Starrcade

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This page is about the wrestling event. For the 1980s video arcade game show, see Starcade.

Starrcade was the primary supercard of the NWA and World Championship Wrestling from 1983-2000. Billed as "The Granddaddy of Them All," Starrcade was the first annual wrestling supercard to be broadcast on CCTV, before even the legendary WrestleMania. The 1987 edition was the first one to be held on pay-per-view and was also the NWA's first PPV.

[edit] National Wrestling Alliance

[edit] 1983

Starrcade 1983: A Flair for the Gold took place on November 24, 1983 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina

The Assassins (w/Paul Jones) defeated Rufus R. Jones and Bugsy McGraw
Kevin Sullivan and Mark Lewin defeated Scott McGhee and Johnny Weaver
Abdullah the Butcher defeated Carlos Colon
Dick Slater and Bob Orton, Jr. defeated Mark Youngblood and Wahoo McDaniel
Charlie Brown defeated The Great Kabuki (w/Gary Hart)
Roddy Piper defeated Greg Valentine in a Dog collar match.
Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood defeated Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
Ric Flair defeated Harley Race (w/Gene Kiniski as Special Guest Referee) in a Steel cage match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

[edit] 1984

Starrcade 1984: The Million Dollar Challenge took place on November 22, 1984 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Denny Brown defeated Mike Davis to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Brian Adias defeated Mr. Ito
Jesse Barr defeated Mike Graham to retain the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
The Assassin and Buzz Tyler defeated The Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammed) (w/Paul Jones)
Manny Fernandez defeated Black Bart (w/James J. Dillon)
Paul Jones defeated Jimmy Valiant in a Tuxedo Street Fight Loser-Leaves-Town Match
Ron Bass (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Dick Slater by disqualification to retain the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff defeated Ole Anderson and Keith Larson (w/Don Kernodle)
Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the NWA World Television Championship and win $10,000
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Billy Graham (w/Paul Jones) to retain the NWA United States Championship
Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and win $1 million when referee Joe Frazier stopped the match due to a cut on Rhodes' forehead

[edit] 1985

Starrcade 1985: The Gathering took place on November 28, 1985 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.

Pez Whatley defeated Mike Graham
Don Kernodle defeated Tommy Lane
Thunderfoot (w/James J. Dillon) defeated The Italian Stallion
Denny Brown defeated Rocky King to retain the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Krusher Khruschev defeated Sam Houston to win the vacant NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
Ron Bass defeated Black Bart (w/James J. Dillon) in a Bullrope Match to win a match against Dillon
James J. Dillon (w/Black Bart) defeated Ron Bass in a Bullrope Match
Buddy Landel (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Terry Taylor to win the NWA National Heavyweight Championship
Magnum T.A. defeated Tully Blanchard (w/Baby Doll) in an "I Quit" Steel cage match to win the NWA United States Championship
The Rock 'n' Roll Express (w/Don Kernodle) defeated Ivan and Nikita Koloff (w/Krusher Khruschev) in a Steel cage match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
Manny Fernandez defeated Abdullah the Butcher (w/Paul Jones) in a Mexican Death Match
Billy Graham defeated The Barbarian (w/Paul Jones) by DQ
Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel and Billy Jack Haynes to retain the NWA National Tag Team Championship
Jimmy Valiant and Ron Garvin (w/Big Mama) defeated The Midnight Express (w/Jim Cornette) in a Street Fight
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair by DQ when Tommy Young declared that he had DQ'd Flair for outside interference. Flair retained the title.

