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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 WarGames match was criticized for having a "weak finish" but Furious appreciated Ricky Steamboat's performance in the World Television Championship opening match, with Steamboat being "one of the few guys on the roster with enough pride to not call it in when the opportunity presents itself." He further added "Not that the booking helped any.
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 ...
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.
WWE Madison Square Garden Classics is a professional wrestling television program on the MSG Network, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment.It debuted in a two-hour block on July 12, 2006 and was hosted by longtime wrestling announcer "Mean" Gene Okerlund, primarily recapping and reairing WWF on MSG Network shows throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
Steamboat Classic celebrated its first champ, the latest champs and its departing race director on a hot a muggy June 2024 morning in Downtown Peoria. First, last and everything in between ...
Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler.He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 1985.