Spring Stampede (1998)

Spring Stampede (1998)
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Brand(s)	WCW nWo
Date	April 19, 1998 [1]
City	Denver, Colorado [2]
Venue	Denver Coliseum [2]
Attendance	7,428
Tagline	The Biggest, the Baddest, No Bull.
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The 1998 Spring Stampede 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 Steiner versus Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell in a tag team match.

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. ^[3]

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
	Bobby Heenan
	Mike Tenay
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Ring announcers	Michael Buffer
	David Penzer
Referees	Mickie Henson
	Charles Robinson
	Nick Patrick
	Billy Silverman

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." ^[4]

Results

No.	Results [1] [2] [5]	Stipulations	Times
1	Goldberg defeated Perry Saturn (with Kidman)	Singles match	08:10
2	Último Dragón defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. (with Eddie Guerrero)	Singles match	11:49
3	Booker T (c) defeated Chris Benoit	Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship	14:11
4	Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) defeated The British Bulldog (with Jim Neidhart)	Singles match	04:48
5	Chris Jericho (c) defeated Prince Iaukea	Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship	09:55
6	Rick Steiner and Lex Luger defeated Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell	Tag team match	05:58
7	Psychosis defeated La Parka	Singles match	06:59
8	Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash defeated Roddy Piper and The Giant	Baseball Bat on a Pole match	13:23
9	Raven defeated Diamond Dallas Page (c)	Raven's Rules match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship	11:52
10	Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Sting (c)	No Disqualification match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship	10:08
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. "Spring Stampede 1998 results". Pro Wrestling History. April 19, 1998.
2. "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Great American Bash 1998". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 149.
3. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications . Retrieved November 15, 2015.
4. "411Mania".
5. Cawthon, Graham (2015). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 5: World Championship Wrestling 1995-2001. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1499656343.