Starrcade (1984)

Starrcade (1984): The Million Dollar Challenge was a major professional wrestling closed-circuit television event that was produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on November 22, 1984 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. The main event of the show was billed as "the Million Dollar Challenge" as the storyline was that the winner of the match would not only win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship but also win a $1,000,000 purse, part of the illusion that professional wrestling was a legitimate sporting competition. The main event saw champion "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair defend the championship against long time rival "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, with boxer Joe Frazier acting as the special guest referee for the match. The show also saw the championship matches for the NWA United States Championship, NWA World Television Championship, NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, NWA Brass Knuckles Championship and NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship.

Starrcade (1984)
PromotionNational Wrestling Alliance
Jim Crockett Promotions
DateNovember 22, 1984
CityGreensboro, North Carolina
VenueGreensboro Coliseum Complex
Attendance16,000
Tagline(s)The Million Dollar Challenge
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In 2014, the WWE Network included the previous Starrcades (1983–1986), which had been transmitted via closed-circuit television, alongside the rest of the Starrcades in the pay-per-view section.

Production

Background

From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) to hold major professional wrestling events at Thanksgiving and Christmas, often at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina in the center of JCP's Virginia, North and South Carolina territory. In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their supercard to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, bringing in wrestlers from other NWA affiliates and broadcasting the show its territory on closed-circuit television.[1] Starrcade soon became the flagship event of the year for JCP (later World Championship Wrestling, WCW), their Super Bowl event featuring their most important storyline feuds and championship matches. The 1984 event was the second show to use the Starrcade name.

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentator Bob Caudle
Gordon Solie
Interviewer Tony Schiavone
Referee Earl Hebner
Sonny Fargo
Tommy Young
Joe Frazier (Rhodes vs Flair Match)
Ring announcer Tom Miller

Storylines

The Starrcade show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results
No. Results[2][3] Stipulations Times
1 Denny Brown defeated Mike Davis (c) Singles match for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 5:38
2 Brian Adias defeated Mr. Ito Singles match 4:00
3 Jesse Barr (c) defeated Mike Graham Singles match for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship 11:43
4 Assassin #1 and Buzz Tyler defeated The Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammed) (with Paul Jones) Elimination match 5:26
5 Manny Fernandez defeated Black Bart (c) (with J.J. Dillon) Singles match for the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship 7:35
6 Paul Jones defeated Jimmy Valiant Tuxedo Street Fight Loser-Leaves-Town match 4:35
7 Ron Bass (c) (with J.J. Dillon) defeated Dick Slater by disqualification Singles match for the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship 9:12
8 Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff defeated Ole Anderson and Keith Larson (with Don Kernodle) Tag team match 15:28
9 Tully Blanchard (c) defeated Ricky Steamboat Singles match for the NWA World Television Championship 13:17
10 Wahoo McDaniel (c) defeated Superstar Billy Graham Singles match for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship 4:18
11 Ric Flair (c) defeated Dusty Rhodes by referee stoppage[note 1] Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Joe Frazier as special guest referee 12:12
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes
  1. The referee stopped the match due to a cut on Rhodes's forehead.

References
  1. "Flair defeats Race for wrestling title". Greensboro Daily News. 1983-11-25. p. D3. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  2. Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 3:Jim Crockett and the NWA World Title 1983-1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 149480347X.
  3. "Starrcade 1984". Pro Wrestling History. November 22, 1984. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
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