[edit] 1986

Starrcade 1986: Night of the Skywalkers took place on November 27, 1986 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tim Horner and Nelson Royal defeated Don and Rocky Kernodle
Hector Guerrero and Baron Von Raschke defeated Shaska Whatley and The Barbarian
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Rick Rude (w/Paul Jones) in an Indian Strap Match
Jimmy Valiant (w/Big Mama) defeated Paul Jones in a Hair vs. Hair Match with Manny Fernandez locked in a Cage
Tully Blanchard (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Dusty Rhodes in a First Blood match to win the NWA World Television Championship
The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson in a Steel cage match to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship
Brad Armstrong fought Jimmy Garvin (w/Precious) to a draw
Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff defeated Bobby Jaggers and Dutch Mantel to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship
Sam Houston defeated Bill Dundee by DQ to retain the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
Big Bubba Rogers (w/Jim Cornette) defeated Ron Garvin in a Street Fight
The Road Warriors (w/Paul Ellering) defeated The Midnight Express (w/Jim Cornette and Big Bubba Rogers) in a Scaffold Match
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and NWA United States Champion Nikita Koloff wrestled to a double DQ.

[edit] 1987

Starrcade 1987
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	November 26, 1987
Venue	UIC Pavilion
City	Chicago, Illinois
Attendance	8,000
Pay-per-view chronology
N/A	Starrcade 1987	Bunkhouse Stampede

Starrcade 1987: Chi-Town Heat took place on November 26, 1987 from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.

Sting, Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin (w/Precious) fought Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner and Larry Zbyszko (w/Baby Doll) to a time-limit draw (15:00)
Steve Williams defeated Barry Windham to retain the UWF Heavyweight Championship (7:02)
- Williams pinned Windham.
The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (w/Jim Cornette) in a Scaffold match (9:35)
NWA World Television Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Terry Taylor (w/Eddie Gilbert) to win the UWF Television Championship (18:55)
- Koloff pinned Taylor to unify the titles.
Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (w/James J. Dillon) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (w/Paul Ellering) by disqualification to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (14:13)
Dusty Rhodes (w/Johnny Weaver) defeated Lex Luger (w/James J. Dillon) in a Title vs. Career Steel cage match to win the NWA United States Championship (16:23)
- Rhodes pinned Luger.
Ric Flair (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Ron Garvin in a Steel cage match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (17:25)
- Flair pinned Garvin.

[edit] 1988

Starrcade 1988
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	December 26, 1988
Venue	Norfolk Scope
City	Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance	10,000
Pay-per-view chronology
The Great American Bash 1988	Starrcade 1988	Chi-Town Rumble

Starrcade 1988: True Gritt took place on December 26, 1988 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (15:50)
- Williams pinned Fulton.
The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (w/Jim Cornette) defeated The Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose) (w/Paul E. Dangerously) (17:46)
- Lane pinned Rose.
The Russian Assassins (#1 and #2) (w/Paul Jones) defeated The Junkyard Dog and Ivan Koloff (6:47)
- Assassin #1 pinned Koloff.
Rick Steiner defeated Mike Rotunda to win the NWA World Television Championship (17:59)
- Steiner pinned Rotunda.
- Kevin Sullivan was locked in a Shark cage above the ring.
Barry Windham (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (w/Oliver Humperdink) by count-out to retain the NWA United States Championship (16:17)
Dusty Rhodes and Sting defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (w/Paul Ellering) by disqualification (11:20)
- The Road Warriors retained the title.
Ric Flair (w/James J. Dillon) defeated Lex Luger to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (30:59)
- Flair pinned Luger.
The Junkyard Dog won a Bunkhouse Stampede
- Also in the match were: Abdullah the Butcher, Ray Candy, Eddie Gilbert, Dick Murdoch, Dustin Rhodes, Steve Williams, and others.

[edit] 1989

Starrcade 1989
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	December 13, 1989
Venue	The Omni
City	Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance	6,000
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1989	Starrcade 1989	Wrestle War 1990

