List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events
This is a list of all closed-circuit television and pay-per-view events held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and its predecessor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).
From 1983 to 1987, these events aired live on closed-circuit television under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. Beginning in 1987, the events would air live on pay-per-view television. In November 1988, JCP sold its assets to the Turner Broadcasting System, which rebranded the company as World Championship Wrestling; they would later leave the NWA in 1991. In 1998 and early 1999, PPV events were promoted using the dual WCW/nWo brands.
In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of WCW, including the video libraries of all previous NWA and WCW pay-per-views, and the ownership rights of the names of these events. To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until 2009. In 2012, it was rebooted as a live SmackDown special and in 2020, it was used as a two-week show as part of the NXT brand followed in 2021 by a special episode on one night. Also in 2020, the Halloween Havoc event name would be revived, once again as a special episode of NXT. In 2017, WWE revived the Starrcade name for a non-televised house show and then would show a portion of the 2018 and 2019 iterations of the event on the WWE Network.
Beginning in 2014, nearly all NWA and WCW pay-per-view events were made available on the WWE Network.
NWA (Jim Crockett Promotions) closed-circuit television events
1983
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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November 24 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | Harley Race vs. Ric Flair |
1984
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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November 22 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes |
1985
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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November 28 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum The Omni |
Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta |
Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes |
1986
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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November 27 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum The Omni |
Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta |
Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff |
NWA (Jim Crockett Promotions) pay-per-view events
1987
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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November 26 | Starrcade | UIC Pavilion | Chicago | Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair |
1988
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 24 | The Bunkhouse Stampede Finals | Nassau Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | Dusty Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson vs. The Barbarian vs. Tully Blanchard vs. Ivan Koloff vs. Lex Luger vs. Road Warrior Animal vs. The Warlord |
July 10 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore | Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger |
NWA (World Championship Wrestling) pay-per-view events
1988
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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December 26 | Starrcade | Norfolk Scope | Norfolk, Virginia | Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger |
1989
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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February 20 | Chi-Town Rumble | UIC Pavilion | Chicago | Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat |
May 7 | WrestleWar | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair |
July 23 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore | Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk |
October 28 | Halloween Havoc | Philadelphia Civic Center | Philadelphia | Ric Flair and Sting vs. The Great Muta and Terry Funk |
December 13 | Starrcade | The Omni | Atlanta | Ric Flair vs. Sting |
1990
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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February 25 | WrestleWar | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger |
May 19 | Capital Combat | D.C. Armory | Washington, D.C. | Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger |
July 7 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore | Ric Flair vs. Sting |
October 27 | Halloween Havoc | UIC Pavilion | Chicago | Sting vs. Sid Vicious |
December 16 | Starrcade[1] | Kiel Auditorium | St. Louis, Missouri | Sting vs. The Black Scorpion |
WCW pay-per-view events
1991
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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February 24 | WrestleWar | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Phoenix, Arizona | Larry Zbyszko and The Four Horsemen (Barry Windham, Ric Flair and Sid Vicious) vs. Brian Pillman, Sting and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) |
March 21 (aired April) | Japan Supershow I | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ric Flair |
May 19 | SuperBrawl I | Bayfront Arena | St. Petersburg, Florida | Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami |
July 14 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore | Rick Steiner vs. Arn Anderson and Paul E. Dangerously |
October 27 | Halloween Havoc | UTC Arena | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Lex Luger vs. Ron Simmons |
December 29 | Starrcade | Norfolk Scope | Norfolk, Virginia | Battlebowl Battle Royal |
1992
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 (aired March) | Japan Supershow II | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Sting and The Great Muta vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) |
