WCW Spring Stampede (1998)
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''Spring Stampede (1998)'''</span><br> | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''Spring Stampede (1998)'''</span><br> | ||
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| style="text-align: left; style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]''' | | style="text-align: left; style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Brand(s)''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Brand(s)''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Tagline]](s)''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Tagline]](s)''' | ||
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |''The Biggest. The Baddest. No Bull.'' | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |''The Biggest. The Baddest. No<br>Bull.'' |
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology''' | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology''' | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW Uncensored (1998)|Uncensored]] | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW Uncensored (1998)|Uncensored]] |
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW Slamboree (1998)|Slamboree]] | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW Slamboree (1998)|Slamboree]] | ||
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Spring Stampede|Spring Stampede]] chronology''' | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Spring Stampede|Spring Stampede]] chronology''' | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW Spring Stampede (1997)|1997]] | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW Spring Stampede (1997)|1997]] |
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW Spring Stampede (1999)|1999]] | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW Spring Stampede (1999)|1999]] | ||
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- | '''Spring Stampede (1998)''' was the third [[WCW Spring Stampede|Spring Stampede]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[ | + | '''Spring Stampede (1998)''' was the third [[WCW Spring Stampede|Spring Stampede]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). The event took place on April 19, 1998 from the [[Denver Coliseum]] in [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]. The [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]] was a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match/No Holds Barred match|no disqualification match]] between [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Brady <!--Nash (2004, pg. 84)-->Savage|Randy Savage]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]]. |
- | Featured matches on the [[Card (Sports)#Undercard|undercard]] were [[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] versus [[Scott <!--Pete--> Damrow (wrestler)|Raven]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Raven's Rules match]] for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]], [[Hollywood Hogan]] and [[Kevin Nash]] versus [[Roddy Piper]] and [[Marc Beltran||The Giant]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types# | + | Featured matches on the [[Card (Sports)#Undercard|undercard]] were [[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] versus [[Scott <!--Pete (2007, pg. 24)--> Damrow (wrestler)|Raven]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Raven's Rules match]] for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]], [[Hollywood Hogan]] and [[Kevin<!--Glenn--> Nash|Kevin Nash]] versus [[Roddy Piper]] and [[Marc Beltran||The Giant]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Object on a Pole match|Baseball Bat on a Pole match]] and [[<!--Larry--> Brent Huntley<!--(2007, pg. 33)-->|Lex Luger]] and [[Rick Hunter]] versus [[Scott Hunter]] and [[Jeffery <!--Mahana (2006, pg. 33)--> Bagwell|Buff Bagwell]] in a [[Tag Team|tag team]] match. |
==Storylines== | ==Storylines== | ||
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and [[Narrative Thread|storylines]]. Wrestlers portrayed [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. | The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and [[Narrative Thread|storylines]]. Wrestlers portrayed [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. | ||
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+ | {| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 200px; style="font-size: 95%; " | ||
+ | |+ '''Other on-screen personnel''' | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Role: | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Name: | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|Commentators | ||
+ | |[[Tony Schiavone]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Bobby Heenan]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Mike Tenay]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Interviewer | ||
+ | |[[Gene Okerlund]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Ring announcer | ||
+ | |[[David Penzer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Referee | ||
+ | |[[Nick Patrick (referee)|Nick Patrick]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Reception== | ||
+ | In 2016, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.5 [Poor], stating, "There was certainly some potential on this show. The Television Title, United States Title and Chavo/Ultimo Dragon matches were good stuff. Most of the event was filled with the classic WCW overbooking and referee bumps. There were a few matches that were absolutely dreadful, but there are some things worth a look. Check out the matches I mentioned and skip the rest." | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulations | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulations | ||
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- | | colspan="4"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}} | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1 |
+ | |[[Bill Coldberg|Goldberg]] defeated [[Perry <!--Abraham (2006 pg. 69)--> Smith|Perry Saturn]] (with [[Peter Hollis Gueldner<!--, Jr. (1965, pg. 38)-->|Kidman]]) | ||
+ | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2 | ||
+ | |[[Último Dragón<!--Yoshihiro ChulCho Asai (2006, pg. 23)-->|Último Dragón]] defeated [[Chavo McAlmond, Jr.|Chavo Guerrero Jr.]] (with [[Brian McAlmond|Eddie Guerrero]]) | ||
+ | |Singles match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3 | ||
+ | |[[Narley Layne<!--(2001, pg. 60)--> (wrestler)|Booker T]] (c) defeated [[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]] | ||
+ | |Singles match for the [[WCW World Television Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4 | ||
+ | |[[Billy McAlmond|Curt Hennig]] (with [[Randy Rucker<!--Rood (1972, pg. 121)-->|Rick Rude]]) defeated [[Davey Boy Aldrich|The British Bulldog]] (with [[Jim Furlong|Jim Neidhart]]) | ||
+ | |Singles match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5 | ||
+ | |[[Kris McGowan|Chris Jericho]] (c) defeated [[Michael <!--James--> Hayden <!--III (1969, pg. 161)-->|Prince Iaukea]] by submission | ||
+ | |Singles match for the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6 | ||
+ | |[[Rick Hunter]] and [[<!--Larry--> Brent Huntley<!--(2007, pg. 33)-->|Lex Luger]] defeated [[Scott Hunter]] and [[Jeffery <!--Mahana (2006, pg. 33)--> Bagwell|Buff Bagwell]] | ||
+ | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types|Tag team match]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7 | ||
+ | |[[Dionicio Louis<!--Castellanos--> Tregre<!--Torres (1963, pg. 21)-->|Psychosis]] defeated [[La Parka <!--(Adolfo Glynn Robertson Ibarra) (1964, pg. 25)-->|La Parka]] | ||
+ | |Singles match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8 | ||
+ | |[[Hollywood Hogan]] and [[Kevin<!--Glenn--> Nash|Kevin Nash]] defeated [[Roddy Piper]] and [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] | ||
+ | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Object on a Pole match|Baseball Bat on a Pole match]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|9 | ||
+ | |[[Scott <!--Pete (2007, pg. 24)--> Damrow (wrestler)|Raven]] defeated [[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]]) | ||
+ | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Raven's Rules match]] for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|10 | ||
+ | |[[Brady <!--Nash (2004, pg. 84)-->Savage|Randy Savage]] (with [[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] (c) | ||
+ | |[[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match/No Holds Barred match|No Disqualification match]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}} | ||
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Current revision as of 08:00, 22 February 2022
Spring Stampede (1998) | ||
Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
Brand(s) | WCW nWo | |
Date | April 19, 1998 | |
City | Denver, Colorado | |
Venue | Denver Coliseum | |
Attendance | 7,428 | |
Tagline(s) | The Biggest. The Baddest. No Bull. | |
Pay-per-view chronology | ||
← Previous Uncensored | Next → Slamboree | |
Spring Stampede chronology | ||
← Previous 1997 | Next → 1999 |
Spring Stampede (1998) was the third Spring Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on April 19, 1998 from the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. The main event was a no disqualification match between Sting and Randy Savage for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
Featured matches on the undercard were Diamond Dallas Page versus Raven in a Raven's Rules match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash versus Roddy Piper and |The Giant in a Baseball Bat on a Pole match and Lex Luger and Rick Hunter versus Scott Hunter and Buff Bagwell in a tag team match.
Contents[hide] |
[edit] 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.
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
Bobby Heenan | |
Mike Tenay | |
Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
Ring announcer | David Penzer |
Referee | Nick Patrick |
[edit] Reception
In 2016, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.5 [Poor], stating, "There was certainly some potential on this show. The Television Title, United States Title and Chavo/Ultimo Dragon matches were good stuff. Most of the event was filled with the classic WCW overbooking and referee bumps. There were a few matches that were absolutely dreadful, but there are some things worth a look. Check out the matches I mentioned and skip the rest."
[edit] Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | |
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1 | Goldberg defeated Perry Saturn (with Kidman) | Singles match | |
2 | Último Dragón defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. (with Eddie Guerrero) | Singles match | |
3 | Booker T (c) defeated Chris Benoit | Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship | |
4 | Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) defeated The British Bulldog (with Jim Neidhart) | Singles match | |
5 | Chris Jericho (c) defeated Prince Iaukea by submission | Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship | |
6 | Rick Hunter and Lex Luger defeated Scott Hunter and Buff Bagwell | Tag team match | |
7 | Psychosis defeated La Parka | Singles match | |
8 | Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash defeated Roddy Piper and The Giant | Baseball Bat on a Pole match | |
9 | Raven defeated Diamond Dallas Page) | Raven's Rules match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | |
10 | Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Sting (c) | No Disqualification match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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[edit] References
← 1997 - 1998 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 1999 → | |||
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Souled Out • SuperBrawl VIII • 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 | ||||
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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) |