• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 19, 1998) – WCW Spring Stampede 1998
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 19, 1998, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Spring Stampede 1998’ LIVE on PPV from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington.
This was the 3rd out of 5 Spring Stampede pay-per-view events that WCW aired between 1994 and 2000.
You can find the results of the event below:
Goldberg defeated Perry Saturn
Ultimo Dragón defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr.
WCW World Television Championship: Booker T (c) defeated Chris Benoit
Curt Hennig defeated The British Bulldog
WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Chris Jericho (c) defeated Prince Iaukea
Rick Steiner & Lex Luger defeated Scott Steiner & Buff Bagwell
Psychosis defeated La Parka
Baseball Bat on a Pole: Hollywood Hogan & Kevin Nash defeated Roddy Piper & The Giant
Raven’s Rules – WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Raven defeated Diamond Dallas Page (c)
No DQ – WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Savage defeated Sting (c)
• Vince McMahon’s Final Idea For The Revival As A Comedy Team Revealed (Photos)
According to BodyslamNet, WWE officials had a final plan for The Revival before their release – turn them into a comedy team.
New ring gear and theme music were proposed for the team, with the following sketches of the ring gear Vince McMahon had in mind for them being given to them in their final meeting:
Below is what The Revival wrote: about this on Twitter:
Dax Harwood (Scott Dawson): We were voted WWE’s Match of The Year once….
We were voted WWE’s Match of The Year once…. https://t.co/1ofRB1fJFc
— Dax FTR (@DaxHarwood) April 18, 2020
Cash Wheeler (Dash Wilder): Plead the fifth.
Plead the fifth. https://t.co/yNdfvtAIde
— CASH (@CashWheelerFTR) April 18, 2020
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