Ep 285 - Starrcade 1997
“Hogan’s a colorful guy…but his nightmare’s black ‘n white. Paybacks are Hell!”
Everyone knows about the main event, but what about the rest of the show?
1:03 - Welcome
15:26 - Starrcade Opening
19:11 - Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
26:15 - The nWo (Vincent, Scott Norton and Konnan) vs Ray Traylor and the Steiner Brothers (Rick/Scott Steiner) (w/ Ted
DiBiase)
33:28 - Bill Goldberg vs Steve “Mongo” McMichael
38:00 - Perry Saturn (w/ Raven) vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit in a Raven’s Rules match
44:44 - Buff Bagwell vs Lex Luger
49:20 - Curt Hennig vs Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
57:55 - Eric Bischoff (w/ Scott Hall) vs Larry Zbyszko for Control of Nitro with Bret “Hitman” Hart as the special guest referee
1:03:14 - Hollywood Hogan vs Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
1:15:55 - Overall Thoughts
1:25:09 - Smarking It Up
1:36:16 - The Dusty Finish
1:40:23 - Goodbyes
Music from this week’s show is “Fire Escape” by Bruce Chianese/Geoff Levin and “Sting/Crow” by Jimmy Hart/Howard
Helm
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