{{short description|Professional wrestling show}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox Wrestling event |name=WrestleRock |image=AWA WrestleRock.png |caption=The logo used when the show was televised |promotion=[[American Wrestling Association]] |date=April 20, 1986 |venue=[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] |city=[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |attendance=23,000 |liveevent=y |lastevent=[[SuperClash (1985)|SuperClash]] |nextevent=[[SuperClash II]] }} '''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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/wwe_network_bot/status/738976825448275968|title=ADDED: Awa - AWA WrestleRock 86 (04/20/1986|last=Updates|first=WWE Network|date=2016-06-03|website=@wwe_network_bot|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref>
==Background== The event was held at the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday April 20, 1986.<ref name="WrestleCrap">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/past-inductions/ |title=Past Inductions |publisher=[[WrestleCrap]] |accessdate=2013-02-01 |archive-date=2013-02-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217020717/http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/past-inductions/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]]' [[Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament|Crockett Cup]] shows combined.
WrestleRock would prove to be the final stadium show for the AWA.
===WrestleRock Rumble=== 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.<ref name="WrestleCrap"/> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_59518.shtml|title=WWE Video - new "Are You Serious?" with WrestleRock, ECW botch, Road Warriors|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=2012-03-25|accessdate=2013-02-01}}</ref>
==Results== {{Pro Wrestling results table |match1 = [[Brad Rheingans]] defeated [[Boris Zukhov]] |stip1 = [[Singles match (professional wrestling)|Singles match]] |time1 = 08:31 |match2 = [[Haiti Kid|Little Mr. T]] and [[Cowboy Lang]] defeated [[Lord Littlebrook]] and [[Shigeri Akabane|Little Tokyo]] |stip2 = [[Tag team match]] with [[KSTP-TV|Gary Lumpkin]] as the [[special guest referee]] |time2 = 10:01 |match3 = [[Colonel DeBeers]] defeated [[Wahoo McDaniel]] by [[Disqualification (professional wrestling)|disqualification]] |stip3 = Singles match |time3 = 05:03 |match4 = [[Buddy Rose]] and [[Doug Somers]] defeated [[The Midnight Rockers]] ([[Shawn Michaels|Shawn Michaels]] and [[Marty Jannetty]]) |stip4 = Tag team match |time4 = 12:03 |match5 = [[Mitsuharu Misawa|Tiger Mask]] defeated [[Buck Zumhofe]] |stip5 = Singles match |time5 = 10:55 |match6 = [[Barry Windham]] and [[Mike Rotunda]] defeated [[The Fabulous Ones]] ([[Stan Lane]] and [[Steve Keirn]]) |stip6 = Tag team match |time6 = 14:01 |match7 = [[Giant Baba]] defeated [[Bulldog Bob Brown]] |stip7 = Singles match |time7 = 8:28 |match8 = [[Harley Race]] vs. [[Rick Martel]] ended in a double [[Countout (professional wrestling)|countout]] |stip8 = Singles match |time8 = 17:34 |match9 = [[Sherri Martel]] defeated [[Luna Vachon]], [[Joyce Grable]], Kat LeRoux, Rose Divine, Taylor Thomas, [[Despina Montagas]], [[Misty Blue Simmes]], [[Debbie Combs]], and [[Candi Divine]] |stip9 = 10-woman [[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] |time9 = 10:00 |match10 = [[Sgt. Slaughter]] (c) defeated [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala]] (with [[Skandor Akbar]]) by disqualification |stip10 = Singles match for the [[AWA America's Championship]] |time10 = 09:54 |match11 = [[Scott Hall]] and [[Curt Hennig]] (c) defeated The Long Ryders ([[Scott Irwin]] and [[Bill Irwin (wrestler)|Bill Irwin]]) |stip11 = Tag team match for the [[AWA World Tag Team Championship]] |time11 = 27:53 |match12 = [[Scott LeDoux]] defeated [[Larry Zbyszko]] by disqualification |stip12 = Boxing match with [[Larry Hennig]] as the [[special guest referee]] |time12 = 12:19 |match13 = [[Nick Bockwinkel]] defeated [[Stan Hansen]] (c) by disqualification |stip13 = Singles match for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]] |time13 = 10:43 |match14 = [[Greg Gagne (wrestler)|Greg Gagne]] and [[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Bruiser Brody|King Kong Brody]] and [[John Nord|Nord The Barbarian]] |stip14 = [[Steel Cage match]] |time14 = 12:12 |match15 = [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Adnan El Kassey|Sheik Adnan El Kassey]] |stip15 = Steel Cage match |time15 = 06:54 |match16 = [[The Road Warriors]] ([[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk]] and [[Road Warrior Animal|Animal]]) (with [[Paul Ellering]]) defeated [[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]] [[Fabulous Freebirds|and]] [[Jimmy Garvin]] |stip16 = Steel Cage match |time16 = 21:21 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{American Wrestling Association}}
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