Slamboree - 1998

1998

Slamboree 1998 took place on May 17, 1998 from The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts and featured a double main event.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• 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 (with Vincent) (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, Psychosis, Silver King, Super Caló, Johnny Swinger, and Villano IV (8:27)
  • The winner of the battle royal was to receive an immediate WCW Cruiserweight Championship opportunity against champion Chris Jericho.
  • "Ciclope" and Guerrera were the last two competitors in the match; the two wrestlers shook hands and Guerrera climbed out over the top rope to give "Ciclope" the victory.
  • "Ciclope" then unmasked, revealing himself as Dean Malenko.
• Dean Malenko defeated Chris Jericho to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (7:02)
  • Malenko forced Jericho to submit with the Texas Cloverleaf.
  • Malenko was stripped of the championship two weeks later on Nitro for his actions in the battle royal.
• 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.
• Eddie Guerrero (with Chavo Guerrero, Jr.) defeated Ultimo Dragon (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.
  • The match was originally supposed to be a gauntlet match where Goldberg was supposed to take on each member of The Flock, where if Goldberg lost to any of the Flock members Raven would regain the United States Championship Goldberg had taken from him. That changed the night of the show.
• Eric Bischoff "defeated" Vince McMahon (0:10)
  • Bischoff had made a challenge on the episode of WCW Monday Nitro six days before Slamboree for McMahon to show up and wrestle him.
  • McMahon didn't show up and Bischoff ordered the referee to start the match and count to ten, then was awarded the win by countout.
• Bret Hart defeated Randy Savage (with Roddy Piper as Special Guest Referee) (16:38)
  • Hart forced Savage to submit with the Sharpshooter.
  • The following night on Nitro, Piper changed his decision and declared Savage as the winner by disqualification.
  • During the match, Miss Elizabeth interfered on Savage's behalf.
• Sting and The Giant defeated The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (with Dusty Rhodes) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (14:46)
  • Giant pinned Nash after Hall hit Nash with one of the Tag Team Championship belts.
  • After the match, Hall, Rhodes, and Giant celebrated; Hall and Rhodes then joined nWo Hollywood.
  • The match was signed before Giant's defection to nWo Hollywood, and the titles would eventually be held up as Sting was no longer a willing partner to Giant.