WCW Spring Stampede (2000)
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| Spring Stampede (2000) | ||
| VHS cover featuring Vampiro, Sting, Scott Hunter, The Wall, Jeff Jarrett and Diamond Dallas Page | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | April 16, 2000 | |
| City | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Venue | United Center | |
| Attendance | 12,556 | |
| Taglines(s) | Stomp Of Approval | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Uncensored | Next → Slamboree | |
| Spring Stampede chronology | ||
| ← Previous Spring Stampede | Next → Final | |
Spring Stampede (2000) was the fifth and final Spring Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on April 16, 2000 from the United Center in Chicago.
The event was notable due to the creation of a new WCW after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo rebooted the company by vacating all the championships and refreshing the WCW roster. Many tournaments occurred during the event for the vacated championships. The main event was the tournament final for the vacated WCW World Heavyweight Championship between Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett. During the match, Page's wife Kimberly Page turned on her husband, allowing Jarrett to win the title.
The undercard featured tournaments to crown the new World Tag Team and United States Heavyweight Champions. Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Ric Flair and The Total Package to win the vacated World Tag Team Championship and Scott Steiner defeated Sting to win the vacated United States Heavyweight Championship. Chris Candido won a Six-Way match for the vacant Cruiserweight Championship and Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley in a Hardcore match for the vacant Hardcore Championship.
The events of this event would lead to the beginning of an angle, in which the WCW roster was divided into two factions: New Blood and Millionaire's Club. New Blood was the villainous group of young wrestlers and Millionaire's Club was the heroic group of veterans of the industry.
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[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.
| Other on-screen talent | |
|---|---|
| Role: | Name: |
| Commentator | Tony Schiavone |
| Scott Hudson | |
| Mark Madden | |
| Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
| Referee | Mark Johnson |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Billy Silverman | |
| Ring announcer | Michael Buffer |
| David Penzer | |
[edit] Reception
In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 3.5 [Bad], stating, "Surprisingly, this is the highest score I’ve given WCW in 2000. Nothing on this show is must see at all, but I managed to see a near three star effort. With the exception of the Mancow/Heart match, everything is at the very least watchable. The fact that there are fourteen matches means that things move by rather quickly, which helps. There was potential here, but everything is so overdone by shenanigans that [it] ends up ruining it."
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ric Flair and The Total Package (with Elizabeth) defeated The Holden Brothers (Ron and Don) and The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny the Bull) (with Disco Inferno) | WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal match | |
| 2 | Mancow (with Al Roker Jr., Turd the Bartender, and Freak) defeated Jimmy Heart | Singles match | |
| 3 | Scott Steiner defeated The Wall by disqualification | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | |
| 4 | Mike Awesome defeated Ernest Miller | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | |
| 5 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray and Big T (with J. Biggs and Kash) | WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal match | |
| 6 | Sting defeated Booker T | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | |
| 7 | Vampiro defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | |
| 8 | Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley | Hardcore match for the vacant WCW Hardcore Championship | |
| 9 | Scott Steiner defeated Mike Awesome by submission | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal match | |
| 10 | Sting defeated Vampiro by submission | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal match | |
| 11 | Chris Candido (with Tammy Lynn Sytch) defeated The Artist (with Paisley), Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore (with Shane Helms), Lash LeRoux and Crowbar (with Daffney) | Six-Way match for the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship | |
| 12 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell (with Vince Russo) defeated Ric Flair and The Total Package (with Elizabeth) | Tournament final for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship | |
| 13 | Scott Steiner defeated Sting by technical submission | Tournament final for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | |
| 14 | Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) | Singles match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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[edit] Tournament brackets
[edit] World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
| Qualification matches (TV) | Semifinals (TV) | Final (PPV) | |||||||||||
| The Total Package | 5:00 | ||||||||||||
| Diamond Dallas Page | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Diamond Dallas Page | 9:01 | ||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||
| Sid Vicious | 5:00 | ||||||||||||
| Sting | CO | ||||||||||||
| Diamond Dallas Page | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | |||||||||||||
| Curt Hennig | 8:52 | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | Pin | ||||||||||||
[edit] World Tag Team Championship Tournament
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ric Flair and The Total Package | ||||||||||||
| 4 | The Holden Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny the Bull) | ||||||||||||
| Ric Flair and Total Package | 8:29 | ||||||||||||
| Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray and Big T) | 2:41 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell | Pin | |||||||||||
[edit] United States Heavyweight Championship Tournament
| Quarterfinals (PPV) | Semifinals (PPV) | Final (PPV) | |||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | 3:53 | ||||||||||||
| The Wall | DQ | ||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | 3:14 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | 4:00 | ||||||||||||
| Ernest Miller | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | 5:33 | ||||||||||||
| Sting | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Booker T | 6:34 | ||||||||||||
| Sting | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Vampiro | 5:59 | ||||||||||||
| Sting | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Vampiro | 8:28 | ||||||||||||
| Billy Kidman | Pin | ||||||||||||
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| ← 1999 - 2000 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 2001 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Souled Out • SuperBrawl 2000 • Uncensored • Spring Stampede • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • New Blood Rising • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • Millennium Final • Mayhem • 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) | |||
