On December 27, 1993 WCW’s 11th annual Starrcade took place from the sold-out Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event was between Vader (with Harley Race) and Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. This was the first Starrcade to feature Flair since the Starrcade in 1990. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the Vader/Flair main event a rating of 4.5 (out of 5) stars and claimed it was a defining moment in Flair's career and most memorable

🎃On October 24, 1993 WCW’s fifth annual Halloween Havoc took place from the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event saw Big Van Vader (with Harley Race) and Cactus Jack face off in “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” match with the match type randomly chosen by a spinning wheel. The selected match was a “Texas Death Match”, in which after a pin the loser would be the one unable to stand up following a 10 count. Although Vader held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, this was a