Date | Promotion(s) | Event | Location | Main Event |
February 18 | WWF | The War to Settle the Score | New York City, New York | Hulk Hogan (c) (with Cyndi Lauper, David Wolff, and Lou Albano) defeated Roddy Piper (with Bob Orton) by disqualification in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship[1] |
February 24 | AWA / NWA | Star Wars | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Sgt. Slaughter won a "tag team battle royal." Slaughter's partner, Jerry Blackwell, was injured and could not compete, forcing Slaughter to wrestle alone. Also in the match were: The Road Warriors, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell, Kamala and Billy Robinson, Mark and Chris Youngblood, Jerry Lawler and Baron Von Raschke, Bob Backlund and Jimmy Valiant, Mr. Saito and Masked Superstar, Nick Bockwinkel and Dory Funk Jr., Jimmy Garvin and Larry Zbyszko, and Steve Keirn and Jerry Oski |
March 1 – April 18 | NJPW | Young Lion Cup | Tokyo, Japan | Shunji Kosugi defeated Keiichi Yamada in the tournament final[2] |
March 31 | WWF | WrestleMania | New York City, New York | Hulk Hogan and Mr. T (with Jimmy Snuka) defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper (with Bob Orton) in a Tag team match with Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as special guest referees[3] |
April 5 | EMLL | 29. Aniversario de Arena México | Mexico City, Mexico | Pirata Morgan defeats El Egipcio by disqualification in a Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match[4] |
April 21 | AWA | StarCage 1985 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell beat Masked Superstar, King Tonga, & Adnan Al-Kassie in a Handicap Steel Cage match |
May 5 | WCCW | 2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions | Irving, Texas | Kerry Von Erich (with Fritz Von Erich) defeated One Man Gang (with Gary Hart) in a Hair vs. One Man Gang facing Fritz Von Erich match[5] |
May 10 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Uniondale, New York | Hulk Hogan (c) (with Mr. T) defeated Bob Orton (with Roddy Piper) by disqualification to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
May 21 | PNW | Wrestling Extravaganza | Portland, Oregon | Roddy Piper defeated Buddy Rose in a singles match |
May 10 – June 15 | NJPW | IWGP League | Matsumoto, Japan | André the Giant defeated Tatsumi Fujinami in a tournament final[6] |
June 25 | AJW | Japan Grand Prix Finals | Tokyo, Japan | Lioness Asuka defeated Dump Matsumoto in the finals |
July 6 | NWA | The Great American Bash | Charlotte, North Carolina | Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard (c) (with Baby Doll) in a Steel cage match for the NWA World Television Championship[7][8] |
July 8 | WWF | King of the Ring | Foxboro, Massachusetts | Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Nikolai Volkoff in a singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship[9] |
July 27 | Mid-South | Wrestlefest | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Bill Watts, Jim Duggan & Dick Murdoch defeated Kareem Muhammad, Kamala & Skandar Akbar |
August 3 | PPP | A Hot Summer Night | Honolulu, Hawaii | Ric Flair fought Siva Afi to a double disqualification for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
August 16 | AWA / NWA | Star Wars | East Rutherford, New Jersey | The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts) by disqualification in a six-man tag team match |
August 26 | Lutte WWF | Lutte vs. WWF | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Dino Bravo and King Tonga defeated Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik in a tag team match |
September 2 | FCW | Battle of the Belts | Tampa, Florida | Ric Flair (c) defeated Wahoo McDaniel in 2 out of 3 three falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
September 20 | EMLL | EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show | Mexico City, Mexico | Event was cancelled due to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake[10] |
September 21 | CSP | CSP 12th Anniversary Show | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Jimmy Valiant defeated Kamala in a singles match by disqualification |
September 28 | AWA | SuperClash | Chicago, Illinois | Rick Martel (c) fought Stan Hansen to a double countout in a singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship[11] |
October 3 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Nikolai Volkoff (with Freddie Blassie) to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
October 6 | WCCW | Cotton Bowl Extravaganza | Dallas, Texas | Kerry and Kevin Von Erich defeated The Dynamic Duo (Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez) in a Hair vs. Hair match[12] |
October 6 | AJW | Tag League The Best Finals | Tokyo, Japan | The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) defeated Gokuaku Domei (Bull Nakano and Dump Matsumoto) in the finals |
October 19 | WWC | Battle of the Gladiators | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Carlos Colón defeated Abdullah the Butcher to win the WWC Universal Championship |
October 31 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Hershey, Pennsylvania | Hulk Hogan and André the Giant (with Lou Albano) defeated King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd (with Bobby Heenan) by disqualification |
November 7 | WWF | The Wrestling Classic | Rosemont, Illinois | Junkyard Dog defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) by count-out in a tournament finals match[13] |
November 15 – December 12 | NJPW | IWGP Tag Title League | Sendai, Japan | Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final |
November 23 – December 12 | AJPW | AJPW Real World Tag League | Tokyo, Japan | Ted DiBiase and Stan Hansen won the tournament |
November 28 | NWA | Starcade | Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta, Georgia | Dusty Rhodes defeated Ric Flair (c) in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[14] |
December 6 | EMLL | Juicio Final | Mexico City, Mexico | El Solar II vs. Belcebu in a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match[15][16] |
December 19 | WWF | Saturday Night's Main Event | Tampa, Florida | Hulk Hogan (c) (with Junkyard Dog) defeated Terry Funk (with Jimmy Hart) to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship |
December 29 | AWA / NWA | Night of Champions II | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Stan Hansen defeated Rick Martel (c) by submission in a singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship |
(c) – denotes defending champion(s) |