Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary

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Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary
Independence Arena[1]
Attendance8,200[1]
Tagline(s)Vader's Belt...Flair's Career. It's All On The Line!
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Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary was the 11th annual

Starrcade in 1990.[2]

The

Dustin Rhodes and Steve Austin for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.[1]

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.

The main

NWA World Heavyweight Championship on July 18 at Beach Blast for the tenth time in a match with Barry Windham. The title became the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship in September after WCW left the National Wrestling Alliance.[5] Flair then lost the title to Rick Rude at Fall Brawl.[6]

After defeating Ron Simmons for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on December 30, 1992, Vader held the championship all year up to Starrcade (save for a six-day run by Sting in March 1993).[7] Vader feuded with Davey Boy Smith in May over the title.[8] The feud also involved Sid Vicious and Sting, who formed an alliance with Vader and Smith respectively.[9] Vader then had a short feud with Cactus Jack before being chosen to face Vicious at Starrcade.[2][10] On October 28, Arn Anderson and Vicious had a fight at a hotel that resulted in a double stabbing.[3] The incident led to Vicious being fired, and Flair challenging Vader to a title match at Starrcade, with Flair also putting his career on the line.[1]

Event

Vader, the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, before his match at Starrcade

The first match was between

headbutt
to Scorpio, and Orndorff pinned him to win the match.

The second match was between

crossbody block. The Shockmaster then pinned King Kong after a scoop slam
to win the match.

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentator Tony Schiavone[1]
Jesse Ventura[1]
Interviewer Eric Bischoff
Gene Okerlund[1]
Referee Randy Anderson
Nick Patrick
Ring announcer Michael Buffer
Gary Michael Cappetta

The third match was between

enzuigiri. Regal fought back after a dropkick following the distraction by William. Steamboat reversed the butterfly into a double underhook suplex, and attacked Regal outside the ring. As Steamboat performed a bridging German suplex
, the time limit expired, and Regal retained the title.

The fourth match was between the team of

Cactus clothesline to Pierce and an aided suicide senton to Slazenger. Slazenger and Pierce attempted to double-team Payne, but Payne performed a clothesline to both. Jack tagged in, and Pierce accidentally performed a clothesline on Slazenger. Jack then pinned Pierce after a double arm DDT
to win the match.

The fifth match was a

mounted punches. Austin pulled him down, and pinned Rhodes with a roll-up
while pulling his tights to win the match and the title. This match was notable for the lights in the arena going out briefly during the second fall, shortly before the finish.

The sixth match was between

leapfrog body guillotine. Rude avoided it, and pinned The Boss with a sunset flip
to win the match, and retain the title.

The seventh match was between

Doomsday Device
on Knobs, and Sting attempted to pin him, but Hyatt interfered. Sting and Hawk won the match by disqualification, and The Nasty Boys retained the title.

Ric Flair won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade.

The

bell clap from Vader. Flair then grabbed Vader's left leg, causing him to trip and fall, and pinned him with a roll-up to win the match and the title.[1]

Reception

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the Vader vs. Ric Flair main event a rating of 4-1/2 (out of 5) stars and claimed it was a defining moment in Flair's career and most memorable of his numerous (11 at the time) title wins.[citation needed]

The event did a 0.55 pay-per-view buyrate, just above average for WCW's core PPV audience at the time. The show did double the business of the previous month's WCW pay-per-view, Battlebowl, with Starrcade considered a mild success due to being the last of four consecutive monthly pay-per-views, an unusual practice at the time. As highly promoted as Starrcade was, it only drew about 15-20,000 more buys than poorly promoted WCW pay-per-views earlier in the year. The live event gross was $65,000 and the pay-per-view gross for WCW and Turner was $1.35 million. Paid attendance was about 7,000, with 1,000 comps, and a large amount of $8 tickets sold.[citation needed]

Aftermath

Bash at the Beach. Hogan won the title, and they continued to wrestle in rematches for the remainder of the year.[13] Hogan remained the champion, and his reign continued for over a year.[14]

Legacy

On December 30, 2019, Starrcade 1993 was the topic of the ‘83 Weeks’ podcast hosted by Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson.[15]

Results

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dark match

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Adamson, Matt (2008-03-30). "Going Old School: Starrcade '93". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b Molinaro, John (1999-12-17). "Starrcade, the original "super card"". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved 2008-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen (DVD). WWE Home Video. 2007-04-10. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  4. ^ a b Furious, Arnold (2006-07-12). "The Furious Flashbacks – WCW Superbrawl IV". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  5. ^ Milner, John; Kamchen, Richard (2004-11-18). "Ric Flair". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2008-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Slagle, Steve. "Rick Rude". The Ring Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  7. ^ "History of the WCW World Championship: Vader". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  8. ^ Hoops, Brian (2008-05-26). "Nostalgia Review: WCW Slamboree 1993; Vader vs. Davey Boy Smith; Hollywood Blonds vs. Dos Hombres; Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dory Funk Jr". PWTorch. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  9. ^ Carapola, Stuart (2007-04-27). "That Was Then 4.27.07: Wrestling Logic Vol. 1". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  10. ISBN 0-06-103101-1
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  11. ^ Csonka, Larry (2006-01-20). "411's Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2006: "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  12. ^ The Monday Night War: WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro (DVD). WWE. 2004-02-03. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  13. ISBN 1-4165-2729-X
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  14. ^ "History of the WCW World Championship: Hulk Hogan". WWE. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  15. ^ "83 Weeks #90: Starrcade 1993". YouTube. 83 Weeks. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Starrcade 1993". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

External links

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