Starrcade (1989)

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Starrcade 1989 was the first Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling which took place on 17th December 1989

## Background

The main match heading into the show is the WCW Heaviweight Championship match between champion Ric Flair and challenger Warrior. Four Horsemen had been established as the most dominant stable in WCW with Ric Flair being unbeatable, Ricky Steamboat decided to assemble a team of 4 men including him, Terry Funk, Junkyard Dog and Warrior himself in a Wargames match at Halloween Havoc 1989, Warrior ended up pinning Ric Flair in his debut match gaining himself a WCW Heaviweight title shot at Starrcade, although a month before this show it was announced on WWF's Survivor Series 1989 that Warrior would be making his return to WWF at Royal Rumble 1990 completely spoiling the result of this match

Lex Luger has been a cocky rookie since the start of the year, after his win against 5 other men at Halloween Havoc 1989 to retain the TV Championship, he declared this to be his year when legendary brawler Stan Hansen made his debut and announced that he would face Luger at Starrcade, last night on Saturday Night 36 Hansen knocked Luger out while he was training which is sure to rile up the rookie for tonight.

Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace were a tag team long before WCW was born, but at WCW's first ever PPV Shane Douglas randomly decided to have Brian Pillman as his teammate as they won the WCW Tag Team Championships and Johnny Ace wasn't happy but was forced to cooperate, Pillman kept taunting him which led to a match between the two at Great American Bash, meanwhile Shane Douglas had to defend the tag titles on the same show so he decided to get a NEW teammate, Ranger Ross as they lost the tag titles to Four Horsemen. Brian Pillman and Johnny Ace called out Douglas on his bullshittery of changing teammates every day and turned on him, at Halloween Havoc 1989 Brian Pillman defeated Shane Douglas and after the match Ranger Ross attacked Pillman and Johnny Ace saved him forming new teams, tonight former rivals turned friends Brian Pillman and Johnny Ace face "former" tag team champions Ranger Ross and Shane Douglas

Steiner Brothers have been dominant throught the year, tonight they face undefeated WCW Tag Team champions Road Warriors

At Halloween Havoc 1989, Terry Funk had the first ever chairshot to the head on live PPV when he did it to Ole Anderson in their Wargames match, at Saturday Night 32 Funk was scheduled to have a match but was found backstage bleeding from his head. He returned at Saturday Night 34 attacking Ole Anderson and revealing him as the culprit who busted him open and challenged him at Starrcade

At Saturday Night 32, Sting made a challenge to US Champion Great Muta but Barry Windham and Ricky Steamboat also stepped up as possible challengers, they had a triple threat match but Muta attacked them all wanting the challenge of a fatal 4 way

At Saturday Night 20, Terry Gordy defeated Kevin Sullivan and proceeded to continue beating him up but Freebirds stopped him but Gordy didn't stop with the attacks in the following weeks, at Saturday Night 28 Sullivan pulled off an upset rollup win against Gordy, Michael Hayes defeated Sullivan at Saturday Night 31 and Freebirds turned heel bullying Sullivan, tonight he will have to face all 3 in a handicap match

A random match was made last night as Teddy Long would face Paul E.Dangerously in a battle of the managers

Ted Turner hyped up a new concept, the Starrcade Countdown, at any point during Starrcade a countdown will start from 10 and when it hits 0, there will be a surprise debut/return/appearence or an announcment

## Details

* Steiner Brothers ended Road Warrior's undefeated streak of 6-0
* Starrcade Countdown began when Freebirds were beating down Sullivan, out came the debuting Vader who took care of the 3 men singlehandendly
* Before Ace and Pillman vs Douglas and Ranger Ross could began, both Ross and Pillman attacked their teammates, Ranger Ross reveals Pillman was an undercover spy in the Dynamic Dudes and Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas are under arrest for possession of drugs, out comes generic policemen(Nightstalker and Terry Taylor) to arrest them as all 4 men are now part of a stable and do the sergeant hand move in the middle of the ring
* Four Horsemen interfered a lot and Flair low blowed Warrior to beat him, the end of Starrcade was Warrior beating up all 4 men and celebrating in the ring