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00:00www.SpringStampede99.com
00:3117,500 fans are in attendance, just over a quarter of a million are watching at home
00:35on pay-per-view, and everyone's tuning in to see the in-ring return of Sting in tonight's
00:40main event. Ric Flair is going to defend his world title against Sting, Hollywood Hogan
00:44and DDP in a four-way match later on, and we've also got a returning macho man Randy
00:49Savage officiating the big showdown. Many people consider Spring Stampede WCW's last
00:54good pay-per-view as the company continue to go on a downward spiral, I really do hope
00:59I can prove that statement wrong as reliving the war progresses on for another two years
01:03or so, but let's sit back and enjoy Spring Stampede and I'll form my own opinion at the
01:08end of this video.
01:13We open up with Hooventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg's been featured a bit more on Thunder
01:18rather than Mundy Nitro so it's good to see him get a chance on a bigger stage. The first
01:22exchange between the two ends with Hoovie getting put in a modified ankle lock, in the second
01:26exchange saw Blitzkrieg pull off a nice arm drag counter and Guerrera took a backbreaker.
01:31Joventud Guerrera comes back with a headscissor takedown but Blitzkrieg summons his inner Great
01:35Muta with a handspring back elbow, and look at this guy flipping Blitzkrieg off in the
01:40crowd, why is he so angry? Hooventud ends up on the apron and this gives him a chance
01:44to pull off a fantastic springboard dropkick, and when Blitzkrieg goes to the outside, Hoovie
01:49dives over the top rope to take his opponent out. Back in the ring we see a suplex from Guerrera
01:54followed by a surfboard stretch, Blitzy's having none of that and he answers with a
01:58few forearms and a jumping back kick. He then jumps off Hoovie with a backflip and this gets
02:02followed up with a drop kick, but this impressive offensive flurry ends when Guerrera dropkicks
02:07his opponent on the outside, great stuff here from both competitors. The two get in the ring
02:12again but a Japanese arm drag leads the Hoovie going back to the outside, this allows Blitzkrieg
02:16to pull off a brilliant looking Asai moonsault. We go back to the ring where Guerrera tries
02:21to end it with a Hoovie driver, but a few counter moves leads to Hoovie settling on a final cut
02:25instead. It was all going so well and I thought to myself, wow, Hoovie hasn't botched yet,
02:30and then this happened. To be fair, we can't put this all on Guerrera but it isn't a Hoovie
02:35match without a botch somewhere, is it? Blitzy tries to make up for it with a corkscrew 450
02:40splash but Hoovie moves out of the way and our match comes to an end when Guerrera pulls off
02:44a super Hoovie driver, the crowd went nuts for the finish. A great opener here at Spring
02:49Stampede, a shame about the botch but still a very good match.
02:58Bam Bam Bigelow takes on Hardcore Hack next. Our story remains the same really, both these
03:03lads think they're the king of extreme so we've got ourselves a good old fashioned hardcore
03:07match at Spring Stampede. Bigelow uses his little card to do some damage at the rompway but Sandman
03:13smacks Bam Bam with a trash can. The two then go to the entrance set where Sam, fucks sake,
03:18a hardcore hack puts Bigelow on a table, and my my, hardcore hack isn't going to take
03:22it easy tonight, is he? Chastity's preparing the ring for our competitors by filling it
03:26up with all sorts of weapons, but by the time the guys get to the ring, they're already
03:31absolutely shoddered. Hack drills Bigelow's head into a steel chair before setting up a table
03:36between the guardrail and the ring apron, I'm sure we'll come back to this in a moment.
03:39Back in the ring, Bigelow launches a trash can at his opponent and Hack gets racked with
03:44a broom, a solid bowl then comes into play, and then things get a bit botchy during a
03:49suplex, but I wouldn't worry too much about actually wrestling each other here, guys,
03:53just go and find yourself some more weapons to play with, like a ladder perhaps. Hack puts
03:58that ladder to pretty good use, he dropkicks it into Bam Bam, he goes upstairs to perform
04:03another senton bomb, and if all this wasn't enough, Bam Bam gets bulldogged on top of the
04:08ladder. Hack then puts a table in the ring, he then grabs a security rail that was under
04:12the ring too, and that gets put inside the ropes. Hack wants to use that other table on
04:17the outside to do some damage, but his plan backfires in almost comedic fashion. Bam Bam
04:22then gives the fans a choice, the ladder or the guardrail. In the end Bam Bam ups to throw
04:27Hack into the ladder, but then Hack gets a chance to come back and he ends up leg dropping the
04:32guardrail.
