Spring Stampede

Spring Stampede was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held in the month of April in 1994 and then from 1997 to 2000. As it was called Spring Stampede, the event was usually Cowboy/Wild West themed. Since 2001, WWE owns the rights to the Spring Stampede event.

1994

Spring Stampede 1994 took place on April 17, 1994 from the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois.

After Vader defeated The Boss, Nick Bockwinkel announced that The Boss could no longer use the name the Boss, in reality The WWF threaten to sue WCW because The Boss character was too similar to the Big Bossman character he played in the WWF. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair fought Ricky Steamboat to a double-pin. WCW Commissioner Bockwinkel originally awarded the belt back to Flair, but title was later held up pending a rematch on WCW Saturday Night.

1997

Spring Stampede 1997 took place on April 6, 1997 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi. One of the matches scheduled for the show was The Outsiders vs. The Steiner Brothers, but Scott Hall no-showed the event and Scott Steiner got "arrested" earlier in the evening to turn it into a singles match. During the main event nWo referee Nick Patrick counted the pin, which caused him to be attacked by Kevin Nash. After the match Savage tried to attack Kimberly, then attacked Eric Bischoff after he was convinced to let her go.