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.
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 defeated 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.
Results[]
- Harley Race defeated Brian Blair in a First Round Tournament match (6:22)
- Don Muraco and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine fought to a double-disqualification in a First Round Tournament match (0:58)
- Adrian Adonis defeated King Tonga in a First Round Tournament match (2:31)
- Junkyard Dog defeated Hercules Hernandez in a First Round Tournament match (8:56)
- Brutus Beefcake defeated Lanny Poffo in a First Round Tournament match (3:12)
- Pedro Morales defeated Dory Funk, Jr. in a First Round Tournament match (5:33)
- Billy Jack Haynes defeated Jimmy Jack Funk in a First Round Tournament match (4:15)
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Jim Brunzell in a First Round Tournament match (7:10)
- Junkyard Dog defeated Adrian Adonis in a Quarter Final Tournament Match (5:02)
- Brutus Beefcake defeated Pedro Morales in a Quarter Final Tournament Match (10:34)
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Billy Jack Haynes in a Quarter Final Tournament Match (5:58)
- Harley Race defeated Junkyard Dog in a Semi Final Tournament match (10:38)
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Brutus Beefcake in a Semi Final Tournament match (12:23)
- Harley Race defeated Ricky Steamboat in a Tournament Finals match (7:04)
- Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Paul Orndorff ended in a double-disqualification for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (16:08)
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
