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 tournament was arranged by Larry Matysik, a protege of Muchnick. The event was held as a tribute to longtime St. Louis promoter

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and featured a 16-man single-elimination tournament which saw

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defeat Ricky Steamboat in the tournament finals. The semi-main event included a match between

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and Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.Shields, Brian. ''Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. (pg. 23)

Results

August 29, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri ( Kiel Auditorium)

Tournament bracket

Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision *

References

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