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The nWo storyline in professional wrestling was one of the most successful and lucrative angles that Eric Bischoff ever produced for World Championship Wrestling. With Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan leading the way, the nWo became incredibly popular with wrestling fans across the world, eventually turning things around for WCW during the Monday Night TV ratings battle and helping WCW to become the biggest, most watched wrestling company in the United States.
With the nWo’s popularity at an all-time high, Eric Bischoff decided to run a special pay per view event based around the heel WCW faction. Happening in January of 1997, nWo Souled Out promised to be like nothing we had ever seen before. In a drastic creative decision, Bischoff decided to move away from the standard PPV events that he (and Vince McMahon) produced in order to create an event that would look and feel very different. Eric was in a good position to experiment with WCW, the company was being handsomely funded by Ted Turner and Time Warner, and so trying things outside of the box was Eric’s philosophy as the nWo grew in popularity. nWo Souled Out, as Eric puts it, was an experiment. The whole show was built to further give the nWo it’s own identity.
This video from Wrestling Bios takes a look at the creation of nWo Souled Out along with an in-depth look at the PPV show itself. Topics covered include:
00:00 - Eric Bischoff sees potential in an nWo PPV
04:03 - The concept of nWo Souled Out
08:24 - The nWo Souled Out PPV Intro
11:17 - The opening matches of Souled Out 1997
17:30 - Buff Bagwell, Scotty Riggs, DDP and Scott Norton in action
19:54 - The Outsiders compete at Souled Out
21:40 - Syxx vs Eddie Guerrero
23:10 - The nWo Souled Out Main Event
- Much More!
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The Story of nWo: Souled Out
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Why this channel doesn’t have a million plus subs is beyond me! Well done!
I don't get why you include EB's continuous shots at Meltzer without explaining why Meltzer is even being mentioned?
Makes me wonder if Eric Bishoff wanted to secretly overtake WCW with n.W.o. Imagine an n.W.o. wrestling company owned by Hogan and Bishoff where they made all the money and didn't need WCW.
One has to admit even this Paperview is far superior than the robotic, boring & predictable style there is today. Thank you for another great upload mate 👍
I'm a fan of the nwo and nwo Wolfpac. I'm nwo 4 life. My boys Kevin nash, Scott Hall, Hollywood Hogan, Buff Bagwell, Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner, Syxx, Eazy E and Lex Luger. Ur nwo ur nwo 4 life and toooooo sweeeeeeet.
What is Nash doing beating up Bischoff at 6:17? I thought Bischoff was in the nWo
this is published on my b-day! :3
Scott Steiner dripped an f-bomb during their match that was caught on camera. Bischoff got pissed and broke character saying he’d be getting fined for that.
that was an awesome watch!
nWo should ve been limited to not more than hall, nash and hogan.
Why did Bischoff become a member of NWO?? Was it his call?? Was it necessary?? Him being a member was in the same ballpark as the B team being members.. Almost useless..
They could have so easily done a slightly different ending to the DDP vs Norton match. They could have it be the same until just after the Diamond Cutter. DDP could have pinned Norton, laughing saying the new guy needs the NWO win. Patrick does the 3 count and everyone celebrates. Then DDP hits another Diamond Cutter on someone, say Virgil and then runs into the crowd like he did. It still fits with DDP's character
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The fans chanting USA for Jericho is fine he has dual citizenship and is half American (Jim Cornette’s words for the second part) 😂
Are you the same guy making the Mandela videos??
As a kid born in ruthless aggression era , I love watching these cause I had no clue how good WCW was. WWE be painting a false narrative on these boys 😂
Crowds sometimes chant USA not because babyface is american but because will annoy the heel in theory as they usually sre portrayed as american hating foreigners.. aside from that Jericho was born in ny so it would make sense even if just for that reason
As I child I found wcw so boring.. even not knowing anything about production values I felt looked minor league compared to wwf/e. Until the nwo came at least that definitely helped me be willing to watch it lol. I will say in general they got some better matches and wrestlers around that time also
When wrestling was actually good 😢
#69 Love the Video. 👎 For 69 sorry 🤷⚠️
My hat goes off to you my boy thank you for such interesting videos and catching up on old times I watched this wrestling and I think of my childhood I'm not watching it for hulk Hogan against ultimate warrior I'm watching it so I can remember what I was doing when I was seven years old watching hulk Hogan and ultimate warrior
The NWO Souled Out pay-per-view was truly WEAK . . . The one I knew who actually won at that pay-per-view was Chris Benoit-- when he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sid Vicious . . .
