The first NWA PPV I ever saw start-to-finish (I sent away for the VHS copy and couldn’t stop watching it at the time), Starrcade ’87 felt like an amazingly robust card.
Jim Crockett Promotions was attempting a rapid expansion like the WWF had accomplished, and this was technically the company’s first event broadcast on PPV. Unfortunately it went head-to-head with the first Survivor Series, and took place in Chicago, which was hardly an NWA stronghold. Thus it was not the financial success Jim Crockett hoped for. But from a wrestling standpoint it’s still one of my favorite old shows.
The biggest highlights were a fantastic Road Warriors-Anderson & Blanchard Tag Title match (which inexplicably ended in a Dusty Finish), and an incredibly intense struggle between Ric Flair and Ronnie Garvin for the NWA Title. Starrcade also featured a surprisingly good Nikita Koloff-Terry Taylor TV Title match, a fun Rock n’ Roll Express-Midnight Express Skywalkers match, and Dusty Rhodes vs. Lex Luger for the US Title.
I’ve read several reviews suggesting this show hasn’t aged well, but I loved it at the time and still enjoy it thoroughly.
