WCW / nWo Spring Stampede 1998 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review
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WCW/nWo Spring Stampede 1998 took place in Denver, Colorado on April 10th 1998. This is the first WCW PPV that took place after the 83 Week WCW Nitro win streak, so Eric Bischoff and the guys at World Championship Wrestling know they now have a fight on their hands.
Macho Man Randy Savage vs Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship takes place at this PPV and the nWo end up getting split even further at the end of the match. Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash team up to take on The Giant and Roddy Piper in the first ever WCW Bat Match, and Diamond Dallas Page defends his United States Championship against Raven in the semi-main spot.
00:00 - Intro
01:29 - Bill Goldberg vs Perry Saturn
04:40 - Ultimo Dragon vs Chavo Guerrero
07:31 - Booker T vs Chris Benoit
10:55 - British Bulldog vs Curt Hennig
13:28 - Prince Iaukea vs Chris Jericho
16:02 - Luger & Rick Steiner vs Bagwell & Scott Steiner
18:48 - Psychosis vs LA Parka
20:01 - Giant & Roddy Piper vs Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash
25:14 - Diamond Dallas Page vs Raven
29:33 - Sting vs Macho Man Randy Savage
33:55 - Final Thoughts / Credits
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It's amazing to me how little WCW did with Sting after putting the world title on him at their biggest PPV of all time. Crow Sting was one of the hottest things in wrestling in 1997, and here we are, just a few months later, and he's basically a footnote to the Hogan vs Savage rivalry in his own world title defense. Crazy.
Compare that to how prominent Austin is on WWF programming for basically the entire year after winning the title at Mania 14, and it's night and day.
Possibly Sting could have been focused on more, but what about Goldberg? You would have him beat Sting, or not beat Sting, or not have a titleshot at all?
Looking at this year in general, I don't think it's easy to say "create an Austin replacement via Crow Sting on Nitro and let that be the main focus." I don't think Sting vs Bischoff would have been great, it would have felt like when the WWE copied the NWO with their gang wars. I do think Sting falls off way too hard towards the end of 1998, but realistically both him and Goldberg should have led the charge against the NWO Elite in 99.
@@troywright359 I'm not saying WCW should've literally copied Austin's booking for Sting in 1998, only that Austin's storylines and rivalries were the main focus of WWF television in 1998 and Sting at least deserved some of that spotlight during his title reign. Even as champion, he feels like a minor character in the NWO story. His defense against Hall at Uncensored wasn't even the main event, and his match with Savage here had almost no heat between the two with the booking being entirely focused on the Hogan vs Savage rivalry. He feels totally directionless as a character.
I'm not trying to fantasy book all of 1998 here or anything. But after beating Hogan at Starrcade Sting should've just run through a few NWO guys and then let the faction start to fall apart due to infighting. Savage didn't need to win the world title here for that to happen. And Sting could've had a couple more months to feud with someone new for a change. WCW's roster was stacked at this time, there were plenty of options - Sting vs. Brett seems like an obvious dream match.
@@SadisticBlessings i can agree his match with hall should have been made a bigger deal and he could have had....i don't know about too big of a focus, but certainly more clearer storylines and motivation that he has direct involvement in, before dropping the title. It's hard, because part of Hollywood Hogans character was that he was focused on the world title all of the time, so I don't know if you could have have kept him separate from the NWO as champ for too long. But yes i agree he could have been booked better up to, or maybe not too long past this point. It's just that Goldberg's rise kinda makes things messy - i don't know how long his unbeaten run lasts if sting drops the title to him at starrcade 98
They did the same with Goldberg just a few months later. Watch the immediate nitros and thunders after goldbergs win and the NWO is a bigger focus than the world title.
I would have been much more okay with this finish to help along the Wolfpack angle, but the booking with Sting from Sarrcade until now was dreadful.
