NWA The Great American Bash 1985

Jim Crockett Jr.
1985-07-16


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180 min

The Great American Bash: Freedom Challenge took place on July 6, 1985 at the American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event was a steel cage match for the NWA World Television Championship with Tully Blanchard defending the title against Dusty Rhodes. Nikita Koloff challenged for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair with David Crockett as the special guest referee. Magnum T.A. defended the NWA United States Championship against Kamala, while the NWA World Tag Team Champions Krusher Khrushchev and Ivan Koloff fought the AWA World Tag Team Champions, The Road Warriors. 4 other matches took place on the undercard.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ric Flair Ric Flair Unowned
Scott Simpson Nikita Koloff Unowned
Tully Blanchard Tully Blanchard Unowned
Virgil Runnels Dusty Rhodes Unowned
Terry Allen Magnum T.A. Unowned
James Harris Kamala Unowned
Joe Laurinaitis Road Warrior Animal Unowned
Mike Hegstrand Road Warrior Hawk Unowned
Oreal Perras Ivan Koloff Unowned
Barry Darsow Krusher Kruschev Unowned
James Fanning Jimmy Valiant Unowned
Paul Frederick Paul Jones Unowned
Alan Rogowski Ole Anderson Unowned
Martin Lunde Arn Anderson Unowned
Dick Slater Dick Slater Unowned
Bruce Woyan Buzz Sawyer Unowned
Emanuel Fernandez Manny Fernandez Unowned
Michael Smith Sam Houston Unowned
David Sawyer "Avalanche" Buzz Tyler Unowned
Billy Graham Billy Graham Unowned
Larry Shreve Abdullah the Butcher Unowned
Sione Vailahi Konga the Barbarian Unowned
Ron Heard Ron Bass Unowned
William Ansor Buddy Landel Unowned
James Morrison James J. Dillon (Manager) Unowned
Paul Ellering Paul Ellering (Manager) Unowned
Nickla Roberts "The Perfect 10" Baby Doll (Valet) Unowned
Jim Wehba Gen. Skandor Akbar (Manager) Unowned