Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament

The Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament
Information
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]
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
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ 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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