Product: WCW/NWA Starrcade 1989 [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
Awesome
There are some petty details that make this event unperfect but all and all it's still 5 stars. LOD vs SST and LOD vs DOOM are pretty edited but every other match is shown either completely or no more than minutes short of complete. That's no biggie though because LOD had nothing on any of the teams 'cept maybe DOOM. They only won the tourney because of real life stroke that they used to hold other teams down. For instance, LOD always refused to lose cleanly to The Steiners. That's why you have the borderline screwy ending to their match.There were so many different feuds that intertwined and crossed throughout this show and it's really hard to explain. You can't fully appreciate this show without knowing all about it. I reccomend searching and reading some sort of wrestling fan site or forum. Shouldn't be hard to find...Even if you don't get into specefics of the current situations and feuds, this is still a fun tape. Every single match is good. LOD vs The Steiners is super stiff. Luger vs Sting is the best match that the 2 ever had with each other. Considering that it was 1989, the bumps they did onto the concrete and all the high impact moves made this a real wild match that still holds up to an extent today. Luger was so dang good back then, as was Sting.Sting vs Flair was great. Sting beat Flair for his first win over him. Again, you kind of had to be there to know how important this was. They already had a history at this point and this win just intensified it and spawned a whole other set of volumes. All of this, and much more, make this tape worth the price to anyone looking for the best NWA/WCW shows.