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In the main event, Ric Flair defeated Harley Race in a Steel Cage match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Jay Youngblood and Ricky Steamboat defeated The Brisco Brothers (Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship and Roddy Piper defeated Greg Valentine in a Dog Collar match ...
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 .
Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), [1] [2] better known by his ring name Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
The following night World Wrestling Federation hosted Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament in which Harley Race won by last defeating Ricky Steamboat. The Hogan-Orndorff feud continued to rage into the fall of 1986, with Orndorff – as he did at The Big Event – using Hogan's entrance theme "Real American" as his own theme.
Harley Race: June 10, 1983: House show: St. Louis, MO: 7 167: 167 28 Ric Flair: November 24, 1983: Starrcade: Greensboro, NC: 2 (5) 117: 164 This was a steel cage match. Former champion Gene Kiniski was the special referee. † Harley Race: March 20, 1984: House show: Wellington, New Zealand: 8 3 — This title change was not authorized by the NWA.
Race's autobiography, King of the Ring: the Harley Race Story (ISBN 1-58261-818-6), was released on November 19, 2004. Along with Ricky Steamboat and Les Thatcher, Race is author of The Professional Wrestler's Workout and Instructional Guide.
Taggart VanEtten of Manito carries the finish line ribbon after winning the 2024 Steamboat Classic 4-mile race Saturday, June 15, 2024 in downtown Peoria. Going short to train long.
Richard Henry Blood Jr. (born July 7, 1987) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Richie Steamboat.He is known for wrestling in WWE's developmental territories Florida Championship Wrestling and NXT, and was the second FCW Grand Slam Champion having won the Florida Heavyweight Championship, Florida Tag Team Championship, and Jack Brisco 15 Championship.