-For whatever reason it was decided to make the biggest show of the year have a Round Robin Tournament for the Top 4 men in the company and the Top 4 Teams. Interesting they always seemed to throw gimmicks at Starrcade. It’s time to close down 1989 in the NWA.
Let’s get to it! -Announce Team: Jim Ross, Terry Funk (singles), and Jim Cornette (tag) -The Omni, Atlanta, GA -Dec 13, 1989 -Attendance: 10,000 -PPV Buys: 130,000 -As mentioned, we have two round robin tournaments featuring Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger, and The Great Muta for the men and The Steiners, Doom, Road Warriors, and New Wild Samoans on the tag side. The rules are 20 points for a win by submission or pin, 15 for a count-out win, 10 for a DQ win, and 5 for a time limit draw. Obviously a loss is worth 0 points.
Every match has a 15 minute time limit! -All four Tag Teams get introduced on stage and the scoring system is explained to the fans and viewers at home (for a second time). The Wild Samoans are taking the place of The Skyscrapers due to Sid’s injury. Doom (w/ Woman and Nitron) vs.
The Steiner Brothers -Sid’s injury is discussed and it was a punctured lung he suffered in a match against The Steiners. Cornette is with JR for the Tag Matches. Doom 1 (Simmons) starts with Scott Steiner.
They shove each other and start trading right hands. Powerslam from Scott gets two! Charge in the corner is blocked as Doom 1 get his boot up. Scott with a leap over a backdrop attempt and hits a Steiner-line.
Tag to Ri.