Starrcade 1988
Promotion	Jim Crockett Promotions
Date	December 26, 1988
Venue	Norfolk Scope
City	Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance	10,000
Last Event	The Great American Bash
Next Event	Chi-Town Rumble

Starrcade '88 was the sixth annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. 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. Shortly before the event, Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions, and the company became WCW.

ResultsEdit

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) (c) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (15:50)
• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette) defeated The Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose) (with Paul E. Dangerously) (17:46)
• The Russian Assassins (#1 and #2) (with Paul Jones) defeated The Junkyard Dog and Ivan Koloff (06:47)
• Rick Steiner defeated Mike Rotunda (c) (with Kevin Sullivan) for the NWA World Television Championship (17:59)
• Barry Windham (c) (with James J. Dillon) defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (with Oliver Humperdink) by countout for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (16:17)
• Sting and Dusty Rhodes defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (c) (with Paul Ellering) by disqualification for the NWA World Tag Team Championship (11:20)
• Ric Flair (c) (with James J. Dillon) defeated Lex Luger for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (30:59)

Other on-screen talentEdit

Also SeeEdit

• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• World Championship Wrestling/Event history
• Starrcade
• Event gallery

DVD releaseEdit

• TBA

External linksEdit

• [ at CAGEMATCH.net]