Starrcade, a live closed-circuit event, was conceived in 1983 by Dusty Rhodes.
The event was originally produced in 1983 under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner by NWA member Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). After a 17-year hiatus, WWE revived Starrcade as a SmackDown-branded live event on November 25, 2017.
Eleven matches were contested on the card.
Only four of the eleven matches were shown for the WWE Network special.
In the main event of the televised portion of the show, AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe in a steel cage match.