30 years ago tonight, Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling! WCW vs. New Japan Pro Wrestling in a rare cross-promotional pay-per-view showdown! Despite the ambitious concept, the show landed flat with fans and became the lowest-rated Starrcade since Battlebowl ’93. 🇯🇵 New Japan Scored Three Wins: ⚫ Shinjiro Otani defeated Eddie Guerrero ⚫ Koji Kanemoto defeated Alex Wright ⚫ Jushin “Thunder” Liger defeated Chris Benoit 🇺🇸 WCW Answers Back With Three Wins ⚫ Lex Luger defeated Masa Chono ⚫ Johnny

On December 27, 1995 WCW’s 13th annual Starrcade took place at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Billed as “Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling” the event included a 7 match tournament between wrestlers representing WCW and their Japanese partner New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). WCW won the tournament 4 points to 3. Take a look back to Dave Meltzer’s highest rated match of the night, receiving 4.25 stars out of 5, as Shinjiro Otani (with Sonny Onoo) takes on Eddy Guerr

*12/27/1995* WCW Nashville: "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eddie Guerrero.* *WCW Starrcade 1995 World Cup of Wrestling at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.* *This content is uploaded for historical documentation purposes.* Wrestle Talk Tennessee | Joel Lawson | Facebook

Alex Wright vs Koji Kanemoto 📺 Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling 📅 December 27. 1995 #Wrestling | The Chronicles Of Wrestling

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