The main event was a No Disqualification match between Goldberg and Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Their feud began when Nash won a battle royal at World War 3, and earned a title match.

Other matches included Diamond Dallas Page against The Giant, Eric Bischoff against Ric Flair, and Konnan against Chris Jericho for the WCW World Television Championship.

[2] The main feud heading into Starrcade was between Goldberg and Kevin Nash over the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Since his debut, Goldberg started an undefeated streak, and won the title from Hollywood Hogan on the July 6 edition of Nitro.

[3] At World War 3, Nash won a battle royal to earn a title match with Goldberg at Starrcade, and their feud began.

It ended when Mysterio sent Guerrera outside the ring with a headscissors takedown, and Kidman performed a shooting star press to both.

After Kidman countered a powerbomb into a sitout facebuster, he attempted a Frankensteiner, but Guerrero held on.

The sixth match was between Chris Jericho and Konnan for the WCW World Television Championship.

Konnan fought back with a Facejam, and forced Jericho to submit with the Tequila Sunrise.

The match started with Flair dominating Bischoff with knife edge chops, punches, and kicks.

Page performed flying clotheslines until The Giant caught him, and attempted a chokeslam from the top turnbuckle.

The main event was a No Disqualification match between Kevin Nash and Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

On the January 4 episode of Nitro, Kevin Nash was scheduled to face Goldberg in a rematch for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

[13] It led to their match at SuperBrawl IX, where Goldberg defeated Bigelow to end their feud.

[14] The feud between Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff continued, with Hogan eventually becoming a part of the rivalry as well.

The entire feud, which led to Flair gaining control of WCW for ninety days following a win the night after Starrcade, culminated with Flair's defeat of Hogan at Uncensored in March to take Hogan's championship and the presidency of WCW from Bischoff permanently.

[5] Flair would eventually lose both the World Heavyweight Championship (at Spring Stampede) and the WCW Presidency, the latter thanks to a returning Bischoff who had disappeared from television shortly after the Hogan-Flair match at Uncensored.

In 2013, Dylan Diot of 411Mania gave the event a rating of "5.0 [Not So Good]," stating, "This did not feel like the biggest show of the year for WCW.

There was also the lack of major star power, with no Sting, Luger, Hogan, or Savage competing.

This was a sign of the times for WCW, with horrible booking and too much interference preventing the show from producing memorable moments and satisfying conclusions for the fans.

gave the event a review of "Not a recommended show," stating, "The two Cruiserweight matches and the Main Event were strong ways to bookend the show, and I found most of the actual wrestling in the under card to be decent for the most part, so I think I’d give Starrcade 1998 at worst a thumbs in the middle, and possibly even a mild thumbs up.