Posted February 13, 20169 yr comment_5726995 Hey everybody, I feel like doing some rebooking so I'm going to rebook Starrcade 87. I think this was a critical time for the NWA. They were going more national, had purchased the UWF and were now venturing into pay per view. Taking all of that into consideration I want to go all out for this pay per view. I book the show in New Orleans at the Superdome. Going into the event my booking is a little different as I have Ron Garvin going in as TV champ. I also started blending in the UWF talent with the NWA talent right away in order to build up feuds. So here we go, Starrcade 87 Unification World Title Bout Ric Flair (NWA World Champ) w/JJ Dillion vs Dr. Death Steve Williams (UWF Champ) w/Bill Watts War Games Match Rock n Roll Express Freebirds Sting vs Midnight Express Eddie Gilbert Terry Taylor Rick Steiner World Tag Title Bout Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson© vs The Road Warriors US Title Bout Lex Luger© vs Barry Windham Winner retires the Florida Title in a Bull Rope Match Dusty Rhodes vs Kevin Sullivan Last Man Standing Match Nikita Koloff vs Big Bubba Rogers TV Title Bout Ron Garvin© vs Larry Zybysko w/Baby Doll 25,000$ Bunkhouse Battle Royal Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff,, Barbarian, Warlord, Jimmy Valiant, Bugsy McGraw, Shane Douglas, Sheepherders, Ron Simmons, Mike Rotunda, Mighty Wilber Dark Match Lightning Express vs Jive Tones I had fun with this. Feel free to rebook any Starrcade card on here.
February 13, 20169 yr comment_5727033 Pretty good stuff. Sounds like a lot of the stuff Kris talked about with the death of the UWF on Exile on Badstreet but still good things to go along with it. My question would be in regards to the War Games match as everyone in the match has got Mid South ties and not a "strong allegiance" to the NWA either way.
February 14, 20169 yr Author comment_5727085 Thanks for the comments and I'm a big fan of your podcast. Great question about the War Games match. I have this whole background but didn't have time to go into detail so some of my booking probably didn't make a lot of sense. I figured putting in a lot of the UWF talent in the match would be a good draw for the Superdome. The Rock n Roll Express and Midnight Express were NWA but had a great Mid South feud as well, so I thought mixing them in there with the new UWF guys would be a good blend. It would also give Sting and Rick Steiner a chance to shine with the vets. I feel the 10 men involved were great workers and would of showcased the War Games well to a broader audience. Also for me its a cool visual of the Rock n Roll Express teaming with the Freebirds as well as the Midnights aligning with Hot Stuff Inc. Due to the Mid South ties most of the wrestlers involved had, I feel the crowd would of been hot and I think that would of been important for the pay per view audience to see.
February 16, 20169 yr comment_5727375 I would of had the New Breed vs. the Midnight Express in a Scaffold match, considering they were sort of feuding at the time and have Bubba Rogers fall off the Scaffold and Cornette doesn't catch him because he is a heavy, which leads to a Bubba Rogers face turn.
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