In 1985, World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF) was all over the pop culture landscape. Promoter Vince McMahon's bold plan to take the once-regional WWE ...

Attendance: Historic Significance: The first ever "Wrestlemania" event from the WWF. Hulk Hogan and Mr..T (at the time a big star) went on Saturday Night Live to promote the show. Special guests at ...

The first part of the series took a look back at the "wrestling world" in 1984, which included the birth of "Hulkamania", the major regions under the NWA banner, and some of the bad decisions Verne ...

If you thought Billy Corgan was the most unlikely candidate to get into the professional wrestling scene, then look no further than 1985, when Andy Warhol turned up on camera with some of the World ...

WWF Prime Time Wrestling was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It aired on the USA Network from 1985–1993. A precursor to Monday Night Raw, Prime ...

As outlined in our special story WWE in 1985: An Oral History, the wrestling promotion's mainstream breakthroughs that year were helped along by an ensemble cast that included many colorful, talented ...

With opponents ranging from his early nemesis and eventual ally Sgt. Slaughter to Hulk Hogan and even Antonio Inoki, there's just no denying that the late Iron Sheik was one of the greatest performers ...

In a very special Christmas edition of Prime Time Wrestling, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan relates a sentimental story to Gorilla Monsoon. In action, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase clashes with Koko ...