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NWO SOULED OUT 1997 CARD PROFESSIONAL
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 (en).Ladder match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (en).Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship (en).Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (en).The Steiner Brothers defeated The Outsiders (en).
Masahiro Chono defeated Chris Jericho (en).Buff Bagwell defeated Scotty Riggs (en).Big Bubba Rogers defeated Hugh Morrus (en).Scott Norton defeated Diamond Dallas Page via countout (en).
Hollywood Hogan fought The Giant to a no contest (en).Promotional poster featuring The Giant, Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash (en).dbr:The_New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling).dbr:List_of_World_Championship_Wrestling_alumni.dbr:The_Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling).dbr:Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms.dbc:January_1997_events_in_the_United_States.dbr:List_of_NWA/WCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events.dbr:Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types.dbr:The_Outsiders_(professional_wrestling).dbr:Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling).dbc:1997_World_Championship_Wrestling_pay-per-view_events.dbr:New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling).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. Eight matches were contested at the event and all the matches featured WCW roster versus nWo members. L'evento si è svolto il 25 gennaio 1997 al di Cedar Rapids. Souled Out 1997 è stata la prima edizione dell'evento in pay-per-view Souled Out, prodotto dalla World Championship Wrestling.