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Long Form History of Wrestling Podcast - August 1986 - Ric Flair Wins NWA Title, Bama Bash

Podcast: When It Was Cool Wrestling and Retro Pop Culture (DragonKingKarl)
Published: Jul 14, 2026
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Summary

Today the time machine takes us back to August 1986 from the pages of my latest book DragonKingKarl's 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus available from Amazon. In August 1986 Ric Flair won his fifth NWA World title from Dusty Rhodes. WWF was dominating the wrestling scene and doing massive TV tapings for its new shows Superstars and Challenge. The AWA was out of luck, and Stan Hansen defended the AWA World title he no longer held in Alabama!