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Starrcade 1997

WrestlingFeuds documents three storylines that ran through Starrcade 1997, held on December 28, 1997. One of them reached its blow-off here.

Storylines that paid off here

Attitude Era·WCW·1996–1998

Sting vs. Hollywood Hogan (Sep 1996 – Feb 1998)

Eighteen months of Sting silently stalking the New World Order from the rafters built to Starrcade 1997's WCW World Heavyweight Championship match, a finish so botched by conflicting instructions and Hollywood Hogan's last-minute creative control that the title had to be vacated and settled two months later at SuperBrawl VIII.

Sting · Hulk Hogan · Randy Savage · Bret Hart · Lex Luger · Kevin Nash

Storylines that built through here

Attitude Era·WCW·1997–1998

Goldberg vs. Hollywood Hogan (Sep 1997 – Jul 1998)

A former NFL lineman with a ten-month-old undefeated streak walked into the Georgia Dome, went through Scott Hall and then Hollywood Hogan in the same night, and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in front of 41,412 fans, a match WCW gave away on Nitro instead of saving it for pay-per-view.

Bill Goldberg · Hollywood Hogan · Scott Hall · Eric Bischoff

Also referenced in

Attitude Era·WCW·1999

Bret Hitman Hart vs. Goldberg (Mar 1999 – Dec 1999)

Twelve days after winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship together, Bret Hart and Goldberg met for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade 1999. A kick that was supposed to miss caught Hart in the head, and the concussion that followed, compounded by more in the days after, ended his in-ring career within a year.

Bret Hart · Bill Goldberg · Roddy Piper

Wrestlers involved

Key events