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- | + | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''Starrcade'''</span><br> | |
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+ | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3"|The IWE Starrcade 2017 logo. | ||
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+ | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''Information''' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;"|'''Created by''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Semmler]] | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]](s)''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] and [[Jim Crockett Promotions|JCP]]<br>(1983–1987)<br>[[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|WCW]]<br>(1988–2000)<br>[[IWE]]<br>(2017) | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;"|'''[[IWE Brand Extension|Brand]](s)''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] (2017) | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;"|'''First event''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[WCW Starrcade (1983)|Starrcade (1983)]] | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|Event gimmick]]''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|WCW's flagship event | ||
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+ | '''Starrcade''' is a recurring [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]], originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view television, held from 1983 to 2000 by the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) and later [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). Starrcade was regarded by the NWA and WCW as their flagship event of the year, much in the same vein that its rival, the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]], regarded [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]]. As a result, the buildup to each Starrcade featured the largest [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuds]] of the promotion. | ||
- | + | From 1983 to 1987, Starrcade was produced by [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP), the dominant promotion of the NWA, and aired on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]]. In 1987, the IWF scheduled a pay-per-view of their own, [[IWF Survivor Series (1987)|Survivor Series]], on Thanksgiving night and demanded exclusivity from cable providers on carriage of the event. In order to prevent such a problem, Starrcade was moved to December the following year and the show was held around [[Christmas Day]], mostly in the days following, beginning in 1988. | |
- | ==Dates | + | Also in 1988, JCP was sold to [[Turner Broadcasting]] due to financial problems and became WCW, though Starrcade was held under the NWA banner until 1990. |
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- | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: | + | 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 [[Card (Sports)|supercard]] to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, and spread it across its territory on [[Closed-Circuit Television|closed-circuit television]]. It popularized broadcasting on closed-circuit television and was financially successful. From 1987, Starrcade was broadcast on [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]], the first NWA event to do so. |
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- | !Date | + | The rights to the event now belong to IWE (formerly the International Wrestling Federation). 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. With the launch of the [[IWE Network]] in 2014, all Starrcade shows are available on demand to Network subscribers. |
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- | !Venue | + | IWE brought back the Starrcade concept as a [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]]-[[IWE Brand Extension|branded]] [[House Show|live event]] on November 25, 2017. |
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+ | ==Dates, venues, and main events== | ||
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+ | |WCW/nWo co-branded event | ||
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+ | |SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown-branded event | ||
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+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="1%"|# | ||
+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="10%"|Event | ||
+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="5%"|Date | ||
+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="7%"|City | ||
+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="7%"|Venue | ||
+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="38%"|Main Event | ||
+ | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="1%"|Ref. | ||
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- | !colspan= | + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=7|[[National Wrestling Alliance]]/[[Jim Crockett Promotions]] |
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+ | |[[NWA Starrcade (1983)|Starrcade '83: A Flair for the Gold]] | ||
|November 24, 1983 | |November 24, 1983 | ||
- | |Greensboro, North Carolina | + | |[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] |
- | |Greensboro Coliseum | + | |[[Greensboro Coliseum]] |
+ | |[[Harley Race]] (c) vs. [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Steel cage match|steel cage match]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] with [[Gene Kiniski]] as the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special guest referee]] | ||
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+ | |[[NWA Starrcade (1984)|Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge]] | ||
|November 22, 1984 | |November 22, 1984 | ||
- | |Greensboro, North Carolina | + | |[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] |
- | |Greensboro Coliseum | + | |[[Greensboro Coliseum]] |
+ | |[[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] (c) vs. [[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] with [[Joe Frazier]] as the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special guest referee]] | ||
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+ | |rowspan=2|[[NWA Starrcade (1985)|Starrcade '85: The Gathering]] | ||
|rowspan=2|November 28, 1985 | |rowspan=2|November 28, 1985 | ||
- | |Greensboro, North Carolina | + | |[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] |
- | |Greensboro Coliseum | + | |[[Greensboro Coliseum]] |
+ | |rowspan=2|[[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] (c) vs. [[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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- | |Atlanta, Georgia | + | |[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
- | |The Omni | + | |[[Omni Coliseum|The Omni]] |
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+ | |rowspan=2|[[WCW Starrcade (1986)|Starrcade (1986)]] | ||
|rowspan=2|November 27, 1986 | |rowspan=2|November 27, 1986 | ||
- | |Greensboro, North Carolina | + | |[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] |
