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APR. 19 IN HISTORY: Sting vs. Savage for the WCW Title at Spring Stampede '98, plus Hogan & Nash vs. Piper & Giant

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This Day In Wrestling History - April 19

Date: April 19, 1998 (16 years ago)

Feature: Randy Savage beat Sting for the WCW World Hvt. Title in the main event of Spring Stampede 1998, which is now available on WWE Network. The show also featured Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash vs. Roddy Piper & Giant (Big Show), Goldberg in the opening match building up his Streak, DDP vs. Raven for the U.S. Title, and Booker T vs. Chris Benoit for the WCW TV Title.

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WCW SPRING STAMPEDE RESULTS
April 19, 1998
Denver, Col.
Attendance: sellout
Report by Wade Keller, PWTorch editor


Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, and Mike Tenay introduced and previewed the event.

(1) Goldberg beat Saturn (w/Kidman) at 8:06. Other Flock members ran at Goldberg and Goldberg flattened all of them with tackles. Saturn then surprised Goldberg with a Rings of Saturn attempt, but never got it fully applied. The power-out by Goldberg looked sloppy, as did his subsequent lifting of Saturn for the Jackhammer, but Goldberg recovered enough to deliver the finisher for the win. Not a bad match. Goldberg got a pin, but Saturn didn't loose a lot since the match was clearly booked to make him appear to be near Goldberg's level, not just a jobber. (*3/4)

(2) Ultimo Dragon beat Chavo Guerrero Jr. (w/Eddie Guerrero) at 11:50 via submission. Ultimo applied the Dragon Sleeper out of a Tornado DDT attempt by Chavo and got the win. Eddie was exasperated and yelled at Chavo after the match. Had Chavo won, Eddie agreed to stop riding him so hard. But by losing, Chavo agreed to let Eddie ride him twice as hard. (***)

Schiavone introduced the internet plug with Lee Marshall and Dallas Page by saying, "If you're like our colleague, Mike Tenay, you probably spend 17-18 hours a day on the internet." (Non-wrestling grammar question: Why is "internet" capitalized so often in the press? It's a thing, not a proper name or brand name. It's like capitalizing the word "computer" or "car" or "government." Same goes for "lucha libre," which means "free fight" in Spanish and also isn't a proper name or brand name. Anyway, back to regularly scheduled programming...)

(3) Booker T pinned Chris Benoit at 14:09 to retain the WCW TV Title. Finish: Benoit yanked the referee into the path of a charging Booker. It looked pretty clumsy. As Booker checked on the ref, Benoit then applied the Crippler Crossface from behind. Booker reached for the ropes, but when his hand didn't grab the bottom rope, it appeared he might have been tapping out. Benoit got up to get the ref, who was still down, and Booker gave him a hard spin wheel kick and scored the pin. (***1/4)

(4) Curt Hennig (w/Rick Rude) beat British Bulldog (w/Jim Neidhart). Neidhart and Rude were handcuffed to each other at ringside. Bulldog worked over Hennig's knee, which had a brace on it, early in the match. In the end, the camera showed Neidhart choking a "police officer" at ringside as Rude uncuffed himself and attached Neidhart to the ringpost. The officer turned out to be Vincent. Rude helped Hennig score the pin and they beat on Bulldog afterward. (1/2*)

(5) Chris Jericho beat Prince Iaukea at 9:48. On his way to the ring, Jericho quoted Cheap Trick again, saying, "I want you to want me." He added a Spinal Tap line, saying Dean Malenko is "currently residing in the where are they now file." The first five minutes were methodical, but solid. At 6:30 Jericho applied the Lion Tamer for the first of three times, but Iaukea reached the ropes to break it. At 7:30 both were on the top rope and both took nasty spills to the floor. Prince reversed a Lion Tamer attempt into a roll-up for a three count, but the ref stopped at a two count. In the end Prince went for a top rope sunset flip, but Jericho rolled through and applied the Lion Tamer in center ring for the tapout win. Slightly above average match, but Iaukea's lack of color takes away from the drama of the action. (**1/2)

(6) Lex Luger & Rick Steiner beat Buff Bagwell & Scott Steiner when Luger racked Bagwell. In the end Rick shoved Buff off the top rope and Luger racked Buff for the win. (*1/4)

Okerlund plugged that a "certain member of the NWO" showed up backstage and might be making his return. He added it was "something we can't discuss here on the air, nor would we take your time, but you can give us a call tonight on the hotline." So he won't "take up our time" on the PPV, but we can pay a buck-sixty-nine a minute to hear it (after probably listening to a preview of each of the PPV matches ad nausseum first?)

(7) Psicosis pinned La Parka at 7:01. (*)

(8) Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash beat Roddy Piper & Giant when Hogan pinned Piper at 13:21. Hogan and Nash had separate ring entrances. It was strange to see a Hogan PPV match without Michael Buffer doing ring intros. Piper immediately went after the bat on the pole in the corner of the ring. Finish: The Disciple went after Piper's bat. As they had a tug-o-war, Disciple tossed Hogan a different bat and Hogan hit Piper from behind and scored the pin. Afterward, Nash refused to let the ref raise his hand, upset over Hogan hitting him with the bat. Nash pulled down his strap and confronted Hogan. Schiavone said he didn't think Hogan meant to hit him. But as Giant began to get up, Nash went to Jackknife him. As Nash set up the Jackknife, Hogan bashed him with the belt from behind. Hogan then fled the ring as Giant broke a baseball bat over his knee. Nash lay flat on his back in the ring while Giant helped a groggy Piper to his feet. It looked worse on paper. (*1/2)

(9) Raven pinned Dallas Page to capture the U.S. Hvt. Title at 11:55. Page fended off the attacking Flock with the sign. When Kidman jumped on his back, he gave him a great looking Diamond Cutter. But from behind, Horace Boulder (Hogan's nephew) interfered for the first time, bashing Page with the sign. Raven then gave Page the Evenflow onto the kitchen sink for the three count. The announcers said Boulder was a WCW crew member pulling camera cables. Good brawl. (***1/2)

(10) Randy Savage (w/Elizabeth) pinned Sting at 10:10 to capture the WCW Hvt. Title. Savage attacked Sting before the bell rang. The match was no-DQ, so it resembled the Page-Raven match in that they brawled around the Spring Stampede set early in the match. At 3:45 they returned to the ring. Sting suplexed Savage onto the floor at 5:30. Savage came off the top rope with an attempted double axe handle at 7:30, but Sting punched him in the gut. It's amazing Savage, on his bad knee, would be taking such chances. Sting went for a Stinger splash, but Savage shoved the ref in his place. Sting stopped short on the splash, but Savage punched Sting and Sting bumped backward into the ref. Awkward looking sequence.

Savage then piledrove Sting and climbed to the top rope. Sting got up, but Elizabeth hit him with a chair from behind. Sting went for the Stinger splash, but Savage shoved Liz in the path, so Liz took the bump. Savage then hit Sting with a chair, then went to the top rope. Hogan shoved Savage off the top rope. Sting gave Savage the Scorpion Death Drop. Nash entered the ring and hit Sting. He gave Sting the Jackknife and then put Savage on top of Sting. The ref came to just in time to count to three. Hogan and Disciple looked at the ring from a distance and yelled at Nash for what he did. Better than expected considering Savage's condition. (**3/4)

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