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Superstation WTBS: Georgia Championship Wrestling - March 16, 1985 [Videos]

 



The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) increased its national television exposure in the summer of 1984 by purchasing Georgia Championship Wrestling, which aired on Saturday in the 6:05 PM timeslot on the national cable network WTBS. The takeover was short lived, however when less than a year later, Vince McMahon sold his interest in Georgia Championship Wrestling to Jim Crockett Promotions, with the WWF airing their last episode on WTBS on March 30, 1985.

Hosted by Freddie Miller and Gorilla Monsoon below are segments from one of the last great episodes of WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling on WTBS featuring Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Andre the Giant, and Bret Hart.












CBS Morning News: Hulk Hogan and Mr. T Interview - March 28, 1985 [Video]


Bill Kurtis interviewing Hulk Hogan and Mr. T on CBS Morning News.







CBS Evening News: Report on Professional Wrestling in 1985 [Video]

 


CBS Evening News with Dan Rather aired a segment featuring a story on the World Wrestling Federation in 1985 during the beginning of the national explosion of pro wrestling in the United States.



Oprah Winfrey interviews WWF Wrestlers on AM Chicago in 1985 [Videos]

 

Oprah Winfrey interviews Hulk Hogan on May 24, 1985.

The success of professional wrestling exploded after Hulk Hogan won the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship in 1984. By 1985, after the success of the WWF's WrestleMania, professional wrestling had moved into the mainstream of American culture. At the time, Oprah Winfrey was becoming the most popular television personality in the Chicago media market before broadcasting nationwide in 1986. 

On May 24, 1985, AM Chicago hosted by Oprah Winfrey dedicated the entire program to the World Wrestling Federation with a somewhat conversational interview with Hulk Hogan asking him about drug use. As legend has it, later in the program after Hulk Hogan's match against Don Muraco, Hulk Hogan avoids Oprah on purpose, showing that he didn't appreciate her earlier question on drug use. 

Interviews with Jesse Ventura and Ivan Putski


Interviews with Don Muraco with Mr. Fuji and Hulk Hogan




End of match interaction between Hulk Hogan and Oprah Winfrey


Classic Matches: WrestleMania III - Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant [Videos]




Andre the Giant with Bobby Heenan faces Hulk Hogan
On Piper's Pit with Rowdy Roddy Piper
Aired on February 7, 1987



WrestleMania III Contract Signing
February 27, 1987



Vince McMahon interviews Hulk Hogan before the match
March 29, 1987



WrestleMania III
Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant
March 29, 1987



Classic Matches: Hulk Hogan vs Brutus Beefcake - February 1985 [Videos]

 



Kal Rudman interviews Hulk Hogan
February 16, 1985
Philadelphia, PA



The Main Event Match
Champion Hulk Hogan vs Brutus Beefcake
February 16, 1985
Philadelphia, PA