WCW Souled Out (1997)
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|[[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|Big Bubba Rogers]] defeated [[Bill <!--Taylor--> DeFord|Hugh Morrus]] (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) | |[[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|Big Bubba Rogers]] defeated [[Bill <!--Taylor--> DeFord|Hugh Morrus]] (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) | ||
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Mexican Death match]] | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Mexican Death match]] | ||
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| + | |[[Bejamin Moss|Jeff Jarrett]] defeated [[Jay Hellbusch|Mr. Wallstreet]] | ||
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| + | |[[Jeffery <!--Mahana--> Bagwell|Buff Bagwell]] defeated [[Bob Ridgeway|Scotty Riggs]] | ||
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| + | |[[Richard Ouren|Scott Norton]] defeated [[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] via countout | ||
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| + | |[[The Hunter Brothers]] ([[Rick Hunter]] and [[Scott Hunter]]) defeated [[The Outsiders (professional wrestling)|The Outsiders]] ([[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]]) (c) | ||
| + | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types|Tag team match]] for the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] | ||
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| + | |[[Brian McAlmond|Eddie Guerrero]] (c) defeated [[Sean McCurry|Syxx]] | ||
| + | |[[Ladder Match|Ladder match]] for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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| + | |[[Hulk Hogan|Hollywood Hogan]] (c) fought [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] to a no contest | ||
| + | |Singles match for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] | ||
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| colspan="4"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}} | | colspan="4"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}} | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 23 October 2018
| Souled Out (1997) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring The Giant, Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Brand(s) | nWo | |
| Date | January 25, 1997 | |
| City | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |
| Venue | Five Seasons Center | |
| Attendance | 5,120 | |
| Tagline(s) | The World Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Starrcade (1996) | ← Next SuperBrawl VII | |
| Souled Out chronology | ||
| ← Previous First | ← Next Souled Out (1998) | |
Souled Out (1997) was the inaugural Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on January 25, 1997 from the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The pay-per-view was presented by the nWo in storyline and the official title of the event was nWo Souled Out. It was an nWo-themed pay-per-view, with nWo official referee Nick Patrick officiating all of the matches by wearing an nWo T-shirt and cap and the group's members Eric Bischoff and Kyle DiBiase providing commentary.
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.
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Storylines
The event involved professional wrestlers performing as heroic and villainous characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WCW. Storylines between the characters played out on WCW's primary television programs, Monday Nitro, Saturday Night, WorldWide, Pro and Main Event.
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. 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. On the January 13 episode of Nitro, Giant faced Hogan in a non-title match which ended when the nWo members attacked Giant.
At Starrcade, Eddie Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Guerrero won the match after the nWo attacked Page. However, after the match, Guerrero confronted Syxx and The Outsiders for interfering in his match. The trio beat Guerrero and stole his newly won title belt. On the January 4 episode of Saturday Night, it was announced that Guerrero would defend the title against Syxx at Souled Out.
On the November 25 episode of Monday Nitro, Eric Bischoff gave an ultimatum to all the WCW roster that they would become targets of the nWo if they did not join the group until December 30. The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) came to accept the offer. Riggs was hesitant to accept it while Bagwell accepted the offer and turned on Riggs, thus joining the nWo and breaking up American Males. This set up a match between Bagwell and Riggs at Souled Out.
Event
Preliminary matches
Main event match
Aftermath
Aftermath
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masahiro Chono defeated Chris Jericho | Singles match | |
| 2 | Big Bubba Rogers defeated Hugh Morrus (with Jimmy Heart) | Mexican Death match | |
| 3 | Jeff Jarrett defeated Mr. Wallstreet | Singles match | |
| 4 | Buff Bagwell defeated Scotty Riggs | Singles match | |
| 5 | Scott Norton defeated Diamond Dallas Page via countout | Singles match | |
| 6 | The Hunter Brothers (Rick Hunter and Scott Hunter) defeated The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (c) | Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | |
| 7 | Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Syxx | Ladder match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | |
| 8 | Hollywood Hogan (c) fought The Giant to a no contest | Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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References
Template:1997 WCW Pay-Per-View Events
| World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Events | WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992) | |||
