Starrcade (1991 TV Special) User Reviews

Tournament then Battle Royal

[amanwhorocks · 6/10 · 11 July 2013]

OK - Tag Team matches, when some team wins, get advanced into the BattleBowl.

1. Michael Hayes/Tracy Smothers Vs. Marcus Alexander Bagwell/Jimmy Garvin - Too slow, too much slow :/ 4.5/10

2. Rick Rude/Stunning Steve Austin Vs. Van Hammer/Big Josh 5.5/10

3. Dustin Rhodes/Ricky Morton Vs. El Gigante/Larry Zbysko - LOL match. Gigante should never wrestle. 4/10

4. Jushin Liger/Bill Kazmaier Vs. Diamond Dallas Page/Mike Graham - Great match. Jushin ancestor of Cruiserweight division. 7.5/10

5. Terry Taylor/Z-Man Vs. Arn Anderson/WCW Heavyweight Champ-Lex Luger - That was decent. 6/10

6. Ricky Steamboat/Todd Champion Vs. Cactus Jack/Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker - Abdullah attacked Cactus Jack's team partner Buddy Lee because of Chamber of Horrors, so we have a handicap match. 5.5/10

7. Sting"The Square on the Head"/Abdullah The Butcher Vs. Bobby Eaton/Flyin' Brian - Abdullah attacked Sting. Chaotic match 6/10

8. Rick Steiner/Nightstalker Vs. Big Van Vader/Mr. Hughess - Diamond Studd aka Scott Hall had been injured so Nightstalker took his job. Steiner performed nice Overhead Belly suplex on Vader and Hughess ate German Suplex! 6/10

9. FireBreaker Chip /Scott Steiner Vs. Johnny B.Badd 6.5/10

10. P.N.News/Steve Young Pistolero Vs. Ron Simmons/Tommy Rich 6/10

11. Battlebowl: All advancing wrestlers - Yeah, I like production of this match. Sting wins, btw. 9/10

I recognized that so many old WWF's PPVs are overrated and Starrcade '91 has got only 4.8? You are weird, guys.

Starrcade '91: Battlebowl - The Lethal Lottery Results and Ratings

[joepublic · 2/10 · 15 February 2024]

A strange-brew concept that feels like an attempt to replicate the early unpredictability of the Royal Rumble with the unnecessarily complicated final Battle Bowl.

The lottery tag-team matches are, really, bereft of much intrigue or interest and feel genuinely random which, whilst maintaining kayfabe, result in a myriad of dull matches with little on the line. It feels like many storylines are put on hold in an attempt at spectacle, which doesn't come off.

*/***** Marcus Bagwell and Jimmy Garvin defeated Michael Hayes and Tracy Smothers

**/***** Steve Austin and Rick Rude defeated Van Hammer and Big Josh

*/***** Dustin Rhodes and Richard Morton defeated Larry Zbyszko and El Gigante (with Madusa)

*/***** Bill Kazmaier and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Graham

**/***** Lex Luger and Arn Anderson (with Harley Race) defeated Terrance Taylor and The Z-Man

*/***** Ricky Steamboat and Todd Champion defeated Cactus Jack and Buddy Lee Parker

**/***** Sting and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Brian Pillman and Bobby Eaton

*/***** Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes defeated Rick Steiner and The Nightstalker

**/***** Scott Steiner and Firebreaker Chip defeated Arachnaman and Johnny B. Badd

*/***** Ron Simmons and Thomas Rich defeated Steve Armstrong and P. N. News

Sting won BattleBowl - last eliminating Lex Luger

Much of the WCW roster at this point is dire; Van Hammer, Big Josh, El Gigante, Bill Kazmaire (why team Liger with this lug?), Buddy Lee Parker, Arachnaman, Nighstalker, Mr Hughes, Mike Graham...all grot.

The selecting of names is painful, Hyatt and Magnum T. A. have to play second fiddle to an overbearing Bischoff. The heel/face dressing room split doesn't help either. It would've helped if these segments happened backstage.

Positives - There is some fun in the tease of Freebird partners facing off but they are staggeringly uncool at this stage of their careers. Austin and Rude show great chemistry, somehow making Josh and Hammer look competitive, and at least there is some advancement of the Dangerous Alliance stable/storyline, Paul E was a fantastic antagonist.

Zbyszko bumps for El Gigante like a boss, one of the few people to ever make him look remotely competent, what a pro. Arn Anderson continues to be one of WCW's MVPs whatever mad situation he is thrust into, Terence Taylor works his ass off too, managing to get the fans to cheer him as he makes near falls against the Champ.

Rick Steiner's exchanges with Vader are hard-hitting, they work around the pitiful Bryan Clarke and Mr Hughes.

The BattleBowl struggles to be anything other than a battle royal with a very complex entry and exit system but at least Sting wins and furthers his ongoing issues with Rude and Luger.

A classic star Cade

[tommyjohn509 · 8/10 · 7 February 2020]

Sting showes you why he is a hall of Famer This paper view once was the wrestlemania of WCW and in started 91 there were no single matches all Tag team It was Called battle ball Is this a Must see star Cade NO but was a good yes especially the main event if you do not have the WWE network I must say it's worth the 10 bucks to see all these Classics