Starrcade (2000)

Starrcade
Promotional poster featuring Scott Steiner, Goldberg, Booker T and Sting
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling[1]
DateDecember 17, 2000[1]
CityWashington, D.C.[1]
VenueMCI Center[1]
Attendance6,596[2]
Tagline(s)Unedited! Unpredictable! Unreal!
Pay-per-view chronology
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Mayhem
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Sin
Starrcade chronology
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1999
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2017

The 2000 Starrcade was the 18th annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on December 17, 2000, at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.[3] This was the final Starrcade event produced by WCW, as it was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 2001.[4] Another Starrcade event would not be produced for another seventeen years, when WWE used the name for a special live event in 2017.

The main event was between Scott Steiner and Sid Vicious for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Shortly after Steiner won the title at Mayhem, the previous pay-per-view event, Vicious was scheduled to face Steiner for the title at Starrcade. Their feud continued after the event until Sin, the following event, when a severe injury forced Vicious to leave professional wrestling.[5] The event also included a tag team match between The Perfect Event and The Insiders for the WCW World Tag Team Championship and a match between Lex Luger and Goldberg.[1]

In 2015, all WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.

  1. ^ a b c d e Powell, John (2000-12-18). "Starrcade ends Y2K on a positive note". Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "WCW Starrcade 2000".
  3. ^ "WCW December Calendar". November 9, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-11-09.
  4. ^ "WWF Swallows WCW". CBS News. 2001-03-23. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  5. ^ "Sid Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-06-20.