Slamboree - 1997

1997

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

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• 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.
• Lord Steven Regal defeated Último Dragón (with 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 Mysterio, Jr. defeated Yuji Yasuraoka (14:58)
  • Misterio pinned Yasuraoka with a Hurricanrana.
• Glacier defeated Mortis (with James Vandenberg) by disqualification (1:51)
  • Mortis was disqualified when Wrath attacked Glacier.
  • Ernest Miller ran in from the crowd to save Glacier from a double-team attack by Mortis and Wrath following the match.
• Dean Malenko defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) to retain the WCW United States Championship (14:54)
  • Malenko forced Jarrett to submit with the Texas Cloverleaf.
  • During the match, Steve McMichael came out and tossed Jarrett into the ring and escorted Debra to the back.
• Meng defeated Chris Benoit (with Woman) in a Death match (14:54)
  • Meng won when Benoit passed out while in the Tongan Death Grip.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Konnan and Hugh Morrus (with Jimmy Hart) (9:35)
  • Rick pinned Morrus after Scott hit Morrus with a Frankensteiner.
  • After the match, Konnan attacked Morrus for losing the match.
• Steve McMichael (with Debra McMichael) defeated Reggie White (with Kent Johnston) (15:17)
  • McMichael pinned White after hitting him with a second Halliburton briefcase after the first one was taken away from Mongo.
  • During the match, Gilbert Brown came out on White's behalf and carried Mongo back to the ring after Mongo began walking to the back.
• Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Kevin Greene defeated The nWo (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx) (17:20)
  • Greene pinned Syxx after a Running Powerslam while Flair had Hall in the Figure Four Leg Lock and Piper put Nash in the Sleeper Hold.