Chairshot Classics
Chairshot Classics: WWF The Wrestling Classic (1985)

With the WWE holding another tournament coming up with the Mae Young Classic, today we take a look at a much older ‘Classic’ with The Wrestling Classic on November 7th, 1985! The WWF was able to utilize the momentum they received from WrestleMania and beat Jim Crockett Promotions by a few weeks to get the distinction of having the first pay-per-view event (or first to not be shown exclusively on closed circuit). This event featured a 16-man single elimination tournament, which was the biggest and first of its kind in WWF history. Also, the bad blood between Hulk Hogan & Roddy Piper would headline a jam-packed show. Let’s do this….
Open: Graphics featuring all the participants in tonight’s 16 man tournament, the winner of the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 3 will be announced tonight and Roddy Piper challenges Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship.
In The Arena: Vince McMahon joins us along with Lord Alfred Hayes and Susan at the big tournament board. Tonight will be a marathon for whoever wins our tournament tonight. They breakdown our first round matchups. The go to a quick clip of a couple participants drawing their opponents randomly out of a bowl.
Backstage: ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund is with WWF President Jack Tunney. Tunney is excited for tonight’s proceedings and he goes over the rules for advancement in tonight’s tournament. They throw it back to McMahon & Hayes again, who then go to ringside to our commentary team.
Match #1 First Round: Adrian Adonis w/’Mouth Of The South’ Jimmy Hart vs. Corporal Kirchner
The bell rings and Jimmy Hart helps Adonis get his jacket off. Lock-up and Adrian backs Kirchner into the corner and they break clean. Lock-up again, Kirchner surprises Adrian with a couple of arm drags, making Adonis rethink things. Back at it and Kirchner takes Adrian down with a side-headlock and grinds him into the mat. Adrian gets to his feet and escapes with a back suplex, punishing Kirchner with lefts before trying to wear him down with a rear chinlock. Kirchner gets up and goes to work on Adrian in the corner, he attempts a suplex, reversed into a DDT and Adonis covers to advance.
Winner: Adrian Adonis (DDT)
- EA’s Take: I’d expect the majority of the first round matches to go down this way with a lot of matches to get through. Corporal Kirchner was a fan favorite similar to Sgt. Slaughter, but obviously never really gained the recognition as the Sarge did. Kirchner was known as a tough guy and very stiff worker, so many people didn’t want to work with him which hurt his career significantly.
Backstage: Okerlund is with Jimmy Hart & Adrian Adonis. Adrian says Kirchner knows all the moves and he wrote the book on it.
Match #2 First Round: The Dynamite Kid vs. Nikolai Volkoff
Nikolai sings the Soviet National Anthem to a chorus of boo’s before the match. The bell rings, Dynamite climbs the turnbuckle as Nikolai is spewing his anti-American rhetoric. Dynamite nails Volkoff with a dropkick from the top, covers and wins the match in quick fashion.
Winner: The Dynamite Kid (Top Rope Dropkick)
- EA’s Take: Did you blink? That’s why there’s a “rewind” function.
Backstage: Gene is alongside ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage & Elizabeth. Savage says he’s nervous, hyper and ready for the tournament tonight. Savage says he’s in superb condition and Putski may be strong, but he’s quick as a cat.
Match #3 First Round: Ivan Putski vs. ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage w/Elizabeth
Savage taunts Putski before the bell, but bails when Putski gets close to getting a hand on him. Savage climbs to the top as the bell rings, Putski begs him to try and jump off. He drops to the mat and spits at Putski, then escapes to the outside again. Back inside, Savage tries a full nelson, Putski powers out and spits right back in Savage’s face, angering Randy and he takes another walk outside. They tie-up again, Savage is shot into the ropes and he runs into a wall named Ivan Putski, who shows off his ripped physique.
Savage tries to ram Putski into the top turnbuckle, but Putski counters and gives Macho a taste of his own medicine. Savage gets into the tropes for a breather, lands a couple shots, but Putski takes control with clubbing rights. Putski pummels Savage in the corner, Randy with a single leg takedown into a cover. Macho puts his legs on the ropes for leverage and he gets the W.
Winner: ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage (Single Leg Takedown)
- EA’s Take: The quick matches keep rolling along. Savage is just starting to really hit his stride as a heel at this point. Savage had made his debut earlier in the year and broke the mold when he introduced Elizabeth as his manager, after his services were sought after by the likes of Freddie Blassie, Jimmy Hart and Bobby Heenan.
Tournament Board: Vince McMahon & Lord Alfred Hayes recap who’s advanced on the board when they’re interrupted by Nikolai Volkoff. Nikolai says that he was robbed and the people of America love it. That’s what American justice is all about.
Match #4 First Round: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat vs. Davey Boy Smith
Two fan favorites here. They lock-up and go into some chain wrestling, quick back and forth into the ropes, more back and forth and Davey finishes the sequence with a hip toss. Davey with a waistlock throw, Ricky bridges up into a backslide for 1. Ricky into the ropes and Davey catches him with a military press slam for a count of 2, then goes into a front facelock to wear down ‘The Dragon’. Davey connects with another military press for 2, then back to the front facelock. He goes for a suplex, countered into a delayed vertical by Ricky who tries to follow with a splash and lands on Davey’s knees. Davey with a couple of dropkicks, misses a third and ends up getting tangled in the ropes. The bell rings and the ref stops the match.
Winner: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat (Referee Stoppage)
- After The Bell: Ricky checks on the condition of Davey Boy and he gets helped to the back.
- EA’s Take: Umm…what? Way to make Davey Boy look like a sissy because he hit his balls on the rope. He could have at least landed on the outside on the concrete or something better than this.
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Classic WWE
Attitude Of Aggression #306- The Chairshot Hall of Fame
Cash-A-Mania runs wild! Join us as we break down this year’s Hall of Fame class. Then the Chairshot staff make some inductions of their own!

