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WrestleRock
The logo used when the show was televised
Promotion American Wrestling Association
DateApril 20, 1986
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Venue Hubert 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.

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.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Brad Rheingans defeated Boris Zukhov Singles match08:31
2 Little Mr. T and Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo Tag team match10:01
3 Colonel DeBeers defeated Wahoo McDaniel by disqualificationSingles match05:03
4 Buddy Rose and Doug Somers defeated The Midnight Rockers ( Sean Michaels and Marty Jannetty)Tag team match12:03
5 Tiger Mask defeated Buck ZumhofeSingles match10:55
6 Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda defeated The Fabulous Ones ( Stan Lane and Steve Keirn)Tag team match14:01
7 Giant Baba defeated Bulldog Bob BrownSingles match8:28
8 Harley Race vs. Rick Martel ended in a double countoutSingles match17:34
9 Sherri Martel defeated Luna Vachon, Joyce Grable, Kat LeRoux, Rose Divine, Taylor Thomas, Despina Montagas, Misty Blue Simmes, Debbie Combs, and Candi Divine10-woman battle royal10:00
10 Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeated Kamala (with Skandor Akbar) by disqualificationSingles match for the AWA America's Championship09:54
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 Championship27:53
12 Scott LeDoux defeated Larry Zbyszko by disqualificationBoxing match with Larry Hennig as the special guest referee12:19
13 Nick Bockwinkel defeated Stan Hansen (c) by disqualificationSingles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship10:43
14 Greg Gagne and Jimmy Snuka defeated King Kong Brody and The Barbarian Steel Cage match12:12
15 Verne Gagne defeated Sheik Adnan El KasseySteel Cage match06:54
16 The Road Warriors ( Hawk and Animal) (with Paul Ellering) defeated Michael Hayes and Jimmy GarvinSteel Cage match21:21
(c) – 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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