NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering

The Gathering

NWA 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.

Ric Flair

("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair)

Virgil Runnels

("The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes)

Scott Simpson

("The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff)

Oreal Perras

("The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff)

Richard Morton

Ruben Cain

(Robert Gibson)

Don Kernodle

Bobby Eaton

(“Beautiful” Bobby Eaton)

Dennis Condrey

("Loverboy" Dennis Condrey)

Jim Cornette

James Fanning

(Jimmy Valiant)

Roger Barnes

(Miss Atlanta Lively)

Terry Allen

Tully Blanchard

(Tully Blanchard)

Nickla Roberts

Martin Lunde

Alan Rogowski

Edward McDaniel

("Chief" Wahoo McDaniel)

Billy Haynes

(Billy Jack Haynes)

Paul Taylor

William Ansor

("Nature Boy" Buddy Landel)

James Morrison

(James J. Dillon)

Billy Graham

("Superstar" Billy Graham)

Sione Vailahi

(The Barbarian)

Paul Frederick

Rick Harris

Ron Heard

("Cowboy” Ron Bass)

Emanuel Fernandez

("The Ragin' Bull" Manny Fernandez)

Larry Shreve

(Abdullah The Butcher)

Barry Darsow

(Krusher Khruschev)

Michael Smith

Bob Caudle

(Himself (Announcer))

Tony Schiavone

(Himself (Color Commentator))

Ken Weaver

(Johnny Weaver (Backstage Interviewer))