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Revision as of 23:03, 24 November 2019
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | December 1, 2019 | ||
| City | Duluth, Georgia | ||
| Venue | Infinite Energy Arena | ||
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Starrcade (2019) is an upcoming professional wrestling live event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on December 1, 2019 at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia.[1][2]
Production
Background
Starrcade, a live closed-circuit event, was conceived in 1983 by Dusty Rhodes. The event was originally produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner by NWA member Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). The NWA and JCP regarded Starrcade as their flagship event of the year, much in the same vein that its rival, the World Wrestling Federation, would begin to regard WrestleMania two years later. In 1988, JCP was sold to Turner Broadcasting and became World Championship Wrestling (WCW), with Starrcade being held by WCW until 2000.[3][4]
After a 17-year hiatus, WWE revived Starrcade as a SmackDown-branded live event on November 25, 2017.[5][6] On November 16, 2018, WWE revealed that a second, co-branded Starrcade event would be aired as a one-hour WWE Network special on November 25, 2018.[7][8]
Storylines
Starrcade will consist of professional wrestling matches that involve various different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands.[9] Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[10][11]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Braun Strowman | Steel cage match for the WWE Universal Championship[12] | ||||
| 2 | Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin | Singles match[12] | ||||
| 3 | Seth Rollins vs. Erick Rowan | Singles match[12] | ||||
| 4 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c) vs. Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch | Tornado tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship[12] | ||||
| 5 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) and Sami Zayn vs. The Miz | Handicap match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[12] | ||||
| 6 | AJ Styles (c) vs. Kevin Owens | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[12] | ||||
| 7 | The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) | Tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[12] | ||||
| 8 | Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley (with Lana) | Singles match [12] | ||||
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References
- ^ "Starrcade returns to WWE Network Dec. 1". WWE. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ Coulson, Steve (2019-09-18). "WWE Starrcade 2019 Announced – One Hour WWE Network Special Revealed". WWE Network News. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ Molinaro, John (1999-12-17). "Starrcade, the original "super card"". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (November 27, 2003). "Thursday news update: It was 20 years ago today..." Wrestling Observer. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- ^ "Starrcade returns to Greensboro this November". WWE. September 18, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ "WWE Live presents STARRCADE". Greensboro Coliseum Complex. September 18, 2017. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ Joseph Currier (November 16, 2018). "ONE-HOUR STARRCADE 2018 SPECIAL LISTED ON WWE NETWORK SCHEDULE". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ Geno Mrosko (November 16, 2018). "WWE Starrcade 2018 special to air on WWE Network". Cageside Seats. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Triple H Conference Call Report: Discusses 205 Live, NXT Takeover: Toronto, Says HBK Working at the Performance Center and More - 411MANIA". 411mania.com.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "WWE Starrcade". Infinite Energy Arena. Retrieved November 16, 2019.