#THE DISASTROUS NWO SOULED OUT 1997 PPV PRO#
Smiley controlled the bulk of this really enjoyable match, using a combination of European-style stretching and some typical American pro wrestling spots to hurt his opponent from bell to bell. Unfortunately for the third generation star, he wouldn't get it. Tonight, he brought that sawdust with him in an urn, leaving Chavo to come out horseless and looking for revenge. That time was now over because, apparently, Norman Smiley had kidnapped said toy horse and ground it down into sawdust. Remember that time Chavo Guerero's gimmick was that he was crazy and rode around on a wooden hobby horse called Pepe? Let's head to Charleston, West Virginia to find out.
Would they seize that opportunity tonight on this, their first Pay-Per-View of the new year? Or would Souled Out 1999 prove to be just another step towards the eventual demise of one of what was formerly the hottest wrestling company on the planet? Yet the disastrous, laughable finish to that match would serve as the catalyst for the company's gradual decline.Īs 1997 turned into 1998, the brand would begin to lose their stronghold over the pro wrestling industry and, as the year went on, one bad decision after another saw the company spiralling out of control.īut hey, that was then, and this was now.ġ999 was upon us, and World Championship Wrestlin g had a whole new opportunity to prove that they could turn things around and reestablish their dominance. In December 1997, they promoted Starrcade 1997, headlined by a match between Hogan and Sting which had been a year in the making and which still gets talked about today as one of the most perfect examples of long-term booking ever carried out in pro wrestling. It seemed as though they could do no wrong. When that particular band of Outsiders were joined by Hulk Hogan at Bash at the Beach 1996, a New World Order of wrestling was formed (brother) that catapulted WCW into the stratosphere.įor over a year, the Turner-owned enterprise was seemingly untouchable. Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginiaįrom the summer of 1996 to the winter of 1997, there was no hotter wrestling company on the planet than World Championship Wrestling.Īlready giving the World Wrestling Federation a serious run for its money with their flagship Monday Nitro broadcasts, the company found all new levels of success with the arrival of Scott Hall & Kevin Nash.
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