Souled Out (1998)

Souled Out (1998)
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Brand(s) WCW
nWo
Date January 24, 1998
City Trotwood, Ohio
Venue Hara Arena
Attendance 5,486
Tagline(s) Hell Hath No Fury Like...
First Fight '98
Who Do You Trust?
Sponsor(s) Snickers
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Souled Out (1998) was the second Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and sponsored by Snickers. The event took place on January 24, 1998 from the Hara Arena in Trotwood, Ohio. Unlike the previous year's event, this year's event was billed as a joint production by WCW and the nWo (in storyline) and the pay-per-view events until the following year's Uncensored were jointly produced by WCW and the nWo. The PPV featured a double main event. The first main event featured Bret Hart making his WCW in-ring debut against Ric Flair. Hart made Flair submit to the Sharpshooter. The second main event featured WCW's Lex Luger against nWo's Randy Savage. Luger made Savage submit to the Torture Rack.[1]

The event featured several WCW vs. nWo matches. There were two singles matches as Larry Zbyszko and The Giant represented WCW against the nWo's Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in respective matches while WCW's Ray Traylor and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) took on the nWo's Konnan, Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell in a six-man tag team match. Aside from WCW vs. nWo matches, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WCW World Television Championship were also defended at the event. Chris Benoit took on Raven in a Raven's Rules Match and a lucha libre cruiserweight eight-man tag team match also took place at the event.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

Event

One notable moment of the night was when Kevin Nash attempted his Jackknife Powerbomb on The Giant. Nash couldn't lift the Giant high enough and as a result the Giant landed on his head. The announcers were noticeably stunned as it appeared the Giant may have suffered a serious neck injury. While he ultimately recovered, Nash and the Giant would play it off as a deliberate move on Nash's part to try to break the Giant's neck.[3]

Results

No. Results[1][3] Stipulations Times
1 Juventud Guerrera, Super Caló, Lizmark Jr. and Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated La Parka, Psychosis, Silver King and El Dandy Eight-man tag team match 09:30
2 Chris Benoit defeated Raven by submission Raven's Rules Match 10:36
3 Chris Jericho defeated Rey Misterio Jr. (c) by submission Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 08:28
4 Booker T (c) defeated Rick Martel Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship 10:50
5 Larry Zbyszko (with Dusty Rhodes) defeated Scott Hall (with Louie Spicolli) by disqualification Singles match 08:09
6 Ray Traylor and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated Konnan, Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell (with Vincent) Six-man tag team match 12:20
7 Kevin Nash (with Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff) defeated The Giant Singles match 10:47
8 Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair by submission Singles match 18:06
9 Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) by submission Singles match 07:07
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. 1 2 "The SmarK Retro Repost – Souled Out '98". 411Mania. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  2. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  3. 1 2 "Souled Out pay-per-view results". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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