Love these videos. They are really well researched and interesting. Well worth a subscribe.
in 1997 i was 14 and loved the NWO still do to this day
I'll never forget the eddie guerrero vs syxx ladder match on this ppv. I remember watching it live on ppv with the my father.
Damn dude, you just explained my childhood to me
19:12 DDP hits a DDT. Heh.
really got some of that 90s nostalgia in there appreciate the time and effort it took for you to create this. I enjoyed every minute.
The greatest era of all-time!! Ruthless aggression had nothing on attitude/NWO/Sting crow era
4 Life. Great Story,The best Time for a Wrestling fan. All great Names was in WWF, WcW or ECW
Most baby faces ,goldberg,sting were pushed by n.w.o even the rebuilt horseman.
One thing they did, and should do today if they want to replicate this. The camera angles changed. It helped show the difference from normal programming but you didn’t even realize it. I heard it mentioned recently, and it’s was true then. The announcers changed their tone and the cameras did also.
"The American males explod!" Lol
I remember buying this PPV huge mistake it was a horrible show and still regret it to this day
I was one of those 170k that purchased this PPV and loved it. In kayfabe, it was exactly the kind of show I expected. The NWO were heels, and played dirty. So the shenanigans during the show were in line with them been cheating heels.
WcW had NWO WWF had DX! GOTDAMN I MISS THE 90S
21:43 Yes it was
18:30 🤣 My parents never ordered ppv so now WWE Network let's me see ppv from back then and yeah some stuff feels like that not missed much. If I was lucky I could hear the ppv on some TV visual couldn't see it ,but audio was just fine not all TV though. I didn't really have access to WWE due to my parents not having USA Network till I was in 4th or 5th grade though we had TBS and TNT . My gradpa that got me in to wrestling didn't know you could hear the audio of ppv on some TV one nigth I was at my grandparents the nigth of a WCW ppv. He made me realized why some wresters I seen before are not in WCW and why it looked different one weekend too when I not sure who was that gradpa was watching wrestling when I was watching cartoons I was no WCW is earlier and later then that them it turned out to be SuperStarts episode I saw Own Heart cuting a promo again Breat Heart . So it was during thier fued. Then I realized oh there more then one wrestling company.
15:53 I know Konan was born in Cuba then grow up in Mexico ,but I didn't know he raised in Mexico back then. I was like in 4th or 5th grade so I likely thougth so back then ,but me now would think it be especially having a USA residence due to most WCW shows being in the USA.
12:54 Yes not only because Christ Jericho is billed and grow up in Canada and Masahiro Chono is billed from and grow up in Japan in reality they both wear born in the USA so they both are citizens of the USA . 13:36 Yes on paper sounds good and probably has times they have faced eachother outside of that nigththe way it was booked didn't give all they could give. Chino wheeling it up on bear minum and Jericho wanting to go all out did do it clear different between heels and faces.
Eddie Guerriero 🙏🏾🙏🏾
You people forget -- Chris Benoit of WCW won the WCW Championship at the NWO pay-per-view . . . How ironic is that ?
Didn't the NWO have a pay-per-view NWO Souled Out ?
N.W.O ❤👍👍
The video was more interesting than the ppv
I cant beleive they let giant go to wwe. They should have given him what he wanted. Idiots. Big show in wwe. That was the starting downfall of wcw
Fans: Why don't wrestling promotions try something new? *WCW tries to do something new* Fans: Why are they doing that!? That's not normal!
NWO was cool when it started but it obviously got diluted
I absolutely hated the New World Order when it was 1000 guys, I liked when it was Hogan, Nash, and Hall. But this intro was pure badass.
I voted for Trump
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Yeah, I remember watching all this during those years.. I even asked myself what they would do if everyone was in the nWo because that’s what it appeared to be headed towards. Then the spinoffs with Wolfpack and Latino World Order was just. too. sweet!!.. I mean too much 😅. The nWo was their own downfall adding too many members and more story telling with less actual wrestling. It was entertaining early on but more so annoying later into it. By early 00’s I couldn’t watch it anymore. I’ve had enough.
Could listen to this guy talk wrestling all day
As a kid my definition of a good match was a lot different than it is now...with that said, even though I hated the NWO (I was a WCW kid and rooted for the good guys) I liked the idea of this show. And even though my standard for matches was lower - I definitely felt the matches left a lot to be desired as a 10 year old kid.
