25 Best Wrestling PPVs Ever

25. WCW Spring Stampede 1999

Best Match: Juventud Guerrera Vs. Blitzkrieg

Worst Match: Scotty Riggs Vs. Mikey Whipwreck

WCW was already practically on its a*rse by spring 1999.

Having resolutely failed to cross the Monday Night Wars finish line at Starrcade '97, the overexposure of the nWo and the over-reliance on decrepit stars of yesteryear, combined with the resurgent and profane WWF youth movement, left the Ted Turner-financed corporation in a distant second place.

The infamous Fingerpoke of Doom in January, which relaunched the nWo precisely when WCW fans had grown most weary of it, sent a clear message: WCW had ran out of ideas.

Spring Stampede '99 was an aberration - but an entirely thrilling one. Showcasing the best of WCW - from a thrillingly inventive and dizzying Cruiserweight opener between Blitzkrieg and Juventud Guerrera to a procession of sterling efforts put forth by the company's loaded, stellar midcard - the show even equalised Goldberg's first loss to Kevin Nash in a match which was better than many anticipated.

The main event, pitting Diamond Dallas Page against Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Sting in a Four Corners match, was a lumbering and protracted affair - but that was an accepted drawback to the company which most fans had already made peace with.