[custom_adv] The Wrestling Classic was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on November 7, 1985, at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago. [custom_adv] In the main event, Junkyard Dog defeated Randy Savage in the finals of a 16-man tournament. On the undercard WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan defeated "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. [custom_adv] The event also included a fan competition for a Rolls-Royce. The event included no tag team matches – something that would not be repeated on a WWF/WWE PPV event until the 2005 Royal Rumble and the World Tag Team Champions The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine) did not appear on the card. [custom_adv] Tag team wrestlers The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff or The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid) wrestled as single competitors in the tournament. [custom_adv] The main feud heading into Wrestling Classic was between Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, with the two battling over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. In 1985, Piper became the top heel of the promotion after he spoke out against the burgeoning Rock 'n' Wrestling connection, which led to a confrontation with Hogan. [custom_adv] In February, they faced each other at MTV special The War to Settle the Score for Hogan's WWF title, in which Hogan retained his title by disqualification. Their feud led to the development of WrestleMania. [custom_adv] In the main event of the first-ever WrestleMania, Hogan and celebrity Mr. T defeated Piper and Paul Orndorff.Hogan feuded with Piper and Bob Orton for the rest of the year and often got disqualification victories over them, leading to a WWF title match between Hogan and Piper at the Wrestling Classic. [custom_adv] A tournament was also promoted on WWF television which was to take place on the pay-per-view event.The pay-per-view event included a 16-man tournament dubbed "The Wrestling Classic". In the first round of the tournament, Adrian Adonis (with manager Jimmy Hart) defeated Corporal Kirchner with a DDT. [custom_adv] Dynamite Kid then faced Nikolai Volkoff (without manager Freddie Blassie); Dynamite Kid attacked Volkoff, who had just finished his customary singing of the Soviet national anthem, with a missile dropkick from the top turnbuckle and then quickly scored the pinfall in a match that lasted about six seconds (the official time given was 9 seconds, equaling the record King Kong Bundy had set at WrestleMania). [custom_adv] Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) then defeated "Polish Power" Ivan Putski, though Savage had both his feet on the middle rope for leverage. Ricky Steamboat faced Davey Boy Smith in a rare match pitting two fan favourites against each other. [custom_adv] The match moved back and forth until Smith landed in the ropes trying attack Steamboat, but Steamboat sidestepped and Smith injured his groin and was unable to continue, so Steamboat was awarded the match by forfeit. Junkyard Dog then faced The Iron Sheik (like Volkoff, the Sheik appeared without Freddie Blassie).
