Starrcade (1990)

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Starrcade 1990 was the second Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling which took place on 23rd December 1990

## Background

The main match heading into the show is a WCW Heaviweight champion Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat. When Four Horsemen were dominating the WCW scene in 1989, it was Ricky Steamboat debuting at Great American Bash 1989 that took them down a notch, he tried to get a WCW Heaviweight title shot but failed in the form of a gauntlet, Ricky Steamboat assembled a team of former WWF Champions to defeat Four Horsemen in a War Games match at Halloween Havoc 1989, almost a year later, at Saturday Night 66 Ric Flair declared he had no challengers left to which Ricky Steamboat responded with a beatdown, Steamboat says that Flair never beat him 1 on 1 and he deserves this shot, at Halloween Havoc 1990, Ric Flair put Steamboat on a figure four leglock and Arn Anderson grabbed Steamboat's hand and made him tap out somehow without the ref seeing, Steamboat was livid and demanded a 2 out of 3 falls 60 minute time limit match against Flair which Flair accepted, Ted Turner added the stipulation that if Four Horsemen were to interfere, Flair would lose the belt.

At Starrcade 1989, Stan Hansen defeated Lex Luger to win the TV Championship, the cocky rookie was not happy in the slightest as he started attacking Hansen after every title defense he had but sometimes he would help Hansen win the matches as Luger wanted to be the one to take the TV title from him. At Capital Combat 1990 they would have their rematch where Luger lost yet again, Hansen said he was once like Luger, a cocky rookie with huge potential but a hot head and would like to mentor him, Luger responded with a headbutt but started warming up to the idea throught the weeks, although at Saturday Night 62 he would cause Hansen to lose the TV Championship to Pillman, he also saved him once The Police started attacking Hansen. At Great American Bash, Luger yet again saved Hansen from The Police and they finally shook hands as this mentor-protege relationship started, The Police set a target on them as Hansen and Luger attacked them one too many times. At Great American Bash, The Police was also involved in the cash in the ladder tag match and injured Midnight Express with a ladder bump, when they returned The Police ambushed them again so they started being involved in this, The Police challenged Hansen, Luger and Midnight Express to a 4 on 4 War Games match and Lex Luger told Pillman that if he had any balls, he would put the TV Championship on the line which Pillman will do tonight and if The Police lose, they will have to give up their badges. During the build-up, The Police threw Hansen through a table which damaged his back, still he has chosen to still fight in this match

Vader's path of destruction since his debut at Starrcade 1989 led to a United States and Tag Title win at Halloween Havoc 1990, he would lose the tag titles 6 days later and become even more unhinged as he destroyed his former tag team partner, Kevin Sullivan, Sting was the one who Vader beat to win the US championship and tonight he gets his rematch, Sting has been getting babyface reactions even if he's in the heel Four Horsemen stable.

Samoan Swat Team won a NO1 contendership against Midnight Express to face Steiner Brothers tonight, The Tonga Kid has been sending his brute forces to ambush Steiner Brothers at any chance he gets

The Enforcers formed at Halloween Havoc 1990 attacking Doom after their match, they've since dealt ambushes at any chance they get, Doom finally managed to get the upperhand at Saturday Night 85 since they saw it coming

At Saturday Night 59, Sid Vicious turned on Dan Spivey and ended their Skyscrapers team, at Saturday Night 78 Steve Williams turned on Mike Rotundo ending their Varsity Club team, both men gave the reasoning that they wanna start their singles career so Steve Williams challenged Sid tonight to see who's the best singles talent

## Details

* During the War Games match, Brian Pillman suplexed Stan Hansen off the top of the cage onto the ring, with Hansen's back problems he had to be stretched out from the match
* After the match, Nightstalker and Ranger Ross dropped their badges in fury and left, Pillman and Taylor stay in the ring and say that they aren't pussies like Nightstalker and Ranger Ross, Pillman most likely ended Hansen's career, the battle is over but the war isn't, they may drop their badges but this isn't the last we'll hear from them
* Masa Saito's big announcment is introducing a new group, New Japan Legends: Masa Saito, Masahiro Chono, Hiroshi Hase, Kensuke Sasaki and The Great Muta. They all stare down Saito and attack him immediatly turning heel
* The Starrcade Countdown starts, it hits 0 and IWGP Junior Heaviweight champion Jushin "Thunder" Liger makes an appearence taking out New Japan Legends and challenging Muta to a title match on the spot
* Ricky Steamboat manages to draw 1-1 with Ric Flair in the last 10 minutes, he starts giving it his all and with 10 seconds to go he hits the shining wizard winning the match and becoming the champion with 5 seconds to go
* Ted Turner comes out after the match with a disappointing revelation as he shows replays which show that Ric Flair's hand was under the rope when the pinfall happened, therefore it didn't count and the match ended in a draw with the time limit, Ric Flair is still WCW Heaviweight champion
* Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair II was rated 5.25 stars, the only match in universe so far to break the scale