
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

Nikita Koloff

Tully Blanchard

Dusty Rhodes

Magnum T.A.

Kamala

Road Warrior Animal

Road Warrior Hawk

Ivan Koloff

Krusher Kruschev

Jimmy Valiant
Paul Jones

Ole Anderson

Arn Anderson

Dick Slater

Buzz Sawyer

Manny Fernandez

Sam Houston

"Avalanche" Buzz Tyler

Billy Graham

Abdullah the Butcher

Konga the Barbarian

Ron Bass

Buddy Landel

James J. Dillon (Manager)

Paul Ellering (Manager)

"The Perfect 10" Baby Doll (Valet)

Gen. Skandor Akbar (Manager)