Starrcade ‘84

The million-dollar match; a year in the making.

The Million Dollar Challenge

Starrcade ‘84: The Million Dollar Challenger was an NWA CCTV event that took place on November 22, 1984 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The main event featured the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes in a singles match, with special guest referee Joe Frazier – following the challenge by Dusty Rhodes at the end of the previous year's Starrcade ‘83 event.

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Dusty Rhodes

Challenger

The American Dream

Dusty Rhodes

Ric Flair

Champion

Nature Boy

Ric Flair

★★★

Singles Match

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Special Referee: Joe Frazier

$1,000,000 Grand Prize

Ricky Steamboat

Challenger

Ricky Steamboat

Tully Blanchard

Champion

Tully Blanchard

★★★★ ¼

No Disqualification Match

NWA World Television Championship

Billy Graham

Challenger

Superstar

Billy Graham

Wahoo McDaniel

Champion

Chief

Wahoo McDaniel

½ ★

Singles Match

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Larson & Anderson

Larson & Anderson

(w/ Don Kernodle)

Koloff & Koloff

The Russians

Koloff & Koloff

★★★

Tag Team Match

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Podcasts

    TLF #68The Lapsed Fan

    Memorial Tour: The NWA and Jim Crockett Promotions Present Starrcade 1984

    December 5, 20155h 0m

    WHW #150What Happened When?

    Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge

    November 27, 20193h 9m

Event Details

Name
Starrcade ‘84
Tagline
The Million Dollar Challenge
Date
November 22, 1984
Broadcast
NWA CCTV
Venue
Greensboro Coliseum
Location
Greensboro, North Carolina
Attendance
ca. 18,000
Announcers
Gordon Solie & Bob Caudle
Number of Matches
11 Matches

Final Card

  • Singles Match ★★ ½

    Mike Davis (c) vs. Denny Brown

    NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

  • Singles Match

    Brian Adidas vs. Mr. Ito

  • Singles Match ★★ ½

    Jesse Barr (c) vs. Mike Graham

    NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship

  • Tag Team Match

    Buzz Tyler & The Assassin #1 vs. The Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem & Kareem Muhammad) (w/ Paul Jones)

  • No Disqualification Match ★★

    Black Bart (w/ JJ Dillon) (c) vs. Manny Fernandez

    NWA Mid-Atlantic Brass Knuckles Championship

  • Tuxedo Street Fight ★★

    Jimmy Valiant (w/ The Assassin #1) vs. Paul Jones (w/ Elijah Akeem)

    Loser Leaves Town

  • Singles Match ★★★

    Ron Bass (c) (w/ JJ Dillon) vs. Dick Slater

    NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

  • Tag Team Match ★★★

    Keith Larson & Ole Anderson (w/ Don Kernodle) vs. The Russians (Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff)

  • No Disqualification Match ★★★★ ¼

    Tully Blanchard (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat

    NWA World Television Championship

  • Singles Match ½ ★

    Wahoo McDaniel (c) vs. Superstar Billy Graham

    NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

  • Singles Match ★★★

    Ric Flair (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes

    NWA World Heavyweight Championship

    Special Referee: Joe Frazier

    $1,000,000 Grand Prize