Starrcade

Professional wrestling history was made on April 24th 1983.

More than 30,000 fans jammed into two sold-out arenas to witness the first ever

mega-event promoted by the American Wrestling Association.

The Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota played host to 20,000 fans while an additional 10,000

fans were watching via closed circuit television next door in the St. Paul Auditorium.

The event sold out in three days. Promotors called it Super Sunday.

Ad in Media presents the classic wrestling documentary called

"Super Sunday: Running Wild"

This two hour Pay-Per-View special was hosted by the legendary wrestling announcer,

"Mean Gene" Okerlund and Roger Tronguard

SO LET'S GIVE PROPER CREDIT TO VERNE GAGNE

as he was the original creator of the first and greatest wrestling event!

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STARRCADE 83 - November 24th 1983

The Masked Assassins with Paul Jones vs Bugsy McGraw & Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones

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Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin faced Johnny Weaver & Scott McGhee

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• BANNED IN PEURTO RICO -

Carlos Colon vs Abdullah the Butcher with Hugo Savinavich

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"Chief" Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood vs Dick Slater & Bob Orton Junior

Hulk Hogan was suppose to wrestle, Youngblood replacing Hulk Hogan

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" NWA TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP " MASK vs TITLE

Charlie Brown "From Outta Town" aka: Jimmy Valiant wearing a mask vs NWA TV Champion "The Great" Kabuki with Gary Hart

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• NON TITLE COLLAR MATCH -

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs United States Champion Greg Valentine

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" NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP " JCP VERSION

Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, former titleholders vs NWA World tag team champions Jack & Jerry Brisco

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" NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP " - STEEL CAGE MATCH -

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race

with former champ "Big Thunder" Gene Kiniski as special guest referee

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Matches are listed in correct order as they took place.

Starrcade '83 was the original grandaddy of pro-wrestling "supercards" and the inspiration for the annual WWF/WWE Wrestlemania extravaganzas that began two years later.

The NWA - a loose federation of smaller promotions (or territories) - was, at that time, the biggest organisation in wrestling and the NWA world title was the most prestigious title in the sport. Harley Race was The Man and his challenger on this Thanksgiving night was a young, cocky upstart called Ric Flair. Their months-long feud came to an end in a steel cage on this unforgettable evening.

Get your hands on the video if you can 'cos the rest of the card was just as entertaining, especially the dog collar match pitting an in-his-prime Roddy Piper (as a babyface good guy) versus Greg Valentine.