Starrcade was originally broadcast via television.
Starrcade was an annual professional wrestling event , originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view television , held from 1983 to 2000 by the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) and later World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . From 1987 , Starrcade was broadcast on pay-per-view , the first NWA event to do so . UEFA Euro 2016 broadcasting rights . The tournament was broadcast via television and radio all over the world , with the rights divided between various nations and wider territories ( e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean nations ) .