| Starrcade '85: The Gathering | |||
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 DVD cover featuring Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes. | |||
| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance[1] Jim Crockett Promotions | ||
| Date | November 28, 1985[1] | ||
| City | Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta, Georgia[1] | ||
| Venue | Greensboro Coliseum Complex Omni Coliseum[1] | ||
| Attendance | 30,000 (combined) | ||
| Tagline(s) | The Gathering | ||
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Starrcade '85: The Gathering was the third annual Starrcade professional wrestling closed-circuit television event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on November 28, 1985, from the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina and Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, with the event going back and forth from both arenas.
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.[1]
In 2014, the WWE Network included the previous Starrcades (1983–1986), which had been transmitted via closed-circuit television, alongside the rest of the Starrcades in the pay-per-view section.