This pair actually tried to give fans a wrestling match, for a few minutes at leastĪnother annoyance was the lack of entrance music for the WCW guys and the over use of the nWo B-Team theme. The Steiners also secured a win against The Outsiders, but Nasty Nick took a bump and didn’t actually count that pin. Jeff Jarrett pinned Michael Wallstreet when Mongo threatened to hit Patrick with his briefcase if he didn’t count. The exceptions (and thus WCW victories) were Eddie Guerrero defeating Syxx in a ladder match not much Nick could have done there. Thus, the theme of every match was exactly the same. Secondly, only one referee was used official nWo referee Nick Patrick. Without a neutral voice as a foil, the sarcastic bombardment of nWo propaganda got on my tits after just one match. I shall get to the significant storyline developments from Souled Out in a second, but first I should outline how an nWo PPV differs from a WCW PPV…įirstly, the action was called by an all heel commentary team (Eric Bischoff and Ted DiBiase). By that I mean ‘causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience’. How would I describe the nWo’s first ever pay per view? There are many words I could use, but I’ll remain conservative and go for ‘awkward’. Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael & Arn Anderson (with Debra) by DQ The Faces of Fear & Hugh Morrus (with Jimmy Hart) def.Thus, Chris Jericho – who wrestled mid-way through Saturday Night – would have had to travel over 300 miles in under an hour to be in Cedar Rapids for the opening bout of Souled Out against Masahiro Chono The pretence that Saturday Night is not pre-recorded was upheld, despite the fact that the show was being held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a large proportion of the wrestlers featured were also booked at Souled Out, a live pay per view immediately following Saturday Night in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Sister Sherri (with a little help from The Public Enemy) took a bump through a table.I know what you’re thinking, but this isn’t actually a comedy angle To make matters worse, Mongo and Arn ditched him, leaving Jeff at the mercy of the Dungeon of Doom trio. Rather than join The Horseman team, Jeff was adjudged to have interfered and thus caused his ‘team’ to be disqualified. Thus, Double J saw this as an opportunity to give Arn Anderson and Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael a hand. Chris Benoit was inexplicably absent during a six man tag against The Faces of Fear and Hugh Morrus. Someone needs to tell Jeff Jarrett that The Four Horsemen do not want to be his friends.I assume he occupies the ‘professional wrestlers you didn’t know once played for The Packers’ section He was shown visiting their physical hall of fame, but from what I could understand he has been awarded his own spot in it. Lex Luger is now in the Green Bay Packers hall of fame.Scott Steiner, who has been side-lined for the last few months, said that he is now healthy and motivated.He was also sporting a beautifully trimmed beard. New Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko has promised to be a fighting champion.His promo made so little sense and he took so long to mentioned Hogan by name that I assumed he was calling out Sting Hacksaw Jim Duggan called out Hollywood Hogan.Let’s get down to business with this week’s ‘ Meanwhile, in WCW’… It was an even busier weekend for WCW though, as they – via the New World Order – held their first pay per view of the year. The Green Bay Packers triumphed over the New England Patriots while James Brown and ZZ Top provided the half time entertainment. It was a busy week back in 1997, not least due to Superbowl XXXI.