WCW president/nWo member Eric Bischoff and Ted DiBiase provided commentary. This was an nWo sponsored PPV, all of the matches were nWo versus WCW. Souled Out 1997, and also known as nWo Souled Out, took place on Janufrom the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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And this week, Brian Zane takes a closer look at the New World Order's attempt to go so.Glacier was still undefeated and being pushed somewhat seriously at this point. It's considered to be one of the worst PPVs in the history of WCW. The event took place on Janufrom 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. From the original look & feel, to the surprising amount of pretty damn good matches found here, plus a.1) Glacier defeats Bobby Eaton with the Cryonic Kick in 1:55Souled Out (1997) was the inaugural Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Summary: I dig the hell out of this show. The 19 WCW Souled Out PPV events were held on Saturdays due to the Super Bowl played the next day, and the 19 shows were held on Sundays.Announcers: Tony Schiavone & Larry ZbyszkoThis entry was posted in Meanwhile in WCW, Nitro, The Way We Was, WCW and tagged Chris Benoit Kevin Sullivan, Chris Benoit Woman, DDP swerves nwo, Debra McMichael, Diamond Dallas Page NWO, Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Lex Luger, Macho Man return to WCW 1997, Miss nWo contest, Monday Night Wars, nWo Souled Out 1997 results, nWo Souled Out 1997.
5– Tony and Larry run down our program and still manage to work in Starrcade, Roddy Piper and 1996 as a whole. Eaton goes to the eye to try and take control but eats the Cryonic Kick for the quick win. Tony talks about Starrcade and gushes over Roddy Piper’s big win over Hollywood Hogan as Glacier tosses Eaton around. Glacier works in his usual “martial arts” offense to take the early control. Larry points out that Eaton struggles in singles competition, as he is a great tag partner and that sometimes makes you too reliant on your teammate. Glacier gets his usual laser and snow-filled entrance.
He announces that the Main Event will be Hollywood Hogan defending against the Giant. Tony then mentions the debut of a new pay per view that is just weeks away: NWO Souled Out. Larry claims the strap match is right up Konnan’s alley for some reason. Now we see clips of Big Bubba turning on the Dungeon of Doom and joining the NWO and highlights of Bubba choking out Konnan with a leather strap.2) Konnan beats Big Bubba in a Mexican Strap Match in 5:51Tony pimps next week’s Nitro at the Superdome, claiming the three biggest events of the New Year will take place there, the other two being the Sugar Bowl and Super Bowl.
Jimmy Hart distracts Bubba which gives Konnan the advantage and he lights Bubba up with the strap, but Bubba quickly regains control. Tony references Bubba’s cockiness to explain why the NWO wanted him. Bubba gets the upper hand early out the gate and uses the strap to beat on and choke out Konnan.
Bubba yanks him down and then punches Konnan in the face, which sends him careening into the forth corner and the win. Konnan gets back up and tags 3 corners as Bubba is caught in the strap. Konnan finally wakes up and gets the crowd going with a bit of a comeback, but that ends quickly again. We get more Piper and Starrcade talk as the two men just trade shots with the straps as they lose the crowd. Konnan wraps the strap around Bubba’s face and drags him around, but can’t get all 4 posts touched.
Gene claims to have a tape to show Kevin of someone other than Woman and Sullivan acts spooked and walks away.– We come back from break as Gene welcomes out the Four Horsemen sans Woman and Benoit. Gene then tells Sullivan that he and Benoit should get their acts together and join up against the NWO. Sullivan takes offense to Gene bringing up the feud. Grade: 1– Mean Gene talks to Kevin Sullivan in the back about 1996 and Chris Benoit and Woman. Not a horrid match, but not really any good as it was mainly whipping, choking and punching. Bubba beats him down after the bell, landing the Sidewalk Slam at the end.
