WWE The Big Event

1986-08-28

The Big Event was a Canada-only professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on August 28, 1986, at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. The event drew a legitimate crowd of 74,000 fans which was an outdoor attendance record at the time. The event set an attendance record for a wrestling show that would not be beaten until WrestleMania III. The main event heading into the event was between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff for the WWF Championship.

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The Big Event was a Canada-only professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on August 28, 1986, at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. The event drew a legitimate crowd of 74,000 fans which was an outdoor attendance record at the time. The event set an attendance record for a wrestling show that would not be beaten until WrestleMania III. The main event heading into the event was between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff for the WWF Championship.

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1986-08-28

Runtime

115

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Action

Drama

Language

English

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WWE The Big Event

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Terry Gene Bollea

Paul Orndorff

Harley Race

Pedro Morales

John Wisniski Jr.

Ed Leslie

Jacques Rougeau

Raymond Rougeau

Ray Fernandez

Billy Haynes

Rick Blood Sr.

Aurelian Smith Jr.

Chris Pallies

John Minton

Bill Eadie

Bob Windham

André Roussimoff

Louis Albano

Dick Slater

Michael Sharpe

Sylvester Ritter

Keith Franke

Ted Arcidi

Anthony Gareljich

Tonga Fifita

Don Muraco

Jim Brunzell

Brian Blair

Dory Funk Jr.

Ferrin Barr Jr.

Ray Heenan

Jimmy Hart

Harry Fujiwara