WCW Slamboree 1997 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

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WCW Slamboree 1997 took place in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 18th 1997. The main event featured the return of Ric Flair when The Nature Boy, Roddy Piper and Kevin Greene took on Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Syxx of the nWo. The main event was all about the nWo wanting to destroy tradition and making the legends of wrestling pay for leaving potholes in the road for the new generation to travel on. With Slamboree being held in Flair Country, the audience is extremely hyped up and excited for the main event.
Elsewhere on the card, Steve McMichael has a terrible match with Reggie White. Chris Benoit takes on Meng, Double J Jeff Jarrett gets a shot at the US title, and the show opens up with an excellent TV Title match when Ultimo Dragon degends the gold against Steve Regal.
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Ultimo Dragon vs Steve Regal
04:52 - Madusa vs Luna Vachon
06:12 - Savage & DDP Promo
07:25 - Rey Mysterio vs Yuji Yasuraoka
08:28 - Mortis vs Glacier
12:09 - Dean Malenko vs Jeff Jarrett
13:50 - Meng vs Chris Benoit
17:59 - The Steiner Brothers vs Hugh Morrus & Konnan
20:22 - Steve McMichael vs Reggie White
24:57 - Piper, Flair & Greene vs Hall, Nash & Syxx
33:00 - Final thoughts
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Amazing main event and one of the rare times the nWo lost clean in the center of the ring. Although I’m not a massive NFL fan, Kevin Greene really held his own in that six man tag. And Benoit vs Meng was such a hidden gem when talking about undercard matches from that era.

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RIP Kevin Greene, the match between Regal vs Ultimo was really good. Decent ppv overall.

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RIP to Reggie White as well.

[@chrisanderson1069]

Watched this PPV just a few weeks ago and it was my match of the night. Thought the main event was really fun as well.

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I got to meet Kevin Greene when I was a kid and he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was such an awesome person!!

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I was one of the 220,000 who bought the PPV as a kid, eBay helped 1997 and 1998 Nitros and PPVs after WWE started going after a lot of videos. Just watched Slamboree last week

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Mortis' selling of Millers kick was fantastic.

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Kanyons selling was fantastic period

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And still released it on Sunday 😱😎🎅

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Glad they gave Luna some time to wrestle in front of a great crowd. RIP Luna Vachon

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Pretty great show from WCW's peak era before it all began to go very wrong.

[@partypoppers1988]

Slamboree was pure fun, something which is missing from a whole lot of modern wrestling. It also emphasised how much better the WCW roster was than the WWF one was, at this moment in time.

[@martynodonnell8467]

It’s amazing that the WCW roster was better. However they were, for the most part, poorly booked. With WWF having the better show, for the most part, with a much thinner roster. At a time when WCW were winning in “the war”

[@arvind13]

wwf had the better main event roster. austin undertaker bret shawn foley vs nash hall hogan flair sting ddp

[@gst013]

Sooooooo much deeper in the midcard and upper midcard. And yet they insisted on booking garbage like the endless horsemen infighting between the same two guys storyline that never went anywhere, and things like 15 minute match between Mongo and Reggie White while so many of their guys weren't even on the card.

[@JM1993951]

@@martynodonnell8467 it’s actually kind of frustrating to see WCW win the ratings each week when WWF has been putting on better shows for a while.

[@Wadzillia]

I went to this show, it felt like the Crockett house shows in the 80s. Good times, and good memories.

[@toptenguy1]

I always saw this as a perfectly acceptable "B" PPV main event. The home guys got a big win (Mostly Flair and Greene), just like Bret and crew in Calgary a few months later. Works for me!

[@kvonjaco]

Well don't chemistry that Hall and Nash had too!

[@firewalker1372]

Regal was so damn smug, but he was such a great wrestler. You got to respect him for that.