Starrcade 1989: Future Shock/Night of the Iron Men took place on December 13, 1989 from The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (w/Woman and Nitron) by count-out (12:24)
Lex Luger defeated Sting (11:31)
- Luger pinned Sting.
The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated Doom (w/Woman and Nitron) (8:31)
- Animal pinned Reed.
Ric Flair defeated The Great Muta (w/Gary Hart) (1:55)
- Flair pinned Muta.
The Steiner Brothers defeated The Road Warriors (w/Paul Ellering) (7:27)
- Scott pinned Animal.
Sting defeated The Great Muta (w/Gary Hart) (8:41)
- Sting pinned Muta.
The Samoan Swat Team (Samoan Savage and Fatu) (w/Oliver Humperdink) defeated Doom (w/Woman and Nitron) (8:22)
- Fatu pinned Reed.
Lex Luger fought Ric Flair fought to a draw (17:15)
The Samoan Swat Team (w/Oliver Humperdink) defeated The Steiner Brothers by disqualification (14:05)
Lex Luger defeated The Great Muta (w/Gary Hart) by disqualification
The Road Warriors (w/Paul Ellering) defeated The Samoan Swat Team (w/Oliver Humperdink) (5:18)
- Hawk pinned Fatu to win the Iron Team tournament.
Sting defeated Ric Flair (w/Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson) (14:30)
- Sting pinned Flair to win the Iron Man tournament.
- This was a singles and tag team round robin tournament. Wrestlers received 20 points for a pinfall/submission win, 15 for a count-out win, 10 for a DQ win, 5 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.

[edit] 1990

Starrcade 1990
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	December 16, 1990
Venue	Kiel Auditorium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance	7,200
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1990	Starrcade 1990	Wrestle War 1991

Starrcade 1990: Collision Course took place on December 16, 1990 from the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dark match: Bill Irwin defeated T.C. Carter
- Irwin pinned Carter.
Bobby Eaton defeated Tom Zenk (8:45)
- Eaton pinned Zenk with a Small Package.
Quarter-Final match: The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (USA) defeated Sgt. Krueger and Col. DeKlerk (South Africa) (2:12)
- Scott pinned DeKlerk after a Frankensteiner.
Quarter-Final match: Konnan and Rey Misterio, Sr. (Mexico) defeated Chris Adams and Norman Smiley (United Kingdom) (5:29)
- Konnan pinned Smiley.
Quarter-Final match: The Great Muta and Mr. Saito (Japan) defeated Jack Victory and Rip Morgan (New Zealand) (5:41)
- Muta pinned Victory with a Bridging Back Suplex.
Quarter-Final match: Victor Zangiev and Salman Hashimikov (USSR) defeated Danny Johnson and Troy Montour (Canada) (3:54)
- Hashimikov pinned Montour after a Belly to belly suplex.
Michael Wallstreet (w/Alexandra York) defeated Terry Taylor (6:52)
- Wallstreet pinned Taylor after a Samoan Drop.
The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious and Danny Spivey) defeated Big Cat and The Motor City Madman (1:01)
- Vicious pinned Madman after a Double Powerbomb.
Tommy Rich and Ricky Morton (w/Robert Gibson) defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (w/Little Richard Marley) (6:13)
- Morton pinned Garvin with a roll-up after Marley accidentally hit Garvin with his crutch.
Semi-Final match: The Steiner Brothers (USA) defeated Konnan and Rey Misterio, Sr. (Mexico) (2:51)
- Rick pinned Misterio after a powerbomb.
Semi-Final match: The Great Muta and Mr. Saito (Japan) defeated Victor Zangiev and Salman Hashimikov (USSR) (3:08)
- Saito pinned Zangiev after a Back Suplex.
Lex Luger defeated Stan Hansen in a Texas Bullrope match to win the NWA United States Championship (10:13)
- Luger touched all four turnbuckles to win.
NWA World Tag Team Champions Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (w/Teddy Long) fought Arn Anderson and Barry Windham to a no-contest in a Street Fight (7:19)
- The match ended in a draw when Windham pinned Simmons and Reed pinned Anderson, Doom retained the titles.
Finals: The Steiner Brothers (USA) defeated The Great Muta and Mr. Saito (Japan) (10:52)
- Rick pinned Saito with a Sunset Flip to win the tournament.
Sting defeated The Black Scorpion (w/Dick the Bruiser as Special Guest Referee) in a Steel cage match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (18:31)
- Sting pinned Scorpion with a Flying Crossbody. After the match, The Black Scorpion was unmasked as Ric Flair.
This PPV hosted the Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament.

