KAYFABE THEATER: The Standoff before Starrcade
1984 -Ric Flair & Dusty Rhodes are announced as the competitors in the ‘One Million Dollar Challenge’ and have a staredown on stage in Greensboro
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KAYFABE THEATER: The Nature Boy is Gunning for Gold in The Windy City
Ric Flair talks about Starrcade 1987: Chi-Town Heat, and tells Ronnie Garvin that he’s leaving that night with HIS NWA World Heavyweight title
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 27th: Ten Years of Starrcade
Ric Flair makes a heroic return to the top of the mountain – in the event that he made famous, by defeating Vader for the WCW World title
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 26th: A Gritty Title Match at Starrcade
Lex Luger and Ric Flair battle at The Norfolk Scope in Starcade ’88: True Gritt, the first signature event under Ted Turner and the WCW banner
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 16th: The Scorpion has Landed. Literally
At Starrcade 1990, the mystery of the Black Scorpion is revealed when the character arrives in a spaceship to face Sting, only to be unmasked as Ric Flair
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… NOV 28th: A Dusty Finish at Starrcade ’85
Dusty Rhodes defeats Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match, only to have the match thrown out a week later on a technicality
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… NOV 26th: Flair regains the Ten Pounds of Gold from Garvin
After losing his title two months earlier, the Nature Boy re-captures the NWA World Heavyweight championship at Starrcade ’87: Chi-Town Heat.
BLEACHER REPORT: WWE Starrcade 2018 Results & Recap
Spoilers from Saturday Night’s event, which will also air in a one-hour , condensed version tonight on WWE Network at 8 p.m. ET
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… NOV 24th: A Flair for the Gold
Jim Crockett Promotions presents the first Starrcade event, highlighted by Nature Boy Ric Flair against Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight title
KAYFABE THEATER: Ricky Steamboat DARES to touch Tully’s Suit!
Ricky Steamboat roughs up a very arrogant Tully Blanchard before their TV title match at Starrcade
KAYFABE THEATER: Jim Crockett Jr. speaks after Starrcade ’83
1983 – Gordon Solie interviews NWA Promoter Jim Crockett, Jr. following the events that unfolded at his company’s first mega-event, Starrcade
KAYFABE THEATER: The Road Warriors get ready for Starrcade and The Scaffold
1986 – Hawk and Animal work out to the Black Sabbath song, “Iron Man”, then send a message to Jim Cornette by throwing a pumpkin off the top of a scaffold
KAYFABE THEATER: Ric Flair Calls Out Harley Race Again
The Nature Boy talks with Bob Caudle about the $25,000 bounty that the World Champion has put on his head, and discusses his strategy going forward as he continues to pursue the NWA World title
THE WRESTLING TERRITORIES: Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling | part 3
This look back at pro wrestling from the Carolina region rumbles on through the early 80’s, and the first incarnation of Starrcade
KAYFABE THEATER: The Midnight Express train to be Sky Walkers
Jim Cornette gets his men ready in this special training video, illustrating the Midnight Express preparing for the Road Warriors and the scaffold at Starrcade