Just turned 10 and the old man got us tickets for Spring stampede. One of the greatest days of my life. I remember we sat a couple rows behind the announcers table. Bobby the brain had unbelievable heat all night. He could do no wrong. Then my dad pulled the ultimate dad move and made us leave during the main event walkouts to beat traffic. Still though, one evening I will always remember. RIP dad, thank you.
Walking out of the main event?? That's terrible lol
Lmao my dad used to do that too, only, at the old Richfield Coliseum, you could stand in the wrap around walkway that separated the upper and lower bowl, so we would finish the main event up there and then hit the door like a muthafuka to beat traffic
Some people have not a single happy memory of their parents, so that's awesome(main event be damned lol). Rip to your father!
At least you & pops had a great time & sorry for your loss.
That is so the ultimate dad move lol
Just need to throw it out there that it honestly didn't feel like you were on vacation at all. You're ridiculous amazing awesome. Thanks for making such high quality content that takes me out of the winter doldrums.
It's a good thing too, not watching RTW content doesn't work for me, brother.
Raven is such an under appreciated part of Goldberg's rise.
The Benoit vs Booker T best of seven series they had was one of the most underrated parts of the Monday night wars. Them were some classic matches and you never hear them getting the recognition they deserve. I get that Chris Benoit did what he did but that doesn’t mean he didnt have some absolute classics in WCW. Booker got the recognition he deserved I’m glad to see.
I remember WWE tried to recreate the magic for the US title but it wasn’t the same
@@gamingshawnandjewel6233 I remember that to
"I get that Chris Benoit did what he did but that doesn’t mean he didnt have some absolute classics in WCW" - What Benoit did - tying Nancy up and choking her to death with a cable, then murdering his seven year old child Daniel in his sleep - renders anything that occurred in kayfabe completely and utterly irrelevant. Wrestling just doesn't matter anymore as far as Chris Benoit is concerned.
However, I have no issue with these matches being discussed, as ignoring them would be unfair to Booker. He does not deserve to suffer because of Benoit's actions. They were classic matches and Booker deserves that recognition.
Saturn's honestly one of the most underrated workers of all time. Shame his addictions got the better of him and he ended up in the situation he is. Gotta feel for a guy who had it all then lost it within a few years. Wonder if DDP ever reached out or maybe it was too soon. I remember hearing that people thought Saturn was dead for a few years.
If you haven't seen Saturn's work in the original ecw, your missing out.
@@marccaselle8108 I have. The eliminators were fantastic that were part of the reason ECW was so special
@@Biffo316 I have some of the original ecw shows that are redubbed for actual entrance music and better video footage and other stuff
Saturn's story after wrestling is a genuine tragedy. He came across two thugs sexually assaulting a woman one day and intervened to save her. One of them pulled a gun and shot Perry, which is what lead to his painkiller addiction. I was never a huge fan of his character but in real life the guy is a legit hero.
This series just solidifies how great Eddie was to me. Had me cracking up with putting the towel over his head. Definitely on my Mount Rushmore of wrestling.
Raven was so underrated in 98. He went from Benoit to DDP to Goldberg in 6 months.
I can't wait to rewatch Raven crush Goldberg on Nitro next! haha
Jericho said what kind of prince can't afford wrestling boots haha
From 97-99 I think is peak Raven with 98 being his pinnacle.
He should have been next up for Sting
As he should! He was one of the top heels in ECW for a reason man was truly underrated
After such a huge buildup to sting winning the belt, for it to end so soon, after so few defenses and feuds, with such a wet fart of a match, and just to lose it to macho so that macho could lose it right to back to hogan is insane. It’s crazy how many times hogan made Macho lose to him so many times in wcw because of that one time macho beat hogan in wwf. My hatred for hogan grows daily, can’t believe I was a fan back in the day
It would have been easier to swallow if Macho was able to hold the belt for a while longer. I know he was injured but he wrestled all the way to June. He could have had a three way storyline with the NWO exploding and Sting trying to win his belt back, only to join the Wolfpack after Hollywood screws them both over. I don’t think Hogan defended the title once between when he wins the belt and when he drops it to Goldberg
My only reason to still use TH-cam, thanks for all the hard work
I freaking LOVE this stage set! It's so unique and looks marvelous. I know WWE won't go back to these formats for there "premium live events", but it would be awesome to see more of this at NXT. Especially when they redo events like Halloween Havoc or The Great American Bash.
