WrestleMania I

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WrestleMania I was the inaugural flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), held in 1985 at Madison Square Garden and headlined by a celebrity-filled main event.

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instanceOf WWE pay-per-view event
flagship wrestling event
professional wrestling pay-per-view event
alsoKnownAs WrestleMania I
surface form: The Original WrestleMania

WrestleMania I
surface form: WrestleMania (1985)
attendance 19931
broadcastFormat closed-circuit television
chronologicalPositionInSeries 1
city New York City
commentator Gene Okerlund
Gorilla Monsoon
Jesse Ventura
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1985-03-31
featuredCelebrity Cyndi Lauper
Liberace
Mr. T
Muhammad Ali
the Rockettes
surface form: New York City Rockettes
featuredChampionship WWE Intercontinental Championship
surface form: WWF Intercontinental Championship

WWF Women’s Championship
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)
surface form: WWF World Heavyweight Championship
featuredMatch André the Giant vs. Big John Studd
Wendi Richter vs. Leilani Kai
featuredMatchStipulation $15,000 Body Slam Challenge
followedBy WrestleMania II
surface form: WrestleMania 2
headBooker Vince McMahon
interviewer Cyndi Lauper
Gene Okerlund
Lord Alfred Hayes
mainEvent Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff
mainEventGuestRingside the Rockettes
surface form: New York City Rockettes
mainEventGuestTimekeeper Liberace
mainEventManager Bob Orton Jr.
surface form: Cowboy Bob Orton

Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
surface form: Jimmy Snuka
mainEventParticipant Hulk Hogan NERFINISHED
Mr. T
Paul Orndorff NERFINISHED
Roddy Piper
mainEventRingAnnouncer Howard Finkel
mainEventSpecialReferee Muhammad Ali
mainEventType tag team match
numberOfMatches 9
openingMatch Tito Santana vs. The Executioner
producer Vince McMahon
promotion WWE
WWF NERFINISHED
World Wrestling Federation NERFINISHED
promotionEra Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Connection era
series WrestleMania
significance first WrestleMania event in history
helped popularize WWF on a national level in the United States
state New York
tagline The Greatest Wrestling Event of All Time!
venue Madison Square Garden
year 1985

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Hulk Hogan mainEvented WrestleMania I
Laurence Tureaud participatedIn WrestleMania I
WrestleMania II previousEvent WrestleMania I
WrestleMania I alsoKnownAs WrestleMania I
this entity surface form: The Original WrestleMania
WrestleMania I alsoKnownAs WrestleMania I
this entity surface form: WrestleMania (1985)