Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on April 16th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 16, 2000) – WCW Spring Stampede 2000
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 16, 2000, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Spring Stampede 2000’ LIVE on PPV from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
This was the first ever WCW pay-per-view after the April 10 – Eric Bischoff/Vince Russo reboot, as well as the first to feature the infamous New Blood vs. Millionaire’s Club feud.
It was the last of 5 Spring Stampede pay-per-view events that WCW aired between 1994 and 2000.
Here are the results:
Triple threat: Ric Flair & Lex Luger defeated The Harris Brothers and The Mamalukes
Mancow defeated Jimmy Hart
Scott Steiner defeated The Wall by DQ
Mike Awesome defeated Ernest Miller
Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat 2000
Sting defeated Booker T
Vampiro defeated Billy Kidman
Vacant WCW Hardcore Championship: Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley
Scott Steiner defeated Mike Awesome
Sting defeated Vampiro
Six-Way – Vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Chris Candido defeated The Artist, Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore, Lash LeRoux and Crowbar
Vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship: Shane Douglas & Buff Bagwell defeated Ric Flair & Lex Luger
Vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Scott Steiner defeated Sting
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Vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 16, 1987) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 16, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
This live event included matches featuring the 1987 WWF Superstars.
Edouard Carpentier worked as the guest ring announcer that night.
The results can be found below:
Lanny Poffo (sub. for Tom Magee) defeated Frenchy Martin
SD Jones defeated Jimmy Jack Funk
Dino Bravo defeated Cpl. Kirchner
WWF Women’s Champion The Fabulous Moolah defeated Velvet McIntyre
Rick Martel & Tom Zenk defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr.
The Islanders defeated King Harley Race & Hercules
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