Slamboree - 1995

1995

Slamboree 1995
Tagline(s) A Legends' Reunion
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date May 21, 1995
Attendance 7,000
Venue Bayfront Arena
City St. Petersburg, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Uncensored 1995 Slamboree 1995 The Great American Bash 1995

Slamboree 1995 took place on May 21, 1995 from the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Eric Bischoff filled in for Tony Schiavone at this event, Schiavone took time off to undergo neck surgery.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

  • Main Event match: The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) defeated Los Especialistas (Especialista I and Especialista II) (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 after a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
    • This was a Quarterfinal match in the WCW United States title tournament.
    • After the match, Road Warrior Hawk attacked Meng.
  • The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (10:52)
    • Sags pinned Booker after an elbow drop following a running powerslam by Knobs.
  • Kevin Sullivan defeated The Man With No Name (5:24)
    • Sullivan pinned TMWNN after a double foot stomp.
  • Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dick Murdoch (6:18)
    • McDaniel pinned Murdoch after a backhand chop.
    • The match was shown in black and white, during the pay-per-view telecast.
    • Gordon Solie joined on commentary with Bobby Heenan.
  • The Great Muta defeated Paul Orndorff to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (14:11)
    • Muta pinned Orndorff with a moonsault.
  • Arn Anderson defeated Alex Wright to retain the WCW World Television Championship (11:36)
    • Anderson pinned Wright following a DDT.
    • Unlike most TV title matches, this match had a 30-minute time limit.
  • Meng fought Road Warrior Hawk to a double countout (4:41)
    • Both men were counted out as they began to fight on the floor
  • 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 to the Scorpion Death Lock after putting him through a table.
  • Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage (with Jimmy Hart and The Renegade) defeated Ric Flair and Vader (with Arn Anderson) (18:57)
    • Hogan pinned Flair with the Atomic Legdrop after Arn Anderson inadvertently knocked Flair down with a double axe handle.
    • Savage's father Angelo Poffo was in the audience near ringside during the match.
    • After the match Flair attacked Savage and Poffo climbed into the ring to protect his son. Flair then attacked Poffo and put him in the Figure 4 leglock.


Read more about this topic:  Slamboree