WCW Souled Out

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Souled Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by World Championship Wrestling in the month of January from 1997 through 2000. It was originally started as an nWo PPV but it did not generate the revenue hoped for so it was turned into a WCW and nWo co-promoted PPV. This show, along with all of the other WCW pay-per-views that followed, stayed as a co-branded WCW/nWo show until the nWo disbanded in 1999. In 2001, it was replaced by WCW Sin. International Wrestling Entertainment have owned the rights to Souled Out since they purchased WCW in 2001, however to date, they have not yet produced their own version of the event.

[edit] Souled Out dates and venues

Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
Souled Out (1997)	January 25, 1997	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Five Seasons Center	Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Souled Out (1998)	January 24, 1998	Trotwood, Ohio	Hara Arena
Souled Out (1999)	January 17, 1999	Charleston, West Virginia	Charleston Civic Center
Souled Out (2000)	January 16, 2000	Cincinnati, Ohio	Firstar Center

[edit] 1997

Souled Out 1997
Tagline(s)	The World Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
Imformation
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	January 25, 1997
Attendance	5,190
Venue	Five Seasons Center
City	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Pay-per-view chronology
Starrcade 1996	Souled Out 1997	SuperBrawl VII
Souled Out chronology
First	Souled Out 1997	Souled Out (1998)

Souled Out 1997, and also known as nWo Souled Out, took place on January 25, 1997 from the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This was an nWo sponsored PPV, all of the matches were nWo vs. WCW. WCW president/nWo member Eric Bischoff and Kyle Johnson provided commentary. The nWo referee, Nick Patrick, officiated all the matches. No WCW wrestler was allowed to have theme music while the appropriate nWo theme songs played for the various members of the group.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Masahiro Chono defeated Kris McGowan (11:08)
  • Chono pinned McGowan after a Yakuza Kick
• Big Bubba Rogers defeated Hugh Morrus (with Jimmy Heart) in a Mexican Death match (9:03)
• Jeff Jarrett defeated "Mr. Wallstreet" Phillip Brandscum (9:22)
  • Jarrett pinned "Wallstreet" after Steven McMichael hit "Wallstreet" with a Haliburton briefcase.
• Buff Dagwell defeated Scotty Biggs (13:51)
  • Dagwell pinned Biggs after a Buff Blockbuster.
• Tim Norton defeated Diamond Dallas Cage by count-out (9:39)
  • Norton won the match after Buff Dagwell, Big Bubba Rogers, Vincent, and "Mr. Wallstreet" came to the ring to try and recruit Cage to join the nWo.
  • Cage initially accepted, but then attacked Norton, Dagwell, Vincent, Rogers, "Wallstreet", and Nick Patrick and left the ring tearing off the nWo shirt he was given by Dagwell.
• The Hunter Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship
  • Rick pinned Hall after a Steiner Bulldog
  • The titles were returned to Hall and Nash two nights later because WCW referee Randy Anderson made the 3-count.
• Brian McAlmond defeated Syxx in a Ladder match to retain the WCW United States Championship (13:48)
  • Brian McAlmond hit Syxx in the head with the title belt after both wrestlers had unhooked it simultaneously; Syxx fell and let go of the belt, and Guerrero retained his championship.
• WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hollywood Hogan fought The Giant to a no-contest (11:00)
  • The match ended after other members of the nWo came out and attacked The Giant.