[edit] World Championship Wrestling

[edit] 1991

Starrcade 1991
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 29, 1991
Venue	Norfolk Scope
City	Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance	9,000
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1991	Starrcade 1991	WCW/New Japan Supershow II

Starrcade 1991: BattleBowl/The Lethal Lottery took place on December 29, 1991 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Marcus Bagwell and Jimmy Garvin defeated Tracy Smothers and Michael Hayes (12:45)
- Bagwell pinned Smothers.
Steve Austin and Rick Rude defeated Big Josh and Van Hammer (12:56)
- Rude pinned Hammer.
Richard Morton and Dustin Rhodes defeated Larry Zbyszko and El Gigante (5:54)
- Rhodes pinned Zbyszko.
Bill Kazmaier and Jushin Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Graham (13:08)
- Liger pinned Page.
Ricky Steamboat and Todd Champion defeared Cactus Jack and Buddy Lee Parker (7:48)
- Steamboat pinned Parker.
Lex Luger and Arn Anderson defeated Tom Zenk and Terrance Taylor (10:25)
- Luger pinned Taylor.
Sting and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bobby Eaton and Brian Pillman (5:55)
- Sting pinned Eaton.
Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes defeated The Nightstalker and Rick Steiner (5:05)
- Vader pinned Nightstalker.
Scott Steiner and Firebreaker Chip defeated Arachnaman and Johnny B. Badd (11:16)
- Steiner pinned Arachnaman.
Thomas Rich and Ron Simmons defeated Steve Armstrong and PN News (12:01)
- Simmons pinned Armstrong.
Sting won a two-ring battle royal consisting of the winners of the previous matches (25:10)
- Sting last eliminated Luger to win.

[edit] 1992

Starrcade 1992
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 28, 1992
Venue	The Omni
City	Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance	8,000
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1992	Starrcade 1992	WCW/New Japan Supershow III

Starrcade 1992: BattleBowl/The Lethal Lottery took place on December 28, 1992 from The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dark match: Brad Armstrong defeated Shanghai Pierce (7:30)
- Armstrong pinned Pierce after a Russian Legsweep.
Van Hammer and Danny Spivey defeated Johnny B. Badd and Cactus Jack (6:51)
- Hammer pinned Jack.
Big Van Vader and Dustin Rhodes defeated Kensuke Sasaki and The Barbarian (6:56)
- Rhodes pinned Barbarian.
The Great Muta and Barry Windham defeated Brian Pillman and 2 Cold Scorpio (6:59)
- Muta pinned Scorpio.
Steve Williams and Sting defeated Jushin Liger and Erik Watts (9:08)
- Williams pinned Watts.
Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat defeated Barry Windham and Brian Pillman to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship and NWA World Tag Team Championship (20:02)
- Douglas pinned Windham.
Sting defeated Big Van Vader (16:50)
- Sting pinned Vader to win the "King of Cable" tournament.
Ron Simmons defeated Steve Williams by disqualification to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (15:12)
Masa Chono defeated The Great Muta to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (12:49)
- Chono forced Muta to submit.
The Great Muta won the BattleBowl battle royal to win the BattleBowl ring (14:01)
- Muta last eliminated Windham to win. The battle royal consisted of the winners of the first four tag team matches.

[edit] 1993

Starrcade 1993

Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 27, 1993
Venue	Independence Arena
City	Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance	8,200
Pay-per-view chronology
Battlebowl	Starrcade 1993	SuperBrawl IV

Starrcade 1993 took place on December 27, 1993 from the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dark match: Terry Taylor defeated The Equalizer
- Taylor pinned Equalizer.
Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma) (w/The Assassin) defeated Marcus Bagwell and Too Cold Scorpio (11:45)
- Orndorff pinned Scorpio after The Assassin put a weapon in his mask and headbutted Scorpio.
The Shockmaster defeated King Kong (1:34)
- Shockmaster pinned Kong.
WCW World Television Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/Sir William) fought Ricky Steamboat to a time-limit draw (15:00)
- Regal retained the title.
Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne defeated Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce (7:48)
- Jack pinned Slazenger.
Rick Rude defeated The Boss to retain the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (9:08)
- Rude pinned Boss.
Steve Austin defeated Dustin Rhodes in a Two Out of Three Falls match to win the WCW United States Championship (15:00)
- Rhodes was disqualifed (13:32)
- Austin pinned Rhodes (15:00)
Sting and Road Warrior Hawk defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (w/Missy Hyatt) by disqualification (29:11)
- The Nasty Boys were disqualified after Hyatt interfered, Nasty Boys retained the title.
Ric Flair defeated Vader to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (21:11)
- Flair pinned Vader with a roll-up.

