NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering (1985)

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NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering was the third annual Starrcade professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the NWA banner. It took place on November 28, 1985 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event was between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Their feud escalated when Flair broke Rhodes' ankle in September. After the event, Flair formed the Four Horsemen stable, and continued to feud with Rhodes. Other matches included Magnum T.A. and Tully Blanchard in an "I Quit" steel cage match for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express and the team of Ivan and Nikita Koloff in a Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

Cast

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
Jimmy Valiant
Miss Atlanta Lively
Magnum T.A.
Tully Blanchard
Arn Anderson
Ole Anderson
"Chief" Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Jack Haynes
Terry Taylor
"The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff
"Nature Boy" Buddy Landel
James J. Dillon
"Superstar" Billy Graham
The Barbarian
Paul Jones
Black Bart
"Cowboy” Ron Bass
"The Ragin' Bull" Manny Fernandez
Abdullah The Butcher
Krusher Khruschev
"The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff
Sam Houston
Himself (Announcer)
Himself (Color Commentator)
Johnny Weaver (Backstage Interviewer)
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Don Kernodle
“Beautiful” Bobby Eaton
"Loverboy" Dennis Condrey
Jim Cornette

Crew

Executive Producer