John Pollock and Wai Ting review WCW Spring Stampede 1994—widely regarded as one of the greatest PPVs in WCW history—featuring Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat for the WCW World Championship. They discuss:
- The state of WCW just months before Hulk Hogan’s arrival
- Flair and Steamboat attempting to live up to their revered 1989 series, five years later
- Jesse Ventura losing his commentary role to Bobby Heenan, while winning a industry-changing legal battle with WWF over video royalties
- The complicated existence of the WCW International Championship
- One of Rick Rude’s final matches before his untimely in-ring retirement
- How a show-stealing Chicago Street Fight was meant to set up Cactus Jack’s hiatus to repair a torn ear
- How Vader makes a case for being the best big man of all time
- Ray Traylor having his “Big Bossman/The Boss” gimmick taken away in a unusual backstage scene
- Danny Partridge & Peter Brady wrestling a dark match
This episode was selected via Patron’s Pick Poll and brought to you by Espresso Executive Producer, Robert Holzhammer.
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WCW Spring Stampede
Sunday, April 17, 1994
Rosemont Horizon
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat
- Grudge Match: Big Van Vader vs. The Boss
- Bunkhouse Match: Bunkhouse Buck vs. Dustin Rhodes
- WCW Int’l World Heavyweight Championship: Ravishing Rick Rude (c) vs. Sting
- United States Championship: Stunning Steve Austin (c) vs. Great Muta
- Chicago Street Fight: The Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne
- World Television Championship: Lord Steven Regal (c) vs. Flyin’ Brian
- Diamond Dallas Page vs. Johnny B. Badd
Next time on Rewind-A-Wai: WCW SuperBrawl II (1992)
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