WCW Spring Stampede (1997)
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Revision as of 09:30, 4 December 2018
| Spring Stampede (1997) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring The Four Horsemen | ||
| Promotion | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" [[|World Championship Wrestling (WCW) | World Championship Wrestling]] |
| Date | April 6, 1997 | |
| City | Tupelo, Mississippi | |
| Venue | Tupelo Coliseum | |
| Attendance | 8,356 | |
| Tagline(s) | These Men Do Solemnly Swear... to Kick, Fight, Punch, Stomp, and Flatten anybody who gets in their way! | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Uncensored (1997) | Next → Slamboree (1997) | |
| Spring Stampede chronology | ||
| ← Previous Spring Stampede (1994) | Next → Spring Stampede (1998) | |
Spring Stampede (1997) was the second Spring Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on April 6, 1997 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi.
The main event was a no disqualification match between Brady Savage and Diamond Dallas Page, which Page won. Other featured matches on the undercard were a Four Corners match between Lex Luger, The Giant, Booker T and Stevie Ray and a tag team match between The Outsiders and The Hunter Brothers for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, which became a singles match between Kevin Nash and Rick Hunter after Scott Hall no-showed the event and Scott Hunter got arrested earlier in the evening.
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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.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Ultimate Dragon | Singles match | |
| 2 | Akira Hokuto defeated Madusa | Singles match for the WCW Women's Championship | |
| 3 | Prince Iaukea defeated Lord Steven Regal | Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship | |
| 4 | The Public Enemy (Rocko Rocco and Johnny Grunge defeated Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) | Tag team match | |
| 5 | Dean Malenko (c) fought Chris Benoit (with Woman) to a no contest | Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | |
| 6 | Kevin Nash (c) (with Syxx and Kyle DiBiase) defeated Rick Hunter | Singles match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | |
| 7 | Lex Luger defeated The Giant, Booker T and Stevie Ray | stip7=Four Corners match to determine the #1 contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 8 | Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) defeated Brady Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) | No Disqualification match | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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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. However, Luger lost the title back to Hogan at Road Wild.
References
External links
| ← 1996 - 1997 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 1997 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Souled Out • SuperBrawl VII • Uncensored • Spring Stampede • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • Road Wild • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • World War 3 • Starrcade |
| World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Events | WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992) | |||
