Souled Out (2000)

Souled Out (2000)
UK VHS cover featuring Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, and Buff Bagwell
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date January 16, 2000
City Cincinnati, Ohio
Venue Firstar Center
Attendance 14,132
Tagline(s)

Control Is Everything

Who Will Be The Soul Survivor?
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Souled Out (2000) was the fourth and final Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on January 16, 2000 from the Firstar Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] The event would be replaced by Sin as the January pay-per-view, the following year.

The originally scheduled card was heavily changed, due to the serious injuries of Bret Hart and Jeff Jarrett. Hart, who was scheduled to wrestle Sid Vicious, suffered a severe concussion against Goldberg at Starrcade, which forced him to vacate the WCW World Heavyweight title, and eventually retire nine months later. Jarrett, who was scheduled to wrestle Chris Benoit in a Triple Threat Theater series (Dungeon Rules, Bunkhouse, Caged Heat), suffered lingering headaches from Benoit's diving headbutt off the top of the steel cage on the January 10 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, which forced him to vacate the WCW United States Heavyweight title. Benoit was instead moved to take Hart's place against Vicious and the Triple Threat Theater series was contested between Billy Kidman and three separate wrestlers. Kidman won the first match because Dean Malenko forgot that the match rules stated that a wrestler could win by having his opponent's feet touch the floor; Malenko had rolled out of the ring to collect himself in the early stages of the match, thus losing the match per the rules.[1] The second match of the show was originally scheduled to be a WCW World Tag Team title match between Flair & Crowbar and Vampiro & a partner of his choosing; when Flair and Crowbar jumped Vampiro during a backstage interview, Vampiro wanted to take them on himself.[1]

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]

Results

No. Results[1][3] Stipulations Times
1 Billy Kidman defeated Dean Malenko Catch-as-Catch Can match 02:36
2 Vampiro defeated David Flair and Crowbar (with Daffney) Handicap match 10:32
3 Big Vito and Johnny the Bull (with Disco Inferno) defeated The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) Tag team match 09:33
4 Oklahoma defeated Madusa (c) (with Spice) Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 02:56
5 Brian Knobbs (c) defeated Fit Finlay, Norman Smiley and Meng Fatal 4-Way match for the WCW Hardcore Championship 06:11
6 Billy Kidman defeated Perry Saturn Bunkhouse Brawl 10:05
7 Booker T (with Midnight) defeated Stevie Ray by disqualification Singles match 06:30
8 Tank Abbott defeated Jerry Flynn Singles match 01:39
9 Buff Bagwell defeated Diamond Dallas Page Last Man Standing match 11:19
10 The Wall (with Shane Douglas) defeated Billy Kidman Caged Heat match 05:03
11 Kevin Nash defeated Terry Funk Hardcore match to be Commissioner of WCW 07:59
12 Chris Benoit defeated Sid Vicious by submission Singles match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship with Arn Anderson as special guest referee 14:53
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Souled Out pay-per-view results". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  3. ↑ "The SmarK Retro Repost – Souled Out 2000". 411Mania. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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