Eric’s greed killed wcw. If he had of kept the nwo a smaller gang and let them lose every now and then he could have kept the product going. The fact that he wanted to start his own company by destroying another shows how greedy he truly is. DDP, Hugh Morris, Rey Mysterio, Raven, vampiro, Bret Hart, Curt Henning, Kidman, Eddie Guerrero, Ron Simmons, dean Malenko, hacksaw, 123kid. Imagine a stint between DDP and Henning? Raven and Vampiro teaming up against the flock? Jericho vs Benoit? Jericho vs Pillman? Terry funk vs cactus jack for a hardcore cage match? Kidman vs Pillman for a high flyer match or a ladder match? And all we really got was a lot of build up that led to squash after squash after squash... For what? Nash to talk out of his.... well, at least we didn’t have to sit through a Scott Steiner promo every week, oh wait, yeah...we did...
Bichoff speaking reminded me more of Hitler then Citizen Kane.
I’m addicted to these videos. Thank you for brining my childhood back to life.
The NWO arriving at the PPV on garbage trucks, a little bit of foreshadowing there.
When I hear "the dungeon of doom" I just start laughing 😂
Another fantastic video bro! Thank you!
You're the best bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great video brother!
What were they thinking with the 'Miss nWo' contest? The majority of their audience at the time was in the 13-36 age range and mostly males and if you're gonna have a contest like this how do you not find the most attractive women you can?
As quickly as NWO blew up in 1996, it imploded just as quickly a year later and was so tired by the end of 1997 that WWE took them out by 98 with just 2 men: Rock and Austin.
the outsiders were never supposed to be running the show, that defeated the purpose
I thought the beginning of the end of the new world order was when they kicked the giant out they never should have done it they should have actually put the belt on him and had a new world order member versus New World Order member and make NWO the only brand it was just so over
Bischoff didn't create the nwo. He even admitted he stole the whole angle from Japan.
Say what ya will i LOVED this ppv remember when your nWo your nWo 4 life
NWO Souled Out is pretty much thematically same as All In that had Bullet Club branding everywhere.
Yeah, nWo officially peaked with this pay per view. I remember I stopped watched after like the second Ms. nWo interview. Became too cringe.
I liked the fact that there was so many members in the nwo. It was crazy to see who would jump and why. Also it made it fill like a real threat out taking over. Who is gonna beat a entire roster of guys with a group of 3 or 4?
Another reason why WcW went under...
NWO B team theme is one of my guilty pleasures in wrestling.
It would've been great too have seen chris Jericho top them. Company would still be alive.
Who makes these theme remixes at the beginning of the videos man!!?? 🔥🔥🔥🔥😂😂😂
Am I the only one who hated the nwo?
Eric had 1 good idea...(outbidding Vince for a talent infusion), thought he was a genius and then let his ego push him beyond his abilities.
This video brought back so many amazing memories!!! I was a teenager at the time and watching the Monday Night Wars was at its peak. Every Monday was a treat at that time. WCW was beating the WWF every week for many weeks that WWF had to step up their game.
You need one about me!!!
That ppv was boring boring boring it was like watching paint dry on a house
Best arena in wrestling history rven tge commentators for souled out was amazing
Best arena in wrestling history rven tge commentators for souled out was amazing
When Eric Bischoff gets angry he gets Bischedoff
Where'd you get that sick ass NWO remix for the intro
The timing on all your videos are perfect. Trump card kind of timing!
Just found this channel last night with the DX vids I noticed your assent by any chance you from Northern Ireland?
Wrestling Bios is just so sweeeeeet
The good old days brings back memories i loved nwo still do there just 2 sweet lol🤘
They lost all the titles didn't they.
The moment you told me about the guy from the Miss nWo thing, I knew this would be a good video
Keep up the good work. I enjoy your videos
I was at Souled about in Charleston WV
Seemed like a decent Nitro. As a PPV, it just seems extremely forgettable. The only reason you may remember it is because of review videos like this.
Is it just me when nwo announcer called eddie Mexican jumping bean i felt that sounds racist
They should've got the title off Hogan more. He had it too long and hardly defended it.
Where could I find the full version of that NWO theme intro here? That’s pretty solid.
So much wasted potential. I remember when they annouced this. I thought omg what a great idea. Lets have Nwo guys fight nwo guys. You could start showing seeds of power grabs. Maybe even show that Eric and Hogan isnt in as much control as we thought. I mean so many storys could have gotten off the groud with this PPV. I was like damm Eric is brilliant doing this. But it ended up being just like every other nitro. With the NWO cheating and outnumbering WCW. So many ways this could have went. But alas we got Eric kissing his grandma, miss NWO. 👏👏👏
It’s crazy that the nWo’s one annual PPV was critically WCW’s worst PPV of the year, all three years! But hey, I was at Souled Out 99. It might have sucked, but it was a legit sellout.
Man that opening remix of the NWO theme really was too sweet.