CyberSlam (1997) was the second CyberSlam professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event was held on two nights on February 21 and February 22. The first CyberSlam show was held on February 21, 1997 in Lost Battalion Hall, Queens, New York and the second show was held on February 22, 1997 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eliminators versus Sabu and Rob Van Dam was included on the 2012 WWE DVD and Blu-ray release ECW Unreleased: Vol 1. Storylines The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program Hardcore TV. At Crossing the Line Again, Terry Funk defeated Tommy Rich. After his win, Funk declared his intention of challenging Raven for the World Heavyweight Championship. On the February 20 episode of Hardcore TV, Raven mocked Funk and Tommy Dreamer in his promo. It was announced that Funk and Dreamer would be facing Raven and Brian Lee at the CyberSlam tour. The Sandman defeated D-Von Dudley in a match at Crossing the Line Again. D-Von caned Sandman after the match until his estranged brothers Buh Buh Ray Dudley and Spike Dudley apparently came to make the save until Buh Buh turned heel by attacking Sandman. Spike objected to it but was hit with a 3D, which led to Buh Buh and D-Von forming a tag team The Dudley Boyz. This set up a match between Buh Buh and Spike at CyberSlam. At Crossing the Line Again, The Eliminators defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu in the main event to retain the World Tag Team Championship, This would lead to title matches between the two teams at CyberSlam. An additional match for Sabu was announced against Chris Candido for CyberSlam on the February 20 episode of Hardcore TV. Event Night 1 The show kicked off with a match between Chris Chetti and Balls Mahoney. Mahoney hit a powerslam and a diving elbow drop from the second rope to win the match. Next, The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) took on The Triple Threat members Brian Lee and Chris Candido. Shane Douglas was initially scheduled to compete but pulled a groin muscle due to having fun with Francine. Douglas interfered in the match but