WrestleRock 86
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| WrestleRock | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 The logo used when the show was televised | |||
| Promotion | American Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | April 20, 1986 | ||
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
| Venue | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | ||
| Attendance | 23,000 | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Updates, WWE Network (2016-06-03). "ADDED: Awa - AWA WrestleRock 86 (04/20/1986". @wwe_network_bot. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b "Past Inductions". WrestleCrap. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ "WWE Video - new "Are You Serious?" with WrestleRock, ECW botch, Road Warriors". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2013-02-01.