In the main event of the televised portion of the show, Bobby Lashley defeated Kevin Owens by disqualification.
The event was originally produced in 1983 under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner by NWA member Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). After a 17-year hiatus, WWE revived Starrcade as a SmackDown-branded live event on November 25, 2017.
Only four of the eleven matches were shown for the WWE Network special.
Eleven matches were contested on the card.
Starrcade, a live closed-circuit event, was conceived in 1983 by Dusty Rhodes.