• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (May 19, 1996) – WCW Slamboree 1996
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 19, 1996, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Slamboree 1996’ LIVE on PPV from the Riverside Centroplex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
This was the last WCW pay-per-view before the Take Over invasion angle feat. The Outsiders Scott Hall & Kevin Nash started a week later. The rest is history.
This event featured the infamous “Lethal Lottery” tournament, that – as always – ended in a Battlebowl match.
Here are the results from that night:
Road Warrior Animal & Booker T wrestled Road Warrior Hawk & Lex Luger to a double-countout [“Lethal Lottery”]
The Public Enemy defeated Chris Benoit & The Taskmaster [“Lethal Lottery”]
Rick Steiner & The Booty Man defeated Sgt. Craig Pittman & Scott Steiner [“Lethal Lottery”]
VK Wallstreet & Jim Duggan defeated The Blue Bloods [“Lethal Lottery”]
Dick Slater & Earl Robert Eaton defeated Disco Inferno & Alex Wright [“Lethal Lottery”]
Diamond Dallas Page & The Barbarian defeated Meng & Hugh Morrus [“Lethal Lottery”]
Fire & Ice defeated Big Bubba Rogers & Stevie Ray [“Lethal Lottery”]
Ric Flair & Randy Savage defeated Arn Anderson & Eddie Guerrero [“Lethal Lottery”]
WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Dean Malenko (c) defeated Brad Armstrong
Dick Slater & Earl Robert Eaton defeated VK Wallstreet & Jim Duggan [“Lethal Lottery”]
The Public Enemy defeated Ric Flair & Randy Savage [“Lethal Lottery”]
Diamond Dallas Page & The Barbarian defeated Rick Steiner & The Booty Man [“Lethal Lottery”]
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Konnan (c) defeated Jushin Thunder Liger
Diamond Dallas Page won the Battlebowl match
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: The Giant (c) defeated Sting
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