| 1 | Hulk Hogan — BABYFACE (WWE Champion) The Ultimate Good Guy — Face of the Company Hulk Hogan was the ultimate babyface at WrestleMania I — the WWF World Heavyweight Champion and the most beloved superstar in the company. His Hulkamania character was built on positivity, patriotism, and fan connection. | Main Event Babyface / WWF Champion | Jimmy Snuka (corner man) | BABYFACE |
| 2 | Mr. T — BABYFACE (Celebrity) A-Team Star as Good Guy Partner Mr. T was positioned as a full babyface celebrity at WrestleMania I — a perfect partner for Hulk Hogan given his tough-guy but ultimately heroic public persona from The A-Team. | Celebrity Babyface Partner | None (celebrity) | BABYFACE |
| 3 | Roddy Piper — HEEL The Ultimate Villain of WM1 Roddy Piper was the primary heel of WrestleMania I — the antagonist whose confrontations on Piper's Pit had built the event's main feud. His arrogant, abrasive heel character was perfectly calibrated for maximum crowd heat. | Main Event Heel | Bob Orton (bodyguard) | HEEL |
| 4 | Paul Orndorff — HEEL Mr. Wonderful — Piper's Partner Paul Orndorff was a heel partner for Roddy Piper in the main event — though his WM1 role planted the seeds for his eventual face turn when Bob Orton's cast accidentally struck him. | Main Event Heel | None (Piper & Orton as allies) | HEEL (seeds of face turn planted by match finish) |
| 5 | Andre the Giant — BABYFACE The Beloved Giant — WM1 Fan Favourite Andre the Giant was fully aligned as a babyface at WrestleMania I — the gentle giant whose career was being threatened by the heel duo of Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan. His face turn from previous Heenan association was complete by 1985. | Bodyslam Challenge Babyface | None (babyface — no manager) | BABYFACE |
| 6 | Big John Studd — HEEL Studd — Heenan's Monster Big John Studd was a heel managed by Bobby Heenan — the credible physical threat who had been challenging Andre the Giant's bodyslam challenge for months leading to WM1. | Bodyslam Challenge Heel | Bobby Heenan | HEEL |
| 7 | Wendi Richter — BABYFACE Women's Championship Babyface Challenger Wendi Richter was a full babyface at WM1 — the fan favourite challenger accompanied by pop star Cyndi Lauper, fighting to reclaim the Women's Championship from the heel champion Leilani Kai. | Women's Championship Babyface Challenger | Cyndi Lauper (celebrity manager) | BABYFACE |
| 8 | Leilani Kai — HEEL Women's Champion — Heel Titleholder Leilani Kai was the heel Women's Champion managed by The Fabulous Moolah — the villain standing between Wendi Richter and the championship in the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection storyline. | Women's Championship Defending Heel Champion | The Fabulous Moolah | HEEL |
| 9 | Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff — HEELS Anti-American Foreign Heels — Tag Champions The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff were the ultimate foreign heels of 1985 — anti-American characters using Iranian and Soviet personas to generate maximum heat during the Cold War era. | Foreign Heel Tag Team / Champions-elect | Freddie Blassie | HEEL |
| 10 | U.S. Express (Windham & Rotundo) — BABYFACES Patriotic All-American Tag Champions The U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo) were the ultimate patriotic babyface tag team in 1985 — the perfect foils for the anti-American Volkoff-Sheik heel team, managed by the legendary Captain Lou Albano. | Patriotic All-American Tag Champions (defending) | Captain Lou Albano | BABYFACE |