Starrcade (1997)

Starrcade (1997)
Promotional poster featuring Hollywood Hogan and Sting
Tagline(s)	Paybacks Are Hell!
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	December 28, 1997
Attendance	17,500
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Pay-per-view chronology
World War 3 (1997) Starrcade (1997) Souled Out (1998)
Starrcade chronology
Starrcade (1996) Starrcade (1997) Starrcade (1998)

Starrcade (1997) was the fifteenth annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view event. It was the tenth Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and it took place on December 28, 1997 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. It featured the ongoing storyline between WCW and the New World Order (nWo) organization.

The main event was between Hollywood Hogan and Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship, with Hogan representing the nWo and Sting representing World Championship Wrestling. The match culminated a year-long buildup of their feud. The match ended in controversy over the referee's pinfall count, and their feud continued after the event surrounding this. Other matches included Larry Zbyszko and Eric Bischoff for the control of WCW Monday Nitro, and Curt Hennig and Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

The event became the biggest-grossing pay-per-view in WCW history. Despite its success, however, the card is seen as pivotal to the downfall of WCW, as it set a tone for backstage dissension and poor creative decisions going forward.