WCW Starrcade (Dec 1997)
from 1 Year in Wrestling Hosted by Matt & Chris
This PPV is well-known (except to Chris) as the PPV with the botched ending that, in some folks opinion, showed the first crack in the WCW armour. Nick Patrick was "supposed" to do a quick 3 count to feed into the story that followed : Bret Hart came down, claiming no ref funny business will ever happen on his watch, punches out Patrick and re-starts the match. Rumour has it Hogan told Patrick NOT to do the rushed count in order to get what he wanted out of the match..whether that was making Sting look weak or whatever his reasons may have been. Sting had taken some heat for not being in ring-shape, as well - the hilarious quote of Bischoff suggesting he wasn't "tan enough". Aside from the confusing main event - the rest of the PPV was fairly middle of the road... Of note : Benoit took on Saturn, Eddy took on Dean Malenko - all 4 of the Radicalz fought amongst themselves on this night. Nash was unable to make the event due to legit health issues, so his match against the Giant was pulled. Goldberg had his first official PPV match v Mongo McMichael. Curt Hennig took on DDP. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF OUR LISTENERS OUT THERE!! THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN FOR THIS PAST YEAR OF 1997 & 1990. WE'LL BE COMING BACK AT YOU IN 2022 WITH '1 Year in Wrestling : 1998' ...as well as reviewing / rewatching the 'Big 4' for 1991. See you next year!!! - 1YiW
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