# Starrcade

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Professional wrestling event series

For the 1991 and 1992 shows promoted in Japan as "Starrcade", see [WCW/New Japan Supershow](/source/WCW%2FNew_Japan_Supershow).

For other uses, see [Starcade (disambiguation)](/source/Starcade_(disambiguation)).

Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series

Starrcade WWE Starrcade logo Created by Dusty Rhodes, Jim Crockett Jr. Promotions NWA (Governing body) (1983–1990) JCP (1983–1987) WCW (1988–2000) WWE (2017–2019) Brands Raw (2018–2019) SmackDown (2017–2019) First event 1983 Last event 2019

**Starrcade** was a recurring [professional wrestling](/source/Professional_wrestling) [event](/source/List_of_NWA%2FWCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events), originally broadcast via [closed-circuit television](/source/Closed-circuit_television) and eventually broadcast via [pay-per-view](/source/Pay-per-view). It was originally held from 1983 to 2000, first by the [National Wrestling Alliance](/source/National_Wrestling_Alliance) (NWA) from 1983 to 1990, with the 1983–1987 events specifically held by [Jim Crockett Promotions](/source/Jim_Crockett_Promotions) (JCP) under the NWA, and then held by [World Championship Wrestling](/source/World_Championship_Wrestling) (WCW) from 1988 to 2000.

Starrcade was regarded by the NWA and WCW as their flagship event of the year, much in the same vein that its rival, the [World Wrestling Federation](/source/WWE) (WWF), regarded [WrestleMania](/source/WrestleMania), which began two years after the first Starrcade. As a result, the buildup to each Starrcade featured the largest [feuds](/source/Feud_(professional_wrestling)) of the promotion. In 2001, the WWF acquired WCW, and the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002.

WWE revived the event in 2017 as a [house show](/source/House_show) with portions of the events in 2018 and 2019 airing as [WWE Network](/source/WWE_Network) specials. Due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), an event was not held in 2020 and no further events were scheduled.

## History

From 1983 to 1987, Starrcade was produced by the [National Wrestling Alliance](/source/National_Wrestling_Alliance)'s (NWA) [Jim Crockett Promotions](/source/Jim_Crockett_Promotions) (JCP), the dominant promotion of the NWA, and aired on [Thanksgiving Day](/source/Thanksgiving_(United_States)). In 1987, the [World Wrestling Federation](/source/World_Wrestling_Federation) (WWF) scheduled a [pay-per-view](/source/Pay-per-view) (PPV) of their own, [Survivor Series](/source/Survivor_Series_(1987)), 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](/source/Christmas_Day), mostly in the days following, beginning in 1988. Also in 1988, JCP was sold to [Turner Broadcasting](/source/Turner_Broadcasting) due to financial problems and became [World Championship Wrestling](/source/World_Championship_Wrestling) (WCW), though Starrcade was held under the NWA banner until 1990.[1][2]

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](/source/Greensboro_Coliseum). In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their [supercard](/source/Card_(sports)) to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, and spread it across its territory on [closed-circuit television](/source/Closed-circuit_television).[3] It popularized broadcasting on closed-circuit television and was financially successful. From 1987, Starrcade was broadcast on PPV, the first NWA event to do so.[4]

Starrcade was held for the final time as a WCW event in 2000: the promotion would be acquired by the WWF in 2001, and the brand would become dormant.[5] In 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (with its "WWE" abbreviation becoming an [orphaned initialism](/source/Orphaned_initialism) in 2011).[6][7] In 2017, WWE revived Starrcade for a [SmackDown](/source/SmackDown_(WWE_brand))-[branded](/source/WWE_brand_extension) non-televised [house show](/source/House_show) on November 25, 2017.[8] The following year, WWE's Starrcade house shows began to be held as [WWE Network](/source/WWE_Network) specials and featured both the [Raw](/source/Raw_(WWE_brand)) and SmackDown brands.[9][10] An event did not occur in 2020 due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), which prevented WWE from holding shows outside of its normal weekly television programming and PPVs.[11] WWE resumed live touring in July 2021, but a Starrcade event was not scheduled for that year.[12]

