spot (0:45)
• Tito Santana fought Paul Orndorff to a double count-out (11:38)

Semifinals:

• Junkyard Dog drew a bye to the finals due to Santana and Orndorff both being counted out.
• Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated Dynamite Kid (5:50)
  • Savage pinned Kid with a inside cradle.
• Hulk Hogan defeated Roddy Piper by disqualification to retain the WWF Championship (4:33)
  • Piper was disqualified after Cowboy Bob Orton hit Hogan with his cast.

Tournament Final:

• The Junkyard Dog defeated Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) by countout to win the tournament. (17:06)
  • Savage was counted out after landing on the floor and was unable to make it back to the ring.

Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision

The segment that announced the winner of the car was cut from the Coliseum Home Video release for time. However, it was restored when the show aired on WWE 24/7, WWE's archival video on demand service.

There was a storyline in place where Bobby "The Brain" Heenan had placed a $50,000 bounty on "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff but nothing came of it during the pay-per-view.

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