04:32It isn't going well for Hardcore Hack, is it? Our match ends when Chastity tries to use a fire
04:37extinguisher and it doesn't go off for her, so Bam Bam uses the extinguisher instead and
04:42this allows Sam a Hardcore Hack to take the advantage. The advantage doesn't last long
04:47though and Bam Bam pulls off a Death Valley Driver from the top rope, Bigelow wins the match
04:51via pinfall. Not much to say about this, it was messy, chaotic, but still pretty fun to watch.
04:57Your mileage may vary though. Mikey Whipwreck took on Scottie Riggs in our
05:02next match. Mikey hasn't been featured on Nitro at all since his debut at Uncensored
05:06and Scottie Riggs doesn't get much airtime either, so we've got nothing going into this
05:11one. Looks like Riggs is trying to do a kinda Rick Rude gimmick and gonna be honest, I totally
05:16forgot about this. Ravishing Riggs Rude gets smacked around at the opening bell and Mikey
05:20pulls off a jumping back elbow, a dropkick sends Riggs out of the ring and the punishment continues
05:25as Scottie gets thrown into the guardrail. We then see an apron leg drop from Mikey, a slingshot
05:30hurricanrana from Mikey. Seems like Scottie Riggs is just here to take a beating, but the
05:35American Mail gets an opening and Mikey gets sent from the apron to the guardrail. Back
05:39in the ring we see a double x handle from Riggs and Scottie gyrates a little afterwards.
05:44Honestly mate, you're not Rick Rude so please stop doing that. Riggs then pulls off a great
05:48looking dropkick and a corner knee leaves Mikey a little dazed, but Whipwreck isn't out yet.
05:53Mikey gets the boots up in the corner and Riggs takes a dropkick, Riggs then goes down again
05:58following a Russian leg sweep, Mikey pulls off a frankensteiner and just when you think
06:02Mikey's building towards a comeback, the match ends when Riggs pulls off a running forearm,
06:07Scottie Riggs wins via pinfall in what should maybe be considered an upset victory. There
06:12honestly hasn't been that much investment into neither competitor when it comes to Monday
06:16night wrestling so it's hard to care either way, but keep in mind Mikey Whipwreck would end
06:21up leaving WCW due to how he was booked.
06:48Conan vs Disco Inferno is our next match. Not only did Disco Inferno sabotage a Conan music
06:53video on Monday Night Roll, he's also been trying to fool everyone while wrestling as
06:57La Cucaracha. Conan knows it's Disco Inferno under the mask while Disco, of course, denies
07:02it. Disco is not wearing his NW colors tonight, I think because Scott Hall isn't around Disco
07:08may have lost his membership. Conan calls Disco a straight up strawberry before the bell rings,
07:15so Disco launches an attack and the crowd boos the inferno, no surprises here. Disco pulls
07:20off the rolling clothesline, a signature Conan move, so Conan tells Disco exactly what he
07:25thinks of him when the inferno goes upstairs and Conan goes on offense with a float over
07:29bulldog. Disco gets pummeled in the corner as the crowd continue to cheer for K-Dog, we
07:34see a nice springboard arm drag from Conan as Disco looks to be in trouble, but the inferno
07:38delivers a back elbow before applying the deadliest of deadly rest holes, the chin lock. When the
07:44two get up Disco starts acting the maggot yet he's still able to hit a swinging neckbreaker,
07:48he seems awfully pleased with himself too, I'm actually pleased for Disco as he applies
07:52chin lock number 2. In Luke, he almost takes Conan's head off with a clothesline, whatever's
07:57gotten into Disco, it's working wonders. There it is, chin lock number 3, so BING!