## 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 Flare 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 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 Ric Flair (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship Atlanta, Georgia The Omni 4 Starrcade '86: The Skywalkers 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 '87: Chi-Town Heat November 26, 1987 Chicago, Illinois UIC Pavilion Ron Garvin (c) vs. Ric Flair in a steel cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship National Wrestling Alliance: World Championship Wrestling 6 Starrcade '88: True Gritt December 26, 1988 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Scope Ric Flair (c) vs. Lex Luger for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 7 Starrcade '89: Future Shock December 13, 1989 Atlanta, Georgia The Omni Iron Man tournament - final: Ric Flair vs. Sting 8 Starrcade '90: Collision Course December 16, 1990 St. Louis, Missouri Kiel Auditorium Sting (c) vs. The Black Scorpion for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Dick the Bruiser as the special guest referee World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 9 Starrcade '91: Battlebowl – The Lethal Lottery December 29, 1991 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Scope Battlebowl 10 Starrcade '92: Battlebowl – The Lethal Lottery II December 28, 1992 Atlanta, Georgia The Omni Battlebowl 11 Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary December 27, 1993 Charlotte, North Carolina Independence Arena Vader (c) vs. Ric Flair in a Title vs. Career match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 12 Starrcade '94: Triple Threat December 27, 1994 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Butcher for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 13 Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling 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 17 Starrcade '99 December 19, 1999 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Bret Hart (c) vs. Goldberg in a no disqualification match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 18 Starrcade (2000) December 17, 2000 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Scott Steiner (c) vs. Sid Vicious for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship WWE 19 Starrcade (2017) November 25, 2017 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal in a steel cage match for the WWE Championship [8] 20 Starrcade (2018) November 24, 2018 Cincinnati, Ohio U.S. Bank Arena AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe in a steel cage match 21 Starrcade (2019) December 1, 2019 Duluth, Georgia Infinite Energy Center Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Lashley [13]

## 2017

Starrcade Promotion WWE Brand SmackDown Date November 25, 2017 City Greensboro, North Carolina Venue Greensboro Coliseum Complex Attendance 10,234 Tagline Starrcade Returns Starrcade chronology ← Previous 2000 Next → 2018

The 2017 **Starrcade** was the 19th Starrcade [professional wrestling](/source/Professional_wrestling) event. It was the first Starrcade promoted by [WWE](/source/WWE) and was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's [SmackDown](/source/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)) [brand division](/source/WWE_brand_extension) as a non-televised [house show](/source/House_show). It took place on November 25, 2017, at the [Greensboro Coliseum Complex](/source/Greensboro_Coliseum_Complex) in [Greensboro, North Carolina](/source/Greensboro%2C_North_Carolina).[8][14] It was the first Starrcade event in seventeen years. It was also the first Starrcade event not to be televised in any way and the first to be held in the Greensboro Coliseum since 1985. The event featured appearances by [Ric Flair](/source/Ric_Flair), [Arn Anderson](/source/Arn_Anderson), [Ricky Steamboat](/source/Ricky_Steamboat), [The Rock 'n' Roll Express](/source/The_Rock_'n'_Roll_Express), and [The Hardy Boyz](/source/The_Hardy_Boyz).

No. Results Stipulations 1D Bobby Roode defeated Dolph Ziggler Singles match with Arn Anderson as special outside enforcer[8] 2D Mike Kanellis, Rusev (with Aiden English), The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan), and The Colóns (Primo and Epico) defeated Sin Cara, Tye Dillinger, Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango), and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) Twelve-man tag team match 3D Naomi defeated Tamina (with Lana) Singles match 4D Dustin Rhodes defeated Dash Wilder Singles match[8] 5D Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin (c) by disqualification Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[8] 6D The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) (c) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (with Big E), Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin, and Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[8] 7D Charlotte Flair (c) defeated Natalya by submission Steel Cage match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[8] 8D AJ Styles (c) defeated Jinder Mahal (with The Singh Brothers) by escaping the cage Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship[8] (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match D – this was a dark match

## References

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-Starrcadeannouncement_8-8) ["Starrcade returns to Greensboro this November"](http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/article/starrcade-2017-greensboro?sf114888607=1). WWE. September 18, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

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v t e Jim Crockett Promotions (Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling) Championships World NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA World Television Championship Regional NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA Western States Heritage Championship Personnel Jim Crockett Jim Crockett Jr. David Crockett Alumni Programming Syndicated Learning the Ropes Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling World Wide Wrestling Cable Best of World Championship Wrestling Clash of the Champions NWA Main Event Superstars on the Superstation World Championship Wrestling Other Attendance records Closed-circuit and pay-per-view events Bunkhouse Stampede The Great American Bash Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Starrcade Ric Flair's Last Match Affiliated promotions Partners Maple Leaf Wrestling National Wrestling Alliance National Wrestling Alliance territories Pro Wrestling USA Acquisitions Championship Wrestling from Florida Georgia Championship Wrestling Heart of America Sports Attractions St. Louis Wrestling Club Universal Wrestling Federation Successor World Championship Wrestling

