Spring Stampede (1997)

Spring Stampede (1997)
Promotional poster featuring The Four Horsemen
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateApril 6, 1997[1][2]
CityTupelo, Mississippi[1][2]
VenueTupelo Coliseum[1][2]
Attendance8,356[1][2]
Buy rate0.58[2]
Tagline(s)These Men Do Solemnly Swear... to Kick, Fight, Punch, Stomp, and Flatten anybody who gets in their way!
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The 1997 Spring Stampede was the second Spring Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event scripted and produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on April 6, 1997 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi.[3]

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. What was originally scheduled to be a tag team match between The Outsiders and The Steiner Brothers for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, became a singles match between Kevin Nash and Rick Steiner as a result of Scott Hall no-showing the event. WCW presented a storyline that showed Scott Steiner being maced and arrested earlier in the evening to explain why the scheduled match was changed.

The event is known for the infamous Harlem Heat's botched promo, in which Booker T accidentally calls Hulk Hogan "nigga".[4] It was removed in both the VHS release as well as the version found on Peacock (streaming service).

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference SS97 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference PWI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "WCW Live Events - April, 1997". wcwwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 1997. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ^ Stroud, Brandon (December 14, 2016). "The Best And Worst Of WCW Spring Stampede 1997". Uproxx. Retrieved April 30, 2019.