10 Reasons WCW Spring Stampede 2000 Was Wrestling’s Most Over-Booked PPV Ever
2. Even The Announcers Had Agendas
The main job of pro wrestling announcers is to act as the narrators of each broadcast. There's a lot that goes into the role, including calling the actual wrestling, explaining new characters to the audience and relaying storyline information which helps each angle develop. Then, there was the WCW crew, who simply did whatever the heck they wanted to.
Throughout Spring Stampede, Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden and Scott Hudson didn't appear to know any more than the average onlooker about what was going on. Worse, Madden occasionally crossed the line with his colour commentating role, using it as an excuse to show his knowledge of wrestling terms like, 'over-selling' and 'getting over'.
This insider babble achieved nothing, it didn't make the show more entertaining and it actually had a harmful impact on the pay-per-view. In fairness to the announcers, WCW's booking was such a mess that calling each event must have been a real challenge.
It didn't help when Madden tore into Diamond Dallas Page before the WCW World Title main event, refusing to talk about his wrestling character and simply bad-mouthing him as a person.