WrestleMania I

WrestleMania (sequentially known as WrestleMania I) was the first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event (only in selected areas), produced by the World 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. The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television, making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time.

The show consisted of nine professional wrestling matches. In the main event, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. Also, Wendi Richter (accompanied by manager Cyndi Lauper) defeated Leilani Kai to win the WWF Women's Championship, and Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik defeated The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Background and promotion

During the 1980s, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s main competition in the professional wrestling industry was from Jim Crockett Promotions. McMahon countered Jim Crockett's successful Starrcade pay-per-view, which began airing in 1983, by creating the WrestleMania franchise.

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The Pantagraph 29 Mar 2025
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The Capital Journal 29 Mar 2025
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The Capital Journal 29 Mar 2025
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Gronk-a-Mania set to run wild over WrestleMania

The Indiana Times 29 Mar 2025
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WrestleMania 41's main events set with epic triple-threat match ending Night 1

Fox News 29 Mar 2025
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