NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
1985NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering was the third annual Starrcade professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the NWA banner. It took place on November 28, 1985 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event was between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Their feud escalated when Flair broke Rhodes' ankle in September. After the event, Flair formed the Four Horsemen stable, and continued to feud with Rhodes. Other matches included Magnum T.A. and Tully Blanchard in an "I Quit" steel cage match for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express and the team of Ivan and Nikita Koloff in a Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
Acted in
Ric Flair
as "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
Virgil Runnels
as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes
Scott Simpson
as "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff
Oreal Perras
as "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff
Richard Morton
as Ricky Morton
Ruben Cain
as Robert Gibson
Don Kernodle
as Don Kernodle
Bobby Eaton
as “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton
Dennis Condrey
as "Loverboy" Dennis Condrey
Jim Cornette
as Jim Cornette
James Fanning
as Jimmy Valiant
Roger Barnes
as Miss Atlanta Lively
Terry Allen
as Magnum T.A.
Tully Blanchard
as Tully Blanchard
Nickla Roberts
as Baby Doll
Martin Lunde
as Arn Anderson
Alan Rogowski
as Ole Anderson
Edward McDaniel
as "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel
Billy Haynes
as Billy Jack Haynes
Paul Taylor
as Terry Taylor
William Ansor
as "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel
James Morrison
as James J. Dillon
Billy Graham
as "Superstar" Billy Graham
Sione Vailahi
as The Barbarian
Paul Frederick
as Paul Jones
Rick Harris
as Black Bart
Ron Heard
as "Cowboy” Ron Bass
Emanuel Fernandez
as "The Ragin' Bull" Manny Fernandez
Larry Shreve
as Abdullah The Butcher
Barry Darsow
as Krusher Khruschev
Michael Smith
as Sam Houston
Bob Caudle
as Himself (Announcer)
Tony Schiavone
as Himself (Color Commentator)
Ken Weaver
as Johnny Weaver (Backstage Interviewer)