Jimmy Hart won a 22-man $50,000 battle royal after The Junkyard Dog (Sylvester Ritter) and Greg Valentine eliminated each other. Hart spent the whole match hiding under the ring, occasionally sticking his head out to see what was happening. The other participants were Big John Studd (John Minton), Billy Jack Haynes, King Kong Bundy, Bobby Heenan, Moondog Spot (Larry Booker), Moondog Rex (Randy Colley), The Dynamite Kid (Tommy Billington), Davey Boy Smith, Lanny Poffo, Harley Race, Iron Mike Sharpe, Sivi Afi (Papaliitele Max Amata Taogaga), King Tonga (Tonga Fifita), Brutus Beefcake (Ed Leslie), Johnny Valiant, Tony Atlas, Tony Garea, SD Jones (Conrad Efraim) and Pedro Morales.
The Bruno Sammartino and Tito Santana (Merced Solis) vs. Adrian Adonis and Randy Savage cage match, which Sammartino and Santana won, was Bruno's last appearance at Madison Square Garden for 28 years.