The story of the wrestler they call the nature boy pro wrestling legends. Harley race in a steel cage for the nwa world heavyweight championship, giving us the tag line of a flare for the gold. The nwa wanted race to win the title to set flair up as long term champ at starcade 83. The event took place on november 24, 1983 at the greensboro coliseum in greensboro, nc and was broadcast on closedcircuit television around the southern united states. Share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin download. The event took place on november 24, 1983 at the greensboro coliseum in greensboro. Roddy piper and greg valentine their legendary feud and brutal. Starrcade was regarded by the nwa and wcw as their flagship event of the year, much in the same vein. It finally came to a head in greensboro at the very first starrcade, in november of 83. The event took place on november 24, 1983 at the greensboro coliseum complex in greensboro, north carolina and was broadcast on closedcircuit television around the southern united states. Nwa starrcade 1984 the million dollar challenge pay per view. Harley race for the nwa world title in a steel cage and roddy piper vs.
Shown on closedcircuit television throughout the country, starrcade was the first supershow, an event that culminated numerous popular angles and brought together wrestlers from numerous nwa territories under one roof. And flair annually made the most of that grand stage. The event took place on november 24, 1983 at the greensboro coliseum complex in greensboro, north carolina and was broadcast on closedcircuit. The complete history of nwawcw starrcade thats right, its time to hop into the ol delorean and travel back to 1983, when jim crockett promotions envisioned a wrestling event so magnanimous it couldnt be just for the live crowd in attendance. Ric flair won, gaining the 2nd of his record 17 world titles. Nwa starrcade 1983 a flare for the gold pay per view. The charlie brown jimmy valiant under a maskthe great kabuki match had valiants mask on the line against kabukis nwa world television championship.
A good match between a still young ric flair and the great harley race. Starrcade 1983 a flair for the gold november 24, 1983 in greensboro, nc greensboro coliseum drawing 15,447 shown live on cctv drawing 32,400. Nwa world heavyweight title title change see all cards. In many ways, this can be thought of as the first ashow. Download the game today, and use the cheat code wregret to unlock my exclusive manager card. Greg valentine, and a nwa tag team title match between the brisco brothers vs. Nwa world heavyweight title steel cage match special referee. Our new series, retrospective chronicles major events and pay per views in pro wrestling history starting in 1983 to present day. May 16, 2014 our new series, retrospective chronicles major events and pay per views in pro wrestling history starting in 1983 to present day.
The 16time world champion headlined the nwa and later wcw mega event 10 times. Nikita koloff, nwa tag team titles steel cage match. A flair for the gold was the first annual starrcade professional wrestling. Starrcade 83 was the original grandaddy of prowrestling supercards and the inspiration for the annual wwfwwe wrestlemania extravaganzas that began two years later. It took place on november 22, 1984 at the greensboro coliseum complex in greensboro, north carolina. For close to two decades, it was the signature event first in nwa, then wcw. Only nwa worldwide 1984 12 discs nwa worldwide 1985 12 discs nwa worldwide 1986 12 discs nwa worldwide 1987 11 discs nwa worldwide 1988 12 discs nwa worldwide 1989 11 discs wcw worldwide 1990 6 discs june dec. Night of the skywalkers was the fourth annual starrcade professional wrestling closedcircuit television event, produced by jim crockett promotions jcp under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner.
It was produced under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner by jim crockett promotions jcp. The lapsed fan wrestling podcast wcw starrcade memorial tour. The assassins are managed by paul jones, and his nonironic dumb and dumber tuxedo is enough to make them the favorites in my eyes. Flair won the championship from race at starrcade 83 in greensboro, an event considered the forerunner of todays megabuck payper.
Nwa starrcade 1984 the million dollar challenge events. 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. Anyway, i will see you next time for starrcade 1984, which i heard is a joy. It took place on november 28, 1985 from the greensboro coliseum complex in greensboro, north carolina and omni coliseum in atlanta, georgia.
The nwa a loose federation of smaller promotions or territories was, at that time, the biggest organisation in wrestling and the nwa world title was the most prestigious. The idea here is the original supershow, with all of the best talent from the nwa coming together for one mega blowout of a show with the headlining match being ric flair vs. Starrcade 83 remains solely memorable due to the main event. Some prestarrcade territorial reading for your perusal. 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. Ric flair and harley race in starrcade 1983 add image see all 2 photos. A flair for the gold was the first annual starrcade professional wrestling event, produced under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner by jim crockett promotions jcp. A flair for the gold was the first annual starrcade professional wrestling event. It was produced under the nwa banner by jim crockett promotions.
