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
Scott Simpson
Tully Blanchard
Virgil Runnels
Terry Allen
James Harris
Joe Laurinaitis
Mike Hegstrand
Oreal Perras
Barry Darsow
James Fanning
Paul Frederick
Alan Rogowski
Martin Lunde
Dick Slater
Bruce Woyan
Emanuel Fernandez
Michael Smith
David Sawyer
Billy Graham
Larry Shreve
Sione Vailahi
Ron Heard
William Ansor
James Morrison
Paul Ellering
Nickla Roberts
Jim Wehba