[edit] 1994

Starrcade 1994
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 27, 1994
Venue	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
City	Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance	8,200
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1994	Starrcade 1994	SuperBrawl V

Starrcade 1994: Triple Threat took place on December 27, 1994 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Vader defeated Jim Duggan to win the WCW United States Championship (12:06)
- Vader pinned Duggan.
Alex Wright defeated Jean-Paul Levesque (14:03)
- Wright pinned Levesque.
Johnny B. Badd defeated Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Television Championship (12:11)
- Badd pinned Anderson.
The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) by disqualification (17:49)
Mr. T defeated Kevin Sullivan (3:50)
- T pinned Sullivan.
Sting defeated Avalanche by disqualification (15:26)
Hulk Hogan defeated The Butcher to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:07)
- Hogan pinned Butcher.

[edit] 1995

Starrcade 1995
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 27, 1995
Venue	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
City	Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance	8,200
Pay-per-view chronology
World War 3 1995	Starrcade 1995	SuperBrawl VI

Starrcade 1995: World Cup of Wrestling took place on December 27, 1995 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dark match: Diamond Dallas Page defeated Dave Sullivan
Dark match: The American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton)
- Regal pinned Eaton.
Jushin Liger (NJPW) defeated Chris Benoit (WCW) (10:29)
- Liger pinned Benoit.
Koji Kanemoto (NJPW) defeated Alex Wright (WCW) (11:44)
- Kanemoto pinned Wright.
Lex Luger (WCW) defeated Masa Chono (NJPW) (6:41)
- Luger forced Chono to submit.
Johnny B. Badd (WCW) defeated Masa Saito (NJPW) by disqualification (5:52)
Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Eddie Guerrero (WCW) (13:43)
- Ohtani pinned Guerrero.
Randy Savage (WCW) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW) (6:55)
- Savage pinned Tenzan.
Sting (WCW) defeated Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW) (6:52)
- Sting pinned Sasaki to win the "World Cup of Wrestling" for WCW 4-3.
Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger and Sting by count-out in a Triangle match (28:03)
- Flair became #1 contender to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (8:41)
- Flair pinned Savage.
Kensuke Sasaki defeated One Man Gang to retain the WCW United States Championship
- Sasaki pinned OMG. However, the match had previously been restarted after a controversial pinfall win by OMG over Sasaki. On television, the PPV actually ended with the first pinfall, so OMG left Starrcade with the title, even though he actually lost the match.

[edit] 1996

Starrcade 1996

Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 29, 1996
Venue	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
City	Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance	9,030
Pay-per-view chronology
World War 3 1996	Starrcade 1996	Souled Out 1997

Starrcade 1996 took place on December 29, 1996 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dark match: Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito defeated Jerrito Estrada and Piratita Morgan (7:00)
- Sagrada pinned Morgan.
J-Crown Champion The Ultimate Dragon (w/Sonny Onoo) defeated Dean Malenko to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (18:30)
- Dragon pinned Malenko with a Tiger Suplex. Dragon's J-Crown titles were also on the line.
Akira Hokuto (w/Sonny Onoo and Kensuke Sasaki) defeated Madusa to win the first WCW Women's Championship (7:06)
- Hokuto pinned Madusa after a brainbuster. This was the finals of a tournament to crown the first Women's Champion.
Jushin Liger defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. (14:16)
- Liger pinned Misterio after a Liger Bomb.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Benoit (w/Woman) (13:48)
- Jarrett pinned Benoit after Kevin Sullivan came out and hit Benoit with a steel chair.
The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) (w/Syxx) defeated The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) (w/Jimmy Hart) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (11:52)
- Nash pinned Barbarian after a Jacknife Powerbomb.
Eddie Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the vacant WCW United States Championship (15:20)
- Guerrero pinned Page after a Frog Splash. This was the finals of a tournament for the vacant US Title.
Lex Luger defeated The Giant (13:23)
- Luger pinned Giant after hitting him with a baseball bat.
Roddy Piper defeated Hollywood Hogan (15:36)
- Piper beat Hogan by Sleeperhold.

