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The Souled Out logo used for the last edition of the pay-per-view | |
Promotion(s) | World Championship Wrestling |
Brand(s) | nWo (1997) WCW/nWo (1998-1999) |
First event | Souled Out (1997) |
Last event | Souled Out (2000) |
Signature match types | WCW roster vs. nWo members |
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Souled Out was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in January from 1997 through 2000. The 1997 and 1998 WCW Souled Out PPV events were held on Saturdays due to the Super Bowl played the next day, and the 1999 and 2000 shows were held on Sundays.
The event was originally conceived in 1997 as a New World Order exclusive pay-per-view, but did not generate the revenue that WCW had hoped it would, due to a low buy rate and a lack of ticket revenue from hosting the event in such a small facility. The pay-per-view was also created as a testing nWo event in order to see if there was enough demand to having two PPVs per month (one as a WCW event and the other as an nWo event). Despite the initial poor review, WCW elected to keep the event on its calendar (as prior to 1997 it did not have a regular January PPV event) and Souled Out became a co-branded WCW/nWo event during the 1998 edition. This established a practice WCW used throughout 1998, as all of its pay-per-view events that year were co-branded. The co-branding continued until the following Souled Out, when interim WCW President Ric Flair declared that WCW pay-per-views would no longer carry nWo branding.
The final Souled Out event was held in 2000, and WCW renamed its January PPV WCW Sin for 2001. Since its 2001 purchase of WCW, World Wrestling Entertainment has owned the rights to the Souled Out name, but have not used it for a pay-per-view.In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.
Souled Out dates and venues[edit]
nWo-branded event |
Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref(s) |
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Souled Out (1997) | January 25, 1997 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Five Seasons Center | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | [1] |
Souled Out (1998) | January 24, 1998 | Dayton, Ohio | Hara Arena | Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage | [1][2] |
Souled Out (1999) | January 17, 1999 | Charleston, West Virginia | Charleston Civic Center | Goldberg vs. Scott Hall in a Stun GunLadder match | [1][3] |
Souled Out (2000) | January 16, 2000 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Firstar Center | Chris Benoit vs. Sid Vicious for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship with special guest referee Arn Anderson | [1][4] |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
References[edit]
![Souled Souled](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125852556/840816669.jpg)
- ^ abcd'Souled Out pay-per-view results'. The History of WWE. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^'The SmarK Retro Repost – Souled Out '98'. 411Mania. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^'The Furious Flashbacks – WCW Souled Out '99'. 411Mania. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^'The SmarK Retro Repost – Souled Out 2000'. 411Mania. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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Souled Out (1997) | |||
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Promotional poster featuring The Giant, Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash | |||
Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
Brand(s) | nWo | ||
Date | January 25, 1997[1] | ||
City | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | ||
Venue | Five Seasons Center | ||
Attendance | 5,120 | ||
Tagline(s) | The World Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us | ||
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Souled Out (1997) was the inaugural Souled Outprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW).[2] 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 nWoin storyline and the official title of the event was nWo Souled Out. It was an nWo-themed pay-per-view, with nWo official refereeNick Patrick officiating all of the matches by wearing an nWo T-shirt and cap and the group's membersEric Bischoff and Ted 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.[3]
![Souled Out 1997 Souled Out 1997](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125852556/776568364.jpg)
YouTube Encyclopedic
- ✪ Hollywood Hogan vs. The Giant: Souled Out 1997
- ✪ Kevin Nash On The DISASTROUS NWO Souled Out 1997 PPV
- ✪ Eric Bischoff shoots on calling Souled Out 97 with Ted Dibiase
- ✪ Eddie Guerrero vs. Syxx - Cruiserweight Championship Ladder Match: nWo Souled Out:, January 25, 1997
- ✪ Eric Bischoff shoots on the failure of Souled Out 1997
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