Ikr The Spring Stampede stage setup was awesome
WCW absolutely killed it with their PPV sets during the Bischoff era. Even when the shows themselves were sub-par, the sets always looked great.
The thing is they shouldn't do these events, because that's not WWE at all.
@Anthony Ford exactly everything is generic and bland now cause these companies are already"made men" and it's said as a consumer people should be more critical but too many people d*ck ride BS and don't have standards anymore. Everything sucks now.
Man I love how that TV title belt looked ! Just clean and simple
Favorite Part Of Sundays
This guy has got to be the hardest working wrestling TH-camr on the platform. Thanks for the hard work, sir. Cheers.
I absolutely don’t know what I’ll do when this series is over! A highlight of my life every time you put out a video.
Surprised how close the streak is. I expected them to be off by like 20-30 already
Shows that those guys in WWE Documentaries exaggerated WCW's inflation of the Streak. Forgot who it was on one of the Docs that said it But they were like "One week Goldberg was 30-0, the next week he was 50-0" something along those lines
To be fair I think counting house shows is a bit...eh. I get WHY he does it, but house shows feel like they should not count in all honesty.
@@iDeathMaximuMII If you are watching the show, we've been counting every week. It's off by less than 10 right now. And we are in the 60s.
@@iDeathMaximuMII we’ll see
@@denniswilliams6519 yeah they should they were absolutely part of it
Brian Zane from Wrestling With Wregret found a great name for when a wrestler comes off the top rope with a non-move like Jericho did: “The Flying Nothing”
Love the LL Cool J intro and one of my favorite PPVs to watch.
You & me both
Yea that was dope 💯💯🔥🔥
Loved the spring stampede set, makes me mad how WWE don't use special PPV stages anymore...I hate that big ass screen stage....I remember being excited to see how the ppv set would like for the events, watching Sunday night heat...00-05 wwe had some of the best stages, wcw too especially 97-98...I liked the ecw brick wall set also
They really made Sting look weak as Champion after all the year plus build up
Wcw should’ve pushed sting to the top the same way wwf pushed Austin to the top that year.
Interrupting Bret's lunch break.😂😂😂
I find myself waiting for Steve "Mufuggin" Blackman's theme even on WCW reviews :)
Thank you Wrestling Bios, I have waited for this one. I saw this PPV on TV as it aired as a kid. And was the greatest in my view except for what happened to Sting at the end. Very great memories!
Rock on Always 🤘🏻
This was the first wrestling PPV I ever watched and i was HOOKED instantly. I didn't realize I got into WCW on their downward slide though.
It always feels great to see the basically unassisted power type moves like the Rings of Saturn-into-Jackhammer (or any kind of delayed suplex where there's zero assistance from the person taking the move). Like with a good chunk of stuff Cesaro/Claudio Castagnoli pulls off.
Perry Saturn was pretty dang talented.
We are so close to the formation of the Wolfpac!
Heard a too sweet shout out by OSW recently. The Irish Cliq.
After WCW Spring Stampede, the nWo is on "dare I say it" life support.
Ich weiß noch heute wo ich diesen PPV gesehen habe. Bei meinem Opa, auf dem Sender DSF! Ich war so happy das Savage Champion geworden ist und habe doll gejubelt - mitten in der Nacht!
I'm from Netherlands and would also watch wcw on dsf. Great times. We could get dsf on cable close to German border
In der Schweiz hatten wir auch DSF, WCW war damals Pflichtprogramm! Gute, alte Zeiten. Schön hier deutschsprachige Fans zu sehen 😊
Beste Grüße 🤘
@@maximilianberkowitz4086 Genau, war eine super Zeit. Wolfpac 4 Life🤘!
