Spring Stampede (1997)
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Spring Stampede (1997) | |||
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Attendance | 8,356[1][2] | ||
Buy rate | 0.58[2] | ||
Tagline(s) | These Men Do Solemnly Swear... to Kick, Fight, Punch, Stomp, and Flatten anybody who gets in their way! | ||
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The 1997 Spring Stampede was the second
The
The event is known for the infamous
Background
Production
The first Spring Stampede event was held in April 1994, the first time World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held a pay-per-view (PPV) in April as they expanded their PPV schedule.[5] The event did not return in 1995 or 1996 but was brought back in 1997 on April 6.[1] The "Spring Stampede" name would be used three more times, 1998, 1999 and 2000, before WCW closed in March 2001.[6] All WCW intellectual property was sold to WWE at that time, and with the launch of the WWE Network in 2014 all five Spring Stampede events became available to subscribers.[7]
All of the Spring Stampede events had a
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[9]
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators
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Tony Schiavone |
Bobby Heenan | |
Dusty Rhodes | |
Mike Tenay | |
Interviewers
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Gene Okerlund |
Lee Marshall | |
Ring announcers | David Penzer |
Michael Buffer | |
Refereed | Randy Anderson |
Mark Curtis | |
Mickie Jay | |
Nick Patrick |
Results
No. | Results WCW United States Heavyweight Championship 17:53 | | |||
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6 | Kevin Nash (c) (with Syxx and Ted DiBiase) defeated Rick Steiner | Singles match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | 10:25 | ||
7 | Lex Luger defeated The Giant, Booker T and Stevie Ray[note 1] | Four Corners match to determine the #1 contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | 18:18 | ||
8 | Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) | No Disqualification match | 15:38 | ||
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Aftermath
Lex Luger received his title shot against Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the hundredth episode of Monday Nitro on August 4, where he defeated Hogan to win the title which bring a massive celebration with WCW wrestlers in the ring. However, Luger lost the title back to Hogan at Road Wild.
Footnotes
- ^ Both Stevie Ray and Booker T were both accompanied by Sister Sherri.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Spring Stampede 1997". ProWrestlingHistory. April 6, 1997. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 138.
- ^ "WCW Live Events - April, 1997". wcwwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 1997. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Stroud, Brandon (December 14, 2016). "The Best And Worst Of WCW Spring Stampede 1997". Uproxx. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ "Spring Stampede 1994". ProWrestlingHistory. April 17, 1994. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Spring Stampede". ProWrestlingHistory. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ^ Cawthon, Graham. "WCW Uncensored". The History of WWE. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.