[@jasonmartinson7758]

Fit finlay vs glacier would have been fun to watch! Lol

[@thehottag3763]

Regal was straight fire highly underrated

[@ThunderBunny10mm]

The Meng v Benoit match was the manliest thing I’ve seen in a long time and makes me wonder what would a Meng v Regal match would’ve been like without being called off due to outside interference. Also, seeing the nWo being defeated cleanly was a rare treat. I am so glad you’re doing the PPVs with the RTW series and able to relieve my childhood.

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I kinda wonder what Benoit would have rated on the manly meter though

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I didn't appreciate how great regal was back in the day

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"Glacier wins via DQ but I don't care." Around this time I had this attitude for all WCW/WWF matches. It doesn't matter who wins or lose, but who kicks the most @$$ by the end of the match. Great video and great series. This is one of my favorite channels.

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I freaking loved the Glacier, Mortis, and Wrath storyline.

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being 40 nowm Im suprised how much I accepted Roddy Piper as a main eventer back then. I feel like he was kinda past his prime but, I was sold as him being a main eventer even as a teenager.

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Earnest "The Cat" Miller, the original owner of "Somebody Call My Momma" theme

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The fact the main event wasnt a DQ finish shows WCW still had a modicum of sense at the time

[@DrewTruthLA]

Ernest miller was a good character I remember him well!

[@LethalFoXx925]

Watched this PPV as a kid! Absolutely one of my favorites!

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It's a sin whenever people list the greatest ring technicians: Bret Hart, Dynamite Kid, Lance Storm, etc, etc, and they forget Reggie White and Mongo!!!!!!!!

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I am a Canadian, and I actually remember a mainstream news outlet talk about the Mongo/Reggie White match. So I guess Bischoff got what he wanted out of it. Their quote was : "Unfortunately this one ends in controversy due to the old briefcase trick" "Oh no! Not the briefcase trick!!" lol

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Stumbled upon this series a few months ago, what a find. This has been so much fun reliving this. Just want to say thank you for all the work this takes.

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The Glacier hate is hilarious 😁

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It's an honor to have my ticket stub featured in the beginning of the video! I really enjoyed this event, I had great seats just off the floor opposite the entrance. The crowd in "Shawlatte" is always hot when Flair is on the card. I need to rewatch the whole thing, because I forgot a lot of it as I watched this. As you said, Ultimo Dragon vs Regal was excellent but the main event was so much fun with all parties doing their thing and a fantastic ending. I really enjoyed your assessments of all the matches.

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Glacial intellect....

[@derjude5758]

Ultimo Dragon was my first favorite wrestler as a 3 year old. Reliving the war reminds me of why he was. I love me some Ultimo Dragon!

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Loving the whole reliving the war and ppv reviews especially when glacier is mentioned lol Great content as usual

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I was actually at this event. The pop Ric Flair got was UNREAL. That event was worth it off of that alone.

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The Main Event was a perfect storm for great story telling. Even having Green in there helped, he was the hometown hero in the story combined with Flair that crowd was easily gonna be on fire as long as none of them phoned it in. And McMichael and White is just a necessary evil. Moves like that are the exact reason wrestling was seeing a boom all those NFL fans getting exposed to the awesomeness of wrestling was priceless

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1997: Year of the Nerve pinch

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I like when Hall gets all hyped up and points at his opponent.

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I remember the crowd going wild for most of this Ppv especially during the main event. It really made this show mean something !

[@RolfWrenWalsh]

Ernest Miller had been wrestling on WCW Worldwide for a few weeks prior to Slamboree. Worldwide was WCW's only syndicated show at the time and everything else was on TBS, hence why the announcers claimed they had no clue who he was, as people who didn't get Worldwide at the time OTA (like myself) also didn't know who he was. Watching those Worldwides years later took me by surprise, but then it made sense as it was syndicated and not everyone could watch them. WCW For Life!!!

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Thanks for this additional info

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Really wish WCW would have paid attention to that main event reaction there. You need give and take when it comes to heels and faces, and that buildup on both sides should be commended.

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Ernest Miller had the original trouble in paradise before Kofi

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Nice avoidance of not gauging Benoit on the Meng Manly Meter, that'd cause just a hilarious debate and protest.

