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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |Official poster, showcasing [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Keji <!--Michael--> Mundt-Mutoh|The Great Muta]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Tagline]](s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |USA's Toughest Meet Japan's<br>Best In This International<br>Wrestling Showdown...
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Information'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[World Championship Wrestling]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Promotion'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |December 27, 1995
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |December 27, 1995
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |8,200
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |8,200
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Tagline(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |''USA's Toughest Meet Japan's<br>Best In This International<br>Wrestling Showdown...''
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW World War 3#1995|World War 3 <br> (1995)]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW World War 3 (1995)|World War 3]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |Starrcade (1995)
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW SuperBrawl 6|SuperBrawl VI]]]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Starrcade|Starrcade]] chronology'''
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Starrcade|Starrcade]] chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW Starrcade (1994)|Starrcade (1994)]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW Starrcade (1994)|1994]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |Starrcade (1995)
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW Starrcade (1996)|1996]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW Starrcade (1996)|Starrcade (1996)]]
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'''Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling'''  was a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] event that took place on December 27, 1995. The show was promoted by [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]] at the [[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The event included a seven match tournament between wrestlers representing WCW and their [[Japan]]ese partner [[New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW|New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW) billed as the "World Cup of Wrestling", in which [[Kevin Borden|Sting]] (WCW) defeated [[Kensuke Sasaki]] (NJPW) in the finals; WCW won the tournament four points to three. At the event [[Ric Flair]] also defeated [[Brady Savage]] in the [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]],
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'''Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling'''  was the thirteenth [[IWE Starrcade|Starrcade]] [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). It took place on December 27, 1995 at the [[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The event included a seven match tournament between wrestlers representing WCW and their [[Japan]]ese partner [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NPW)|New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) billed as the "World Cup of Wrestling", in which [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] (WCW) defeated [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] (NJPW) in the finals; WCW won the tournament four points to three. [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defeated [[Brady <!--Nash-->Savage|Randy Savage]] in the [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
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WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and pay-per-view shows were bought by [[IWE]], including the Starrcade series.
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WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and pay-per-view shows were bought by [[IWE]], including the [[WCW Starrcade|Starrcade]] series. In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the IWE Network.
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In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the IWE Network.
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==Production==
==Production==
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===Background===
===Background===
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From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP), a member of the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), to hold major [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] events at Thanksgiving and [[Christmas]], often at the [[Greensboro Coliseum]] in [[Greensboro]], [[North Carolina]] in the center of JCP's [[Virginia]], North and [[South Carolina]] territory. In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their [[Card (Sports)|supercard]] to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, bringing in wrestlers from other NWA affiliates and broadcasting the show in its territory on [[Closed-Circuit Television|closed-circuit television]]. Starrcade soon became the flagship event of the year for JCP and highlighted their most important [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuds]] and championship matches. In 1987 the show became available by nationwide [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] as were all subsequent Starrcade shows. The Starrcade tradition was continued by [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), into which JCP was transformed after it had been sold to [[Ted Turner]] in 1988. The 1995 event was the thirteenth show to use the Starrcade name and was the second Starrcade to take place in the [[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].
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From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP), a member of the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), to hold major [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] events at Thanksgiving and [[Christmas]], often at the [[Greensboro Coliseum]] in [[Greensboro]], [[North Carolina]] in the center of JCP's [[Virginia]], North and [[South Carolina]] territory. In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their [[Card (Sports)|supercard]] to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, bringing in wrestlers from other NWA affiliates and broadcasting the show in its territory on [[Closed-Circuit Television|closed-circuit television]]. Starrcade soon became the flagship event of the year for JCP and highlighted their most important [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuds]] and championship matches. In 1987 the show became available by nationwide [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] as were all subsequent Starrcade shows. The Starrcade tradition was continued by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), into which JCP was transformed after it had been sold to [[Ted Turner]] in 1988. The 1995 event was the thirteenth show to use the Starrcade name and was the second Starrcade to take place in the [[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].
===Storylines===
===Storylines===
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==Event==
==Event==
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WCW won the "World Cup of Wrestling", four points to three as [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)|New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW) representative [[Kensuke Sasaki]] in the seventh and final match of the tournament.
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|[[Tony Schiavone]]
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|[[Bobby Heenan]]
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|[[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]]
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|[[Gene Okerlund]]
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|[[David Penzer]]
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|[[Randy Anderson]]
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WCW won the "World Cup of Wrestling", four points to three as [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) representative [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] in the seventh and final match of the tournament.
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At the event [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] also defeated [[Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] and Sting by count-out in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triangle match]] to earn an immediate title match against [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Brady Savage]] in the [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]]. Flair defeated Savage for the championship.
