Souled Out (1997)
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Souled Out (1997) | |||
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Attendance | 5,120 | ||
Tagline(s) | Finally... a Pay-Per-View Worth Watching The World Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us. | ||
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Souled Out (1997) was the inaugural
Eight matches were contested at the event and all the matches featured WCW roster versus nWo members. nWo leader Hollywood Hogan defended the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against WCW's The Giant in the main event as Giant invoked his title opportunity which he earned by winning the 1996 World War 3. The match ended in a no contest when the nWo referee Nick Patrick stopped counting the pinfall for Giant and the nWo members interfered to attack him.[3]
Storylines
The event involved professional wrestlers performing as
nWo member The Giant won the World War 3 battle royal at the 1996 World War 3 by last eliminating Lex Luger, which entitled him to a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at a place and time of his choosing. Giant demanded his title shot against the nWo leader, Hollywood Hogan on the Nitro after Starrcade but Hogan refused to give him a title shot and made fun of him for losing to Luger, the previous night at Starrcade. Later that night, the nWo attacked Roddy Piper due to Piper beating Hogan at Starrcade. Hogan ordered Giant to deliver a Chokeslam to Piper but Giant instead went for Hogan. Hogan agreed to give Giant, his title shot and then all the nWo members attacked Giant, thus kicking him out of the nWo.[5] On the January 4 episode of Saturday Night, it was announced that Hogan would defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Giant at Souled Out.[6] On the January 13 episode of Nitro, Giant faced Hogan in a non-title match which ended when the nWo members attacked Giant.[7]
At Starrcade,
On the November 25 episode of Monday Nitro,
Event
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators
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Eric Bischoff |
Ted DiBiase | |
Interviewer
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Jeff Katz |
Ring announcer | Neal Pruitt |
Referees | Randy Anderson |
Nick Patrick |
Preliminary matches
The opening match of the event featured WCW representative
A
Jeff Jarrett took on Mr. Wallstreet from the nWo. As in the earlier matches of the night, Patrick continued to officiate the match in Wallstreet's advantage until Jarrett's tag team partner and member of The Four Horsemen, Steve McMichael came to the ringside. Jarrett gained momentum in the closing moments of the match by applying a figure four leglock on Wallstreet, but Patrick dragged him to the ropes to break the hold. McMichael nailed Wallstreet with a Halliburton, and then intimidated Patrick into allowing Jarrett to pin him for the win and giving WCW, the first victory of the night.[1][3]
Diamond Dallas Page from WCW faced nWo's Scott Norton. Page dominated the match until Norton's nWo teammates Buff Bagwell, Big Bubba Rogers, Mr. Wallstreet and Vincent showed up at ringside and offered Page to join the nWo. Page apparently accepted the offer but then delivered a Diamond Cutter to Norton and fled the ring. He escaped through the crowd and got counted-out, thus giving Norton, the win by count-out.[1][3]
nWo representatives
The final match on the
Main event match
The
Aftermath
On the January 27 episode of
On the February 3 episode of Monday Nitro, Hogan challenged Roddy Piper to a match, in which he agreed to put his WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Later that night, Piper and Hogan had a confrontation where Piper tried to leave the arena, but Hogan insulted Piper in front of his son Colt. After helping his son out of the ring, Piper stood up to Hogan and accepted the challenge for the match at Superbrawl.[10]
Results
No. | Results The Outsiders (nWo) (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (c) Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | 14:43 | | ||
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7 | Eddie Guerrero (WCW) (c) defeated Syxx (nWo) | Ladder match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship[2] | 13:50 | ||
8 | Hollywood Hogan (nWo) (c) vs. The Giant (WCW) ended in a no contest | Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | 10:52 | ||
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Souled Out pay-per-view results". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^ ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Island of Misfit Shows: nWo Souled Out (1997)". 411Mania. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ^ "WCW Report - 12/28/96 - 12/30/96". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ a b c "WCW Report - 01/04/97 - 01/06/97". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ "WCW Report - 01/13/97 - 01/13/97". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ "WCW Report - 11/23/96 - 11/25/96". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ "WCW Report - 01/25/97 - 01/27/97". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ "WCW Nitro 73". WWE Network. Retrieved 2017-11-27.