August 16, 1986 WWF Championship Wrestling results

The August 16, 1986 Edition of WWF Championship Wrestling is a Professional wrestling television show of the World Wrestling Federation, which took place on August 5, 1986 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center at Poughkeepsie, New York.

This episode was part of the final tapings of Championship Wrestling and of WWF programs at Poughkeepsie, New York's Mid-Hudson Civic Center. House shows would occasionally take place thereafter.

This final set of tapings featured the return of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who had previously been a heel. Here, he was an unexpected guest of "The Flower Shop," hosted by "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. (The originally scheduled guest, The Magnificent Muraco, did not appear.) Piper, who got a mixed reaction initially when appearing on the set, drew some cheers as he, in demanding that he take his talk segment "Piper's Pit" back, threw several jabs at Adonis' gimmick (as an effeminate cross dresser) and one-time cohort "Cowboy" Bob Orton's association with Adonis. Although it started quietly, this "Flower Shop" segment was the first chapter in what would become a violent feud between Piper and Adonis.

Results

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.


 * The Killer Bees def. Steve Lombardi & Rusty Brooks when Jim Brunzell pinned Brooks with a dropkick (3:04).
 * The Hart Foundation def. Terry Morgan & Jim Powers when Bret "Hitman" Hart pinned Morgan after the Hart Attack (3:05).
 * Super Machine def. Ivan McDonald with a swinging neckbreaker (2:42).
 * The Dream Team def. Mario Mancini & Jose Luis Rivera when Greg "the Hammer" Valentine forced Mancini to submit in the figure-4 leglock (2:51).
 * Sivi Afi and The Islanders def. Joe Mirto, Terry Gibbs, & George Leech when the The Tonga Kid pinned Leech with a splash off the top (2:32)
 * Hercules Hernandez def. Tony Atlas when Slick used his cane to hit Atlas in the knee as he was attempting to suplex Hernandez into the ring (3:36).

Other happenings

 * During the Super Machine-McDonald match, Bobby Heenan came to ringside to take photographs of the Giant Machine (who, along with Captain Lou Albano were at ringside), hoping to prove that the Giant Machine and André the Giant were one and the same.