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Benoit is truly manly and breaks the meter.

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"He's a fan of Glacier so he is no friend of mine" LOLOLOL!!!! Great video and commentary per usual

[@nonamebill7421]

When I watched the Jarrett vs Malenko match last year. I thought it was great. Although their rematch on nitro in a few weeks was better.

[@ManlikeMarcC]

This was one of the best videos you have done, been watching for several months now and this had the best punchlines. Especially the glacier nicknames were hilarious. Hope you have been enjoying this festive period. Great video

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That main event was really. Good the crowd was into it

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been watching this channel since day 1 and still get excited about watching new content.... . Merry Christmas jabronies 🎅🎁

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Thank you sir. I'd only ever seen this once. I was 12 years old with my buddy from up the street and my father. My father bought the PPV for us that weekend and watched with us. He was a Carolina Flair fan.

[@matrivalries]

Kevin Greene was underrated.

[@RobJaskula]

And he was mainstream Cool in 1997. White might have been the GOAT lineman, but Greene had an It factor at the time.

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Early Kaz Hyashi with that hairstyle and that entrance walk reminded me of Hook lol

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Woooooooooo So glad youve added the ppv's to go along with the RTW series.

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Very disappointed there was no Meng Manly Meter for his match vs. Benoit. I get it. But this was an oversight. Regardless, great content this year. Can't wait for 2022. Keep it up

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

No Meng Manly Meter for Benoit might of been done on purpose.

[@_TheShowStopper]

The Main Event was way better than expected! Hope You & Your Family have/had A Great Christmas & A great break!

[@Robman0908]

Ernest Miller was highly underrated. His promos along with Big Poppa Pumps promos were some of the best on the entire show.

[@brandonperkins176]

If I have choose a good '97 wrestling PPV between Slamboree & Cold Day in Hell, this one was pretty good. One thing I know I will get fussed at is no WCW World Heavyweight Championship match. Still good though

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It didn't get defended until August in Sturgis. But Lex Luger mentioned in a promo later that Hogan hasn't defended the title in more than 30 days so he's overdue from February which was Hogan's last title defense.

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Omg. Your dialogue referring to glacier is awesome. Class act 🤟🍷

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4:08 Regal just Samoa Joe'd Ultimo Dragon

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Can’t wait until the episode with the “Sting Army”.

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Truly the best wrestling show on KZbin. I will never tire of hearing you bury Glacier.

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[@BusterGutts]

That Mortis stair drop looked great because they practiced it like 10 times right before doors opened. I was sitting in the Crockett box after coming from backstage. Doors hadn’t opened yet. They practiced this over and over and besides myself, Ernest was the only one sitting in the arena. They practiced his entrance jumping from the crowd, too. An announcer announced “5 minutes before doors open!” They all shook hands and went to the back. Crowd came in clueless.

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Awesome Video As usual 👍

[@Vaga-Bard]

Honestly regal vs ultimo dragon seems like a dream match.. Ftr. Ultimo dragon was my chosen character when I played nwo vs the world on n64. Didn't know who he was, but dammit he was cool..

[@ant4158]

This is the most I've seen Nash sell...Syxx and Hall always sold well

[@derekshropshire2513]

I was there, still one of my favorite ppvs. Regal v Dragon was awesome. Sadly Rey wasn't as big a star then and most of the people didn't know who Yugi was. I remember a lot of the crowd used that match to go to the bathroom or get snacks so it was really quiet during that one. I've talked to Glacier personally about this match he was injured during this match and wasn't able to move very well. No one cared about the Mongo match. Also remember a fight breaking out in the crowd between fans, it happened up and to the left of the hard camera. After the show went off the nWo cut a promo and the crowd threw so much trash in the ring at them. That was a great time to be a fan.

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Happy Holidays to you. I hope you had a Christmas and will have a great New Year.

[@victoryusmc]

I watched it all over again from the beginning, was able to catch up just in time!

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You made it on Sunday, you legend!