Going back into the 1960s, Jim Crockett Promotions had a long-standing Thanksgiving super card tradition. In 1983, they would make it an even bigger deal with the first Starrcade. Starrcade was the ...

Before there was WrestleMania, there was Starrcade. While WrestleMania is universally regarded as the Super Bowl of pro wrestling, Starrcade was the original closed-circuit TV supercard, preceding ...

Gene says Starrcade put WCW on the map and set the standards for big wrestling events. This one is so big, that this will be part I. We’ll se Flair, Roddy Piper, Harley Race and Dusty Rhodes. Cage ...

Starrcade '83, one of the most significant events in professional wrestling history, will mark its 40th anniversary on Nov. 24. The megashow that launched Ric Flair’s second run as NWA world champion ...

Starrcade ’83 has been fondly remembered over the years, and a number of readers have shared their thoughts regarding the show. One avid follower of the business, Stuart Monroe, recently viewed ...

Note: Historical business information all sourced from back issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. In 1983, pro wrestling was booming all over the country. While there were some signs of what ...

For pro wrestling fans of a certain vintage, the name “Starrcade” conjures a restless excitement. It was, in the Territory Era and then the Monday Night Wars, the biggest show on the NWA/WCW calendar, ...

For modern-day pro wrestling fans, the idea of a major card on a major holiday seems too foreign to believe.