- | |Greensboro Coliseum | + | |[[Greensboro Coliseum]] |
+ | |rowspan=2|[[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] (c) vs. [[Nikita Koloff]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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- | |Atlanta, Georgia | + | |[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
- | |The Omni | + | |[[Omni Coliseum|The Omni]] |
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|[[WCW Starrcade (1987)|Starrcade (1987)]] | |[[WCW Starrcade (1987)|Starrcade (1987)]] | ||
|November 26, 1987 | |November 26, 1987 | ||
- | | | + | |[[Chicago, Illinois]] |
- | |UIC Pavilion | + | |[[UIC Pavilion]] |
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- | !colspan= | + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=7|National Wrestling Alliance/ NWA World Championship Wrestling |
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|[[WCW Starrcade (1988)|Starrcade (1988)]] | |[[WCW Starrcade (1988)|Starrcade (1988)]] | ||
|December 26, 1988 | |December 26, 1988 | ||
- | |Norfolk, Virginia | + | |[[Norfolk, Virginia]] |
- | |Norfolk Scope | + | |[[Norfolk Scope]] |
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|[[WCW Starrcade (1989)|Starrcade (1989)]] | |[[WCW Starrcade (1989)|Starrcade (1989)]] | ||
|December 13, 1989 | |December 13, 1989 | ||
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|[[WCW Starrcade (1990)|Starrcade (1990)]] | |[[WCW Starrcade (1990)|Starrcade (1990)]] | ||
|December 16, 1990 | |December 16, 1990 | ||
- | |St. Louis, Missouri | + | |[[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]] |
- | |Kiel Auditorium | + | |[[Kiel Auditorium]] |
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|[[WCW Starrcade (1991)|Starrcade (1991)]] | |[[WCW Starrcade (1991)|Starrcade (1991)]] | ||
|December 29, 1991 | |December 29, 1991 | ||
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|[[#1992|Starrcade (1992)]] | |[[#1992|Starrcade (1992)]] | ||
|December 28, 1992 | |December 28, 1992 | ||
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|[[WCW Starrcade (1993)|Starrcade (1993)]] | |[[WCW Starrcade (1993)|Starrcade (1993)]] | ||
|December 27, 1993 | |December 27, 1993 | ||
- | |Charlotte, North Carolina | + | |[[Charlotte, North Carolina]] |
- | |Independence Arena | + | |[[Independence Arena]] |
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+ | |[[WCW Starrcade (1994)|Starrcade (1994)]] | ||
|December 27, 1994 | |December 27, 1994 | ||
- | |Nashville, Tennessee | + | |[[Nashville, Tennessee]] |
- | |Nashville Municipal Auditorium | + | |[[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] |
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+ | |[[WCW Starrcade (1995)|Starrcade '95]] | ||
|December 27, 1995 | |December 27, 1995 | ||
|Nashville, Tennessee | |Nashville, Tennessee | ||
|Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |Nashville Municipal Auditorium | ||
+ | |[[Brady <!--Nash (2004, pg. 84)-->Savage|Randy Savage]] (c) vs. [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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- | |[[Starrcade (1996)]] | + | |14 |
+ | |[[WCW Starrcade (1996)|Starrcade '96]] | ||
|December 29, 1996 | |December 29, 1996 | ||
|Nashville, Tennessee | |Nashville, Tennessee | ||
|Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |Nashville Municipal Auditorium | ||
+ | |[[Hollywood Hogan]] vs. [[Roddy Piper]] | ||
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- | |[[Starrcade (1997)]] | + | |15 |
+ | |[[WCW Starrcade (1997)|Starrcade '97]] | ||
|December 28, 1997 | |December 28, 1997 | ||
|Washington, D.C. | |Washington, D.C. | ||
|MCI Center | |MCI Center | ||
+ | |[[Hollywood Hogan]] (c) vs. [[Kevin Borden<!--(2007, pg 29.)--> (wrestler)|Sting]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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- | |[[Starrcade (1998)]] | + | |16 |
+ | ||[[WCW Starrcade (1998)|Starrcade '98]] | ||
|December 27, 1998 | |December 27, 1998 | ||
|Washington, D.C. | |Washington, D.C. | ||
|MCI Center | |MCI Center | ||
+ | |[[Bill Coldberg|Goldberg]] (c) vs. [[Kevin <!--Glenn--> Nash|Kevin Nash]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match/No Holds Barred match|no disqualification match]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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- | |[[Starrcade (1999)]] | + | | |
+ | |[[WCW Starrcade (1999)|Starrcade (1999)]] | ||
|December 19, 1999 | |December 19, 1999 | ||
|Washington, D.C. | |Washington, D.C. | ||
|MCI Center | |MCI Center | ||
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+ | |[[WCW Starrcade (2000)|Starrcade (2000)]] | ||
|December 17, 2000 | |December 17, 2000 | ||
|Washington, D.C. | |Washington, D.C. | ||
|MCI Center | |MCI Center | ||
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+ | |November 25, 2017 | ||
+ | |Greensboro, North Carolina | ||
+ | |Greensboro Coliseum | ||
+ | |[[K.J. Styles|KJ Styles]] (c) vs. [[Jacob Miller|Jinder Mahal]] in a steel cage match for the [[IWE Championship]] | ||
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Current revision as of 20:40, 1 July 2022
Starrcade | ||
The IWE Starrcade 2017 logo. | ||
Information | ||
Created by | Dusty Semmler | |
Promotion(s) | NWA and JCP (1983–1987) WCW (1988–2000) IWE (2017) | |
Brand(s) | SmackDown (2017) | |
First event | Starrcade (1983) | |
Event gimmick | WCW's flagship event |
Starrcade is a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view television, held from 1983 to 2000 by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and later World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Starrcade was regarded by the NWA and WCW as their flagship event of the year, much in the same vein that its rival, the International Wrestling Federation, regarded WrestleMania. As a result, the buildup to each Starrcade 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, and aired on Thanksgiving Day. In 1987, the IWF scheduled a pay-per-view of their own, Survivor Series, on Thanksgiving night and demanded exclusivity from cable providers on carriage of the event. In order to prevent such a problem, Starrcade was moved to December the following year and the show was held around Christmas Day, mostly in the days following, beginning in 1988.
Also in 1988, JCP was sold to Turner Broadcasting due to financial problems and became WCW, though Starrcade was held under the NWA banner until 1990.
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 (formerly the International Wrestling Federation). 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. With the launch of the IWE Network in 2014, all Starrcade shows are available on demand to Network subscribers.
IWE brought back the Starrcade concept as a SmackDown-branded live event on November 25, 2017.
[edit] Dates, venues, and main events
WCW/nWo co-branded event | SmackDown-branded event |
[edit] 2017
[edit] References
Template:Jim Crockett Promotions Template:NWAPPV
World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events | ||||
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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) |