Slamboree

Slamboree was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Championship Wrestling held from 1993 through 2000 that was held in the month of May. It was originally billed "The Legends' Reunion" because many retired legends from Jim Crockett Promotions would attend the PPV and other events scheduled for that weekend. The first three Slamborees saw inductions into the WCW Hall of Fame during the PPV. They also included matches with the legends participating.

1993

1994

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 1994


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 22 1994
venue=Philadelphia Civic Center
city=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
attendance=4,000
lastevent=Spring Stampede 1994
nextevent=Bash at the Beach 1994

Slamboree 1994: A Legends' Reunion took place on May 22 1994 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

*Dark match: Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma) defeated Brian Armstrong and Brad Armstrong
*Legends introduction: Ole Anderson, Penny Banner, Red Bastien, Tully Blanchard, The Crusher, Don Curtis, Terry Funk, Verne Gagne, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Larry Hennig, Killer Kowalski, Ernie Ladd, Wahoo McDaniel, Angelo Mosca, Harley Race, Ray Stevens, Lou Thesz, Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Young
*Steve Austin defeated Johnny B. Badd to retain the WCW United States Championship (16:12)
**Austin pinned Badd.
*Terry Funk fought Tully Blanchard to a double disqualification (7:15)
*Larry Zbyszko defeated Lord Steven Regal in a non-title match (11:30)
**Zbyszko pinned Regal.
*Dustin Rhodes defeated Bunkhouse Buck in a Bullrope match (12:47)
**Rhodes pinned Buck.
*Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (13:21)
**Flair pinned Windham.
**Windham was the mystery opponent
*WCW Hall of Fame inductions: The Assassin, Ole Anderson, Harley Race, Ernie Ladd, The Crusher, Dick the Bruiser
*Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (w/Dave Schultz as special guest referee) in a Broadstreet Bully match to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (9:56) [cite book|author=Mick Foley| title=Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks|publisher=HarperCollins|date=2000|pages=272|isbn=0061031011]
**Cactus pinned Sags after striking him with Dave Schultz's hockey stick.
**Cactus replaced Dave Sullivan, who was injured.
*Sting defeated Vader to win the vacant WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (13:54)
**Sting pinned Vader.
**Sting replaced Rick Rude, who was scheduled to defend the title against Vader, but suffered a career-ending back injury in Japan, where he won back the title against Sting.

1995

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 1995


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 21 1995
venue=Bayfront Arena
city=St. Petersburg, Florida
attendance=7,000
lastevent=Uncensored 1995
nextevent=The Great American Bash 1995

Slamboree 1995: A Legends' Reunion took place on May 21 1995 from the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida.

*Main Event match: The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) defeated Los Especialistas (Ricky Santana and Fidel Sierra) (1:22)
*Main Event match: Steve Austin defeated Eddie Jackie (1:00)
**Austin pinned Jackie.
*Main Event match: Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Mark Starr (2:02)
**Pittman forced Starr to submit.
*Main Event match: Meng defeated Brian Pillman (4:40)
**Meng pinned Pillman.
**Was a Quarterfinal match in the WCW United States title tournament.
*The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (10:52)
**Sags pinned Booker.
*Kevin Sullivan defeated The Man With No Name (5:24)
**Sullivan pinned TMWNN.
*Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dick Murdoch (6:18)
**McDaniel pinned Murdoch.
*The Great Muta defeated Paul Orndorff to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (14:11)
**Muta pinned Orndorff.
*Arn Anderson defeated Alex Wright to retain the WCW World Television Championship (11:36)
**Anderson pinned Wright.
*Meng fought Road Warrior Hawk to a double count-out (4:41)
*WCW Hall of Fame inductions: Wahoo McDaniel, Angelo Poffo, Terry Funk, Antonio Inoki, Dusty Rhodes, Gordon Solie, Big John Studd
*Sting defeated Big Bubba Rogers in a Lights Out match (9:29)
**Sting forced Rogers to submit.
*Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair and Vader (18:57)
**Hogan pinned Flair.

1996

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 1996


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 19 1996
venue=Riverside Centroplex
city=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
attendance=7,791
lastevent=Uncensored 1996
nextevent=The Great American Bash 1996

Slamboree 1996: Lord of the Ring took place on May 19 1996 from the Riverside Centroplex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Every non-title match were Lethal Lottery matches with wrestlers being randomly paired together.

