Sep 14, 2015 brian damage starrcade 1997 was supposed to be the event that would be the biggest in the history of wcw and one that would knock whatever stuffing was left out of the wwe. Bill goldberg vs steve mcmichael wcw starrcade 1997 1228. Starrcade 1997 and stings botched moment nerdopotamus. With hulk hogan, steve borden, curt hennig, dallas page. Jim duggan on getting fired for riding with iron sheik with gimmicks duration. Wcw starrcade 1985 part1 wcw starrcade 1985 part1 wcw starrcade 1985 part1.
What better way to decide the fate of the hottest show on cable than eric bischoff vs larr. Wcw nwo starrcade 64 mod matches jushin liger vs billy kidman. It took place on december 29, 1991 from the norfolk scope in norfolk, virginia. At world championship wrestling s bash at the beach event on july 17, 1994, hogan was set to face nature boy ric flair in a match pro wrestling fans had waited years to see. Your hosts are tony schiavone, mike tenay, and dusty rhodes. 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. It was broadcast december 28, 1992, from the omni in atlanta, georgia. Ultimo dragon vs dean malenko for the wcw cruiserweight title. At world championship wrestlings bash at the beach event on july 17, 1994, hogan was set to face nature boy ric flair in a match pro wrestling fans had waited years to see. This week on the power half hour, greg and chad are discussing a movie. Wcw spring stampede 1997 telecharger skype gratuit wcw monday nitro 03 18 96 part 6 mp3 telecharger gratuit scotty 2 hotty vs bam bam bigelow raw feb 22 1993 mp3 telecharger jouer wcw spring stampede 1997 telecharger skype wcw world champ ric flair nc ricky steamboat 32.
Starrcade 83 greensboro, nc coliseum november 24, 1983 15,447. Apr 09, 2016 wcw nwo starrcade 64 mod matches lex luger vs randy macho man savage. Sting won battlebowl, and his victory led to a feud with lex luger over the wcw world heavyweight championship. Wcw starrcade 91 at norfolk scope arena wrestling results. Eric bischoff vs larry zbyszko, wcw starrcade 1997 video.
Dec 06, 2012 starrcade 1997 is one of wcws most famous, and certainly their most notorious show. Sting vs hollywood hogan wcw starrcade 1997 video dailymotion. People had waited for so long to see sting wrestle hogan and demolish the nwo thus climaxing one of the best slowbuild feuds in wrestling history that they sold out the arena and gave wcw one of its. Starrcade 1997 is one of wcw s most famous, and certainly their most notorious show. The story of hulk hogan vs sting wcw starrcade 1997 duration. 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. It boasted an attendance of 17, 500, as well as a buy rate of 1. This was the first starrcade under the wcw instead of the nwa banner and the first to not include ric flair, who had left for the world wrestling federation. Sting added the starrcade 1997 match against hogan. The lapsed fan wrestling podcast wcw starrcade memorial tour. Starrcade 1997 was the fifteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling pay perview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw on. This was the biggest feudmatch build in the history of wrestling. From 19831987 the events aired live on closedcircuit tv under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner. It broke all previous pay per view commercial figures for the company breaking hulk hogans debut show bash at the beach 1994s record, and aside from multiple feuds promised to be paid off on the biggest blowoff show of the year was the culmination of the sting v nwo angle that had been.
Received an official vhs release in the usa catalogue number t7096, however the title was misprinted on the cover as wcw starrcade 1998. Our first special guest podcast of 2020 relives starrcade 1991, a showpiece overrun by. Why is a 350 pound man tripping up and falling through a wall the greatest thing the industry has ever seen. At first, sting was to make his triumphant return to the ring in february 1997 at the cow palace for superbrawl, but the gimmick was working so well they decided to hold him out for almost all of 1997 climaxing with his winning the wcw title from hulk hogan at starrcade. The event consisted of the battlebowl battle royal and its lethal lottery tag team qualifying matches. The event featured the new world order nwo stable, which formed in july the main event was between hollywood hogan and roddy piper. Sting was making his comeback after 15 months on the sidelines and in the rafters. Luke owen sure does, and hes here to tell the true story behind what. The idea being making the fans wait for starrcade to put on this era altering match. Take a look at the business starrcade 1997 did, and youll discover that it made wcw more money than any ppv or live event in its history.
It just goes to show the wcw mindset when 40 or 50 wcw wrestlers are. 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. Starrcade 1997 was the fifteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw on december 28, 1997, at the mci center in washington, d. In 2015, all wcw payperviews were made available on the wwe network. After 18 months of building up to sting as the man worthy of toppling hulk hogan and the nwo, the events of starrcade 1997 are a testament to. This is stings first match since fall brawl of 1996. Starrcade 1997 was the fifteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw on. Dirty dawg eric darsie presents a pro wrestling podcasting talking wwe, ecw, and. The episode ended telling us to download the global wrestling network app to watch. The matches revolved around the ongoing storyline between wcw and the new world order nwo organization. Jittery monkey podcasting network building an empire one. Starrcade 1999 was the seventeenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw. Wcw starrcade took place on december 28th, 1997 at the mci center in washington, d. The best and worst of wcw starrcade 1997, featuring the most disappointing match in wrestling history.
The 1997 starrcade had potential to be one of the best cards in wcw payperview history. Starrcade 1997 was the fifteenth annual starrcade ppv event. Wcw biggest event of starrcade 1997 until the end by breaking benjamin. This was the dawning of a new era for wcw, and many backstage felt the company upon signing hulk had finally hit the big time. This text is hidden because it is only available in german language. Wcw starrcade 1997 december 28th, 1997 mci center in washington, d. And now heres a rant on starrcade 1997, which was stings return. The main event was a no disqualification match between goldberg and kevin nash for the wcw world heavyweight championship. Starrcade 1997 by wcw vs nwo podcast free listening on. After building to it for over a year, sting won the wcw heavyweight title from hollywood hulk hogan. The main event was between hollywood hogan and sting for the world heavyweight championship, with hogan representing the nwo and sting representing world championship wrestling.