08:03OH FUCK DISCO INFERNO CHINNLOCK! Performance of a lifetime from the Disco Inferno. Conan gets
08:12tossed out of the ring and even though Disco gets his head smacked on the ring post, he still
08:16stays in control when Conan tries to get back in the ring. Disco delivers a fist drop, he
08:21shows off his finger guns, but no one can do it like our main man Mark Curtis in Jesus Christ,
08:26chin lock number 4. It's like the mighty chin lock lets Disco absorb Conan's wrestling
08:31abilities, making the inferno a much more dominant performer. He should've really went for chin
08:36lock number 5 in that case because Conan gets up, he hits Disco with the rolling clothesline,
08:41followed by the cradled EDT. Disco is able to hit a swinging neckbreaker but it wasn't
08:46enough. Disco goes for the chartbuster but it's Conan who hits Disco with his own finishing
08:50move and K-Dawg wins the match via pinfall. A decent match here, a very one sided match
08:56but I don't think anyone would have expected it to play out like this. Conan made Disco look
09:01good and Disco took every opportunity that was afforded to him, so no complaints at all
09:05here, this pay per view has been pretty good so far. Kidman and Rey Mysterio won the tag
09:15team titles on Nitro two weeks ago but tonight they're fighting for Mysterio's cruiserweight
09:19belt. Billy Kidman vs Rey Mysterio's quickly turned into WCW's go to match because of
09:24how well they always turn out, but as I've mentioned quite a few times on reliving the
09:28war, it's maybe time for something new. We start with Mysterio countering a monkey flip
09:33and Kidman falling victim to a headscissor takedown. Kidman replies with his smooth slingshot head
09:39scissors, Rey gets dumped out of the ring, and we see a plancha from the challenger.
09:43On the outside, Rey gets dropped on the guardrail and Kidman uses the guardrail to perform his
09:48slingshot leg drop, and back in the ring we get more chinlock action, I can see why people
09:53like this pay per view. We see more high risk offence on the outside with Rey pulling off
09:57a headscissors while using the guardrail for a little help. Mysterio comes back into the
10:02ring with a springboard seated senton that only gets a 2, Rey then performs a lion's salt,
10:07but this gets answered with a great looking running powerbomb from Billy Kidman. Even
10:11though I've complained about WCW booking this match over and over again, the two competitors
10:15are pulling out some new tricks tonight and it's great to see. We see the BK bomb from
10:20Billy Kidman and he follows this up with a running moonsault from the ring apron. When
10:24the two get back in the ring, Kidman goes for a top rope move but he gets caught out with
10:27the Rey Mysterio dropkick. The two then go upstairs and we see a top rope bulldog from Mysterio,
10:32the move that won him the cruiserweight title on Nitro, but Kidman kicks out and Rey can't
10:37believe it, the match is gonna continue. A Mysterio powerbomb attempt gets countered
10:41with a back body drop, the commentators note how the competitors have slowed down a little
10:45as Billy pulls off a power slam, we see more chin abuse as Kidman applies the most devastating
10:50move in sports entertainment, and when Rey goes to the top rope, Kidman catches him out with
10:55a close line. Chinlock number 2 from Billy Kidman, match of the year contender right here, Rey
11:00gets out and we see a Hurricanrana from Rey Mysterio, Rey then applies his second chinlock
11:05so we're 2 for 2 here ladies and gents, whoever applies the next chinlock gets a special prize.
11:11Kidman goes for another BK bomb but it gets countered with an X factor, Kidman answers with a double
11:16underhook facebuster, Billy goes up for the shooting star press but Rey meets Kidman on the top rope,
11:21so Billy has to settle for a sunset powerbomb that only gets him a 2. Rey then pulls off
11:26another top rope bulldog but again, Billy kicks out, so Rey hits a leg drop while Billy's draped
11:31over the middle rope before once again going for a powerbomb, Kidman counters as usual and
11:35Rey gets his head drilled into the mat, Kidman goes up one more time for the shooting star but
11:40Rey blocks it and the match ends with a top rope Hurricanrana. No third chinlock from neither man,
11:45so neither man wins a special prize. As far as Kidman vs Mysterio matches go, this one ranks
11:50very highly. Everything was crisp inside the ring, no slip ups at all, both men tried new moves and
11:56everything looked good, so even if you're a little burned out on these two wrestling each other,
12:01this match is still very much worth your time. Raven and Saturn got back together at the Spring Break
12:10episode of Nitro and the following week they cost Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit the tag team titles,
12:15so we've got a tag team grudge match here at Spring Stampede with four very competent wrestlers.