v t e National Wrestling Alliance pay-per-view and supercard events Current Anniversary Show Crockett Cup Hard Times Samhain Pop-Up Event New Years Clash By Any Means Necessary PowerrrTrip PowerrrTrip PowerrrTrip 2 The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. AAA Former Bunkhouse Stampede (1988) Chi-Town Rumble (1989) Capital Combat (1990) The Great American Bash (1987–1990) Halloween Havoc (1989–1990) Starrcade (1987–1990) WrestleWar (1989–1990) Into the Fire (2019) Back for the Attack (2021) When Our Shadows Fall (2021) EmPowerrr (2021) Alwayz Ready (2022) Nuff Said (2023) 312 (2023) Paranoia (2024) Back to the Territories (2024) Looks That Kill (2024) Shockwave (2025)

v t e World Championship Wrestling List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events Starrcade Starrcade (Jim Crockett Promotions) 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Starrcade (World Championship Wrestling) 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 All Events Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) Battlebowl (1993) Beach Blast (1992–1993) Capital Combat (1990) Chi-Town Rumble (1989) Collision in Korea (1995) Fall Brawl (1993–2000) Greed (2001) Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) Hog Wild (1996) Japan Supershow (1991–1993) 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) When Worlds Collide (1994) World War 3 (1995–1998) WrestleWar (1989–1992)

v t e WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming events Starrcade 2017 2018 2019 Current Royal Rumble (1988–present) Vengeance (2001–2007, 2011, 2021, 2023–present) Elimination Chamber (2010–2015, 2017–present) NXT Stand & Deliver (2021–present) WrestleMania (1985–present) Backlash (1999–2009, 2016–2018, 2020–present) Battleground (2013–2017, 2023–present) Worlds Collide (2019–2020, 2022, 2025–present) Money in the Bank (2010–present) Night of Champions (2008–2015, 2023, 2025–present) The Great American Bash (2004–2009, 2023, 2025–present) Evolution (2018, 2025–present) SummerSlam (1988–present) Heatwave (2024–present) Clash (2022, 2024–present) Wrestlepalooza (2025–present) No Mercy (1999–2008, 2016–2017, 2023–present) Crown Jewel (2018–2019, 2021–present) Halloween Havoc (2022, 2024–present) Survivor Series (1987–present) NXT Deadline (2022–present) Saturday Night's Main Event (2024–present) Former The Wrestling Classic (1985) No Holds Barred (1989) This Tuesday in Texas (1991) One Night Only (1997) Capital Carnage (1998) Over the Edge (1998–1999) Fully Loaded (1998–2000) Invasion (2001) Rebellion (1999–2002) Insurrextion (2000–2003) December to Dismember (2006) New Year's Revolution (2005–2007) One Night Stand (2005–2008) Unforgiven (1998–2008) Taboo Tuesday/Cyber Sunday (2004–2008) Armageddon (1999–2000, 2002–2008) Judgment Day (1998, 2000–2009) Breaking Point (2009) Bragging Rights (2009–2010) Capitol Punishment (2011) Over the Limit (2010–2012) No Way Out (1998, 2000–2009, 2012) NXT Arrival (2014) Fatal 4-Way (2010, 2014) The Beast in the East (2015) Live from Madison Square Garden (2015) Cruiserweight Classic Finale (2016) Roadblock (2016) United Kingdom Championship Special (2017) Great Balls of Fire (2017) Mae Young Classic (2017–2018) Greatest Royal Rumble (2018) United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017–2018) Halftime Heat (2019) The Shield's Final Chapter (2019) Stomping Grounds (2019) Evolve's 10th Anniversary Celebration (2019) Smackville (2019) Starrcade (2018–2019) NXT UK TakeOver (2019–2020) Super ShowDown (2018–2020) Clash of Champions (2016–2017, 2019–2020) TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009–2020) Superstar Spectacle (2021) NXT TakeOver (2014–2021) NXT WarGames (2017–2021) Day 1 (2022) In Your House (1995–1999, 2020–2022) Hell in a Cell (2009–2022) Extreme Rules (2009–2022) Payback (2013–2017, 2020, 2023) Fastlane (2015–2019, 2021, 2023) King of the Ring (1993–2002, 2015, 2024) Bash in Berlin (2024) Bad Blood (1997, 2003–2004, 2024)

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