On this day in Pro Wrestling history on December 27, 1995, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired their annual ‘Starrcade’ event LIVE on PPV from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 1995 edition of Starrcade was called “World Cup of Wrestling”, as it featured quite a few Puroresu stars from NJPW New Japan Pro Wrestling, such as Kensuke Sasaki, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shinjiro Otani, Masa Saito, Masahiro Chono, Koji Kanemoto & Jushin “Thunder” Liger.
Here are the results from that night:
• Jushin Thunder Liger def. Chris Benoit
• Koji Kanemoto def. Alex Wright
• Lex Luger def. Masahiro Chono
• Johnny B. Badd def. Masa Saito via DQ
• Shinjiro Otani def. Eddy Guerrero
• Randy Savage def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
• Sting def. Kensuke Sasaki
• Triple threat
Ric Flair def. Lex Luger and Sting
• WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Ric Flair def. Randy Savage (c)