Jarrett continues to explain why he deserves to be a Horseman and lands a nasty shot about Arn being the second fiddle which leads to Arn popping him in the face and an impromptu match.3) Jeff Jarrett beats Arn Anderson with a Neckbreaker in 1:04Arn beats on Jarrett as the crowd heats up and chants “DDT” while Mongo cheers Double A on from outside. He kisses up to Flair and makes his case to replace the “part time Horseman” Benoit, but Arn cuts him off and puts him in his place. Debra mentions Jeff Jarrett, and out he comes to join in the fun. Debra takes a chance to run down Woman while singing the praises of the rest of the Horsemen. Flair makes some double entendres about the couple which we let slide by for obvious reasons. Arn says he is confused about what is going on with Benoit and asks Flair if he knows what is up.
Arn then gets pissed off at Flair and storms off as Flair chases behind him. This leads to Mongo defending her even though he doesn’t like Jarrett and the five way fight carries on until Flair finally calms things down and shakes hands with Jarrett. After the match, everyone gets in each others faces as Debra defends Jarrett as Flair gets in his face.
The announcers have no idea where Page is and I am very confused. Now Jim Duggan’s music starts and apparently he will be replacing DDP in this match. DDP doesn’t come out, so TV Champ Steven Regal’s music fires up and he makes his way to the ring. Larry claims it is because Kevin had been wrestling the year before. Grade: 04) Lord Steven Regal wrestles Jim Duggan to a Time Limit Draw at 8:25 Regal retains the WCW Television TitleDiamond Dallas Page’s music plays as Tony congratulates Kevin Greene and the Carolina Panthers on advancing to the NFC Championship Game.
Duggan controls the match early as Bischoff speculates on Page’s whereabouts and then claims that he has officially joined up with the NWO and is out with Scott Hall making if official right now. Bischoff thanks his third grade teacher for instilling all the qualities that made him the man he is. Larry and Tony quickly vacate the area as the NWO members take over the headsets. We cut to the aisle to see Kevin Nash, Syxx and Eric Bischoff coming over the broadcast booth.
Nash gets a funny line about really wanting someone to hit Duggan in the face before talking about Souled Out as Bischoff mocks Vince McMahon and says the PPV will be “unbelievable” and that “anything can happen”. This is of course in reference to the fact that he and Page were neighbors. Bisch drops another inside line as he claims that Page can come over on the weekends for a beer now that he has gone NWO.
We get more Piper talk as Tony continues to wish he would join up and lead the troops. Powers has a bloated Teddy Long in his corner as he starts off hot, but is quickly taken down by the bigger Morrus. Grade: 15) Hugh Morrus defeats Jim Powers with the No Laughing Matter at 1:40Tony and Larry are back in the booth as Tony speaks highly of Duggan waving the WCW colors.
Heenan lands a couple of funny jabs about Tony’s wife that even cracks him up.6) Rey Mysterio, Jr. Tenay says the issue is with Benoit being a part time Horseman as Tony pushes his theory about women destroying them, which Bobby backs up. 5Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan & Mike Tenay– Tony welcomes in Bobby and Mike as he talks about problems within the Four Horsemen. We get the Pep Boys Power Pin of the Week as some weird porn music plays us out of Hour 1. Morrus battles back and lands the No Laughing Matter for the quick win.
The two battle back and forth until Rey ends up on the floor. Mike updates us about a show at the Tokyo Dome in which Ultimo Dragon lost the 8 Unified Titles to Jushin Liger, but lets us know the WCW Cruiserweight Title was not on the line, so Dragon is still the champ. Psychosis starts off on offense and tosses Rey to the floor with a nice looking hiptoss but botches a springboard Moonsault.
Psychosis nails a perfect Guillotine Legdrop and follows up with a Powerbomb, but Rey manages to barely kick out of both moves. Tony mentions the upcoming Clash of the Champions for the first time and announces an Ultimo Dragon/Jushin Liger title match for the show. Rey retaliates with a somersault Plancha to the floor.
Grade: 2.57) Kevin Sullivan defeats Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Rey is tossed into the ropes, but handsprings to the outside and comes back in off the top with a springboard Huracarrana for the pin.
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