12:20We see great teamwork from Raven and Saturn in the early go on and the Horsemen take a beating at
12:24the
12:24opening bell, but it doesn't take long for Benoit and Malenko to show off their teamwork abilities.
12:28Raven gets cut off from his corner and clearly, the team of Raven and Saturn are working babyface for
12:34this one. Saturn even gets pissed off when the referee has his back turned during a pen attempt
12:38by his partner, but this in no way helps out Raven. Saturn's forced to watch his partner get beaten up
12:44pretty badly by the Horsemen but Raven hits a clothesline on Malenko and this allows Saturn to tag in.
12:49This is not the big hot tag of the match by the way, but the crowd goes crazy as Saturn
12:53takes out Benoit,
12:54Malenko and Arn Anderson. Raven and Saturn pull off a doomsday crossbody that gets
12:58the crowd going nuts, but seconds later the Horsemen pull off a fantastic dropkick and German suplex
13:04combination. Saturn and Dean get left all alone in the ring and Saturn falls victim to the Texas
13:09cloverleaf, but again the crowd goes nuts when Saturn reaches the bottom rope and it can't be
13:13overstated how popular Raven and Saturn are here tonight. Malenko takes a death valley driver and
13:19Benoit breaks the follow up cover with his diving headbutt. Saturn's now in a lot of trouble and he needs
13:24to
13:24tag out as Benoit is in a few hard knife edge chops, the Horsemen then pull off a drop toe
13:28hold and
13:29drop kick combo, and Dean gets a round of boos when he holds up the symbol of excellence, serious
13:34Horsemen business. Saturn gets put in a sleeper while his partner tries to will him back into the match,
13:39when that doesn't work Raven comes in to kick Malenko in the head, the Horsemen begin the quick
13:44tags and Perry gets beaten in and around the ring, but the break comes when Dean Malenko takes a back
13:49suplex.
13:49Perry crawls over to Raven, he makes the hot tag, the audience goes crazy for Raven as he wipes out
13:55Malenko
13:55and Benoit, and the crowd stand on their feet as Raven brings a chair into the ring. If Michael Cole
14:00was calling this match he'd say vintage Raven as Benoit takes a drop toe hold on the chair, but
14:06unfortunately the momentum comes to an end when Saturn goes through a table on the outside, Arn Anderson
14:11move Malenko out of the way. Still, Raven hits the even flow DDT back in the ring and a day's
14:17Raven goes
14:17for the pinfall win, Charles Robinson allows Arn Anderson to put a chair on top of Raven,
14:22and in one of the dumbest moves of the whole match Benoit performs his diving headbutt on top of the
14:27chair. Unfortunately, this is the move that secures a win for the Horsemen. A good tag team match, but
14:33I really wish Raven and Saturn got the win here, they really needed a lot more to reestablish themselves
14:38as a formidable tag team, but it was still a good match.
14:44Up next, the WCWS title tournament comes to an end, Scott Steiner vs current TV champion Booker T.
14:50Booker had some issues with Chris Jericho on Nitro and on Thunder, Jericho got himself back in the
14:55tournament and it was Stevie Ray who ended up helping his brother beat Chris on Thursday night,
14:59but Stevie Ray will not be playing a role in our next matchup. It's pretty obvious that there's too much
15:04time left on this pay-per-view because Scott Steiner spends a solid 5 minutes on his entrance and some
15:10pre-match shenanigans around the ringside area. He trash talks a lot of fans before stepping inside
15:15the ropes and he then decides to jump out of the ring and go after an obnoxious fan behind the
15:20guard
15:20rail. When the match begins, Scottie continues to talk trash to the fans at ringside while dealing
15:24with Booker T. Booker performs a leapfrog followed by a dropkick, an arm drag sends Steiner out of the
15:29ring and this is the perfect opportunity for a bit more time wasting. When the match resumes,
15:34Steiner gets vicious in the corner but Booker comes back with his running forearm, Scott gets dumped
15:38out of the ring again but this time Booker follows with an apron clothesline and look at this,
15:43Steiner gets thrown into the guard rail and he immediately stops sailing when fans try to touch
15:47him. Big pop of pumps in a bad mood tonight and you love to see it. Scott tries to attack
15:52more fans at
15:53the opposite side of the ring so Booker sends Scott back inside the ropes, really, it's for Scott's own
15:58good at this point. Booker performs a few corner clotheslines but he ends up getting dropped on the top
16:03rope. This leads to both men heading back out and Steiner uses a steel chair to great effect,
16:08the referee isn't going to disqualify Scott because that would make big pop of pump even more angry,
16:13so the match continues on with a clothesline and an elbow drop from Scottie Steiner.
