Hulkamania and its reach boomed overall WWF The WWF and owner Vince McMahon launched the first wrestling pay-per-view event, WrestleMania, in 1985. The name was adopted from Beatlemania but also ...

I met Terry Bollea 40 years ago in Carver Arena. He was in a boxing ring on Oct. 10, 1985, little more than arm's length away, battling with something called a Big John Studd — all 365 pounds of ...