Spring Stampede (2000)

Spring Stampede (2000)
Spring Stampede (2000)
	VHS cover featuring Vampiro, Sting, Scott Steiner, 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
Tagline(s)	Stomp Of Approval
Pay-per-view chronology
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Spring Stampede chronology
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The 2000 Spring Stampede 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. Spring Stampede would be the final wrestling pay-per-view to be held at this venue until Forbidden Door in 2022.

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]

Other on-screen personnel
Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
	Scott Hudson
	Mark Madden
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Referees	Mickie Jay
	Mark Johnson
	Nick Patrick
	Charles Robinson
	Billy Silverman
Ring announcers	Michael Buffer
Ring announcers	David Penzer

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/Hart 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."[2]

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Ric Flair and The Total Package (with Elizabeth) defeated The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) and The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) (with Disco Inferno)	Three-way WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal match	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)	WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal match	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 technical submission	Tournament final for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship	05:33
14	Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page)	Tournament final for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship	15:02

World Heavyweight Championship Tournament

Qualification matches (TV)

Semifinals (TV)

Final (PPV)

1

Diamond Dallas Page

9:01

4

The Total Package

5:00

Sting

5

Diamond Dallas Page

Diamond Dallas Page

15:02

Jeff Jarrett

2

Curt Hennig

8:52

3

Sid Vicious

5:00

Jeff Jarrett

6

Sting

CO

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