Starrcade
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For other uses, see Starcade (disambiguation).
Starrcade was the primary supercard of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and later World Championship Wrestling (WCW), from 1983 to 2000. Billed as "The Granddaddy of Them All," Starrcade was the first annual wrestling supercard to be broadcast on closed-circuit television, before even the legendary WrestleMania. The 1987 edition was the first one to be held on pay-per-view and was also the NWA's first pay-per-view ever. From 1983 to 1987, the event was produced by Jim Crockett Promotions, and held on Thanksgiving. Afterwards, the event was produced by WCW in December. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have owned the rights to Starrcade since they purchased WCW in 2001, however, to date they have not yet produced their own version of the event.
[edit] Starrcade dates and venues
[edit] National Wrestling Alliance
[edit] 1983
[edit] 1984
Starrcade (1984): The Million Dollar Challenge took place on November 22, 1984 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Denny Brown defeated Mike Davis to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Brian Adias defeated Mr. Ito
- Jesse Barr defeated Mike Graham to retain the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
- The Assassin and Buzz Tyler defeated The Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammed) (w/Paul Jones)
- Manny Fernandez defeated Black Bart (w/James J. Dillon)
- Paul Jones defeated Jimmy Valiant in a Tuxedo Street Fight Loser-Leaves-Town match
- Ron Bass (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Dick Slater by disqualification to retain the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
- Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff defeated Ole Anderson and Keith Larson (w/Don Kernodle)
- Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the NWA World Television Championship and win $10,000
- Wahoo McDaniel defeated Billy Graham (w/Paul Jones) to retain the NWA United States Championship
- Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and win $1 million when referee Joe Frazier stopped the match due to a cut on Rhodes' forehead.
[edit] 1985
[edit] 1986
Starrcade (1986): Night of the Skywalkers took place on November 27, 1986 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Tim Horner and Nelson Royal defeated Don and Rocky Kernodle
- Hector Guerrero and Baron Von Raschke defeated Shaska Whatley and The Barbarian
- Wahoo McDaniel defeated Rick Rude (w/Paul Jones) in an Indian Strap match
- Jimmy Valiant (w/Big Mama) defeated Paul Jones in a Hair vs. Hair match with Manny Fernandez locked in a cage
- Tully Blanchard (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Dusty Rhodes in a First Blood match to win the NWA World Television Championship
- The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson in a Steel Cage match to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship
- Brad Armstrong fought Jimmy Garvin (w/Precious) to a draw
- Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff defeated Bobby Jaggers and Dutch Mantel to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship
- Sam Houston defeated Bill Dundee by DQ to retain the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
- Big Bubba Rogers (w/Jim Cornette) defeated Ron Garvin in a Street Fight
- The Road Warriors (w/Paul Ellering) defeated The Midnight Express (w/Jim Cornette and Big Bubba Rogers) in a Scaffold match
- Jim Cornette was injured in the match when he fell to the ring from the underside of the scaffold.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and NWA United States Champion Nikita Koloff wrestled to a double DQ.
- Note: Magnum T.A. was originally scheduled to face Ric Flair at the event, but was left temporarily paralyzed and had to end his wrestling career as a result of a car accident, and Nikita Koloff, who was engaged in a feud with Ronnie Garvin, turned face as a result and took Magnum TA's place.
[edit] 1987
[edit] 1988
[edit] 1989
[edit] 1990
[edit] World Championship Wrestling
[edit] 1991
[edit] 1992
| Starrcade (1992) | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | December 28, 1992 | |
| Venue | The Omni | |
| City | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Attendance | 8,000 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Halloween Havoc (1992) | Starrcade (1992) | WCW/New Japan Supershow III |
Starrcade (1992): BattleBowl/The Lethal Lottery II took place on December 28, 1992 from The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Brad Armstrong defeated Shanghai Pierce (7:30)
- Armstrong pinned Pierce after a Russian Legsweep.
- Van Hammer and Danny Spivey defeated Johnny B. Badd and Cactus Jack (6:51)
- Hammer pinned Jack.
- Big Van Vader and Dustin Rhodes defeated Kensuke Sasaki and The Barbarian (6:56)
- Rhodes pinned Barbarian.
- The Great Muta and Barry Windham defeated Brian Pillman and 2 Cold Scorpio (6:59)
- Muta pinned Scorpio.
- Steve Williams and Sting defeated Jushin Liger and Erik Watts (9:08)
- Williams pinned Watts.
- Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat defeated Barry Windham and Brian Pillman to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship and NWA World Tag Team Championship (20:02)
- Douglas pinned Windham.
- Sting defeated Big Van Vader (16:50)
- Sting pinned Vader to win the "King of Cable" tournament.
- Ron Simmons defeated Steve Williams by disqualification to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (15:12)
- The match originally ended in a double-countout, but it was changed to a disqualification, due to Williams attacking Simmons.
- Williams was a last-minute replacement for Rick Rude, who was injured.
- Masa Chono defeated The Great Muta to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (12:49)
- Chono forced Muta to submit.
- The Great Muta won the BattleBowl battle royal to win the BattleBowl ring (14:01)
- Muta last eliminated Windham to win. The battle royal consisted of the winners of the first four tag team matches.
