Production The first
Spring Stampede event was held in April 1994, the first time
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held a
pay-per-view (PPV) in April as they expanded their PPV schedule. The event did not return in 1995 or 1996 but was brought back in 1997 on April 6. All WCW intellectual property was sold to
WWE at that time, and with the launch of the
WWE Network in 2014 all five Spring Stampede events became available to subscribers. All of the Spring Stampede events had a
cowboy or
Wild West theme, reflected both in the opening montage, posters and entrance set decorations. The 1997 event was held at the
Tupelo Coliseum in
Tupelo, Mississippi. The promotional poster for the event featured
The Four Horsemen (
Arn Anderson,
Steve McMichael,
Ric Flair and
Chris Benoit), with the tagline "'These Men Do Solemnly Swear... to Kick, Fight, Punch, Stomp, and Flatten anybody who gets in their way!'". Neither Ric Flair, nor Arn Anderson competed in any matches at the event. ==Results==