WrestleRock 86

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WrestleRock
AWA WrestleRock.png
The logo used when the show was televised
PromotionAmerican Wrestling Association
DateApril 20, 1986
CityMinneapolis, Minnesota
VenueHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance23,000
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WrestleRock was a professional wrestling supercard event promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA). In June 2016 the event was added to the WWE Network.[1]

Background[]

The event was held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday April 20, 1986.[2] The card was heavily promoted for months during weekly television programming. Although not as ambitious as the WWF's WrestleMania 2, the show was a reasonable success, drawing more fans than both of Jim Crockett Promotions' Crockett Cup shows combined.

The show also featured country music legend Waylon Jennings performing a brief concert following the final match. WrestleRock would prove to be the final stadium show for the AWA.

WrestleRock Rumble[]

The promotions for the show included a music video shot in Las Vegas entitled the "WrestleRock Rumble" in a vein similar to "The Super Bowl Shuffle" from 1985. It featured different AWA talent "rapping" verses, including 60-year-old Verne Gagne reading his verse off a sheet.[2] The video was parodied by the WWE online comedy show Are You Serious?, with co-host Road Dogg calling Nick Bockwinkel the best rapper of the bunch. It was then parodied as the "WrestleMania Rumble", featuring Brodus Clay, Yoshi Tatsu, Santino Marella and Puppet H doing rap verses to promote WrestleMania XXVIII.[3]

Results[]

No. Results Stipulations Times
1 Brad Rheingans defeated Boris Zukhov Singles match 08:31
2 Little Mr. T and Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo Tag team match 10:01
3 Colonel DeBeers defeated Wahoo McDaniel by disqualification Singles match 05:03
4 Buddy Rose and Doug Somers defeated The Midnight Rockers (Sean Michaels and Marty Jannetty) Tag team match 12:03
5 Tiger Mask defeated Buck Zumhofe Singles match (Tiger Mask's NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship was not on the line) 10:55
6 Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo defeated The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) Tag team match 14:01
7 Giant Baba defeated Bulldog Bob Brown Singles match 8:28
8 Harley Race vs. Rick Martel ended in a double countout Singles match 17:34
9 Sherri Martel defeated Luna Vachon, Joyce Grable, Kat LeRoux, Rose Divine, Taylor Thomas, Despina Montagas, Misty Blue Simmes, Debbie Combs, and Candi Divine 10-woman battle royal 10:00
10 Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeated Kamala (with Skandor Akbar) by disqualification Singles match for the AWA America's Championship 09:54
11 Scott Hall and Curt Hennig (c) defeated The Long Ryders (Scott Irwin and Bill Irwin) Tag team match for the AWA World Tag Team Championship 27:53
12 Scott LeDoux defeated Larry Zbyszko by disqualification Boxing match with Larry Hennig as the special guest referee 12:19
13 Nick Bockwinkel defeated Stan Hansen (c) by disqualification Singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship 10:43
14 Greg Gagne and Jimmy Snuka defeated King Kong Brody and The Barbarian Steel cage match 12:12
15 Verne Gagne defeated Sheik Adnan El Kassey Steel cage match 06:54
16 The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) defeated Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin Steel cage match 21:21
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References[]

  1. ^ Updates, WWE Network (2016-06-03). "ADDED: Awa - AWA WrestleRock 86 (04/20/1986". @wwe_network_bot. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ a b "Past Inductions". WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  3. ^ "WWE Video - new "Are You Serious?" with WrestleRock, ECW botch, Road Warriors". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
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