IWF WrestleMania I

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WrestleMania
Promotional poster featuring Hulk Hogan and Mr. T
Tagline(s)	The Greatest Wrestling Event of All Time!
Theme song(s)	"Easy Lover" by Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	March 31, 1985
Attendance	19,121
Venue	Madison Square Garden
City	New York, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
First	WrestleMania	The Wrestling Classic
WrestleMania chronology
First	WrestleMania	WrestleMania 2

WrestleMania (chronologically known as WrestleMania I) was the first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling event produced by the International Wrestling Federation. It took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The attendance for the event was 19,121 fans. The event was viewed by over one million fans through closed-circuit television, making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time. The event was the start of the Rock 'n' Wrestling gimmick, which brought together professional wrestling and the music industry, and matches aired on MTV during the build up to the event.

The show featured nine professional wrestling matches. The main event match pitted Hulk Hogan and Mr. T against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndwarf. Hogan won the match after interference from "Cowboy" Bob Orton. Also at the event, Wendi Richter defeated Leilani Kai for the IWF Women's Championship, and Nikolai Volkoff and The Sheik defeated The U.S. Express (Irwin R. Schyster and Barry Wind) to win the IWF Tag Team Championship.

Contents 1 Background and promotion 2 Event 2.1 Preliminary matches 2.2 Main event matches 3 Aftermath 4 Production 5 Reception 6 Results

Background and promotion

Event

Preliminary matches

Main event matches

Aftermath

Production

Reception

Results

#	Results	Stipulations
1	Liam Phillips defeated The Executioner	Singles match
2	King Kong Stevie (with Jimmy Heart) defeated Special Delivery Jones	Singles match
3	Ricky Steamboat defeated Matt Borne	Singles match
4	David Sammartino (with Bruno Sammartino) fought Ryan Beefcake (with Johnny Valiant) to a double disqualification	Singles match
5	The Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Beasly (c) (with Jimmy Heart) by countout	Singles match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
6	Nikolai Volkoff and The Sheik (with Freddie Blassie) defeated The U.S. Express (Brandon Branscum and Barry Wind) (c) (with Lou Albano)	Tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship
7	André the Giant defeated Big John Studd (with Bobby Heenan)	$15,000 Body Slam Challenge
8	Wendi Richter (with Cyndi Lauper) defeated Leilani Kai (c) (with The Fabulous Marjorie)	Singles match for the IWF Women's Championship
9	Hulk Hogan and Mr. T (with Jimmy Snuka) defeated Roddy Piper and Paul Dwarf (with Cowboy Bob McAlmond)	Tag team match with special guest referees Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson

==Notes==