On December 27, 1993 WCW’s 10th annual Starrcade took place from the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event was between Vader and Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, booked as a result of the double stabbing that occurred between Arn Anderson and Sid Vicious in October. Flair replaced Vicious in his match against VADER. Their feud continued after the event with a Thundercage match at SuperBrawl IV. This was the first Starrcade to feature Flair since the

On October 24, 1993 WCW’s 5th annual Halloween Havoc took place at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event saw Big Van Vader (with Harley Race) and Cactus Jack face off in a “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” match with the match type randomly chosen by a spinning wheel. The selected match was a “Texas Death Match”, in which after a pin the loser would be unable to stand up following a 10 count. Although Vader held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, this was a non-title m

Our feature week on WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 begins - and with it - we’re looking back at the Main Event of the evening - Cactus Jack vs. Vader in a “Spin the Wheel, make the Deal” match! The story of this one actually begins much earlier than Halloween - we have to head back into the Spring of 1993 to trace back the roots of this bout! It was in the spring of 1993 that Cactus Jack found himself across the ring from the most feared man in WCW: the monstrous WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van