Couldn't be bothered to look up the old thread.
Finally got this for a few squid!
Totally worthless 50 minute documentary that doesn't know what it's about.
What is interesting is that the matches included are supposed to be the 25 best, most influential, voted by the fans, matches of Starcade History and it's in numerical order! There's a nice touch that each match is introduced by somebody different, sometimes one of the participants of the match! I watched the first four matches!
25
Hogan/Piper from 96
Total piece of shit. I've only seen this once before, when it first aired. The only thing I got from this match when I first saw it was that I thought Hogan was going to win. Watching this match again and knowing the result I could look at other things. It was a shitfest but it was interesting to remember how hot WCW was back then with the fans going mental for the whole match. Only other interesting point is a fan jumping the barrier - the ref tries to kick the shit out of the poor halfwit!
24
Sting Vs Muta from 89
I loved the concept of this Starrcade and hoped to see more PPVs like this! Whilst not handled that well, a round-robin tournament of 4 great wrestlers would be superb to watch!
Whilst the final results were good, there were a few problems! Jobbing Muta out, Lugers sloppiness.
The actual match was quite good but ruined because Muta had been beaten for the first time on TV in WCW earlier that evening by Flair in under a minute!
Good match but surely not good enough to be on the list?
23
Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas Vs Windham & Pillman for Unified Tag belts
Interesting one this. I had forgotten how athletic Douglas was although I did not forget how he was not at all over - which is a bit unfair as he was solid in this match! However, Man of the Match goes to Windham, he was bumping like a bastard! Strangely, the worse performance was Steamboats - he must have been having a bad day.
22
Goldberg Vs Nash from 98
Remember seeing this when it aired and having a worrying feeling that Nash was going over! Only one person worse going over Goldberg would have been Hogan.
I was not looking forward to re-watching this match but it was actually pretty good...., up until the end. There were some strong exchanges, Nash could work when motivated.
One of the few things interesting about the documentary is that they make mention of this match with Jim Ross saying it was wrong for Goldberg to end his unbeaten winning streak just yet but Arn Anderson saying that he should have lost a match long before this bout.
More to come!