[edit] 1997

Starrcade 1997

Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 28, 1997
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Attendance	17,500
Pay-per-view chronology
World War 3 1997	Starrcade 1997	Souled Out 1998

Starrcade 1997 took place on December 28, 1997 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..

Eddy Guerrero defeated Dean Malenko to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (14:57)
- Guerrero pinned Malenko after a Frog Splash.
Randy Savage, Scott Norton and Vincent defeated Ray Traylor and The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (11:06)
- Savage substituted for Konnan, who was injured.
- Savage pinned Scott after a Flying Elbow Drop.
Goldberg defeated Steve McMichael (5:59)
- Goldberg pinned McMichael after a Jackhammer.
Saturn (w/Raven, Kidman, Lodi, Sick Boy, Riggs, and Hammer) defeated Chris Benoit in a Raven's Rules match (10:50)
- Saturn forced Benoit to submit with the Rings of Saturn.
Buff Bagwell (w/Vincent) defeated Lex Luger (16:36)
- Bagwell pinned Luger.
Diamond Dallas Page defeated Curt Hennig to win the WCW United States Championship (10:52)
- Page pinned Hennig after a Diamond Cutter.
Larry Zbyszko defeated Eric Bischoff (w/Scott Hall) (w/Bret Hart as Special Guest Referee) (11:12)
- Bischoff was disqualified after Hall interfered.
- This match was for the control of WCW Monday Nitro, with Zbyszko representing WCW and Bischoff representing the nWo.
Sting defeated Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:54)
- Sting forced Hogan to submit with the Scorpion Deathlock.
- Hogan had originally pinned Sting after a leg drop, but Bret Hart came out and claimed that referee Nick Patrick had made a fast count. Hart then restarted the match with himself as ref.

[edit] 1998

Starrcade 1998

Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 27, 1998
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Attendance	16,066
Pay-per-view chronology
World War 3 1998	Starrcade 1998	Souled Out 1999

Starrcade 1998 took place on December 27, 1998 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..

Billy Kidman defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. and Juventud Guerrera in a Triangle match to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (14:55)
- Kidman pinned Guerrera after a Shooting star press.
Billy Kidman defeated Eddy Guerrero to retain the WCW Cruiserwieght Championship (10:49)
- Kidman pinned Guerrero after a Shooting star press.
Norman Smiley defeated Prince Iaukea (11:31)
- Smiley forced Iaukea to submit with the Norman Conquest.
Perry Saturn defeated Ernest Miller (w/Sonny Onoo) (7:07)
- Saturn pinned Miller after a Death Valley Driver.
Brian Adams and Scott Norton (w/Vincent) defeated Fit Finlay and Jerry Flynn (8:56)
- Norton pinned Flynn after a powerbomb.
Konnan defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WCW World Television Championship (7:27)
- Konnan forced Jericho to submit with the Tequila Sunrise.
Eric Bischoff defeated Ric Flair (7:08)
- Bischoff pinned Flair after Curt Hennig came to the ring and hit Flair.
Diamond Dallas Page defeated The Giant (12:45)
- Page pinned Giant after a Diamond Cutter.
Kevin Nash defeated Goldberg in a No Disqualification match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (11:20)
- Nash pinned Goldberg after a Jacknife Powerbomb after Scott Hall used a Stun Gun on Goldberg.

[edit] 1999

Starrcade 1999

Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 19, 1999
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Attendance	8,582
Pay-per-view chronology
Mayhem 1999	Starrcade 1999	Souled Out 2000

Starrcade 1999 took place on December 19, 1999 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..

