Starrcade 1996 - The Results

Mike Tenay guests on commentary for the next match.

The Ultimate Dragon beats Dean Malenko to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, shortly after Sonny Onoo distracts Malenko on the apron, which forces Malenko to let go of the Texas Cloverleaf. With the Cruiserweight Championship, The Ultimate Dragon now holds nine different titles.

Lee Marshall guests on commentary for the next match.

Akira Hokuto beats Madusa to become the inaugural WCW Women's Champion after Sonny Onoo hits Madusa in the back with Madusa's American flag. Kensuke Sasaki, who is now married to Akira, tries to warn referee Nick Patrick, but it is too late. After the match, Kensuki Sasaki confronts Sonny Onoo for cheating in the match.

Diamond Dallas Page fields fans questions on WCWWrestling.com.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. He admits that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan isn't exactly a walk in the park, and says that there are plenty of icons in professional wrestling, such as Dusty Rhodes, Strangler Lewis, and Gorgeous George. He also says he can call a kilt a dress because he's tough enough to. He says his whole life has been hard and that he's had to feed six kids. He also makes it perfectly clear that his hip is fine by jumping on one leg.

Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Rey Mysterio Jr.

Jeff Jarrett beats "The Crippler" Chris Benoit in a no-disqualification match. During the match, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson shows up and walks right past Benoit. Hugh Morrus and Konnan put their hands on Woman, but Woman fights back against them. Arn Anderson then DDTs Jarrett outside of the ring, and The Taskmaster hits Benoit in the back with a steel chair. Both men lay down face up, but Jarrett has his arm on Benoit and gets the win. Anderson then tells Woman, who is free of the grasp of The Dungeon of Doom, that this is all her fault. "Mean" Gene Okerlund is unable to interview Anderson, Jarrett or Benoit after the match, but it is clear that there is dissension among The Four Horsemen. Steve "Mongo" McMichael shows up with Debra McMichael, and Mongo says that he has been a winner all his life and that Woman has Benoit weak in the knees as he can't beat Jarrett even after Anderson hit Jarrett with the DDT. Debra says that Jarrett is Horsemen material and that Benoit and Woman are not, and that she's out of the league of every other man in America as she only has eyes for Steve McMichael.

The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian). During the match, Syxx grabs Jimmy Hart's megaphone and chases Hart all the way to the back. Also, referee Nick Patrick is accused by commentary of counting too slow when The Faces of Fear go for a pinfall, being easily distracted and not checking on Scott Hall when The Barbarian puts him out with a nerve hold (Hall recovers nevertheless).

Ted DiBiase, Vincent, Miss Elizabeth and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan are backstage with their own segment. DiBiase tells "Rowdy" Roddy Piper that he's gotten what he wanted, but he's going to regret it. Hogan says the preparations for his victory are already underway, as he says that he already has this match won. He plans to prove that he made this business and that he'll make it tomorrow, and that if it wasn't for him, the wrestling business wouldn't even be on the map.

Eddie Guerrero beats Diamond Dallas Page to win the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship! During the match, Syxx and The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) show up, with Syxx and Nash distracting the referee while Nash hits DDP with the Outsider's Edge as retaliation for Page not joining The New World Order. Eddie doesn't see The New World Order until after the match, and Eddie fights all three men off until the numbers game works against him when they return to the ring. Syxx steals the brand-new United States Heavyweight belt, and Nash and Hall tell Page that he doesn't get it as Page is laid out in the corner.

Lex Luger beats The Giant. During the match, The Giant sends Lex Luger right into referee Randy Anderson when he kicks out of a pinfall. Referee Nick Patrick shows up and kicks Lex Luger in the back of the knee when Luger gets The Giant in a torture rack. As Sting walks through the crowd, Syxx shows up and attacks Lex Luger before ring. Sting finally gets in the ring and pushes Nick Patrick out of the ring before whispering something, first to Luger, then to the Giant. He then heads back to the back, leaving his baseball bat in the ring. Both men go for the bat, and when The Giant grabs Luger, Luger punches The Giant in the ring before smashing the baseball bat into the leg of the Giant. Referee Randy Anderson somehow manages to make the three count when Luger goes for the pinfall. After months of nWo domination, WCW finally gets its first big victory against The New World Order.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper beats "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan with a sleeper hold. During the match, The Giant tries to choke slam Piper as Hogan keeps the referee at bay, but Piper bites him. A fan tries to get in the ring but is quickly subdued by security with help from referee Randy Anderson. It is afterwards that Piper locks the sleeper hold on Hogan. Ted DiBiase, who was in the ring during the match, shows back up with The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash), and Piper fights both men off before escaping out of the ring. Piper celebrates his win with his son Colton on the way back to the back, and The New World Order make their way to the back only for The Giant to confront Hogan, wanting to know where Hogan and The Outsiders where when he needed them, as he had their back. Hogan tells The Giant that he dropped the ball, and that they will talk later, but for now, the nWo still have the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Hogan then asks where Vincent is so Vincent can bring him his belt, as the nWo are still the winners. Ted DiBiase brings the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Hogan, and Hogan tells Piper that he killed him and that he still has the World title before spitting into the camera.