NWA The Great American Bash 1985

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

NR 1985 · 140 min · Action

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.

Directed by Jim Crockett Jr. · Written by Virgil Runnels

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Ric Flair Ric Flair
Scott Simpson Nikita Koloff
Tully Blanchard Tully Blanchard
Virgil Runnels Dusty Rhodes
Terry Allen Magnum T.A.
James Harris Kamala
Joe Laurinaitis Road Warrior Animal
Mike Hegstrand Road Warrior Hawk
Oreal Perras Ivan Koloff
Barry Darsow Krusher Kruschev
Jimmy Valiant Jimmy Valiant
Paul Frederick Paul Jones

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