[edit] 1993
[edit] 1994
| Starrcade (1994) | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | December 27, 1994 | |
| Venue | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |
| City | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Attendance | 8,200 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Halloween Havoc (1994) | Starrcade (1994) | SuperBrawl V |
Starrcade (1994): Triple Threat took place on December 27, 1994 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Vader defeated Jim Duggan to win the WCW United States Championship (12:06)
- Vader pinned Duggan.
- Alex Wright defeated Jean-Paul Levesque (14:03)
- Wright pinned Levesque.
- Johnny B. Badd defeated Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Television Championship (12:11)
- Badd pinned Anderson.
- Anderson replaced The Honky Tonk Man, who had just left WCW.
- The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) by disqualification (17:49)
- Mr. T defeated Kevin Sullivan (3:50)
- T pinned Sullivan.
- Sting defeated Avalanche by disqualification (15:26)
- Hulk Hogan defeated The Butcher to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:07)
- Hogan pinned Butcher after the Leg drop.
[edit] 1995
| Starrcade (1995) | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | December 27, 1995 | |
| Venue | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |
| City | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Attendance | 8,200 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| World War 3 (1995) | Starrcade (1995) | SuperBrawl VI |
Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling took place on December 27, 1995 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Diamond Dallas Page defeated Dave Sullivan
- Dark match: The American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton)
- Riggs pinned Eaton.
- Jushin Liger (NJPW) defeated Chris Benoit (WCW) (10:29)
- Liger pinned Benoit with a hurricanrana.
- Koji Kanemoto (NJPW) defeated Alex Wright (WCW) (11:44)
- Kanemoto pinned Wright with a roll-up.
- Lex Luger (WCW) defeated Masa Chono (NJPW) (6:41)
- Luger forced Chono to submit with the Torture Rack.
- Johnny B. Badd (WCW) defeated Masa Saito (NJPW) by disqualification (5:52)
- Saito was disqualified after tossing Badd over the top rope.
- Shinjiro Ohtani (NJPW) defeated Eddy Guerrero (WCW) (13:43)
- Ohtani pinned Guerrero.
- Randy Savage (WCW) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW) (6:55)
- Savage pinned Tenzan after a Flying Elbow.
- Sting (WCW) defeated Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW) (6:52)
- Sting pinned Sasaki to win the "World Cup of Wrestling" for WCW 4-3.
- Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger and Sting by count-out in a Triangle match (28:03)
- Flair became #1 contender to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
- Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (8:41)
- Flair pinned Savage after Arn Anderson hit him with brass knuckles.
- Kensuke Sasaki defeated One Man Gang to retain the WCW United States Championship
- Sasaki pinned OMG. However, the match had previously been restarted after a controversial pinfall win by OMG over Sasaki. On television, the PPV actually ended with the first pinfall, so OMG left Starrcade with the title, even though he actually lost the match and also, Sasaki would return to Japan.
[edit] 1996
[edit] 1997
[edit] 1998
[edit] 1999
| Starrcade (1999) | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | December 19, 1999 | |
| Venue | MCI Center | |
| City | Washington, D.C. | |
| Attendance | 8,582 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Mayhem (1999) | Starrcade (1999) | Souled Out (2000) |
Starrcade (1999) took place on December 19, 1999 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny the Bull) (w/Tony Marinara) defeated Disco Inferno and Lash LeRoux (9:39)
- Vito pinned LeRoux after a Spinning DDT.
- Madusa defeated Evan Karagias (w/Spice) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (3:32)
- Madusa pinned Karagias after Spice low blowed Karagias.
- Norman Smiley defeated Meng to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship (4:29)
- Smiley pinned Meng after Fit Finlay hit Meng with a metal bar.
- The Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Asya) defeated Jim Duggan and The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner) (w/Leia Meow) (4:53)
- Douglas pinned Duggan after The Varsity Club turned on Duggan and attacked him.
- As a result of losing, Duggan had to renounce his US citizenship the next night on Nitro.
- Vampiro (w/The Misfits) defeated Steve Williams by disqualification (5:02)
- Williams was disqualified after he attacked the referee.
- Vampiro (w/The Misfits) defeated Oklahoma (2:52)
- Vampiro pinned Oklahoma after a Nail in the Coffin.
- Creative Control (Gerald and Patrick) and Curt Hennig (w/Shane) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and Midnight (7:53)
- Hennig pinned Booker after a hitting him with a brass knuckles.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse Brawl (11:21)
- Jarrett pinned Rhodes after hitting him with a guitar.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated David Flair in a Crowbar match (3:26)
- Page pinned Flair after a Diamond Cutter.
- Sting (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated The Total Package by disqualification (5:25)
- Luger was disqualified after Elizabeth turned on Sting and hit him with a baseball bat.
- Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious in a Powerbomb match (6:58)
- Jarrett hit Vicious when the referee was knocked out, when the ref got back up, Nash said he had powerbombed Vicious.
- Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Ladder match to retain the WCW United States Championship (10:15)
- Benoit grabbed the title belt to win.
- Bret Hart defeated Goldberg in a No Disqualification match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:10)
- Hart won by submission when Roddy Piper came out and called for the bell as soon as Hart locked in the Sharpshooter, similar to the Montreal Screwjob.
- This match is notable for the severe concussion Hart received, which ultimately led to Hart's retirement the next year.
[edit] 2000
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- National Wrestling Alliance
- World Championship Wrestling
- Jim Crockett Promotions
- List of WCW pay-per-view events
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