Starrcade '90: Collision Course was the eighth annual Starrcade

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(PPV) event produced by

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(WCW). It was the third Starrcade event held by WCW, and the final under the

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(NWA) banner and the first under the

(WCW) banner. It took place on December 16, 1990, from the

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in St. Louis, Missouri. The

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was a

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between

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and The Black Scorpion for the

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. Their

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began when The Black Scorpion debuted and began taunting Sting.

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was revealed to be The Black Scorpion at the end of the match, and Flair continued to feud with Sting after Starrcade. Other matches included a street fight between Doom and the team of

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and

Barry Windham Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. The son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, he is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ...

for the

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, a Texas Lariat Match between

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and

Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and football player. In 2011 he began working with WWE on its wellness policy. He is best known for ...

for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and the entire Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The main

heading into Starrcade was between

and The Black Scorpion. At The Great American Bash, Sting defeated

to win the

. Since then, Sting engaged in feuds with Flair and

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over the title. In August, a masked man named The Black Scorpion debuted and taunted Sting. His identity remained a secret, and it was only revealed that he was from Sting's past. To reveal the identity of The Black Scorpion, a

between Sting and The Black Scorpion was made where both the title and The Black Scorpion's mask would be defended. On August 16, Pat O'Connor died. He was a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and was well known for his training and booking skills in the

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territory. In honor of O'Connor, Starrcade held the Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament, a

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between eight

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s, each representing a different country. The winner of the tournament was awarded a trophy.

Event

The first match was between

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and The Z-Man. The match began with The Z-Man having the advantage, and performing two reverse crossbodies. Eaton fought back by reversing the

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into a wrist lock. The Z-Man sent Eaton onto the entrance ramp with a

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, and followed with a crossbody block to the outside. Eaton fought back with a

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, and attempted a

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, but Eaton avoided it, and pinned him with an

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. The four quarterfinal matches in the Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament then occurred. The first was between the team of Sgt. Krueger and Col. DeKlerk (

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) and

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(

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and

Scott Steiner Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by the ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Steiner is perhaps best known for his time in World Championshi ...

) ( USA). The match started back and forth, with Rick performing Steiner-Lines to Krueger and DeKlerk. DeKlerk sent Rick outside the ring, and performed a

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, but Rick caught him. After DeKlerk missed a clothesline, Scott tagged in. Scott pinned DeKlerk after a

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to win the match. The second quarterfinal was between the team of Norman Smiley and Chris Adams (

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) and the team of Rey Misterio and Konan (

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). The match began with Smiley and Adams having the advantage. Konan performed a springboard arm drag and a

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to Smiley, but Smiley fought back with a fisherman suplex. Konan and Misterio performed a double

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to Adams and a double

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to Smiley. Konan then pinned Smiley after a

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inverted vertical suplex to win the match. The third quarterfinal was between The Royal Family ( Rip Morgan and Jack Victory) (

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) and the team of Mr. Saito and

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( Japan). The match started with The Great Muta and Saito having the advantage. Morgan fought back with a belly to back suplex to Saito, and threw him outside, where Victory attacked him. After The Great Muta and Victory tagged in, The Great Muta performed a handspring back elbow, and all four came in. Morgan accidentally performed a clothesline to Victory, and The Great Muta pinned Victory with a bridging German suplex. The fourth quarterfinal was between the team of Troy Montour and Danny Johnson (

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) and the team of Victor Zangiev and Salman Hashimikov (

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). The match started with Zangiev applying a back stretching hold on Johnson. Zangiev performed a belly to belly suplex, dropping Johnson on his head, but Johnson fought back with a double chop. Hashimikov and Montour tagged in, and after several collar-and-elbow tie-ups, Hashimikov performed a belly to belly suplex, and pinned Montour to win the match. The sixth match of the event was between Terry Taylor and Michael Wallstreet. Taylor had the early advantage, and applied the side headlock. Wallstreet fought back, and applied the

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with the use of the ropes for leverage. Taylor fought back, and performed a belly to back suplex and a Five Arm. Wallstreet fought back with a flapjack onto the top rope, and pinned Taylor after a

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to win the match. The seventh match was between the team of

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and The Motor City Madman and The Skyscrapers (

and Danny Spivey). The match started with all four fighting in the ring. Spivey threw The Motor City Madman outside the ring, and The Skyscrapers double-teamed Big Cat. The Motor City Madman tagged in, and The Skyscrapers sent him into the corner. Vicious performed a flying shoulder block, and Spivey followed with a corner clothesline. The Skyscrapers then performed a double powerbomb, and Vicious pinned The Motor City Madman to win the match. The eighth match was between the team of

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and

Ricky Morton Richard Wendell Morton (born September 21, 1956) is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. He is the current GCW Television Champion, after pinning Matt Cardona at GCW Say You Will. For most of his care ...

(accompanied by Robert Gibson) and

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(

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and Michael Hayes) (accompanied by Little Richard Marley). Morton and Rich had the early advantage. Morton sent Hayes outside the ring, where Gibson attacked him, and Morton sent him into the ringpost. Morton applied the figure four leglock on Hayes as Rich applied the figure four leglock on Garvin. Morton and Rich had the advantage until Hayes performed a bulldog to Morton. Rich and Garvin fought as Marley was about to attack Morton's knee from the top turnbuckle. Gibson hit Marley with his crutch, and Marley fell on Garvin. Morton then pinned Garvin with a roll-up to win the match. After the match, the Fabulous Freebirds attacked Marley and Gibson. The two semifinal matches of the tournament then occurred. The first was between the team of Konan and Rey Misterio and the Steiner Brothers. Rick and Konan exchanged holds until Scott tagged in. Scott performed a scoop powerslam, and Rick performed a diving bulldog. Misterio tagged in, and Scott performed a fallaway slam. Rick tagged in, and Misterio performed shoulder blocks. He then jumped onto Rick's shoulders, and Rick performed a

