record breaking event from August 28 1986: The big event. 64.000 filled the CNE stadium in toronto, canada for one of the biggest events in WWE history.
1) Killer Bees vs Dory Funk & Jimmy Jack Funk
2) Haku (King Tonga) vs Don Muraco
3) Ted Arcidi vs Tony Garea
4) Junkyard Dog vs Adorable Adrian Adonis
5) Rebel Dick Slater vs Iron Mike Sharpe
6) The Machines & Giant Machine vs King Kong Bundy, Big John Studd & Bobby the Brain Heenan
7) Ricky Steamboat vs Jake the Snake Roberts in a Snake Pit Match
8) Billy Jack Haynes vs Hercules Hernandez
9) The fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Raymond & Jacques) vs The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg the Hammer Valentine)
10) King Harley Race vs Pedro Morales
11) Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff
Included Gorilla Monsoon, Johnny Valiant, & Ernie Ladd on commentary
@McMahonHater Actually THE BIG EVENT was a promo for major movie premieres on NBC in 1979
max15military 1 week ago
"I'm not surprised they're doing real estate these days" Which was probably an inside jab at the fact that Dory was a real estate broker on the side
jdmannfla 3 months ago
I actually had Killer Bees wrestler figures when I was a kid :D
SeanOBriain 7 months ago
@seikogoldwatch2009 I couldn't agree more. I believe Howard Finkel is often credited with coining the term "Wrestlemania"...it wouldn't surprise me if he was also the brain powe behind the term "Big Event"...
Derby14 7 months ago
@seikogoldwatch2009 Indeed!
Derby14 7 months ago
@Derby14 Imagine the creativity needed to book the shit we see today in WWE rings. Old WWF rules.
seikogoldwatch2009 7 months ago
@buttercremehonda and hell in the cell and extreme rules
wwechristianpeep 7 months ago
@snowpanth still better than Capital Punishment, Money in the Bank or TLC
buttercremehonda 8 months ago 2
Imagine the creativity needed to name such an event...
Derby14 10 months ago
1:14 at ringside? Is that Mario, of Mushroom Kingdom fame?
brnleague99 1 year ago