This is the famous match where an injured backlund was caught in the camel clutch and his manager, arnold skaaland, threw in the towel. Jan 07, 2017 nwa wrestling final conflict 1983 please note. Card with guide nwa starrcade 1983 a flare for the. 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. The gathering was the third annual starrcade professional wrestling closedcircuit television event produced by jim crockett promotions under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner. Nwa starrcade 83 at greensboro coliseum wrestling results. The million dollar challenge was a major professional wrestling closedcircuit television event that was produced by jim crockett promotions jcp under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner. With ric flair, nikita koloff, ricky morton, robert gibson. Nwa starrcade 1983 a flare for the gold events database.
The stipulations were that the title was only on the line for the first fifteen minutes of the match. The best of starrcade 19831987 a video history limited collectors edition. Nwa wrestling starrcade dvd, ric flair harley race wwe ebay. Jay youngblood and ricky steamboat, starrcade 83 was a. At nwa starrcade 1983, roddy piper and greg valentine competed in one of the most dangerous matches of their. A flair for the gold november 24, 1983 greensboro, nc greensboro coliseum your hosts are gordon solie and bob caudle. Apr 22, 2015 nwa jcp starrcade 1983 version ii from greensboro, north carolina. The production and presentation of starrcade 1983 was an experiment in itself and proved to be a massively successful model that was refined by the wwf. It was before wrestlemania and became the flagship event of jim crockett promotions and. The brainchild of dusty rhodes and barry windham, starrcade 83 was the nwas parry to vince mcmahons charge to take the federation. Flare for the gold was the first annual starrcade professional wrestling event. The event took place on november 24, 1983 at the greensboro coliseum in greensboro, north carolina and was broadcast on closedcircuit television around the southern united states. The lapsed fan wrestling podcast wcw starrcade memorial.
Nwa world heavyweight title title change see all cards when using information on this site, please include a link to this page or the homepage thanks. Instead, what we got was an excellent video about starrcade 1983 to starrcade 1990. The first true supercard in pro wrestling history, this show, held on thanksgiving night 1983 in greensboro, north carolina, usa, featured harley race defending the nwa world heavyweight. Starrcade and the emergence of the supercard attitude. It took place on november 27, 1986 from the greensboro coliseum complex in greensboro, north carolina and omni coliseum in atlanta, georgia. Now, for the first time on dvd, the greatest matches of starrcade are collected in a. Your hosts are gordon solie and bob caudle opening match. Embed for hosted blogs and item download options download 1 file. When using information on this site, please include a link to this page or the homepage thanks.
Cagematch events database nwa starrcade 1983 a flare for the. A flair for the gold november 24, 1983 greensboro, nc greensboro coliseum. It wasnt one of the 60minute classics i expected, but it was quite entertaining. Starrcade is a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closedcircuit television and eventually broadcast via payperview television, held from 1983 to 2000 by the national wrestling alliance nwa and later world championship wrestling wcw. Sep 22, 2017 starrcade was so often the ric flair show. The first true supercard in pro wrestling history, this show, held on thanksgiving night 1983 in greensboro, north carolina, usa, featured harley race defending the nwa world heavyweight championship against nature boy ric flair inside a steel cage with former champ big thunder gene kiniski as special. It had a great main event featuring nwa champion, harley race vs. Tully blanchard, united states tag team title match no dq match. The first true supercard in pro wrestling history, this show, held on thanksgiving night 1983 in greensboro, north carolina, usa, featured harley race defending the nwa world heavyweight championship against nature boy ric flair inside a steel cage with former champ big thunder gene kiniski as special guest referee.
Are we still going with that piper got permanent hearing loss story. With harley race, ric flair, gerald brisco, jack brisco. The andersons, nwa television title first blood match. Ric flair to, at the least, starrcade 1997 sting vs. On december 26, 1983, barely a month after starrcade 83, bob backlund who had held the title since february 20, 1978lost the wwf championship to the iron sheik. Ric flairharley racesteel cagenwa world title match1983,the rey mysterio. Nwa starrcade 83 was the 1st wrestling ppv in history. The match itself featured a rough, early incarnation of ric flairs nowiconic entrance. The very first starrcade from thanksgiving night 1983.