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WrestleMania

WrestleMania, sequentially known as WrestleMania I, was a 1985 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the inaugural WrestleMania and took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The attendance for the event was 19,121. The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television, making it the largest PPV showing of a wrestling event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time.

Release Date: March 31, 1985

Status: Released

Genres:

Action

Cast

Merced Solis

Merced Solis

Tito Santana

Paul Perschmann

Paul Perschmann

The Executioner

Chris Pallies

Chris Pallies

King Kong Bundy

Jimmy Hart

Jimmy Hart

Conrad Efraim

SD Jones

Rick Blood Sr.

Rick Blood Sr.

Ricky Steamboat

Matt Osborne

Matt Osborne

Matt Borne

Ed Leslie

Ed Leslie

Brutus Beefcake

John L. Sullivan

Johnny Valiant

David Sammartino

David Sammartino

Bruno Sammartino

Sylvester Ritter

Sylvester Ritter

The Junkyard Dog