- Edward Pardue

Jim Crockett Promotions always put on a great show. Starrcade 1986 was no exception. Once again, it was an event so big it had to be held in two different locations.

Tim Horner and Nelson Royal defeated Don and Rocky Kernodle. Four solid in-ring veterans, good mat action, not much in the way of Hardy Boyz style of wrestling, but Horner and the late, great Nelson Royal got the nod. 

Jimmy Garvin went to a fifteen minute time limit draw against Brad Armstrong. Actually, this was a great match. Jimmy Garvin, a still young worker who had been around the block carries a tremendous athlete like Armstrong, who at this point had a few good years under his belt as well.

Bullet Bob taught Brad well, at least judging by this particular match, as no fan in attendance that night felt cheated. Great match, guys.

Sam Houston defeated Bill Dundee to retain the NWA Central States Heavyweight title. Central States, you ask? Well, keep in mind, during this time Jim Crockett was sending a lot of his "jobbers" to Kansas City and letting Rufus R. Jones give 'em a push. From a personal standpoint, this match was a bigger bomb than that Daisy contraption we used on Afghanistan.

Standing side by side, those two looked like a semi-colon... a tooth pick and a midget, and when Houston finished Dundee with a small package (?), the crowd let out a collective sigh of relief.

Ray Traylor, as Big Bubba Rogers, defeated Mid-Atlantic Champion Ronnie Garvin in a Louisville Street Fight. Rogers/Traylor was accompanied by Jim Cornette. In fact, it was Cornette's interference that cost Garvin the match. A big Garvin fan here, folks, but this wasn't one of his better matches... lots of punching and kicking and even a glass of water thrown in Bubba's face... but nothing worth spending money on to see.