Starrcade#1984
{{short description|Professional wrestling event series}}
{{for|the 1991 and 1992 shows promoted in Japan as "Starrcade"|WCW/New Japan Supershow}}
{{other uses|Starcade (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox wrestling PPV series
|name = Starrcade
|image = WWE Starrcade logo.png
|image_size =
|caption = WWE Starrcade logo
|alt = The official WWE Starrcade 2017 logo
|nicknames =
|createdby = 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)
|firstevent = 1983
|lastevent = 2019
|gimmick =
}}
Starrcade was a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view. It was originally held from 1983 to 2000, first by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 1983 to 1990, with the 1983–1987 events specifically held by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the NWA, and then held by 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 (WWF), regarded WrestleMania. As a result, the buildup to each Starrcade featured the largest feuds 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 with portions of the events in 2018 and 2019 airing as WWE Network specials. Due to the 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's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), the dominant promotion of the NWA, and aired on Thanksgiving Day. In 1987, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) scheduled a pay-per-view (PPV) 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 World Championship Wrestling (WCW), though Starrcade was held under the NWA banner until 1990.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/dec17_starrcade.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721035024/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/dec17_starrcade.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Starrcade, the original "super card"|first=John|last=Molinaro|date=December 17, 1999|publisher=SLAM! Sports|access-date=November 26, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=9053|title=Thursday news update: It was 20 years ago today....|first=Dave|last=Meltzer|date=November 27, 2003|publisher=Wrestling Observer|access-date=June 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810050523/http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=9053|archive-date=August 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|title=Flair defeats Race for wrestling title|url=http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Resource_Center/thanksgiving/1983.htm|work=Greensboro Daily News|page=D3|date=November 25, 1983|access-date=June 2, 2008}} 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.{{cite web|title=Specialist – 20 Years Ago: Detailed look back at Starrcade '87 with Flair vs. Garvin|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/The_Specialists_34/article_23994.shtml|first=Brian|last=Hoops|date=December 18, 2007|publisher=PWTorch|access-date=May 24, 2008}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2001/2001_03_23.jsp|title=WWE Entertainment, Inc. Acquires WCW from Turner Broadcasting|access-date=May 5, 2007|date=March 23, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313012636/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2001/2001_03_23.jsp|archive-date=March 13, 2014}} In 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (with its "WWE" abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism in 2011).{{cite web| title=World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment| publisher=WWE| url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp| access-date=August 28, 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119180317/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp| archive-date=January 19, 2009| df=mdy-all}}{{cite press release |last1=Sacco |first1=Justine |last2=Weitz |first2=Michael |date=April 7, 2011 |title=The New WWE |url=https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2011/04-07-2011 |location=Connecticut |publisher=WWE |access-date=November 25, 2021 }} In 2017, WWE revived Starrcade for a SmackDown-branded non-televised house show on November 25, 2017. The following year, WWE's Starrcade house shows began to be held as WWE Network specials and featured both the Raw and SmackDown brands.{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/one-hour-starrcade-2018-special-listed-wwe-network-schedule-270371|title=ONE-HOUR STARRCADE 2018 SPECIAL LISTED ON WWE NETWORK SCHEDULE|date=November 16, 2018|accessdate=November 17, 2018|work=Wrestling Observer|author=Joseph Currier}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/starrcade-returns-to-wwe-network-dec-1|title=Starrcade returns to WWE Network Dec. 1|work=WWE|access-date=September 18, 2019}} An event did not occur in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented WWE from holding shows outside of its normal weekly television programming and PPVs.{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/11/backstage-news-on-wwe-moving-on-from-house-shows-post-covid-676882/|title=Backstage News On WWE Moving On From House Shows Post COVID-19 Era|date=November 13, 2020|last=Mohan|first=Sai|work=Wrestling Inc.|accessdate=March 26, 2021}} WWE resumed live touring in July 2021, but a Starrcade event was not scheduled for that year.{{cite web |last1=Brookouse |first1=Brent |title=WWE schedule, list of PPVs for 2021: Crown Jewel date, location, start time, watch live |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/wwe-schedule-list-of-ppvs-for-2021-crown-jewel-date-location-start-time-watch-live/ |website=CBSSports |access-date=October 23, 2021 |date=October 20, 2021}}
Events
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|style="background:#ddd; width:2em"| |WCW/nWo co-branded event |style="background:#BBF; width:2em"| |SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown-branded event |
2017
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name = Starrcade
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|tagline = Starrcade Returns
|promotion = WWE
|brand = SmackDown
|date = November 25, 2017
|attendance = 10,234
|venue = Greensboro Coliseum Complex
|city = Greensboro, North Carolina
|wwenlast =
|wwennext =
|event = Starrcade
|lastevent2 = 2000
|nextevent2 = 2018
}}
The 2017 Starrcade was the 19th Starrcade professional wrestling event. It was the first Starrcade promoted by WWE and was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown brand division as a non-televised house show. It took place on November 25, 2017, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina.{{cite web|title=Starrcade returns to Greensboro this November|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/article/starrcade-2017-greensboro?sf114888607=1|publisher=WWE|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=November 26, 2017}}{{cite web|title=WWE Live presents STARRCADE|url=http://www.greensborocoliseum.com/events/detail/wwe-live-presents-starrcade|publisher=Greensboro Coliseum Complex|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=November 26, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234021/http://www.greensborocoliseum.com/events/detail/wwe-live-presents-starrcade|archive-date=September 19, 2017}} 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, Arn Anderson, Ricky Steamboat, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, and The Hardy Boyz.
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|times =
|note1 = dark
|match1 = Bobby Roode defeated Dolph Ziggler
|stip1 = Singles match with Arn Anderson as special outside enforcer
|note2 = dark
|match2 = 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)
|stip2 = Twelve-man tag team match
|note3 = dark
|match3 = Naomi defeated Tamina (with Lana)
|stip3 = Singles match
|note4 = dark
|match4 = Dustin Rhodes defeated Dash Wilder
|note5 = dark
|match5 = Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin (c) by disqualification
|stip5 = Singles match for the WWE United States Championship
|note6 = dark
|match6 = 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
|stip6 = Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
|note7 = dark
|match7 = Charlotte Flair (c) defeated Natalya by submission
|stip7 = Steel Cage match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
|note8 = dark
|match8 = AJ Styles (c) defeated Jinder Mahal (with The Singh Brothers) by escaping the cage
|stip8 = Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship
}}
References
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{{Jim Crockett Promotions}}
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