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Souled Out (1997)

Souled Out (1997)
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Promotional poster featuring The Giant, Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash
Tagline(s) The World Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Brand(s) nWo
Date January 25, 1997
Attendance 5,120
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) was the first 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 Ted DiBiase providing commentary.

Seven 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.

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.


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