The Big Event

The Big Event was a professional wrestling closed-circuit (CCTV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on August 28, 1986, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event was advertised locally in the July 15 Toronto Star as "Hulkamania" and was promoted as the headlining event of the 1986 Canadian National Exhibition. According to the WWF's Official Magazine, the event drew a total audience of just under 70,000 fans and matched sell-out crowds at Exhibition Stadium previously only drawn by The Who and Bruce Springsteen. Although attendance estimates vary from a paid attendance of 61,470 all the way up to a total attendance of 74,000, sources agree The Big Event set a professional wrestling outdoor attendance record at the time. According to Jim Hunt of the Toronto Sun, The Big Event grossed a reported one million Canadian dollars. Tickets ranged from $20 ringside to $8 further away, with profits from ticket sales alone estimated between $75,000 and $100,000

A VHS tape of the event was released later by Coliseum Home Video, with commentary by Gorilla Monsoon, Johnny Valiant, and Ernie Ladd. This 115 Minute tape featured edits to a number of the matches. In 2014, WWE Network made the same version of the event available on demand in the pay-per-view (PPV) section (although the event was not originally broadcast via pay-per-view).

On February 22, 2025, the show was added to the WWE Vault on YouTube.