Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament
The Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament | |
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Promotion | World Wrestling Federation |
Date | August 29, 1986[1][2] |
Attendance | 10,612[1][2] |
Venue | Kiel Auditorium[1][2][3] |
City | St. Louis, Missouri[1][2][3] |
The Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament was a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) supercard held at the sold-out Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri on August 29, 1986, attended by nearly 11,000 fans and making $87,000.[1][2]
The event was held as a tribute to longtime St. Louis promoter Sam Muchnick and featured a 16-man single-elimination tournament which saw Harley Race defeat Ricky Steamboat in the tournament finals. The semi-main event included a match between Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship .[1][2][3][4]
Results
August 29, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri (Kiel Auditorium)
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[2] |
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1 | Harley Race defeated Brian Blair[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 06:22 |
2 | Don Muraco and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine fought to a double-disqualification.[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 0:58 |
3 | Adrian Adonis defeated King Tonga[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 02:31 |
4 | Junkyard Dog defeated Hercules Hernandez[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 08:56 |
5 | Brutus Beefcake defeated Lanny Poffo[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 03:12 |
6 | Pedro Morales defeated Dory Funk, Jr.[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 05:33 |
7 | Billy Jack Haynes defeated Jimmy Jack Funk[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 04:15 |
8 | Ricky Steamboat defeated Jim Brunzell[2][3] | First Round Tournament match | 07:10 |
9 | Harley Race received a bye[2][3] | Quarter Final Tournament Match | N/A |
10 | Junkyard Dog defeated Adrian Adonis[2][3] | Quarter Final Tournament Match | 05:02 |
11 | Brutus Beefcake defeated Pedro Morales[2][3] | Quarter Final Tournament Match | 10:34 |
12 | Ricky Steamboat defeated Billy Jack Haynes[2][3] | Quarter Final Tournament Match | 05:58 |
13 | Harley Race defeated Junkyard Dog[2][3] | Semi Final Tournament match | 10:38 |
14 | Rick Steamboat defeated Brutus Beefcake[2][3] | Semi Final Tournament match | 12:23 |
15 | Harley Race defeated Ricky Steamboat[1][2][3] | Tournament Finals match | 07:04 |
16 | Hulk Hogan (c) and Paul Orndorff fought to a double-disqualification[1] | Singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship | 16:08 |
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Tournament bracket
Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Harley Race | |||||||||||||||||||
Brian Blair | |||||||||||||||||||
Harley Race | |||||||||||||||||||
BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
Don Muraco | |||||||||||||||||||
Greg Valentine | DDQ | ||||||||||||||||||
Harley Race | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | King Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||
Adrian Adonis | |||||||||||||||||||
Adrian Adonis | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
Hercules Hernandez | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
Harley Race | |||||||||||||||||||
Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
Brutus Beefcake | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Lanny Poffo | |||||||||||||||||||
Brutus Beefcake | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Pedro Morales | |||||||||||||||||||
Dory Funk, Jr. | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Pedro Morales | |||||||||||||||||||
Brutus Beefcake | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Rickey Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
Billy Jack Haynes | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Jack Funk | |||||||||||||||||||
Billy Jack Haynes | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
Jim Brunzell | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matysik, Larry. Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling. Toronto: ECW Press, 2005. (pg. 213) ISBN 1-55022-684-3
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Sam Muchnik Tournament". Misc. Tournaments. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "WWE Tournaments: Sam Muchnik Tournament". Results. ObsessedWithWrestling.com.
- ↑ Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. (pg. 23) ISBN 1-4165-3257-9
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