On December 26, 1988 “Starrcade '88: True Gritt”, the 6th annual Starrcade pay-per-view produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner and the first Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), took place from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. Shortly before the event, Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and the company became WCW. The main event was an over 30 minute classic bout between “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair (with J. J. Dillon) and Lex Lu

On March 5, 1988 NWA World Championship Wrestling aired on TBS. Take a look back as The Road Warriors (with Paul Ellering) annihilate Bob Riddle and Rick Orasi. Animal returned sporting a hockey mask after The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) injured his eye (kayfabe) during a weightlifting competition. The angle abruptly ended when the Powers of Pain left the NWA after finding out they were booked against The Road Warriors in a series of Scaffold Matches and they did not want to g