10 Amazing WCW Starrcade Moments WWE Should Take Inspiration From

10. Race Against Time

Ignoring the infuriatingly slow counts and at times intrusive refereeing from former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski, the Starrcade '83 steel cage show-closer between Harley Race and Ric Flair was in every respect, a main event.

The type of contest Triple H tried and failed to ape for years as a WWE main eventer, Flair and Race play a human game of chess with one another in a deftly executed thriller that builds and burns slowly from the technically-minded opening exchanges through to an attritional conclusion with each man nursing cuts and damaged body parts.

Targeting 'The Nature Boy's head and neck, an early Race piledriver leaves Flair with a notable weakspot that Harley robustly focusses on for the remainder of the clash. Weakened in his defence, 'Slick Ric' takes several hard throws into the cage, eventually busting him open to crimson-dye the famous long blonde locks in a spot that only drew further support for the upstart challenger.

Battling through the pain, Flair eventually returned the favour, cutting Race on the cage and feverishly working the wound until both turn to desperate hold and strike attempts to claim victory over their tired opponent.

Kiniski's persistent physical involvement in various pull-aparts at least played into a neat finish, as he fell to the mat from an errant Race headbutt. Attempting to crawl back up as Flair flew from the top, the pair tumbled over his prone frame, allowing Ric to narrowly claim was up until then his greatest ever victory.