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Answer» What is World Cup of Wrestling mean? Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling was the thirteenth Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on December 27, 1995 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The event included a seven match tournament between wrestlers representing WCW and their Japanese partner New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) billed as the "World Cup of Wrestling", in which Sting (WCW) defeated Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW) in the finals; WCW won the tournament four points to three. Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage in the main event for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and pay-per-view shows were bought by WWE, including the Starrcade series.In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network. reference
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