Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Description: Starrcade SpecialBefore there was Wrestlemania, there was Starcade Re-live WCW’s biggest event before the “Death of WCW”*Once these 5 sets are sold, they will not be offered as a group again*The number in brackets after the date is the number of pages in each issue.Also listed are the headline stories of the issue18 great Observers covering Starrcade events and other great news stories that occurred in those issues. January’84, January’85, December 9’85, December 8’86, December 7’87, January 2’89, December 26’89, December 24’90, January 6’92, January 4’93, January 3’94, January 2’95, January 8’96, January 6’97, January 5’98, January 4’99, December 28’99, December 25’001984January (20) NWA Starrcade ’83-A Flair for the Gold 11/24 card coverageRic Flair cover Wrestling notebook coverage of all the territories news and champions, including -opening of All Japan tag tourney -Inoki voted back in as president of New Japan -Brody & Murdoch appear in Southwest -World Class draws 19,200 to Thanksgiving show headlined by Kerry vs Hayes -Jesse Ventura leaves CWA/Jarrett promotions; Lawler “wins” Southern title 1985Jan. 10 (52)** 1984 Observer Awards Winners($18) 1984 in ReviewDynamite Kid cover 1984 Wrestling Ratings Champions of 1984NWA Starrcade ’84-The Million Dollar Challenge 11/22 card coverage Inside Japan Wrestling Wrestling notebook covering all the territories news and champions including -Sgt Slaughter wants to renegotiate contract, Vince dismisses Sarge from WWF -Tsuruta & Tenryu win annual All Japan tournament -Atsushi Onita announces retirement -Kevin Sullivan wins Southwest title -Flair retains belt vs Kerry Von Erich in Dallas Christmas card -Brad Armstrong wins North American title from Ernie Ladd -Michael Hayes now booking Florida 1985Dec.9 (8) NWA Starrcade ’85-The Gathering 11/28 card coverageMagnum TA wins U.S. title from Tully Blanchard WWF & AWA go head to head in St Paul WWF & NWA go head to head in St Louis NJPW & Mid South reach talent agreement Crush Girls to wrestle in Madison Square Gardens 1986Dec. 8 (10) John Tatum injured in 11/26 car accident NWA Starrcade ’86 Night of the Skywalkers card coverage Bruiser Brody walks out on New Japan UWF Superdome Thanksgiving card coverage 1987Dec. 7 (10) Survivor Series 11/26 & Starrcade ‘87 Chi-Town Heat 11/26 card coverage The best & worst of above Ric Flair regains NWA belt from Ron Garvin NWA debut card at Nassau Coliseum Greg Gagne apparently wins AWA title from Curt Henning 1989Jan.2 (8) NWA Starrcade ’88 True Gritt 12/26 card coverage Michael Hayes, Butch Reed & Brian Pillman headed to NWA 2 other big names rumored to be NWA bound A look back to reflect and a look ahead at the state of pro wrestling 1989Dec. 26 (10) NWA Starrcade ‘89 Future Shock 12/13 card coverage & poll results The future of Flair & the NWA title Tully Blanchard, cocaine and wrestling ESPN may drop AWA Haystacks Calhoun passes away Jarrett concerned about CWA 1990Dec. 24 (10) “The Grinch That Stole Wrestling” by James E Cornette NWA Starrcade ’90-Collision Course 12/16 card coverage Iron Mike Mazurki passes away Lou Thesz to wrestle 12/26-will have competed in 6 different decades El Canek wins UWA title from Vader Tokyo Sports awards 1992Jan 6 (10) Steroid Update-Inside Edition story WCW Starrcade ‘91-The Lethal Lottery 12/29 card coverage Wilbur Snyder passes away Couple of big changes going into NJPW/WCW Tokyo Egg Dome show Dave’s review of the 12/12 SWS/WWF/PWF/EMLL Egg Dome show Details of the proposed bill to regulate pro wrestling in Florida 1993Jan 4 (10) Starrcade ’92 12/28 card coverage Jesse Ventura interview by Mike Tenay Motoshi Okuma passes away Status of Flair in WWF subject of lots of speculation Jeff Jarrett wins Southern title from Brian Christopher 1994Jan 3 (10) Flair wins WCW title from Vader-Ric Flair career history Starrcade 12/27/93 card coverage Canek regains UWA title from Vampiro Casanova 12/19 Hurricane Castillo Sr passes away Antonia Pena heading to Japan to negotiate talent deal for AAA 1995Jan 2 (12) Starrcade ‘94 12/27card coverage – Honky Tonk Man quits prior to match Who draws money? A list of all 10,000 + crowds of 1994 and analysis Jean Paul Levesque future in WCW up in the air WWF rehires Jim Ross to work in booking and producing TV Kama debuts in WWF as a UFC fighter character Rogeau situation turning into a family feud 1996Jan 8 (12) Starrcade ‘95 12.27 card coverage-Flair wins WCW title from Savage- WWF announces Vader for the Royal Rumble WCW reinstates blading after Bret Hart juice job done 10 days earlier ECW draws sellout in their New York City debut 1997Jan 6 (12) ECW to debut on PPV Starrcade 12/29/96 card coverage AAA possibly in trouble of losing TV Jerry Jarrett’s selling of his 50% of USWA confirmed Omar Marchessault passes away Some notes on Steve Nelson’s Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 1998 Jan 5* (16) Rumor of Antonio Inoki retirement announcement(cover date error) Starrcade ‘97 12/28 card coverage- Sting wins WCW title vs Hogan, DDP wins US title vs Henning Royce Gracie injury ends up in Pride 2 card being postponed NHB rules, credibility, promotion methods & matchmaking called into question 1997 final match quality ratings Old USWA territory turns into hotbed outside the ring Davey Boy Smith agrees to WCW deal Terry Funk debuts in WWF as Chainsaw Charlie 1999Jan 4 (18) Mankind wins WWF title from The Rock 12/29 Obstacles of the promotions this year WCW Starrcade ‘98 12/27 card coverage-Nash wins WCW belt from Goldberg Jaguar Yokota & Cuty Suzuki retire Pancrase 12/19 card coverage UFC 1/8 card preview Benoit, Malenko & Guerrero agree to terms with WCW 1999Dec 27 (18) WCW’s idea to turn things around is same as it was 3 ½ years ago, NWO angle Masato Tanaka wins ECW title from Mike Awesome Starrcade 12/19 card coverage-Madusa wins cruiserweight title Vince Russo lashes out at criticism of his booking Tokyo Sports awards E!Channel’s True Hollywood Story focuses on Hulk Hogan Chris Candito, Tammy Sytch & Axl Rotten fired by ECW 2000Dec 25 (18) Blue Demon passes away-career retrospectProblems backstage at Nitro-fight between Steiner & Page, wrestlers walk off Detailed analysis of the state of WCW & ECWStarrcade card 12/17 coverageNJPW in major surprise announces Chosu vs Hashimoto for 1/4 Tokyo Dome News not bright in ECW-paychecks don’t come Japanese Sports media awards UFC XIX Defence of the Belts 12/16 card coverage EMLL Sin Piedad 12/15 Arena Mexico Spectacular card coverage New Jack’s status in ECW up in the air Shipping and handling includes actual Canada Post charges and applicable taxes and fuel surcharge, envelope and a small service charge which includes trip to post office as well as ebay and paypal fees. **Effective July 1, 2017, The Canadian government is now charging Canadian sellers 13% sales tax. 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