WWE announced the return of the Starrcade event, a couple of months ago. It is going to be a Smackdown-exclusive show with superstars from the blue brand putting up a great show just after the Survivor Series weekend. It was indeed a special news for the fans who are fond of the old era of pro-wrestling.
Starrcade has always been treated, as one of the biggest PPV events in the history of WCW. The tradition of hosting this event was the brainchild of the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes. After that, names like Ric Flair, Harley Race, The Rock n Roll Express has made the event quite successful.
It is to be noted that WWE is hosting the Starrcade show in its origin city of Greensboro, North Carolina. The Greensboro Coliseum will be the arena to be on November 25th to watch the event.
Previously, we thought the show would be a WWE Network special event. But, now, it is confirmed it will not be a telecasted show. Rather, only the fans in attendance will get to see the event from the venue. Thus, millions of fans watching all over the world will not get to see it.
The match card for Starrcade was quite stacked one as per the earlier announcement. But, considering that multiple championships have changed hands in recent times, WWE has made a drastic change to the card. Check out the updated card, here:
WWE Championship Steel Cage Match
AJ Styles vs Jinder Mahal
SmackDown Women’s Championship Steel Cage Match
North Carolina’s own Charlotte Flair vs Natalya
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way Match
The Usos vs The New Day vs Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable vs Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
United States Championship Match
Baron Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Grudge Match
Bobby Roode vs Dolph Ziggler
Dustin Rhodes vs Dash Wilder
Apart from the match card, WWE.com also confirmed the hometown hero, Ric Flair will be present in the show. A couple of more names will also grace the show with their presence which is as follows:
“WWE.com has now confirmed that Ric Flair will be a part of the historic event that he once helped build.The Hardy Boyz are also confirmed to appear at Starrcade in their home state of North Carolina, as are WWE Hall of Famers and Starrcade legends Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express!”