16:17After pie-facing the referee, Scott poses for his adornin' fans at ringside,
16:22big pop of pump pulls off a belly to belly suplex, when Booker kicks out of the follow up cover,
16:26Scott takes it out on the referee and to show he doesn't care at all about Johnny Boone,
16:31Steiner kicks his opponent right in the balls. Big pop of pump's having a great time at this
16:35point, he applies a bear hug and he almost drops Booker on his head when going for a suplex,
16:39Booker replies with a DDT and a spinning back kick but Steiner then pulls the referee in front of
16:44him and we've just lost our match referee. Booker T carries on attacking his opponent,
16:49he delivers a flapjack followed by the Harlem sidekick, there's no referee to count the pinfall
16:53win though and when Booker wakes Johnny up, Steiner intentionally takes out the referee again.
16:58This ends up backfiring on Scott though when he delivers the Frankensteiner and he goes for a
17:02pinfall win, he has to give the referee a hand and Booker's able to kick out. So,
17:07Scott grabs one of those little plastic stick weapons that are super popular in WCW but they
17:12look like a pregnancy test or something, Booker dodges a shot and Steiner gets kicked right on the chin.
17:17Unfortunately for Booker, he ends up getting hit when lifting Steiner up for a suplex and this is
17:22enough for Steiner to win the match and the United States Championship. Giving Steiner the US title
17:27was definitely the right move here, I've talked plenty about how good Scott's been recently and
17:32at this show he seemed even more unhinged than normal. Scott Steiner's one unpredictable wrestler,
17:37his promos are insane, his offense is still hard-hitting, Booker T is still the TV champion
17:43so giving the US belt to Scott just makes a lot of sense.
17:52It took over 3 months but we're going to see Bill Goldberg vs Kevin Nash next,
17:57the big Starrcade 98 rematch. It was Kevin Nash who challenged Goldberg on Nitro this past week and
18:03while Goldberg wants to regain the WCW Championship, he has no issues at all trying to get some redemption
18:08tonight at Spring Stampede. I feel the outcome of this one's way too predictable as both men make
18:13their entrances. We've got Elizabeth and Lex Luger here with Nash denied while Billy NoMates comes out
18:18all alone. Before the match begins, Nash asks for a microphone and he says hey yo, a little nod to
18:24Scott Hall right here, and Big Kev says Wolfpack in the house which does get a good reaction from the
18:29audience. Nash and Hollywood Hogan would best be described as tweeners around this time period but it
18:34also feels like the general direction of the NWO is all but gone right about now. The match begins
18:39with some knee strikes from Nash followed by the foot choke and the back elbow. We're not long into
18:44this match at all and Big Kev's played 3 of his 5 biggest hits already. Liz distracts the referee and
18:49Kevin hits Goldberg with a low blow and Nash goes for a cover after hitting a short arm clothesline,
18:55only scoring a 2. Nash is feeling pretty confident after delivering a sidewalk slam, we see a leapfrog body
19:01guillotine from Big Sexy, Nash then goes for a big boot but Goldberg's able to duck it and finally
19:06Billy Boy goes on offense. We see a guillotine suplex from Goldberg that looks phenomenal and when Nash
19:11tries to show off his karate skills, he ends up getting kicked in the face. Goldberg then lines
19:16up a spear and check this out, Nash leapfrogs over Bill and the referee gets taken out, fantastic.