Grüße zurück ✌
I miss entrance sets like this **so** much.
The kick over the ref by Booker t on Benoit was pretty sweet. It just goes to show the undercard was stacked and as wrestling fans we were just spoiled by great talent all around. Both sides of the war. And ECW as well. So glad to be alive during all this and to be part of the target audience that they were looking for.
Booker T's kicks are insane lol they look so good
Thank you again for another great video and your dedication to the series as a whole. Excellent Benoit - Booker match.
Seems like the WWE took some of the storytelling elements from Eddie and Chavo and gave it to the Roman vs Jey feud in 2020
Dragon teaching Chavo how to pull em off in chinlock class
I completely forgot Horace Hogan was in the Flock.
Mr. 1998 himself joining the flock! What a time to be Alive!
Honestly amazed that WCW's number for Goldberg's streak is actually so close to the real thing, at only 8 more. You'd think WCW would have exaggerated it even more so & had it be over 80 by now, or something. Also, while I think it's a little messed up that Raven only winds up with a 1-day US Title reign, I can understand wanting a heel transitional champion, so that DDP wouldn't be sacrificed to Goldberg so soon; we'll have to wait for Halloween Havoc later in the year for that to happen.
I actually thought the same thing regarding Goldberg. Like, I'm not bothered at the streak at all. I was always at the impression they exaggerated by at least 20
PLEASE make a best of video for ref Mark Curtis he was the BEST and made matches feel so much more alive and not to mention his match ending pistols!! Lol
At the time, I thought this PPV was great. That gorilla press slam from the top and the Rings of Saturn counter into the Jackhammer from Goldberg were sweet!! And we're about to get the Wolfpac on RTW!!
Sting really got robbed of a good world title run
14:34 Ah yes. The legendary flying nothing.
The NWO's Booty Man is such an awesome joke lol
Just wait for a few weeks until Warrior comes over. He'll refer to Disciple as Hogan's barber.
I had completely forgotten about Saturn's hair! ...rethinking, maybe I blocked it out
Me too. 😆 😂. I had forgotten that Saturn had hair at one point. LOL
This pay-per-view took place 19th of April not the 10th of April just to let you know wrestling bios keep up with the great work you do 👊
Dunno, but Goldberg's "Chainsaw" Looks pretty cool!
I appreciate my parents for not setting a PIN code to activate ppv. Best times as a teenager and absolutely loved this ppv
Loooool, so you must owe them a ton of money!
@@stevenman013 20 year payment plan! 🤣
"Raven just got suplexed onto a website." 😂😂😂
Still don’t know why wcw didn’t just have their own hart foundation with Benoit taking owen’s place
I think that's a WWE trademark that's why. They probably would not let them use the name Hart Foundation
They could have called them the Hart Dynasty or something
Been waiting for this oh we are getting closer to the formation of the WolfPac 🐺 🤘
I honestly loved the WolfPac more than Hollywood/Black & White, shame Hogan ruined it all.
@@DougieYT i So agree they were so good and it was a nice change until Hogan got involved
Not only did they botch Sting beating Hogan, but they brutally botched his title run as well imho
Title got vacated for 2 months, then once he got it he only held it for 2 months. The use of 98 sting was terrible.
@@MR.__G crazy to even think about given all of the build up to him winning :-(
@@ToddKingD it was a huge letdown & the reasons don’t justify it. Sting should’ve been the biggest star of 98
Sting was one of the hottest things going on in wrestling in 97 and not fully committing to him in Starrcade 97 killed some of his momentum. And to make matters worse, his title run in 98 was used as a plot device to further along the NWO fracturing storyline.
