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Manny didn't wanna go, however, but Chief Wahoo McDaniel " persuaded " him inside the cage (called "Betty Lou" for those who can remember beyond the 1990's...) Boogie goes over in a predictable snore-a-thon.

Chief Wahoo McDaniel defeats Rick Rude in an Indian Strap Match.  Violent and good old school brutality. Wahoo was dragging Rude to the forth corner, when Rude blasted him from behind, knocking Wahoo into the fourth corner and giving Wahoo the duke.

Dusty Rhodes and Tully Blanchard in a first blood match for the World TV Title. J.J. Dillon was busted open in ten seconds of the match starting.  When Dusty busted Blanchard up, Dillon closed the wound with Vaseline (insert your OWN joke here, folks...) Tully knocked Rhodes senseless with a foreign object and took home the victory.

World Tag Team Title in a cage... Ole and Arn Anderson came up a bit short in their quest for the belts against the Rock and Roll Express. Good solid cage match, Ole and Arn believable as heels who love to torture smaller guys and Ricky and Robert sold their butts off this match. Great effort by all those involved.

The Scaffold match between The Road Warriors and The Midnight Express was one of the most awesome sights I have ever witnessed in my life.  Watching these four guys beat the living hell out of each other in the ring is one thing... watching them fight twenty feet above the ring is something else entirely. My heart stopped when Bobby and Dennis took the plunge off the scaffold. My heart EXPLODED when Corny took a fall off the scaffold after The L.O.D. won the match. (BTW, for any of you fans out there, let me ASSURE you... Jim Cornette LEGITIMATELY screwed up his knee/s on that one!!!) Not a lot of scientific wrestling, but hey, they were twenty feet in the air for crying out loud!!!!

NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated the new fan favorite of the NWA, Nikita Koloff. Ric Flair carried the match, as Koloff was still essentially green, but learning. The match ended in a double disqualification when they both shoved referee Tommy Young. The locker rooms emptied to put a stop to the violence, but Flair and Nikita beat the hell out of everyone who tried to come between them. Finally, after what seemed like forever, order was restored. Starrcade 1986 was in the books and a part of wrestling history... and Kayfabe Memories.

A decent card, proving once again WHY Starrcade was the "Granddaddy of them all..."  

NEXT MONTH:

1986 recap

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