Post by arthuradams2002 on Oct 12, 2009 1:48:18 GMT -5
The Essential Starrcade was good as far as a DVD showcasing the best matches, but I would have loved it if the WWE made a Starrcade DVD in a documentary style. That way, they could have easily made disc 2 and 3 the "best matches" discs.
They could have gotten the Crocketts and Dusty Rhodes speaking on there about the history of the Starrcade concept. Remember, Starrcade was the first supercard on closed circuit before WrestleMania. Then you can have Flair and Race talking about their historic main event. Then you can throw in Piper and Valentine talking about their match.
Then you could go into '84 & '85 how Dusty and the Crocketts were keeping the concept strong.
Then there is '86 and who can forget the Skywalkers match. They could even dub in the commentary from the Road Warriors DVD.
In '87 you had the Survivor Series controversy. That would make for good footage by having the legends views on that. Also at the time WrestleMania III was off the charts, and even with NWA building Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair on their flagship event, they couldn't reach the magnitude of the WWE machine.
Then in '88, NWA was trying to put a solid card together with Flair and Luger, but they still couldn't match the production level that WWE was putting out at the time.
Then Starrcade hits a lowpoint in 1989. The WWE at the time had the Mega Powers exploding. WWE is starting to really sell emotionally driven storylines, whereas the WCW is trying to sell these Olympic like tournaments. Remember how empty to crowd looked from Starrcade '89 ? The WWE knew that they had to give the fans relateable and entertaining characters, and the round robin tournament at Starrcade was far from that.
In 1990, who can forget the Black Scorpion ? I know Ric Flair discussed that on a DVD before. Also, at the time WWE was producting very marketable characters. You had Jake with the Snake, Duggan with the Flag and 2 X 4, Brutus with the Barber gimmick. Starrcade 1990 did not catch on to character development. WWE had action figures and wrestling buddies of these larger than life exaggerated charaters. WCW was showcasing a tournament featuring wrestlers who they were calling the greatest from around the globe. Remember the tag tournament from Starrcade 90 ? They had Canadians, and Mexicans, and Russians, but nobody knew who they were and nobody cared about them.
Then in 1991, another boring tournament. WWE was giving us very emotionaly driven storylines, such as USA vs. Iraq with Slaughter and Hogan, and the sympathy angle with Liz and Macho. Straight up wrestling tournaments may work in a "real sport" but you need an element of theatrics in pro-wrestling, and WCW was not delivering that in Starrcade.
Again in 1992, you had the Bill Watts era, and Bill tried to make that event as much as a pure wrestling exhibition as possible.
In 1993 Bischoff took control and he was trying to bring the dramatic element back into Starrcade. You had the monster Vader who was trying to end the career of the legend. Ric Flair was booked as a legend who was trying to see if he still had it in him to regain the world title against a new generation star. You know, the comeback story. Great storyline between Flair and Vader.
Then you could go 1994. Hogan is in and his best buddy Beefcake gets the main event spot.
For there you could talk about Sting and Hogan to Goldberg and Hart, and all points in between. That would have made truly a great DVD.
They could have gotten the Crocketts and Dusty Rhodes speaking on there about the history of the Starrcade concept. Remember, Starrcade was the first supercard on closed circuit before WrestleMania. Then you can have Flair and Race talking about their historic main event. Then you can throw in Piper and Valentine talking about their match.
Then you could go into '84 & '85 how Dusty and the Crocketts were keeping the concept strong.
Then there is '86 and who can forget the Skywalkers match. They could even dub in the commentary from the Road Warriors DVD.
In '87 you had the Survivor Series controversy. That would make for good footage by having the legends views on that. Also at the time WrestleMania III was off the charts, and even with NWA building Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair on their flagship event, they couldn't reach the magnitude of the WWE machine.
Then in '88, NWA was trying to put a solid card together with Flair and Luger, but they still couldn't match the production level that WWE was putting out at the time.
Then Starrcade hits a lowpoint in 1989. The WWE at the time had the Mega Powers exploding. WWE is starting to really sell emotionally driven storylines, whereas the WCW is trying to sell these Olympic like tournaments. Remember how empty to crowd looked from Starrcade '89 ? The WWE knew that they had to give the fans relateable and entertaining characters, and the round robin tournament at Starrcade was far from that.
In 1990, who can forget the Black Scorpion ? I know Ric Flair discussed that on a DVD before. Also, at the time WWE was producting very marketable characters. You had Jake with the Snake, Duggan with the Flag and 2 X 4, Brutus with the Barber gimmick. Starrcade 1990 did not catch on to character development. WWE had action figures and wrestling buddies of these larger than life exaggerated charaters. WCW was showcasing a tournament featuring wrestlers who they were calling the greatest from around the globe. Remember the tag tournament from Starrcade 90 ? They had Canadians, and Mexicans, and Russians, but nobody knew who they were and nobody cared about them.
Then in 1991, another boring tournament. WWE was giving us very emotionaly driven storylines, such as USA vs. Iraq with Slaughter and Hogan, and the sympathy angle with Liz and Macho. Straight up wrestling tournaments may work in a "real sport" but you need an element of theatrics in pro-wrestling, and WCW was not delivering that in Starrcade.
Again in 1992, you had the Bill Watts era, and Bill tried to make that event as much as a pure wrestling exhibition as possible.
In 1993 Bischoff took control and he was trying to bring the dramatic element back into Starrcade. You had the monster Vader who was trying to end the career of the legend. Ric Flair was booked as a legend who was trying to see if he still had it in him to regain the world title against a new generation star. You know, the comeback story. Great storyline between Flair and Vader.
Then you could go 1994. Hogan is in and his best buddy Beefcake gets the main event spot.
For there you could talk about Sting and Hogan to Goldberg and Hart, and all points in between. That would have made truly a great DVD.
