However, after the match, Guerrero confronted Syxx and The Outsiders for interfering in his match. Guerrero won the match after the nWo attacked Page. Īt Starrcade, Eddie Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. On the January 13 episode of Nitro, Giant faced Hogan in a non-title match which ended when the nWo members attacked Giant. 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. Hogan agreed to give Giant, his title shot and then all the nWo members attacked Giant, thus kicking him out of the nWo. Hogan ordered Giant to deliver a Chokeslam to Piper but Giant instead went for Hogan. Later that night, the nWo attacked Roddy Piper due to Piper beating Hogan at Starrcade. 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. 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.
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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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The event involved professional wrestlers performing as heroic and villainous characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WCW. 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.
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. 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.Įight matches were contested at the event and all the matches featured WCW roster versus nWo members. The pay-per-view was presented by the nWo in storyline and the official title of the event was nWo Souled Out. The event took place on Janufrom the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Souled Out (1997) was the inaugural Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The World Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us Promotional poster featuring The Giant, Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash
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