19:22Lex Luger jumps up and he hits Goldberg with a chair, Nash then goes for a jackknife but Goldberg
19:27decides to grab Big Sexy by the nutsack, it ain't pretty but it's effective. Lex runs in again
19:33and he too gets kicked in the face and there it is, Kevin Nash gets speared. Our match ends
19:38with a jackhammer from Goldberg, Bill gets his redemption at Spring Stampede. It's not what
19:43I'd call a good match but it did have some good spots. It felt like everyone knew Goldberg was
19:48gonna win this one and I think that predictability hurt the match overall but as far as Goldberg matches
19:53go you can do way worse than this one. Main event time, champion Ric Flair defends in a four corners
20:02match that also features Hollywood Hogan, Diamond Dallas Page and The Man Called Sting. Two weeks ago
20:08on Thunder, we learned that Sting was set to make a big announcement on the following episode of Nitro
20:12and during another four-way match, Sting came down from the rafters to let everyone know what the
20:16Spring Stampede main event was gonna be. Sting didn't speak here, rather a video played on the big screen
20:21where macho man Randy Savage announced the match and Randy also announced that he himself would
20:26be the special referee, so we're also getting the return of Randy Savage tonight at Spring Stampede.
20:32You may wonder why the president of WCW would agree to such a match and to answer that question,
20:37the commentator said on Thunder that Ric wanted to prove to everyone that he wasn't handpicking
20:41his opponents, so there you go. It does seem incredibly silly for the president and champion
20:46to agree to this kind of match when he didn't need to, but SlickRick's here tonight and he's got his
20:51work cut
20:51out for him if he wants to keep his championship. This is Sting's first televised match since Halloween
20:56Havoc back in October, though he's been working house shows since January, mainly defeating Bret
21:01Hart in cities across America. And speaking of Bret Hart, you know when Bret's last PPV appearance was
21:07World War 3 back in November 1998, it's a bit of a joke isn't it? Macho Man comes down to
21:13the ring with
21:13gorgeous George, we've seen George before when Macho made that one night comeback on Nitro but we know
21:18very little about her. DDP's pretty much a heel now so that changes the dynamic a little, Flair doesn't get
21:24a great
21:24reception in comparison to Hollywood Hogan, but the fans are going crazy for Sting as the icon makes his way
21:30down
21:30to the ring. Here we go, the Spring Stampede 99 main event, this has been a good show from WCW
21:36so let's see if the main
21:37event delivers. There are no tags in this match, all four men wrestle at the same time and whoever gets
21:47the first fall will win the WCW championship. Macho Man's going to keep his shades on for this one as
21:53the four men go to war. Within seconds, Hogan sends Flair to the outside and these two fight by the
21:58guard
21:58rail while back in the ring, Sting applies a Scorpion Deathlock to DDP. Page makes it to the ropes, he
22:04gets up
22:05and he goes for a diamond cutter but Sting counters it. Flair and Hogan continue to fight on the outside
22:09as Sting hits a diving forearm on Dallas, the crowd goes crazy for a stinger splash next and Ric Flair
22:15is forced to get in the ring and break up Sting's cover. The competitors switch it up for a moment
22:20with Hogan going after DDP and Sting throwing Flair off the top rope, as is tradition. Sting and Page then
22:26give the ring to Hogan and Flair for a while and Hogan takes this opportunity to whip Flair with his
22:30weight
22:30belt, as is tradition. And when Flair tries to fight back, he ends up taking a back body drop followed
22:35by a corner clothesline. This leads to a spring stampede Flair flop from Slick Rick. Flair brings
22:40it to the corner and Hulk takes a few chops, leading to Hogan hulking up and the crowd losing their
22:44shit once again. Hogan performs a leg drop while Sting applies the Deathlock to DDP, but Sting decides
22:50to let go of the hold before Hogan can win via pinfall. It's at this moment when Hogan takes a
22:56chop block
22:56and Hulk gets hurt. In reality, Hollywood was dealing with a lot of knee problems leading up
23:01to this match but Hulk would need surgery following this main event. Flair's gonna do all the damage
23:05he can though as he applies a figure four and just as Hogan reverses the pressure, DDP gets in the
23:10ring to break the hold. Flair gets clotheslined out of the ring while DDP picks up where Rick left off,
23:15Dallas takes a page out of Bret Hart's book with a figure four around the ring post and that's gonna
23:20be enough to remove Hollywood from this match. Trainers run down to check on Hulk and they decide to carry
23:26him out of the arena. Eric Bischoff even makes an appearance, we haven't seen Bischoff on WCW
23:31television for quite some time and it was quite startling to see Eric without his hair dyed back
23:35then. Hogan's now out of this match and he won't be leaving Spring Stampede with the World Heavyweight
23:40Championship, so now we have a standard triple threat main event.
