
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.

Ric Flair
Ric Flair

Scott Simpson
Nikita Koloff

Tully Blanchard
Tully Blanchard

Virgil Runnels
Dusty Rhodes

Terry Allen
Magnum T.A.

James Harris
Kamala

Joe Laurinaitis
Road Warrior Animal

Mike Hegstrand
Road Warrior Hawk

Oreal Perras
Ivan Koloff

Barry Darsow
Krusher Kruschev
Jimmy Valiant
Jimmy Valiant

Paul Frederick
Paul Jones

Alan Rogowski
Ole Anderson

Martin Lunde
Arn Anderson

Dick Slater
Dick Slater