@@charlesiofaustria7361 I believe he was 2nd in sales to Austin around that time. There’s no logical sense for wcw to not push that momentum. Wcw misusing sting in 98 is probably worst than misusing Bret.
savage winning the title was awesome he was my fave growing up always liked the high flyers over the guys like hogan goldburg ect any way greasy vid bios and hope ur vacay was great
Yeah but It shat on their biggest angle and effectively tired fans of the nwo. ..plus wasn't he hurt? Pretty dumb move.
@18:40 "my mother in-law could beat Hogan" sign LOL
14:34 The famous "Flying Nothing"
The ending was...Savage...🤘🏼💯✔️
Watching Jericho calling out Malenko while the guys away on maternity leave, doing a one man feud and getting over with the crowd, it reminded me of Wyatt and Cena both when they feuded with the undertaker for their wrestlemania bouts, with both of those guys cutting promo after promo on their own, building a match with a one man show. Has this been done a lot, one wrestler doing all the work, cutting the promo’s, getting the story over and the crowd enthused right up to the actual match when the other guy shows and reaps the first guys hard work and whose done it better and why is that a trick question, the answer is Jericho, the answer is always Jericho.
Chris Benoit was so unappreciated by the decision makers in WCW. If what happened at the end of his life hadn't happened, he would be considered one of the all-time greatest.
💯 agree
O MY GAWD perry saturn with hair
Did you notice that during the bat match the ring logo watch red n black just like Nash’s pants? Foreshadowing the Wolfpack!
Everytime I hear Evenflo I think of pearl jam
It's crazy to think about, Bulldog with Anvil Vs Henning with Rude have all passed away. So sad
I can't wait Raven Vs Goldberg on Monday Nitro
Possibly the best entrance remix I’ve heard thus far, I always thought Benoit’s WCW theme was a banger.
Wooooooooooo
Jerichoholics rejoice
Chris vs Booker was always good. Two future World Champs in the making
Hogan: "So Randy wins the belt, then I come in and I beat Randy for the belt."
Randy: "Sounds like you want me to mess up your other eye."
Hogan: "No Sir, I will just stay on the ramp."
It's so ridiculous that Sting lost to an injured guy nearly 10 years his senior.
97-99 Jericho is so amazing
That bat match looked surprisingly fun
La Parka legit saved Psychosis.
Thank you for all your head work. Truely 1 of my favorite channels.
Another amazing episode put together by the 🐐 of TH-cam keep up the amazing work wrestling bios and happy holidays from Florida
The one series I always look forward too
I can't give you enough likes for at least objectively acknowledging Benoit. I don't expect the man to be celebrated, but he did play a crucial role in the company. We don't have to praise him, but it's really hard to retell the history of wrestling, when things get redacted.
Its hard for me because he was the sole reson i started watching wrestling in 97, especially WCW
You can admire the art and hate the artist. Or so the saying goes.
You don't have to celebrate the person, just enjoy the matches he had and move on.
Same could be said about Snuka and all the dope heads/alcoholics and wife beaters.
Your videos are really well done!
It's Incredible how they cooled off & subsequently ruined Sting, just like they did with Luger & will do with DDP & Goldberg.
Jericho's exact same strut 14:28 is actually featured in the THQ games...
I've never understood how it was Hogan's faction, Hall and Nash where nwo before it was even called the nwo! I do understand him joining made it the nwo but I've always felt like Hall and Nash where the leaders!
Did you not watch the Hogan promo right after he turned heel? NWO were meant to appear as the WWF were invading.
"These two men right here came from a great big organization up north and everybody was wondering who the third man was. Well, who knows more about that organization than me, brother?"
In an angle that was meant to appear as WWF invading WCW, you would have made Hall & Nash the leaders over Hogan? No one would have bought that shlt, no matter how much cooler The Outsiders were than Hogan.
@@butchvito yeah of course I saw it. I was watching every week back then lol but it still always felt like Hall and Nash where nwo leaders
Not to be pedantic, but being a founder doesn’t necessarily make you the leader.
