CyberSlam (1996) was the first CyberSlam professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on February 17, 1996 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. 10 professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Raven defeated The Sandman to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Other featured matches on the card were Shane Douglas versus Cactus Jack, 2 Cold Scorpio versus Sabu for the ECW World Television Championship and Francine and the Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) versus Stevie Richards and the Eliminators (Kronus and Saturn) in a dog collar match. The event also featured the ECW return of Brian Pillman who had left from World Championship Wrestling after the SuperBrawl VI pay-per-view six days prior. Excerpts from CyberSlam aired on episodes #148, #149, and #150 of ECW Hardcore TV on February 200, February 27, and March 5, 1996. The bout between Sabu and 2 Cold Scorpio was included on the 2004 WWE DVD release The Rise and Fall of ECW and the 2009 WWE DVD release Wrestling's Highest Flyers, while the bout between Cactus Jack and Shane Douglas was included on the 2012 WWE DVD and Blu-ray release ECW Unreleased: Vol 1 and the 2013 WWE DVD and Blu-ray release For All Mankind: The Life and Career of Mick Foley. 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. On the January 30 episode of Hardcore TV, Raven defeated The Sandman to win the World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Sandman turned face by refusing Woman's offer to jump to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). At Big Apple Blizzard Blast, Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie offered Sandman to back out of another title match with Raven but Sandman told Richards to warn Raven that he would be coming for the title and then left the ring. Raven would then join the ring and Missy Hyatt came to confront Raven and refused his offer to join him and then Sandman came back and cleared Raven and his group from the ring with a kendo stick. On the February 6 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Raven would defend the