Cash-A-Mania runs wild on this special Episode of the Attitude Of Aggression! In the first half of this Episode, Dave and Rey Ca$h get together to discuss this year’s inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame. From Michelle McCool to Lex Luger to the Natural Disasters to Triple H, Dave and Rey break down this year’s class and why they deserve the honor of being a Hall of Famer. The show’s back half, though, is where things get really fun. Dave & Rey posed a question to your favorite Chairshot personalities from the present and the past: Who should be inducted into the Hall of Fame? 20 different people cast their votes to induct one person to the celebrity wing, one tag team, one woman, and three men into the Hall of Fame. Sixty-six (66) different people/teams got votes, but in the end, the winners were determined. Dave and Rey discuss the winners and why they all need to be in the Hall of Fame sooner, not later!
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Classic WrestleMania
Attitude Of Aggression #305- The Big Five Project: WrestleMania XI
The Big Five Project returns for our recap of WrestleMania XI, including Diesel v. Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart v. Bob Backlund, and much more!

The Big Five Project returns to cover one of the worst WrestleManias of all time, namely WrestleMania XI. With the steroid scandal behind him, Vince McMahon shifts his focus to a badly depleted roster, poor ticket sales, cratering popularity, and a host of other problems. His solution to this was to put on a WrestleMania that was shy on actual talent but put a real emphasis on celebrity talent. Never was this more evident than in the Main Event, when Bam Bam Bigelow took on Lawrence Taylor. LT was, without question, one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history. But his in-ring skill did not come close to matching up. Meanwhile, the WWF Championship match between Shawn Michaels and “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel got pushed to the appetizer for the Main Event. Combine that with what Bret Hart described as his worst PPV match of all-time, a lackluster Undertaker match v King Kong Bundy, the Allied Powers, and a host of other issues and you have all the ingredients necessary for a train wreck. And a train wreck is exactly what we got 30 years ago. We cover it all for you here, so you don’t have to watch it yourself. You can thank us later. Or thank us now by tuning in to another epic installment of The Big Five Project!
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Launched in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in sports, entertainment, and sports entertainment. Wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts + the most interesting content + the most engaging hosts = the most entertaining podcasts you’ll find!
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About Chairshot Radio Network
Launched in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in sports, entertainment, and sports entertainment. Wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts + the most interesting content + the most engaging hosts = the most entertaining podcasts you’ll find!
MONDAY - Bandwagon Nerds (entertainment & popular culture)
TUESDAY - Musical Chairs (music) / Hockey Talk (NHL)
WEDNESDAY - The Greg DeMarco Show (wrestling)
THURSDAY - Keeping the news ridiculous... The Oddity / Chairshot NFL (NFL)
FRIDAY - DWI Podcast (Drunk Wrestling Intellect)
SATURDAY - The Mindless Wrestling Podcast
SUNDAY - The Front and Center Sports Podcast
CHAIRSHOT RADIO NETWORK PODCAST SPECIALS
Attitude Of Aggression Podcast & The Big Five Project (chronologically exploring WWE's PPV/PLE history)
TheChairshot.com PRESENTS...IMMEDIATE POST WWE PLE REACTIONS w/ DJ(Mindless), Tunney(DWI) & Friends
Patrick O'Dowd's 5X5
Classic POD is WAR
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