On November 26, 1987 Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat, the fifth annual Starrcade produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the National Wrestling Alliance banner, took place from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first NWA event to be broadcast live on pay-per-view, and was also shown on closed circuit narrowcast at 100 different venues, as previous supercards had. This was the first major JCP event to feature wrestlers from the Universal Wrestling Federation, which was purchased by

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