NWA Starrcade '86: Night of the Skywalkers
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| Starrcade (1986) | ||
| VHS cover featuring various wrestlers | ||
| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance Jim Crockett Promotions | |
| Date | November 27, 1986 | |
| City | Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Venue | Greensboro Coliseum Complex Omni Coliseum | |
| Attendance | 30,000 (combined) | |
| Tagline(s) | The Skywalkers | |
| Starrcade chronology | ||
| ← Previous 1985 | Next → 1987 | |
Starrcade (1986): Night of the Skywalkers was the fourth annual Starrcade professional wrestling closed-circuit television event, produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on November 27, 1986 from the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina and Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
The main event saw NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair put the championship on the line against the NWA United States Champion Nikita Koloff in a rare for the time champion-vs-champion match. The dual location saw six matches take place in each location, with the Greensboro Coliseum main event being a steel cage match between defending NWA World Tag Team Champion The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defended the championship against the Andersons (Arn and Ole). The "Skywalkers" tag line came from one of the featured matches of the show where The Road Warriors wrestled The Midnight Express in a scaffold match with both team fighting atop a 20 foot tall scaffold erected across the top of the ring.
Highlights of the show was shown on JCP's weekly television shows and an edited version of the show was later available for purchase or rental on VHS tape. With the launch of the IWE Network in 2014 all |closed-circuit Starrcades (1983 through 1986) alongside the subsequent Starrcade shows appear in the pay-per-view section. The IWE Network versions of the shows were not edited for content but did replace some entrance music due to copyright issues. At 4 hours, this Starrcade is the longest in history.
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[edit] Production
[edit] Background
From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for the NWA member JCP 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 throughout its territory on closed-circuit television. Starrcade soon became the flagship event of the year for JCP (later World Championship Wrestling, WCW), their Super Bowl event featuring their most important storyline feuds and championship matches. The 1986 event was the fourth show to use the Starrcade name, and the last event to take place in two different locations at once.
[edit] Storylines
The Starrcade show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Magnum T.A. was originally scheduled to face Ric Flair at the 1986 Starrcade, but was left temporarily paralyzed and had to end his wrestling career as a result of a car accident. The NWA decided to have Nikita Koloff, who was engaged in a feud with Ronnie Garvin at the time, turn face as a result and took Magnum T.A.'s place in the main event of the show.
[edit] Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator (Greensboro) | Bob Caudle |
| Johnny Weaver | |
| Commentator (Atlanta) | Tony Schiavone |
| Rick Stewart | |
| Interviewer | Johnny Weaver (Greensboro) |
| Rick Stewart (Atlanta) | |
| Referee | Sonny Fargo |
| Scrappy McGowan | |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Tommy Young | |
| Ring Announcer | Tom Miller (Greensboro) |
| Tony Schiavone (Atlanta) |
[edit] Results
[edit] References
| 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) | |||
