WCW Starrcade

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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

# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
National Wrestling Alliance/Jim Crockett Promotions
1 Starrcade '83: A Flair for the Gold November 24, 1983 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Harley Race (c) vs. Ric Flair in a steel cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Gene Kiniski as the special guest referee
2 Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge November 22, 1984 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Ric Flair (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Joe Frazier as the special guest referee
3 Starrcade '85: The Gathering November 28, 1985 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Ric Flair (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Atlanta, Georgia The Omni
4 Starrcade (1986) November 27, 1986 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Ric Flair (c) vs. Nikita Koloff for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Atlanta, Georgia The Omni
5 Starrcade (1987) November 26, 1987 Chicago, Illinois UIC Pavilion
National Wrestling Alliance/ NWA World Championship Wrestling
6 Starrcade (1988) December 26, 1988 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Scope
7 Starrcade (1989) December 13, 1989 Atlanta, Georgia The Omni
8 Starrcade (1990) December 16, 1990 St. Louis, Missouri Kiel Auditorium
World Championship Wrestling
9 Starrcade (1991) December 29, 1991 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Scope
10 Starrcade (1992) December 28, 1992 Atlanta, Georgia The Omni
11 Starrcade (1993) December 27, 1993 Charlotte, North Carolina Independence Arena
12 Starrcade (1994) December 27, 1994 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium
13 Starrcade '95 December 27, 1995 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium Randy Savage (c) vs. Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
14 Starrcade '96 December 29, 1996 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium Hollywood Hogan vs. Roddy Piper
15 Starrcade '97 December 28, 1997 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
16 Starrcade '98 December 27, 1998 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Goldberg (c) vs. Kevin Nash in a no disqualification match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Starrcade (1999) December 19, 1999 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
Starrcade (2000) December 17, 2000 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
IWE
Starrcade 2017 November 25, 2017 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum KJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal in a steel cage match for the IWE Championship

[edit] 2017

[edit] References

Template:Jim Crockett Promotions Template:NWAPPV

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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