Starrcade (1989)

Infobox wrestling event
name=Starrcade (1989)


promotion=National Wrestling Alliancecite 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 the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It was the second Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and it took place on December 13 1989 at The Omni in Atlanta, 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, the Steiner Brothers, the Road Warriors and The New Wild Samoans (replacing The Skyscrapers due to Sid 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 with Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen. This continued until late 1988, when Sting began a feud with the Road Warriors. In 1989, Flair had notable feuds with Ricky Steamboat and Terry Funk over the NWA 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 the main 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

*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]