1986 in professional wrestling

List of years in professional wrestling

1986 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
PNW Superstar Extravaganza January 21 Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon 8,000+
JCP Superstars on the Superstation February 7 Omni Atlanta, Georgia 10,000
WWF WrestleMania 2[1][2][3] April 7 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Rosemont Horizon
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena		 Uniondale, New York
Rosemont, Illinois
Los Angeles, California		 40,085
JCP 1st Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament April 19 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 3,500 (afternoon)[4]
13,000 (evening)[4]
AWA WrestleRock 86 April 20 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota 23,000
WCCW 3rd Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions May 4 Texas Stadium Irving, Texas 24,121
JCP The Great American Bash (1986) Various
WWF The Big Event August 28 Exhibition Stadium Toronto, Ontario 74,000+[5]
Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament August 29 Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri 10,612[6][7]
EMLL EMLL 53rd Anniversary Show September 19 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico 15,000[8]
WWC WWC 13th Aniversario Coliseo de Pachin Vicens Ponce, Puerto Rico 9,500
September 20 Isidoro García Stadium Mayagüez, Puerto Rico N/A
WCCW 3rd Cotton Bowl Extravaganza October 12 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 5,835[9][10]
JCP Starrcade November 27 Greensboro Coliseum
The Omni		 Greensboro, North Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia		 30,000

Tournaments and accomplishments

JCP

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Bunkhouse Stampede Dusty Rhodes[11][12]
NWA World Television Championship Tournament Wahoo McDaniel January 4, 1986
Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) April 19

WWF

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament Harley Race August 29

Slammy Awards

Poll Winner
Best Personality in Land of a Thousand Dances "Rowdy" Roddy Piper[13][14][15]
Best Producer Mona Flambe aka Cyndi Lauper[13][14][15]
Best Commentator Gene Okerlund[13][14][15]
Most Ignominious Nikolai Volkoff[13][14][15]
Best Single Performer Junkyard Dog[13][14][15]

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Ric Flair
PWI Tag Team of the Year The Rock 'n' Roll Express
(Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)
PWI Match of the Year Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes (The Great American Bash)
PWI Feud of the Year Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Roddy Piper
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Paul Orndorff
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Terry Gordy
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Chris Adams
PWI Rookie of the Year Lex Luger
PWI Lifetime Achievement Verne Gagne
PWI Editor's Award Lou Albano

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Ric Flair
Most Outstanding Ric Flair
Feud of the Year Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff
Tag Team of the Year The Midnight Express
(Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton)
Most Improved Steve Williams
Best on Interviews Jim Cornette

Title changes

WWF

Incoming champion – Hulk Hogan
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
Incoming champion – Tito Santana
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 8 Randy Savage House show
Incoming champion – Antonio Inoki
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
Incoming champion – Dino Bravo
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 22 Vacant N/A
Incoming champions – The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
July 3 Velvet McIntyre Live event
July 9 The Fabulous Moolah Live event
Incoming champions – The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 7 The British Bulldogs
(The British Bulldog and Dynamite Kid)		 WrestleMania 2

Births

Seth Rollins

Debuts

Unknown date

Retirements

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "WrestleMania II Facts/Stats". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
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  4. 1 2 "1st Annual Crockett Cup". Wrestling Supercards & Tournaments. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  5. ↑ Canoe – Slam! Wrestling – the Big Event 21 years later
  6. ↑ Matysik, Larry. Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling. Toronto: ECW Press, 2005. (pg. 213) ISBN 1-55022-684-3
  7. ↑ "Sam Muchnik Tournament". Misc. Tournaments. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
  8. ↑ "53rd Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 19, 1986. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  9. ↑ "3rd Cotton Bowl Extravaganza". Pro Wrestling History. October 12, 1986. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
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  12. ↑ Cawthon, Graham; Cornette, Jim (2013-12-25). Sawyer, Grant, ed. The History of Professional Wrestling: Jim Crockett Promotions & the NWA World Title 1983-1988 (1 ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781494803476.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "Slammy Awards History". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "WWF Slammy Awards (1986)". TWNP News. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
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