The Wrestling Classic

The Wrestling Classic, also known as Wrestlevision, 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 was main evented by the 16 man single-elimination Wrestling Classic Tournament. In addition to the tournament a world championship match was held as well as a contest where a fan won a Rolls Royce.

It is a commonly held misconception that The Wrestling Classic was the first WWF pay-per-view, as a matter of fact even the WWE often refer to it as such, but the first WrestleMania event, in March of the same year, was actually available on pay-per-view in some markets.

This event is also notable for having matches where two faces and two heels wrestled each other, which was very uncommon at the time. (Ricky Steamboat vs. Davey Boy Smith and Tito Santana vs. Paul Orndorff were the face vs. face matches; Terry Funk vs. Moondog Spot was a battle between two heels.)

Match Results
First Round: Quarterfinals: Semifinals: WWF Championship match: Tournament Final:
 * Adrian Adonis defeated Cpl. Kirschner (4:00)
 * Adonis pinned Kirschner 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 defeated Ivan Putski (3:00)
 * Savage pinned Putski with both feet on the ropes for leverage.
 * Ricky Steamboat defeated Davey Boy Smith (3:00)
 * The referee stopped the match after Smith landed on the top rope and couldn't continue.
 * The Junkyard Dog defeated The Iron Sheik (3:00)
 * JYD pinned Sheik.
 * 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 Don Muraco (4:00)
 * Santana pinned Muraco.
 * Paul Orndorff defeated Bob Orton by disqualification (7:00)
 * Orton was disqualified for hitting Orndorff with his cast.
 * Dynamite Kid defeated Adrian Adonis (6:00)
 * Dynamite Kid pinned Adonis.
 * Randy Savage defeated Ricky Steamboat (4:00)
 * Savage pinned Steamboat after hitting him with a foreign object.
 * Junkyard Dog defeated Moondog Spot (0:45)
 * Tito Santana fought Paul Orndorff to a double count-out (8:00)
 * Junkyard Dog drew a bye to the finals due to Santana and Orndorff both being counted out.
 * Randy Savage defeated Dynamite Kid (5:00)
 * Savage pinned Kid with a inside cradle.
 * Hulk Hogan defeated Roddy Piper by disqualification to retain the WWF Championship (7:00)
 * Piper was disqualified when Bob Orton interfered.
 * Junkyard Dog defeated Randy Savage by countout to win the tournament. (9:00)

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