Spring Stampede (1994)
The 1994 Spring Stampede was the inaugural Spring Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on April 17, 1994 from the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois.
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | April 17, 1994 | ||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Rosemont Horizon | ||
| Attendance | 12,200 | ||
| Tagline(s) | Locked Horns...Bullish Tempers...Let The Stampede Begin! | ||
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The main event was a standard wrestling match between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The match ended in a double-pin, resulting in Flair retaining the title. However, the Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel stripped Flair off the title and booked a rematch for the title between Flair and Steamboat on the May 14 episode of Saturday Night, which Flair won.
Other matches on the card featured Sting defeating Rick Rude to win the International World Heavyweight Championship and Vader defeated The Boss while Steve Austin and Lord Steven Regal retained the United States Heavyweight Championship and the World Television Championship respectively.