Wcw souled out 1997 big bubba hugh morris
Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Lizmark Jr., and Chavo Guerrero Jr. (I’ll get more in depth with that show eventually.) 1998 was supposed to be the year that NWO started to show cracks in the armor, so how would they fare at the first PPV of the year? From Dayton, Ohio, it’s Souled Out!ġ. Starrcade 1997 was supposed to be the turning point for WCW, but they severely blew the booking of that show. At every turn, they were made to be the guys on top, and WCW wasn’t booked to be on their level. Throughout 1997, the NWO ran roughshod through WCW. 1997 souled out hollywood hogan the giant wcw championship terrible Unless you’re dying to see Eric Bischoff make out with middle aged women, stay very far away from this. While there are worse shows out there, it is easy to see why this is often referred to as one of the worst PPVs of all time. Trust me, it is much worse than you think. To make matters worse, throughout the night we get the Miss NWO Contest. The matches are terrible, technical issues plague the show, the presentation is boring, and they kill the crowd so dead that this might be legally classified as a mass murder. These guys have had better matches, there is nothing here worth seeing.Įverything about this show is terrible. Giant dominates Hogan until the NWO turns everything into a giant mess. Nobody will ever accuse Hogan or Giant of being amazing athletes, but they can’t even manage to be entertaining here. The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship: What a stinker of a main event. Worth checking out if you’re interested.Ĩ. While it isn’t as good as I’ve heard some people make it out to be, it stands out above everything else on the show, and the finish gets the biggest pop of the night from the crowd. After two hours of slow, boring nonsense, we get two guys that deliver a fairly exciting match. Syxx in a Ladder Match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: This is easily the best match on the show. Not even noteworthy for the title change.ħ. Thankfully, they switch up the booking a bit, but still manage to make the Steiners look foolish with a dash of nonsense. It almost feels like these four guys would rather be anywhere else than here. Despite going nearly fifteen minutes, almost nothing happens during this match. The Outsiders for the WCW World Tag Team Championship: You can probably see where this is going. Another slow, boring affair that the fans didn’t care about.Ħ. This was during the time that the NWO were courting DDP, and that pretty much dominates the whole match. Diamond Dallas Page: 1997 was a breakthrough year for DDP, but even he couldn’t salvage a good match out of Norton. Enjoyable match, but not very memorable.ĥ. If this aired on Nitro, this would have been fine, but charging people top dollar for this weak payoff is insane. This clash between the former American Males teammates was better than everything before it, but it wasn’t worthy of being on PPV. Scotty Riggs: For the first time on this show, we get a decent match that has a story coming in. Once again, it suffers from the same issues that plagued the last two matches, this one is easily much worse in quality from the matches that preceded it.Ĥ. Being that this was an NWO show, anybody from WCW either loses or stumbles their way to victory. Wallstreet: This match shed light on another major issue with this show. While this match is also slow and boring, there is a very WCW ending for the match that somehow manages to be both eye-rolling and unintentionally hilarious.ģ. Much like the last match, there is zero heat, and the crowd just doesn’t care. Hugh Morris in a Mexican Death Match: A Mexican Death Match in Iowa between two Americans. There is zero chemistry between the two, and the match has zero heat. Chono only appears here as part of a working relationship with NJPW, and with no story going into this match, the fans sit on their hands the whole time. Chris Jericho: The problems with this show begin with the first match. From Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this is Souled Out!ġ. In order to see if that would be a viable concept, it was decided to give the NWO their own pay-per-view. Not content with adding everybody and their mother to the ranks, WCW officials initially to have a second weekly show that centered entirely around the NWO. Between July 1996 and January 1997, membership grew to an unnecessary level. After the undeniable success of the NWO throughout the second half of 1996, WCW knew they wanted to expand the concept.