WWE Network: Starrcade 1988

On March 27, 1988 the inaugural NWA Clash of the Champions took place at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. There were 6,000 people in attendance and the show drew a 5.6 rating on TBS. The event was aired head to head with WWF’s WrestleMania IV. In the main event, Sting challenged Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Flair’s manager, J.J. Dillon was suspended in a cage above the ring. As no wrestler scored a decision before the time limit expired, the decisio

On April 23, 1988 NWA World Championship Wrestling aired on TBS from Jacksonville, Florida. In one of the biggest heel turns in NWA history, Barry Windham turned on his tag-team partner Lex Luger during their NWA World Tag-Team Championship match against Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (with JJ Dillon). Windham betrayed Luger causing the team to lose the titles back to Blanchard and Anderson. Windham turned heel and joined Ric Flair’s stable, The Four Horsemen (which also consisted of Anderson

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Lex Luger on Ric Flair

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