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. Rick then pinned Misterio to win the match. The second semifinal was between the team of Victor Zangiev and Salman Hashimikov and the team of Mr. Saito and The Great Muta. Hashimikov applied the

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on Saito. Zangiev tagged in, and Saito applied the

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. Hashimikov and The Great Muta tagged in, and Hashimikov performed a belly to belly suplex and an over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver. Saito and Zangiev tagged in, and Saito performed a clothesline. Saito then pinned Zangiev after a Saito suplex to win the match. The eleventh match of the event was a Texas Lariat match between

and

for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. The match started back and forth until they fought outside the ring, and Hansen gained the advantage with the use of the guard rail and a steel chair. Hansen performed a belly to back suplex, and hung Luger with the rope over the top rope. Luger fought back, and pulled Hansen into the ringpost. After performing leg drops, Luger touched three of the turnbuckles. Both Hansen and Luger pulled the rope, and Luger was sent into the fourth turnbuckle. He also knocked down the referee, and Hansen attacked Luger with his boot. A replacement referee came down, and Hansen touched all four turnbuckles. Hansen was declared the winner, but the original referee revived and declared Luger the winner of the match and the title. The twelfth match was a Street Fight between the team of

and

and Doom (

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and

Butch Reed Bruce Franklin Reed (July 11, 1954 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and football player, better known by the ring name Butch Reed. He played college football at the University of Central Missouri, was a star in M ...

) for the

. Windham was a last-minute replacement for

, who defeated Butch Reed back in November at the Clash of the Champions XIII to earn a title rematch for him and Anderson. The match started back and forth with the use of belts and steel chairs. Anderson and Windham had the advantage until Simmons fought back with a spinebuster to Windham, and Reed attacked Anderson with a chair. The match went back and forth with Windham performed a superplex to Simmons and a DDT to Reed. Simmons used a chair on Anderson, and Reed performed a piledriver to Windham. Windham sent Reed outside, and he attempted to double-team Simmons with Anderson. Reed attacked Windham, and Simmons performed a clothesline to Anderson, who jumped off the top turnbuckle. Windham pinned Reed with an inside cradle as Simmons pinned Anderson. The match ended in a draw, and Doom retained the title. After the match, they continued to fight. The thirteenth match was the final of the tournament between the team of Mr. Saito and The Great Muta and the Steiner Brothers. The match started back and forth until The Great Muta threw Rick outside the ring, and Saito and The Great Muta attacked him with the ringbell and ringpost. They had the advantage until Rick avoided a kick from The Great Muta, and performed a Steiner-Line. Scott tagged in, and performed a

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. Saito tagged in, and performed a Saito suplex and an aided piledriver with The Great Muta. Saito dominated Scott until Rick tagged in, undetected by Saito. Saito applied the sleeper hold on Scott, and Rick performed a

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from the top turnbuckle, pinning Saito to win the match and the tournament. The

was a

between The Black Scorpion and

and for the

with

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as special guest referee. If The Black Scorpion lost, he would have to unmask. Four masked wrestlers (who's identities have never been revealed) came out dressed as the Black Scorpion, who the real Black Scorpion called "messengers". Then The Black Scorpion made his entrance through a thing Jim Ross described as "a spaceship". The match started back and forth until The Black Scorpion performed a gutwrench suplex, and applied the figure four necklock. After an inverted atomic drop and a corner clothesline, The Black Scorpion applied the chinlock. Sting fought back with a gorilla press slam, and sent The Black Scorpion into the cage. The Black Scorpion fought back with an eye rake, and sent Sting into the cage. Sting performed a one-handed bulldog, a

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before he applied the Scorpion Deathlock. Sting removed The Black Scorpion's mask, but another was underneath it. Sting sent The Black Scorpion into the cage, and performed a

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. Sting then pinned The Black Scorpion after a diving crossbody to win the match, and retain the title. After the match, Arn Anderson and Barry Windham attacked Sting with a chair, and Anderson performed a DDT. The Black Scorpion attacked Sting with the chair as wrestlers came down to help Sting. Sting fought off The Black Scorpion, and unmasked him, revealing him to be Ric Flair, which also explained why Windham took Flair's place in the World Tag Team title match.

Reception

In a reader's poll in the January 8, 1991 edition of the

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, 234 out of 447 fans that responded gave the show a thumbs up. 176 gave it a thumbs down, with the remaining 37 giving it a thumbs in the middle reaction. The match between Doom and Arn Anderson and Barry Windham received the most votes for the night's best match, with 238 votes, while the match between the teams of Hasimikov and Zangiev and Johnson and Montour received the most votes for the worst match of the night with 116.

Aftermath

and

continued their

, and Flair defeated Sting to win the

for the seventh time on January 11. At that time, the title belt was extended to also represent the newly created

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, and Flair became the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Their feud continued with a

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between the

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and the team of Sting,

and

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. The Four Horsemen won the match, and Sting's feud with them ended. Sting went on to feud with

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while Flair left

in the summer of 1991 due to disputes with its president, Jim Herd, and joined the

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(WWF). After this event, all secondary titles in WCW (United States Heavyweight Championship, World Tag Team Championship, United States Tag Team Championship, World Television Championship) were changed from NWA titles to WCW as WCW separated itself from the NWA. Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich would turn heel in early 1991 and join the York Foundation as Richard Morton and Thomas Rich, respectively, along with the returning Terry Taylor, who left the WWF and his Red Rooster character to become heel Terrance Taylor.

Results

Tournament bracket

References

External links

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