On September 7, 1986 the debut episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge aired from the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and was hosted by Gorilla Monsoon, “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd and “Luscious” Johnny Valiant. Wrestling Challenge was the replacement show for WWF All-Star Wrestling. The premiere episode also featured the debut of “The Snake Pit” with Jake “The Snake” Roberts and his guests, The Wizard and Kamala along with his masked "handler" Kim Chee (usually portrayed by Steve Lombardi).

On September 7, 1986 the debut episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge aired from the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and was hosted by Gorilla Monsoon, “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd and “Luscious” Johnny Valiant. Wrestling Challenge was the replacement show for WWF All-Star Wrestling. The premiere episode also featured the debut of “The Snake Pit” with Jake “The Snake” Roberts and his guests, The Wizard and Kamala along with his masked "handler" Kim Chee (usually portrayed by Steve Lombardi).

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On September 6, 1986 the first episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling aired, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling. Before that, WWF Superstars of Wrestling was the name of a weekly recap show hosted by Vince McMahon (or Gene Okerlund) and Lord Alfred Hayes that lasted from 1984 through August 1986. The new version of Superstars was the program on which all the angles began and at times ended and on which the majority of title changes took place if not at a pay-per-view event. Matches primarily s

On July 19, 1986 WWF Championship Wrestling aired from the Mid-Hudson Civic Center at Poughkeepsie, New York. In an angle that would become known as “The Great Betrayal”, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff turned heel attacking WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan during their main event tag team match against King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd (with Bobby “The Brain” Heenan). The storyline started several weeks earlier, when "Adorable" Adrian Adonis, on his interview segment "The Flower Shop," re