February 29 | SuperBrawl II | Milwaukee Theatre at the MECCA | Milwaukee | Lex Luger vs. Sting |
May 17 | WrestleWar | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum | Jacksonville, Florida | Sting's Squadron (Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat and Sting) vs. The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, Rick Rude and Steve Austin) |
June 20 | Beach Blast | Mobile Civic Center | Mobile, Alabama | The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) vs. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy |
July 12 | The Great American Bash | Albany Civic Center | Albany, Georgia | Steve Williams and Terry Gordy vs. Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes |
October 25 | Halloween Havoc | Philadelphia Civic Center | Philadelphia | Sting vs. Jake Roberts |
December 28 | Starrcade | The Omni | Atlanta | Battlebowl Battle Royal |
1993
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 (aired March) | Japan Supershow III | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Sting vs. Hiroshi Hase |
February 21 | SuperBrawl III | Asheville Civic Center | Asheville, North Carolina | Big Van Vader vs. Sting |
May 23 | Slamboree | The Omni | Atlanta | Big Van Vader vs. Davey Boy Smith |
July 18 | Beach Blast | Mississippi Coast Coliseum | Biloxi, Mississippi | Davey Boy Smith and Sting vs. The Masters of the Powerbomb (Big Van Vader and Sid Vicious) |
September 19 | Fall Brawl | Astro Arena | Houston | The Superpowers (Sting and Davey Boy Smith), Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster vs. Harlem Heat (Kole and Kane) and The Masters of the Powerbomb (Big Van Vader and Sid Vicious) |
October 24 | Halloween Havoc | Lakefront Arena | New Orleans | Big Van Vader vs. Cactus Jack |
November 20 | Battlebowl | Pensacola Civic Center | Pensacola, Florida | Battlebowl Battle Royal |
December 27 | Starrcade | Independence Arena | Charlotte, North Carolina | Big Van Vader vs. Ric Flair |
1994
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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February 20 | SuperBrawl IV | Albany Civic Center | Albany, Georgia | Ric Flair vs. Vader |
April 17 | Spring Stampede | Rosemont Horizon | Chicago | Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat |
May 22 | Slamboree | Philadelphia Civic Center | Philadelphia | Sting vs. Vader |
July 17 | Bash at the Beach | Orlando Arena | Orlando, Florida | Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan |
September 18 | Fall Brawl | Roanoke Civic Center | Roanoke, Virginia | The Stud Stable (Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck, Col. Robert Parker and Terry Funk) vs. Dustin Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) |
October 23 | Halloween Havoc | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit | Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair |
December 27 | Starrcade | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | Hulk Hogan vs. The Butcher |
1995
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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February 19 | SuperBrawl V | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore | Hulk Hogan vs. Vader |
March 19 | Uncensored | Tupelo Coliseum | Tupelo, Mississippi | Hulk Hogan vs. Vader |
April 28–29 (aired August 4) | Collision in Korea | May Day Stadium | Pyongyang, North Korea | Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair |
May 21 | Slamboree | Bayfront Arena | St. Petersburg, Florida | Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair and Vader |
June 18 | The Great American Bash | Hara Arena | Dayton, Ohio | Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair |
July 16 | Bash at the Beach | "The Beach" | Huntington Beach, California | Hulk Hogan vs. Vader |
September 17 | Fall Brawl | Asheville Civic Center | Asheville, North Carolina | Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, Randy Savage and Sting vs. The Dungeon of Doom (Kamala, Meng, Shark and Zodiac) |
October 29 | Halloween Havoc | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit | Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant |
November 26 | World War 3 | Norfolk Scope | Norfolk, Virginia | 60-man World War 3 match |
December 27 | Starrcade | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair |
1996
1997
nWo-branded event |
1998
WCW/nWo co-branded event |
1999
WCW/nWo co-branded event |
2000
2001
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 14 | Sin | Conseco Fieldhouse | Indianapolis | Scott Steiner vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Sid Vicious vs. Road Warrior Animal |
February 18 | SuperBrawl Revenge | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash |
March 18 | Greed | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum | Jacksonville, Florida | Scott Steiner vs. Diamond Dallas Page |
See also
- Clash of the Champions
- List of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events
- List of major Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide events
- List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events
- List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events
- List of Global Force Wrestling events and specials
- List of Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events
- List of Major League Wrestling events
- List of National Wrestling Alliance pay-per-view events
- List of NJPW pay-per-view events
- List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
- List of Smokey Mountain Wrestling supercard events
- List of World Class Championship Wrestling Supercard events
- List of WWA pay-per-view events
- List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
References
- The first wrestling pay-per-view event under the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) banner and the last wrestling pay-per-view event under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner.