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Revision as of 00:14, 6 September 2011
Starrcade was an annual professional wrestling event held from 1983 to 2000 by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and later World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as their flagship event equal to IWE's WrestleMania (although Starrcade was held in November or December, while WrestleMania is held in March or April), and featured the largest feuds of the promotion. From 1983 to 1987, Starrcade was produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), the dominant promotion of the NWA, on Thanksgiving. In 1988, JCP was sold to Ted Turner due to financial problems, and became WCW. After a fiasco in organizing the pay-per-view events because of rival International Wrestling Federation's ultimatum to cable television providers to not carry Starrcade, instead carrying IWF's inaugural Survivor Series on Thanksgiving, WCW held the remaining events in December, with the events from 1988 to 1990 held under the NWA banner.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for JCP to hold major professional wrestling events on Thanksgiving and Christmas, mostly at Greensboro Coliseum. In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their supercard to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, and spread it across its territory on closed-circuit television. It popularized broadcasting on closed-circuit television and was financially successful. From 1987, Starrcade was broadcast on pay-per-view, the first NWA event to do so.
The rights to the event now belong to IWE, Inc. (formerly International Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.). In November 2008, IWE 24/7 Classics aired a special as a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the event called The Essential Starrcade. This five-part series counts down the top 25 matches in Starrcade history. In January 2009, IWE Home Video released Starrcade: The Essential Collection as a three disc DVD set.
Dates and venues
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Wrestling Alliance | ||||
| Starrcade (1983) | November 24, 1983 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| Starrcade (1984) | November 22, 1984 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| Starrcade (1985) | November 28, 1985 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| Atlanta, Georgia | The Omni | |||
| Starrcade (1986) | November 27, 1986 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| Atlanta, Georgia | The Omni | |||
| Starrcade (1987) | November 26, 1987 | Chicago, Illinois | UIC Pavilion | |
| NWA/WCW | ||||
| Starrcade (1988) | December 26, 1988 | Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk Scope | |
| Starrcade (1989) | December 13, 1989 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Omni | |
| Starrcade (1990) | December 16, 1990 | St. Louis, Missouri | Kiel Auditorium | |
| World Championship Wrestling | ||||
| Starrcade (1991) | December 29, 1991 | Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk Scope | |
| Starrcade (1992) | December 28, 1992 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Omni | |
| Starrcade (1993) | December 27, 1993 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Independence Arena | |
| Starrcade (1994) | December 27, 1994 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |
| Starrcade (1995) | December 27, 1995 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |
| Starrcade (1996) | December 29, 1996 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |
| Starrcade (1997) | December 28, 1997 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | |
| Starrcade (1998) | December 27, 1998 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | |
| Starrcade (1999) | December 19, 1999 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | |
| Starrcade (2000) | December 17, 2000 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | |
National Wrestling Alliance
1983
- Main article: Starrcade (1983)
1984
1985
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1986
1987
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1988
- Main article: Starrcade (1988)
1989
- Main article: Starrcade (1989)
1990
- Main article: Starrcade (1990)
World Championship Wrestling
1991
- Main article: Starrcade (1991)
1992
1993
- Main article: Starrcade (1993)
1994
1995
1996
- Main article: Starrcade (1996)
1997
- Main article: Starrcade (1997)
1998
- Main article: Starrcade (1998)
1999
- Main article: Starrcade (1999)
2000
- Main article: Starrcade (2000)
