Spring Stampede (2000)
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.
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | April 16, 2000 | ||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Venue | United Center | ||
| Attendance | 12,556 | ||
| Tagline(s) | The New Blood and Millionaires' Club in a Savage Shoot-Out for Gold! Stomp Of Approval | ||
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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.
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]
| Role: | Name: |
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| 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 |
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Ric Flair and The Total Package (with Elizabeth) defeated The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) and The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) (with Disco Inferno) | Triple threat tag team match (WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal) | 06:11 |
| 2 | Mancow (with Al Roker Jr., Turd the Bartender, and Freak) defeated Jimmy Hart | Singles match | 02:48 |
| 3 | Scott Steiner defeated The Wall by disqualification | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | 03:53 |
| 4 | Mike Awesome defeated Ernest Miller | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | 04:00 |
| 5 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray and Big T) (with J. Biggs and Kash) | Tag team match (WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal) | 02:41 |
| 6 | Sting defeated Booker T | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | 06:34 |
| 7 | Vampiro defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match | 08:28 |
| 8 | Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley | Hardcore match for the vacant WCW Hardcore Championship | 08:02 |
| 9 | Scott Steiner defeated Mike Awesome by submission | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal match | 03:14 |
| 10 | Sting defeated Vampiro by submission | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal match | 05:59 |
| 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 | 05:12 |
| 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 | 08:29 |
| 13 | Scott Steiner defeated Sting by submission | Tournament final for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | 05:33 |
| 14 | Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) | Singles match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship | 15:02 |
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World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
| Qualification matches (TV) | Semifinals (TV) | Final (PPV) | |||||||||||
| The Total Package | 5:00 | Diamond Dallas Page | 9:01 | ||||||||||
| Diamond Dallas Page | Pin | Sting | Pin | ||||||||||
| Diamond Dallas Page | 15:02 | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Sid Eudy | 5:00 | Curt Hennig | 8:52 | ||||||||||
| Sting | CO | Jeff Jarrett | Pin | ||||||||||
World Tag Team Championship Tournament
| Semifinals (PPV) | Final (PPV) | ||||||||
| 1 | Ric Flair and The Total Package | 6:11 | |||||||
| 4 | The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Vito) | Pin | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
References
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.