*Dark match: The American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) defeated Shark and Maxx Muscle(2:39)
**Riggs pinned Shark.
*Road Warrior Animal and Booker T fought Road Warrior Hawk and Lex Luger to a double count-out (6:54)
*The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Chris Benoit and Kevin Sullivan (4:44)
**Rock pinned Benoit after he was put through a table.
*Rick Steiner and The Booty Man defeated Sgt. Craig Pittman and Scott Steiner (8:21)
**Rick pinned Pittman after a belly-to-belly suplex.
*VK Wallstreet and Jim Duggan defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Squire David Taylor) (3:46)
**Duggan pinned Taylor after a taped fist punch.
*Dick Slater and Earl Robert Eaton defeated Disco Inferno and Alex Wright (2:56)
**Slater pinned Disco after hitting him with his boot.
*Diamond Dallas Page and The Barbarian defeated Meng and Hugh Morrus (5:15)
**Barbarian pinned Morrus after the kick of fear.
**Page replaced Hardwork" Bobby Walker
*Fire and Ice (Scott Norton and Ice Train) defeated Big Bubba Rogers and Stevie Ray (3:32)
**Norton pinned Rogers.
*Ric Flair and Randy Savage (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Arn Anderson and Eddie Guerrero (4:04)
**Flair pinned Guerrero after Anderson turned on his partner and delivered the DDT.
*Dean Malenko defeated Brad Armstrong to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (8:29)
**Malenko pinned Armstrong after an overhead gutbuster from the top rope.
*Dick Slater and Earl Robert Eaton defeated VK Wallstreet and Jim Duggan (4:08)
**Eaton pinned Wallstreet with a roll-up.
*The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Ric Flair and Randy Savage (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) by forfeit (0:00)
**Flair and Savage never made it to the ring after Savage attacked Flair during Flair's Entrance
*Diamond Dallas Page and The Barbarian defeated Rick Steiner and The Booty Man (5:05)
**Barbarian pinned Booty Man after Page broke up a pin attempt by delivering an elbowdrop.
*Konnan defeated Jushin Liger to retain the WCW United States Championship (9:30)
**Konnan pinned Liger with the Splash Mountain powerbomb.
*Diamond Dallas Page won a Battle royal also featuring: The Barbarian, Earl Robert Eaton, Ice Train, Scott Norton, Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge and Dick Slater (9:33)
**Page was crowned "Lord of the Ring" and earned a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash.
**The title shot was revoked the next night on WCW Monday Nitro, after footage shown that Page was thrown over the top rope by Barbarian and one foot touched the floor
*The Giant defeated Sting to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (10:41)
**Giant pinned Sting after Sting collided with Jimmy Hart's megaphone, being held by Lex Luger, and Giant hit the Chokeslam .

1997

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 1997


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 18 1997
venue=Independence Arena
city=Charlotte, North Carolina
attendance=9,643
lastevent=Spring Stampede 1997
nextevent=The Great American Bash 1997

Slamboree 1997 took place on May 18 1997 from the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.

*Dark match: Yuji Nagata defeated Pat Tanaka (4:30)
**Nagata pinned Tanaka.
*Dark match: The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (6:00)
**Grunge pinned Booker.
*Steven Regal defeated Último Dragón (w/Sonny Onoo) to win the WCW World Television Championship (16:04)
**Regal forced Dragon to submit with the Regal Stretch.
*Madusa defeated Luna Vachon (5:09)
**Madusa pinned Vachon with a Bridging German Suplex.
*Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Yuji Yasuraoka (14:58)
**Misterio pinned Yasuraoka with a Hurricanrana.
*Glacier defeated Mortis (w/James Vandenberg) by disqualification (1:51)
**Mortis was disqualified when Wrath attacked Glacier.
*Dean Malenko defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/Debra) to retain the WCW United States Championship (14:54)
**Malenko forced Jarrett to submit with the Texas Cloverleaf.
*Meng defeated Chris Benoit (w/Woman) in a Death match (14:54)
**Meng won when Benoit passed out while in the Goozle.
*The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Konnan and Hugh Morrus (w/Jimmy Hart) (9:35)
**Rick pinned Morrus after Scott hit Morrus with a Frankensteiner.
*Steve McMichael (w/Debra McMichael) defeated Reggie White (w/Kent Johnston) (15:17)
**McMichael pinned White after hitting him with a steel briefcase.
*Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Kevin Greene defeated The nWo (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx) (17:20)
**Greene pinned Syxx while Flair got Hall in the Figure Four and Piper put Nash to sleep.

1998

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 1998


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 17 1998
venue=The Centrum
city=Worcester, Massachusetts
attendance=11,592
lastevent=Spring Stampede 1998
nextevent=The Great American Bash 1998

Slamboree 1998 took place on May 17 1998 from the The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.cite news | author = Martin, Finn | title = Power Slam Magazine, issue 48 | work = Hall goes Hollywood (Slamboree 1998) | publisher = SW Publishing. | date = 1998-07-30 | pages = 18-21]

*Fit Finlay defeated Chris Benoit to retain the WCW World Television Championship (14:52)
**Finlay pinned Benoit after a Tombstone Piledriver.
*Lex Luger defeated Brian Adams (5:05)
**Luger forced Adams to submit with the Torture Rack.
*Ciclope won a Cruiserweight Battle Royal also involving: Evan Karagias, Damián 666, El Dandy, El Grio, Juventud Guerrera, Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Marty Jannetty, Billy Kidman, Lenny Lane, Psicosis, Super Calo, Johnny Swinger, and Villano IV (8:27)
**Ciclope (who was really Dean Malenko wearing Ciclope's outfit) won, after Guerrera willingly eliminated himself, to become #1 contender to the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
*Dean Malenko defeated Chris Jericho to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (7:02)
**Malenko forced Jericho to submit with the Texas Cloverleaf.
*Diamond Dallas Page defeated Raven in a Bowery Death match (14:35)
**Page won when Raven couldn't get up before the referee's ten-count.
*Eddy Guerrero (w/Chavo Guerrero, Jr.) defeated Último Dragón (11:09)
**Eddie pinned Dragon after a Frog Splash.
*Goldberg defeated Saturn to retain the WCW United States Championship (7:01)
**Goldberg pinned Saturn after a Jackhammer.
*Eric Bischoff had challenged Vince McMahon (owner of rival company WWF) the previous Monday to show up at the event and wrestle him at Slamboree. Bischoff then ordered a referee to raise his hand.
*Bret Hart defeated Randy Savage (w/Roddy Piper as Special Guest Referee) (16:38)
**Hart forced Savage to submit with the Sharpshooter.
*Sting and The Giant defeated The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (14:46)
**Giant pinned Nash after Hall turned on Nash and attacked him.