Wcw was billing this as the single most important match in the entire history of the company. What three wrestlers that wrestled in the first starrcade are currently employed by wcw. Its considered to be wcws most successful ppv of alltime. It was the first starrcade event produced by world championship wrestling wcw, and it took place on december 26, 1988 from the norfolk scope in norfolk, virginia. It took place on december 27, 1995 at the nashville municipal auditorium in nashville, tennessee. Match ratings listed above are from dave meltzers highly respected wrestling observer newsletter. Wcw2k19 starrcade 97 match 7 control of wcw eric bischoff vs larry zbysko. Sting has a new entrance although wcw s ultrasucky version of the titantron looks rubbish.
Wcw starrcade 2000 december 17, 2000 mci center washington, d. Nash gets booked to lose but doesnt turn up, hogan gets booked to lose but somehow pins sting clean in the middle of the ring and wcw finally. We watched the 30minute countdown to kill time after watching. It took place on december 19, 1999 from the mci center in washington, d. Please click this line if you do not care and want to view it anyway. Battlebowlthe lethal lottery ii was the tenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced by world championship wrestling wcw. The entire debacle resulted in the title being held up for another hogansting payperview match, which many wcw fans took as a slap in the face and a hapless attempt to draw additional money to see the result wcw had failed to deliver the first time around. Download why has professional wrestling been in a mindnumbing monopoly for 16 years and counting. It was the tenth starrcade event produced by wcw, and took place on december 28, 1997 from the mci center in washington, d. On this episode of how i would have booked we cover how i would have booked wcw starrcade 1997 like us on facebook. You the fans voted for this and my goodness youve got good taste. May 30, 2015 this feature is not available right now. Our first special guest podcast of 2020 relives starrcade 1991, a showpiece overrun by the debut of lethal lottery and battlebowl.
Jan 19, 2007 the furious flashbacks wcw starrcade 97. World cup of wrestling was the thirteenth starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced by world championship wrestling wcw. If youre greg and chad, you skype each other and talk about the similarities. True gritt was the sixth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced under the national wrestling alliance nwa banner. If you were watching a year ago, you probably remember the hype surrounding the main event. This is a list of all closedcircuit television and payperview events held by world championship wrestling wcw and its predecessor jim crockett promotions jcp. When using information on this site, please include a link to this page or the homepage thanks. List of nwawcw closedcircuit events and payperview.
It took place on december 27, 1998 from the mci center in washington, d. Starrcade 1998 was the sixteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw. Did you know halloween havoc had a better rating than starrcade 6 of the 12 years they were around. Kefin and adam tackle starrcade 1997, the most successful wcw ppv of all time and look back at sting, hogan, the nwo and kevin nash if he shows up that is. Return to top of page spring stampede 1997 april 6, 1997 in tupelo, ms tupelo coliseum drawing 8, 356 107, 115. People had waited for so long to see sting wrestle hogan and demolish the nwo thus climaxing one of the best slowbuild feuds in wrestling history that they sold out the arena and gave wcw one of its best if not the. Return to top of page spring stampede 1997 april 6, 1997 in tupelo, ms tupelo coliseum drawing 8. Starrcade var et payperviewshow inden for wrestling produceret af jim crockett promotions 19831987 og senere world championship wrestling 19882000. This was the dawning of a new era for wcw, and many backstage felt the company upon. And so it had come to pass, after nearly 18 months of build we were finally here for starrcade, for hogan vs sting. This imo was the peak of wcw starrcade 1997 sting vs.
Pdf download wrestler annual summer 1984 wwf wwe wcw tna ecw nwo nwa awa tony atlas bruno. What was up with the botched finish in the stinghogan match. Beginning in 1987, the events started airing live on payperview tv while still under the nwa banner. It took place on december 29, 1996 from the nashville municipal auditorium in nashville, tennessee. On the podium, eric bischoff, missy hyatt, and magnum t. Eric bischoffs explanation for the starrcade 97 finish is. Eric bischoff was a guest on ric flairs podcast recently and talk eventually turned to the infamous finish of the starrcade 1997 main event. Hogan basically had sting beat clean sting who had been pretty much single handedly taking apart the nwo for months. Boy what a great way to start the ppv with this classic between two of the best in the world at that time. Wrestling with the dawg podcast free when it was cool.
Battlebowl the lethal lottery was the ninth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event. Then bret comes out hot off the screwjob and prevents the referee from making the three count and manages to get the belt on sting in a weak way. If our starrcade 95 episode just before christmas didnt satisfy your craving for times wcw turned their biggest ppv of the year into a baffling concept pilot, youre in for a treat. Oct 09, 2015 eric bischoff was a guest on ric flairs podcast recently and talk eventually turned to the infamous finish of the starrcade 1997 main event. See more ideas about world championship wrestling, ric flair and wrestling. Brian damage starrcade 1997 was supposed to be the event that would be the biggest in the history of wcw and one that would knock whatever stuffing was left out of the wwe. Roddy piper reveals eric bischoff is in the nwo duration. But it didnt pan out that way and today brian looks at why it didnt pan out as expected. Renren sina weibo sitejot skype slashdot sms stocktwits svejo symbaloo. As a result of this error, the official usa vhs of wcw starrcade 1997 is often mistaken as being wcw nwo starrcade 1998 1998 a different event. Starrcade 1996 was the fourteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced by world championship wrestling wcw.
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