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At the event [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] also defeated [[<!--Larry--> Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] and Sting by count-out in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triangle match]] to earn an immediate title match against [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Brady <!--Nash-->Savage|Randy Savage]] in the [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]]. Flair defeated Savage for the championship.
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After the main event WCW held one additional match, taping it for a later broadcast. The match saw [[WCW United States Championship|WCW United States Champion]] [[Kensuke Sasaki]] wrestle against [[George Gross (wrestler)|The One Man Gang]]. At the end of the match the 400-plus pound One Man Gang landed a splash on Sasaki and covered him for the pinfall. While Sasaki kicked out of the pinfall, referee Randy Eller still made the three-count to give victory to the One Man Gang. After the bell rang the One Man Gang celebrated with the title belt. Moments later however, the mistake was pointed out by another official, and the match was restarted. Sasaki then pinned Gang to retain the title. Parts of the match was later shown on ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'' but they ended after One Man Gang was declared the new champion. WCW never acknowledged that the match was restarted, choosing to recognize the One Man Gang as champion instead.
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After the main event WCW held one additional match, taping it for a later broadcast. The match saw [[WCW United States Championship|WCW United States Champion]] [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] wrestle against [[George <!--Steven (2007, pg. 84)---> Gross (wrestler)|The One Man Gang]]. At the end of the match the 400-plus pound One Man Gang landed a splash on Sasaki and covered him for the pinfall. While Sasaki kicked out of the pinfall, referee Randy Eller still made the three-count to give victory to the One Man Gang. After the bell rang the One Man Gang celebrated with the title belt. Moments later however, the mistake was pointed out by another official, and the match was restarted. Sasaki then pinned Gang to retain the title. Parts of the match were later shown on ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'' but they ended after One Man Gang was declared the new champion. WCW never acknowledged that the match was restarted, choosing to recognize the One Man Gang as champion instead.
==Results==
==Results==
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|[[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] defeated [[Ryan Sullivan|Dave Sullivan]]
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|[[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] defeated [[Ryan Sullivan (wrestler)|Dave Sullivan]]
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]]
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|[[The American Males]] ([[Jeffery <!--Mahana--> Bagwell|Marcus Alexander Bagwell]] and [[Bob Ridgeway|Scotty Riggs]]) defeated [[The Blue Bloods]] ([[Bobby <!--(John)--> Easley|Earl Robert Eaton]] and [[Ronnie Matthews<!--1965, P40-->|Lord Steven Regal]])
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|[[The American Males]] ([[Jeffery <!--Mahana (2006, pg. 33)--> Bagwell|Marcus Alexander Bagwell]] and [[Bob Ridgeway<!--(2001, pg. 69)-->|Scotty Riggs]]) defeated [[The Blue Bloods]] ([[Ronnie Matthews<!--1965, P40-->|Lord Steven Regal]] and [[Bobby <!--(John) (1965, pg. 49)--> Easley|Earl Robert Eaton]])
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|[[Jushin Liger|Jushin Thunder Liger]] (with [[Sonny Onoo]] defeated [[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]]
|[[Jushin Liger|Jushin Thunder Liger]] (with [[Sonny Onoo]] defeated [[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]]
|Singles match
|Singles match
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|[[Koji Kantamoto|Koji Kanemoto]] defeated [[Alexander Weigand|Alex Wright]]
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|[[Koji Kantamoto|Koji Kanemoto]] (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Alexander Weigand<!--(2007 pg. 81)-->|Alex Wright]]
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|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5
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|[[Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) defeated [[Masahiro Chono]] (with Sonny Onoo)
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|[[<!--Larry--> Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] (with Jimmy Heart) defeated [[Masahiro <!--David--> Cave-Chono|Masahiro Chono]] (with Sonny Onoo) by submission
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|Singles match
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|[[Clarence J. Mollo|Johnny B. Badd]] (with [[Kimberly Cage|The Diamond Doll]]) defeated [[Masa Saito]] (with Sonny Onoo) by disqualification
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|[[Clarence J. Mollo<!--(1964, pg. 23)-->|Johnny B. Badd]] (with [[Kimberly Cage|The Diamond Doll]]) defeated [[Masa Saito]] (with Sonny Onoo) by disqualification
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|Singles match
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|[[Shinjiro Otani]] (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Brian McAlmond|Eddy Guerrero]]
|[[Shinjiro Otani]] (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Brian McAlmond|Eddy Guerrero]]
|Singles match
|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8
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|[[Brady Savage]] defeated [[Hiroyoshi Towle-Tenzan|Hiroyoshi Tenzan]] (with Sonny Onoo)
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|[[Brady <!--Nash-->Savage|Randy Savage]] defeated [[Hiroyoshi Towle-Tenzan|Hiroyoshi Tenzan]] (with Sonny Onoo)
|Singles match
|Singles match
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|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[Kensuke Sasai]] (with Sonny Onoo)
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|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] (with Sonny Onoo) by submission
|Singles match
|Singles match
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|[[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defeated Lex Luger and Sting by countout
|[[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defeated Lex Luger and Sting by countout
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]]
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]]
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|Ric Flair defeated Brady Savage
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|Ric Flair (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) defeated Randy Savage (c)
|Singles match for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]]
|Singles match for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]]
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|[[Kensuke Sasaki]] (c) defeated [[George Gross (wrestler)|The One Man Gang]]
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|[[George <!--Steven (2007, pg. 84)---> Gross (wrestler)|One Man Gang]] defeated Kensuke Sasaki (c)
|Singles match for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]]
|Singles match for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]]
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| colspan="4"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>'''D''' – indicates the match was a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#dark match|dark match]]}}
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| colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>'''D''' – indicates the match was a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#dark match|dark match]]}}
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==References==
==References==
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{{1995 WCW pay-per-view events}}
{{WCWPPV|Starrcade}}
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Starrcade (1995)
Official poster, showcasing Sting and The Great Muta
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date December 27, 1995
City Nashville, Tennessee
Venue Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Attendance 8,200
Tagline(s) USA's Toughest Meet Japan's
Best In This International
Wrestling Showdown...
Pay-per-view chronology
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SuperBrawl VI]]
Starrcade chronology
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1994 		Next →
1996

Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling was the thirteenth Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on December 27, 1995 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The event included a seven match tournament between wrestlers representing WCW and their Japanese partner New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) billed as the "World Cup of Wrestling", in which Sting (WCW) defeated Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW) in the finals; WCW won the tournament four points to three. Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage in the main event for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and pay-per-view shows were bought by IWE, including the Starrcade series. In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the IWE Network.

Contents

Production

Background

From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), to hold major professional wrestling events at Thanksgiving and Christmas, often at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina in the center of JCP's Virginia, North and South Carolina territory. In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their supercard to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, bringing in wrestlers from other NWA affiliates and broadcasting the show in its territory on closed-circuit television. Starrcade soon became the flagship event of the year for JCP and highlighted their most important feuds and championship matches. In 1987 the show became available by nationwide pay-per-view as were all subsequent Starrcade shows. The Starrcade tradition was continued by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), into which JCP was transformed after it had been sold to Ted Turner in 1988. The 1995 event was the thirteenth show to use the Starrcade name and was the second Starrcade to take place in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

Other on-screen talent:
Role: Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Bobby Heenan
Dusty Rhodes
Interviewer Gene Okerlund
Ring announcer David Penzer
Referees Randy Anderson
Randy Eller
Nick Patrick

WCW won the "World Cup of Wrestling", four points to three as Sting defeated New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) representative Kensuke Sasaki in the seventh and final match of the tournament.

At the event Ric Flair also defeated Lex Luger and Sting by count-out in a Triangle match to earn an immediate title match against WCW World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage in the main event. Flair defeated Savage for the championship.

After the main event WCW held one additional match, taping it for a later broadcast. The match saw WCW United States Champion Kensuke Sasaki wrestle against The One Man Gang. At the end of the match the 400-plus pound One Man Gang landed a splash on Sasaki and covered him for the pinfall. While Sasaki kicked out of the pinfall, referee Randy Eller still made the three-count to give victory to the One Man Gang. After the bell rang the One Man Gang celebrated with the title belt. Moments later however, the mistake was pointed out by another official, and the match was restarted. Sasaki then pinned Gang to retain the title. Parts of the match were later shown on WCW Saturday Night but they ended after One Man Gang was declared the new champion. WCW never acknowledged that the match was restarted, choosing to recognize the One Man Gang as champion instead.

Results

No. Results Stipulations
1D Diamond Dallas Page defeated Dave Sullivan Singles match
2D The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) Tag team match
3 Jushin Thunder Liger (with Sonny Onoo defeated Chris Benoit Singles match
4 Koji Kanemoto (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Alex Wright Singles match
5 Lex Luger (with Jimmy Heart) defeated Masahiro Chono (with Sonny Onoo) by submission Singles match
6 Johnny B. Badd (with The Diamond Doll) defeated Masa Saito (with Sonny Onoo) by disqualification Singles match
7 Shinjiro Otani (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Eddy Guerrero Singles match
8 Randy Savage defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan (with Sonny Onoo) Singles match
9 Sting defeated Kensuke Sasaki (with Sonny Onoo) by submission Singles match
10 Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger and Sting by countout Triple threat match
11 Ric Flair (with Jimmy Heart) defeated Randy Savage (c) Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
12 One Man Gang defeated Kensuke Sasaki (c) Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
D – indicates the match was a dark match

References

← 1994 - 1995 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 1996 →
SuperBrawl V • Uncensored • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • Collision in Korea • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • World War 3 • Starrcade
World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events
All Events WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992)
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