- Starrcade (1989)
Infobox wrestling event
name=Starrcade (1989)
promotion=National Wrestling Alliance cite web |url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video_reviews/65041 |title=Going Old School: Starrcade '89 |first=Matt |last=Adamson |date=2008-02-08 |publisher=411mania |accessdate=2008-05-27 ]
date=December 13 1989
venue=The Omni
city=Atlanta, Georgia
attendance=6,000
lastevent=Halloween Havoc (1989)
nextevent=WrestleWar (1990)Starrcade '89: Future Shock was the seventh annual
Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced under theNational Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It was the second Starrcade event produced byWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), and it took place onDecember 13 1989 at The Omni inAtlanta, Georgia .The event solely featured the Iron Man and Iron Team tournaments. The participants were Sting,
Lex Luger ,Ric Flair and The Great Muta for the Iron Man tournament, and Doom, theSteiner Brothers , theRoad Warriors and The New Wild Samoans (replacing The Skyscrapers due toSid Vicious ' injury) for the Iron Team tournament. This event varied from other Starrcade events by only featuring the tournaments, only showcasing a small amount of wrestlers, and not featuring title defenses. [cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/dec17_starrcade.html |title=Starrcade, the original "super card" |first=John |last=Molinaro |date=1999-12-17 |publisher=SLAM! Sports |accessdate=2008-05-27 ] The event led to a feud between Sting and Flair after a brief alliance as members of the Four Horsemen stable.cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/flair.html |title=Ric Flair |first=John |last=Milner |coauthors=Kamchen, Richard |date=2004-11-18 |publisher=SLAM! Sports |accessdate=2008-05-27 ]Background
At the start of 1988, Sting was given a push to
main event status by placing him in a feud withRic Flair and the Four Horsemen. This continued until late 1988, when Sting began a feud with theRoad Warriors . In 1989, Flair had notable feuds withRicky Steamboat andTerry Funk over theNWA World Heavyweight Championship while Sting feuded with The Great Muta over the NWA World Television Championship. [cite video |date2=2003-11-18 |title=The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401851/ |medium=DVD |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |accessdate=2008-05-29 ] At The Great American Bash, the alliance between Flair and Sting began. After Flair defeated Funk in themain event , he was attacked by The Great Muta, and Sting came out to help Flair. [cite web |url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video_reviews/72895 |title=The Dusty Shelf: NWA/WCW Great American Bash 1989 |first=Stuart |last=James |date=2008-04-17 |publisher=411mania |accessdate=2008-05-27 ] Sting and Flair feuded with The Great Muta and Funk afterwards, and the feud continued until Halloween Havoc, when they defeated The Great Muta and Funk in a Thunderdome match. [cite web |url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/28142 |title=411Wrestling Special: Halloween Havoc: 12 Years Of Terror - Part 4 |first=Ken |last=Anderson |date=2003-11-03 |publisher=411mania |accessdate=2008-05-27 ] [cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/sting.html |title=Sting |first=John |last=Milner |coauthors=Urena, Steve |date=2004-11-04 |publisher=SLAM! Sports |accessdate=2008-05-30 ]Event
Iron Team tournament
ee also
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Starrcade
*World Championship Wrestling References
External links
* [http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video_reviews/65041 Starrcade 1989 review at 411mania]
* [http://wcwrules4lyf.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/starrcade-1989/ Starrcade 1989 review at The Powerdriver Review]
* [http://wrestlingencyclopedia.com/starrcade89.html Starrcade 1989 review at The Internet Wrestling Encyclopedia]
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