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NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering

72% | Nov 28, 1985 | Action, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Jim Barnett
Executive Producer
Jim Crockett Jr.
Director

Cast

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Ric Flair
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
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Virgil Runnels
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
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Scott Simpson
"The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff
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Oreal Perras
"The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff
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Richard Morton
Ricky Morton

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