Spring Stampede (1997)

Spring Stampede (1997)
Promotional poster featuring The Four Horsemen
Promotion 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!
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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 Randy 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 Steiner Brothers for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, which became a singles match between Kevin Nash and Rick Steiner after Scott Hall no-showed the event and Scott Steiner got arrested earlier in the evening.

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.[1]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times
1 Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Ultimate Dragon Singles match 14:55
2 Akira Hokuto (c) defeated Madusa Singles match for the WCW Women's Championship 05:13
3 Prince Iaukea (c) defeated Lord Steven Regal Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship 10:01
4 The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) Tag team match 10:42
5 Dean Malenko (c) fought Chris Benoit (with Woman) to a no contest Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship 17:53
6 Kevin Nash (c) (with Syxx and Ted DiBiase) defeated Rick Steiner Singles match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship 10:20
7 Lex Luger defeated The Giant, Booker T and Stevie Ray[a 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
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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

  1. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.


  1. ↑ Both Stevie Ray and Booker T were both accompanied by Sister Sherri.
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