This is a list of all closed-circuit television and pay-per-view events held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and its predecessor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).
From 1983 to 1987, these events aired live on closed-circuit television under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. Beginning in 1987, the events would air live on pay-per-view television. In November 1988, JCP sold its assets to the Turner Broadcasting System, which rebranded the company as World Championship Wrestling; they would later leave the NWA in 1991. In 1998 and early 1999, PPV events were promoted using the dual WCW/nWo brands.
In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of WCW, including the video libraries of all previous NWA and WCW pay-per-views, and the ownership rights of the names of these events. To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until 2009. In 2012, it was rebooted as a live SmackDown special and in 2020, it was used as a two-week show as part of the NXT brand followed in 2021 by a special episode on one night. Also in 2020, the Halloween Havoc event name would be revived, once again as a special episode of NXT. In 2017, WWE revived the Starrcade name for a non-televised house show and then would show a portion of the 2018 and 2019 iterations of the event on the WWE Network.
Beginning in 2014, nearly all NWA and WCW pay-per-view events were made available on the WWE Network.
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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November 24 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | Harley Race (c) vs. Ric Flair in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Gene Kiniskiasspecial guest referee |
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November 22 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | Ric Flair (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Joe Frazierasspecial guest referee |
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November 28 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum The Omni |
Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta |
Ric Flair (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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November 27 | Starrcade | Greensboro Coliseum The Omni |
Greensboro, North Carolina Atlanta |
Ric Flair (c) vs. Nikita Koloff for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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November 26 | Starrcade | UIC Pavilion | Chicago, Illinois | Ron Garvin (c) vs. Ric Flair in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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January 24 | The Bunkhouse Stampede Finals | Nassau Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | Dusty Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson vs. The Barbarian vs. Tully Blanchard vs. Ivan Koloff vs. Lex Luger vs. Road Warrior Animal vs. The Warlord in the Bunkhouse Stampede |
July 10 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland | Ric Flair (c) vs. Lex Luger for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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December 26 | Starrcade | Norfolk Scope | Norfolk, Virginia | Ric Flair (c) vs. Lex Luger for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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February 20 | Chi-Town Rumble | UIC Pavilion | Chicago, Illinois | Ric Flair (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
May 7 | WrestleWar | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner (c) vs. The Varsity Club (Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship |
July 23 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland | Ric Flair (c) vs. Terry Funk for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
October 28 | Halloween Havoc | Philadelphia Civic Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ric Flair and Sting vs. The Great Muta and Terry Funk in a Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartinoasspecial guest referee |
December 13 | Starrcade | The Omni | Atlanta, Georgia | Ric Flair vs. Sting in an Iron Man tournament match |
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February 25 | WrestleWar | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | Ric Flair (c) vs. Lex Luger for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
May 19 | Capital Combat | D.C. Armory | Washington, D.C. | Ric Flair (c) vs. Lex Luger in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
July 7 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland | Ric Flair (c) vs. Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
October 27 | Halloween Havoc | UIC Pavilion | Chicago, Illinois | Sting (c) vs. Sid Vicious for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
December 16 | Starrcade[1] | Kiel Auditorium | St. Louis, Missouri | Sting (c) vs. The Black Scorpion in a Steel Cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and to create the new WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
nWo-branded event |
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WCW/nWo co-branded event |
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January 14 | Sin | Conseco Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, Indiana | Scott Steiner (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Sid Vicious vs. Road Warrior Animal for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
February 18 | SuperBrawl Revenge | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee | Scott Steiner (c) vs. Kevin Nash in a Two-out-of-Three Falls Loser Leaves WCW match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
March 18 | Greed | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum | Jacksonville, Florida | Scott Steiner (c) vs. Diamond Dallas Page in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship |
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