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On This Day In Wrestling History: May 18th

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Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on May 18th.

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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (May 18, 1997) – WCW SLAMBOREE 1997

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 18, 1997, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Slamboree 1997’ LIVE on PPV from the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This was the 5th WCW Slamboree pay-per-view out of 8 that aired between 1993 and 2000.

It had the tagline “The Tradition Continues…”.

The results can be found here:

WCW World Television Championship: Lord Steven Regal defeated Ultimate Dragon (c)

Madusa defeated Luna Vachon

Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Yuji Yasuraoka

Glacier defeated Mortis by DQ

WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Dean Malenko (c) defeated Jeff Jarrett

Death match: Meng defeated Chris Benoit

The Steiner Brothersdefeated Konnan and Hugh Morrus

Steve McMichael defeated Reggie White

Ric Flair, Roddy Piper & Kevin Greene defeated Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & Syxx

 

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