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 tournament was arranged by Larry Matysik, a protege of Muchnick.
[3] 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 main event included a match between Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
[1][2][4] August 29, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri (Kiel Auditorium) Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision