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WWE is resurrecting Starrcade, the definitive event of Jim Crockett Promotions and later World Championship Wrestling.
The Greensboro Coliseum, the original home of the event back in 1983, announced today that the Saturday 11/25 WWE event will carry the Starrcade name, noting it was the first Starrcade event in the venue in twenty years. The final Starrcade was held in December 2000 in Washington, DC.
In playing off the main event of the original Starrcade, featuring Ric Flair vs. Harley Race in a steel cage, the Smackdown brand event was announced as being headlined by two steel cage matches: WWE champion Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and WWE Smackdown Women's champion Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair, Ric Flair's daughter.
Starrcade holds a nostalgic place in the hearts of old school wrestling fans and was held on PPV from 1987 to 2000. It had traditionally been centered in Greensboro until 1987, when the decision was made to move it to Chicago to originate it from a "big city", a decision that was criticized at the time by fans.
WWE Hall of Famers and Starrcade alumni The Rock N' Roll Express and Ricky Steamboat are also being advertised for appearances at the event.
Matches currently advertised for the event feature:
*WWE United States champion AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Rusev.
*Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn.
*WWE Tag Team champions The New Day vs. The Usos.
*Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler.
*Breezango vs. Aiden English & Mike Kanellis
*The Hardy Boyz to appear.
With it being a Saturday, it would be perfect timing for the event to be broadcast on the WWE Network as a live special, but there has been no word yet as to whether that will be the case.
While this is the first time WWE has utilized the Starrcade name for a live event, the company released a DVD dedicated to it in 2012 and all of the Starrcade events are available to stream on the WWE Network.
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