1999

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 1999


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 9 1999
venue=TWA Dome
city=St. Louis, Missouri
attendance=20,516
lastevent=Spring Stampede 1999
nextevent=The Great American Bash 1999

Slamboree 1999 took place on May 9 1999 from the TWA Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.

*Dark match: Dale Torborg defeated Johnny Swinger
*Raven and Saturn defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman (c), and Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit (w/Arn Anderson) in a Triangle match to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (17:28)
**Raven pinned Kidman after a top-rope Evenflow DDT following interference from Chris Kanyon.
*Konnan defeated Stevie Ray (w/Vincent and Horace Hogan) (6:10)
**Konnan pinned Ray with a roll-up following interference from Rey Misterio, Jr..
*Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Brian Knobbs in a Hardcore match (11:29)
**Bigelow pinned Knobbs after a Suplex through a souvenir stand to win the title "King of Hardcore".
*Rick Steiner defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Television Championship (11:08)
**Steiner pinned Booker after a Steiner Bulldog.
*Gorgeous George (w/Madusa, Miss Madness and Randy Savage) defeated Charles Robinson (w/Asya and Ric Flair) (10:39)
**George pinned Robinson after a Flying Elbowdrop.
**As a result of George winning, Savage was reinstated in WCW.
*Scott Steiner defeated Buff Bagwell to retain the WCW United States Championship (7:11)
**Steiner forced Bagwell to submit with the Steiner Recliner.
**After the match, Rick Steiner came out and helped Scott attack Bagwell.
*Roddy Piper defeated Ric Flair (w/Arn Anderson and Asya) by disqualification (12:10)
**Flair originally won by pinfall, but Eric Bischoff came out and disqualified Flair for hitting Piper with a "international object".
*Sting fought Goldberg to a no-contest (8:17)
**The match was declared a no-contest after Bret Hart came out and attacked the referee,
**After the match, The Steiner Brothers came out and attacked both Sting and Goldberg.
*Kevin Nash defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (16:45)
**Nash pinned Page after a Jacknife Powerbomb.

2000

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Slamboree 2000


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=May 7 2000
venue=Kemper Arena
city=Kansas City, Missouri
attendance=7,165
lastevent=Spring Stampede 2000
nextevent=The Great American Bash 2000

Slamboree 2000 took place on May 7 2000 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

*Chris Candido (w/Tammy Lynn Sytch) defeated The Artist (w/Paisley) to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (7:59)
**Candido pinned The Artist after a Diving Headbutt.
*Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley and Ralphus in a Handicap Hardcore match to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship (10:03)
**Funk pinned Smiley with a Small Package.
*Shawn Stasiak defeated Curt Hennig (7:54)
**Stasiak pinned Hennig with a Fisherman's Suplex.
*Scott Steiner (w/Midajah and Shakira) defeated Captain Rection to retain the WCW United States Championship (9:24)
**Steiner forced Rection to submit with the Steiner Recliner.
*Mike Awesome fought Kanyon to a no-contest (12:11)
**The match was declared a no-contest after Kevin Nash, Billy Kidman, Vampiro, Chris Candido, Shane Douglas, Ric Flair, and Sting all interfered in the match.
*The Total Package defeated Buff Bagwell (9:30)
**Total Package forced Bagwell to submit with the Torture Rack.
**After the match, Chuck Palumbo attacked TP and put him in the Torture Rack.
*Shane Douglas defeated Ric Flair (8:46)
**Douglas pinned Flair after David Flair hit Ric with a baseball bat.
*Sting defeated Vampiro (6:49)
**Sting pinned Vampiro after a Scorpion Deathdrop.
*Hulk Hogan (with Horace Hogan) defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) (with Eric Bischoff as Special Guest Referee) (13:31)
**Hulk pinned Kidman after Kidman missed a splash and went through a table.
*Jeff Jarrett defeated David Arquette (c) and Diamond Dallas Page in a Ready to Rumble Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (15:30)
**Jarrett grabbed the belt to win.
**After the match, Kanyon came out in an attempt to save DDP from a Jarrett and Mike Awesome beatdown, only to have Awesome toss Kanyon off the second tier of the cage onto the entrance ramp.

References

See also

*List of WCW pay-per-view events
*World Championship Wrestling
*WCW Hall of Fame
*Jim Crockett Promotions