NWA The Great American Bash 1985 (1985)
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.
Director: Jim Crockett Jr.
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Ric Flair as Ric Flair |
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Scott Simpson as Nikita Koloff |
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Tully Blanchard as Tully Blanchard |
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Virgil Runnels as Dusty Rhodes |
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Terry Allen as Magnum T.A. |
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James Harris as Kamala |
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Joe Laurinaitis as Road Warrior Animal |
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Mike Hegstrand as Road Warrior Hawk |
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Oreal Perras as Ivan Koloff |
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Barry Darsow as Krusher Kruschev |
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Jimmy Valiant as Jimmy Valiant |
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Paul Frederick as Paul Jones |
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Alan Rogowski as Ole Anderson |
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Martin Lunde as Arn Anderson |
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Dick Slater as Dick Slater |
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Bruce Woyan as Buzz Sawyer |
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Emanuel Fernandez as Manny Fernandez |
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Michael Smith as Sam Houston |
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David Sawyer as "Avalanche" Buzz Tyler |
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Billy Graham as Billy Graham |
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Larry Shreve as Abdullah the Butcher |
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Sione Vailahi as Konga the Barbarian |
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Ronald Heard as Ron Bass |
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William Ansor as Buddy Landel |
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James Morrison as James J. Dillon (Manager) |
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Paul Ellering as Paul Ellering (Manager) |
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Nickla Roberts as "The Perfect 10" Baby Doll (Valet) |
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Jim Wehba as Gen. Skandor Akbar (Manager) |
| Production | Jim Crockett Jr. | Producer |
| Production | David Crockett | Producer |
| Directing | Jim Crockett Jr. | Director |
| Writing | Virgil Runnels | Writer |