23:48DDP stands in the corner while Sting and Ric Flair beat the hell out of each other. Sting no-sells
23:52inverted atomic drop and Flair takes a clothesline and Paige watches on as Flair tries to chop Sting
23:58down. Sting's feeling it tonight though and the chops have no effect, he sends Flair up and over
24:03the top turnbuckle but DDP was waiting for the right time to strike and this was it. Sting gets
24:08body slammed and Paige drops an elbow, Ric comes back in and he too takes some damage from DDP.
24:13Paige then goes back to Sting but he ends up taking a stinger splash and when Dots tries to hit
24:18a diamond
24:18cutter he ends up taking a facebuster. Paige replies with a tombstone piledriver, not a move he'd usually
24:24perform by the way. DDP then gets thrown out of the ring so Sting can perform a huge superplex on
24:30the
24:30World Heavyweight Champion but Sting's unable to win the match. Flair applies a sleeper on Sting,
24:36DDP gets in the ring and he applies a sleeper on Flair, it's a human centipede of sleeper holds and
24:41this kinda makes me want to see a chinlock variation of this spot. Indie wrestlers take note, we want a
24:46human centipede chinlock spot. Sting performs a jawbreaker to put an end to this madness and
24:51speaking of madness, so far Randy's called it right down the middle but let's hold judgement until
24:56the final bell. DDP and Flair take turns at beating up Sting but the stinger absorbs each and every
25:02shot feeling no pain at all. He takes his opponent out with a double clothesline and Sting's on fire
25:08right now as he takes DDP and Flair out. Flair takes a stinger splash before Sting applies another deathlock,
25:14this gets broken up by DDP but this was also a big mistake seeing as Dallas takes a scorpion death
25:19drop moments afterwards. Ric Flair delivers a low blow to Sting after breaking up a cover and Flair
25:24then applies a figure 4 to the icon. Sting makes it to the ropes but Macho Man kicks Sting's hand,
25:30it looks like Macho's helping Flair out as he drags the champ back to the middle of the ring,
25:34but Macho then climbs up to the top rope and Flair takes the elbow drop, what the hell's going on?
25:39The match ends with Dallas keeping Sting down by attacking the icon's knee, DDP then hits Ric Flair
25:45with a diamond cutter and well well well, Randy Savage makes the count and Diamond Dallas Page
25:50wins the World Heavyweight Championship. If there was one man who deserved that championship, it was
25:55Diamond Dallas Page. He's the only competitor in this main event who hadn't won the belt before
26:00and he's been such a key player for WCW during this whole Monday Night War era. Yes, he is a
26:06heel right
26:06now and the fan support isn't the same as what it was before his turn, it does feel like it's
26:11maybe
26:11too little too late, but it's great to see DDP finally get his due and there isn't a single person
26:17who can say he didn't earn it. Ric Flair's reign has come to an end but he's still president of
26:22WCW
26:23and you just know Flair's gonna try to get revenge tomorrow night on Nitro.
26:33Spring Stampede isn't just a good WCW pay per view, it's their best pay per view in a very long
26:39time.
26:39There wasn't a match on this show that I'd say was bad, I'd maybe skip over the Whipwreck vs Riggs
26:44match but everything else is spot on. This show proves that there's still hope for WCW if they
26:50just keep things simple and keep things coherent. It's actually refreshing watching a WCW show in 1999
26:56that's not overloaded with promos, cutaways and all the other bullshit that makes Nitro
27:01such a chore to get through. Hindsight can be a terrible thing though because unfortunately,
27:06we know that nothing changes when it comes to Monday Night Television. As a matter of fact,
27:10somehow, it manages to get worse. I highly recommend Spring Stampede though,
27:16the in-ring action far surpassed Wrestlemania 15 with the exception being Stone Cold vs The Rock,
27:21but don't take my word for it, go and watch it yourself and let me know your thoughts in the
27:25comments.
27:25I'll see you all for reliving the word this Thursday and until then, take care.
27:55See you all.
28:03Bye.
28:11Bye.
28:11Bye.
28:14Bye.
28:17Bye.
28:20Dkes.
28:21Bye.
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