@@jarrodhall3686 I didn't say anything about founders I said how I always felt. It was my feeling Hall and Nash where the leaders! I liked them way more then I did Hogan in 96 97 and 98 lol that's all. I didn't mean to start some argument over this.
@@tysoncarpenter8628 it's not an argument, you don't need to feel attacked. yes hall and nash were cool, but I think Hogan made it clear right from the start, that he was the main dog of the NWO. The story with Scott Hall getting screwed after winning WW3 was good, and Nash losing confidence in Hogan as well and siding with Savage made sense. please, this is just sharing opinions, i'm not saying 'you are wrong' or ' stop talking and listen to me'.
Great intro btw Can't wait for you to do RTW episodes again.
Bro just wanted to say welcome back, Love your work on these videos
My favorite TH-camr and channel always grateful when u drop new content thank u so very much
23:33 Big Show hitting a dropkick on Kevin Nash....
I did wondered when the buff bagwell incident/accident was going to be brought up.
slwoly working our way into the death of wcw.
Once Austin became the man, it was a matter of when not if, for the downfall of WCW. Granted, I never watched WCW while it was around but whenever I go back to watch any mid 90s WCW PPV it just feels like Hogan trying to relive his glory days.
@@calvinfolan1736 1998 was one of their biggest years still and Austin imo was much better in 96-97 as a character.
Jericho should have gotten a custom cruiserweight championship belt.
So, he's going to bring Buff Bagwell as a guest on this channel?
Lol if he does it'd be his second apperance.
Buff came in doing the intro for his wrestling bios career retrospective. It was before RTW got started.
And just like that Sting' s reign is over, after 18 months of build up it's hard not to say the title reign was a complete let down.
I do think he could have been made more successful and more dominant as champion in the short months, I disliked how he almost lost to Kevin Nash on Nitro. but...i don't think he needed a year long title reign during this timeframe. not even Austin lasted much longer tbh
Omg that intro remix with Benoit and don't call it a comeback. Fire.
It's called mama said knock you out lol
29:05 "Horace is the key to everything." - OSW
I'm sorry...but suplexing someone onto a website is the absolute best marketing ever. Haven't laughed that hard in weeks. 💚
This series is brilliant 👌
So at this point Goldie's streak wasn't grossly exaggerated, they just couldn't count.
16:45 interesting to see Stiener with 'Superstar" on his trunks, he was doing Billy Grahams gimmick which evolved to BIG POPPA PUMP but interesting to think that he could have been "Superstar" Scott Steiner.
Keep em coming bro.💯
The DDP and Raven feud was the Rock and Austin of WCW.
It's hard to believe Perry had hair. It is a surreal sight.
The ultimate wrestling Mandela effect; I could have sworn he was always bald.
I was upset with Sting losing as a kid, but watching kit again great story telling.
They built up sting for almost 2 years & the pay off was a 2 month title run ? He should’ve got as big a push as austin got that same year. He was the biggest babyface in wcw at the time.
@@MR.__G was ridiculous decisions like that which led to WCW's eventual downfall. Sting should have dropped the belt to Goldberg at Starrcade 98.
@@MR.__G @Zia Hamm drop it to Goldberg? Nah even as a kid I hated him so bland. No personality. 2 month reign. Yeah but the story behind it was good. This was kind of the first shot how desperate they where to come back. If I recall the war as i did watching it, this was one of the point of no return.
@@MR.__G Thank Hogan and his cronies for that.
@@schizzo8959 Easy E for letting the inmates run the asylum 😂
Nicely done
I was waiting for you to say that Chavo got his Chavito smashed. Lol RIP Mickie Jay.
26:59 was funny AF!
T.S.: "He's gonna suplex him..."
M.T.: "Where?"
T.S.: "...on the website!"
(T.S. = Tony Schiavone, M.T. = Mike Tenay)
The first wrestling event I ever watched