In the 1985 WrestleMania ... McMahon’s WrestleMania cemented itself as “the Super Bowl of pro wrestling” — and WWF as pro wrestling's undisputed leader. To make WrestleMania III bigger ...

It was a shot in the arm for the biz when the WWF debuted it back in May 1985. That NBC special marked the first time pro wrestling had been seen on network television since the 1950s. It was a ...

The song "Real American," written by Rick Derringer and Bernard Kenny, first appeared on a 1985 WWF compilation called "The Wrestling Album." The song became a WWF staple after Vince McMahon heard ...

The WWF held 13 pay-per-views in the 1980s if you include No Holds Barred. They first hit pay-per-view with WrestleMania I, then quickly followed that up with The Wrestling Classic in late-1985.