Big Vito and Johnny the Bull (w/Tony Marinara) defeated Disco Inferno and Lash LeRoux (9:39)
- Vito pinned LeRoux after a Spinning DDT.
Madusa defeated Evan Karagias (w/Spice) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (3:32)
- Madusa pinned Karagias after Spice low blowed Karagias.
Norman Smiley defeated Meng to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship (4:29)
- Smiley pinned Meng after Fit Finlay hit Meng with a metal bar.
The Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Asya) defeated Jim Duggan and The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner) (w/Leia Meow) (4:53)
- Douglas pinned Duggan after The Varsity Club turned on Duggan and attacked him.
- As a result of losing, Duggan had to renounce his US citizenship the next night on Nitro.
Vampiro (w/The Misfits) defeated Steve Williams by disqualification (5:02)
- Williams was disqualified after he attacked the referee.
Vampiro (w/The Misfits) defeated Oklahoma (2:52)
- Vampiro pinned Oklahoma after a Nail in the Coffin.
Creative Control (Gerald and Patrick) and Curt Hennig defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and Midnight (7:53)
- Hennig pinned Booker.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse Brawl (11:21)
- Jarrett pinned Rhodes after hitting him with a guitar.
Diamond Dallas Page defeated David Flair in a Crowbar match (3:26)
- Page pinned Flair after a Diamond Cutter.
Sting (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated Lex Luger by disqualification (5:25)
- Luger was disqualified after Elizabeth turned on Sting and hit him with a baseball bat.
Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious in a Powerbomb match (6:58)
- Jarrett hit Vicious when the referee was knocked out, when the ref came too Nash said he had powerbombed Vicious.
Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Ladder match to retain the WCW United States Championship (10:15)
- Benoit grabbed the title belt to win.
Bret Hart defeated Goldberg in a No Disqualification match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:10)
- Hart won by submission when Roddy Piper came out and called for the bell as soon as Hart locked in the Sharpshooter, similar to the Montreal Screwjob.
- This match is notable for the multiple concussions Hart received, which ultimately led to Hart's retirement the next year and subsequent stroke in 2002.

[edit] 2000

Starrcade 2000

Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 17, 2000
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Attendance	6,596
Pay-per-view chronology
Mayhem 2000	Starrcade 2000	Sin

Starrcade 2000 took place on December 17, 2000 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. This was the final Starrcade as WCW would be purchased by the WWF in March 2001.

3 Count (Shane Helms and Shannon Moore) defeated The Jung Dragons (Yun Yang and Kaz Hayashi) (w/Leia Meow), and Jamie Knoble and Evan Karagias in a Triple Threat Ladder match (13:51)
- 3 Count simultaneously grabbed the envelope to win the match and become co-#1 contenders to the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
Lance Storm (w/Major Gunns) defeated Ernest Miller (7:24)
- Storm forced Miller to submit with the Canadian Maple Leaf.
Terry Funk defeated Crowbar (w/Daffney) to win the WCW Hardcore Championship (10:21)
- Funk pinned Crowbar after a piledriver.
KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) fought Big Vito and Reno (w/Maria) to a no-contest 8:18)
- The match ended after Reno turned on Vito and hit Vito with a Roll of the Dice.
Mike Awesome defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in an Ambulance match (8:36)
- Awesome won after Bigelow fell through the roof of the ambulance.
General Rection defeated Shane Douglas by disqualification to retain the WCW United States Championship (9:48)
- Douglas was disqualified after Lt. Loco came to ringside and gave a chain to Douglas, then pointed the chain out to the referee.
Jeff Jarrett and The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) defeated The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman) (w/Tygress) in a Bunkhouse Street Fight (12:32)
- Jarrett pinned Kidman after a Stroke.
The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash) defeated The Perfect Event (Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (12:05)
- Nash pinned Palumbo after a Jacknife Powerbomb.
Goldberg defeated Lex Luger (7:19)
- Goldberg pinned Luger after a Jackhammer, Goldberg's career was on the line in this match.
Scott Steiner (w/Midajah) defeated Sid Vicious to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (10:14)
- Steiner defeated Vicious by TKO when Vicious passed out while in the Steiner Recliner.

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