There was a live band and dancers as well, all to attempt to create the idea that this was a different show with a different set of rules. Gone were the gaudy, neon coloured WCW PPV sets that were known to many throughout the early 90s and to be replaced by a dark industrial vibe (amplified when the nWo gang apparently made their entrance into the stadium on the back of garbage trucks). When one first watches nWo Souled Out the first thing that comes to mind is that Bischoff certainly does not do things by half measures. Instead of having a WCW PPV, why not have a nWo PPV? One that would allow the nWo were essentially able to drive the agenda of the show rather than just be ostentatiously on a WCW show? As kayfabe benefactors like Ted DiBiase and Eric Bischoff himself joined the group in late 1996, people were wondering what could be in store for the nWo in January 1997.Īnd this is where the mind of Eric Bischoff went to work.Īs the nWo became more and more the point of difference between WCW and WWE and what was helping them lead the ratings in the Monday Night Wars, Bischoff decided to take the notion to the next level. Younger wrestling fans began seeing them as badass sonsabitches who didn't live by any rules but their own as they ran roughshod over the WCW. Their cool adverts in the middle of Nitro nights with the funky porno music seemed to be generations younger from the old fogeys that were supposedly the 'faces' of WCW. However, as the nWo moved away from the notion of being 'WWE guys', a new identity began to be forged. It seemed like this would evolve like any other face/heel program. The audience felt betrayed that Hogan had shifted allegiances to the to the Outsiders and what seemed like his old company. Y'see, amidst all the to-ing and fro-ing about what the nWo did for the business, not a lot is mentioned of the fact that for the first couple of weeks they were genuine bad guys.
SOULED OUT 1997 MISS NWO PROFESSIONAL
In 1996 the biggest thing to happen to professional wrestling in five years occurred when at Bash at the Beach Hulk Hogan turned heel and formed the nWo with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall and was pelted with garbage. Most, however, will see it as a piece of narcissistic wank that maybe the group was believing its own press too much.īelieve it or not, the same thing has occurred on occasion in professional wrestling. 9, for example, will be argued by some as a daring musical piece. However, there is no doubt that at times they could get a lf indulgent. Nobody I have ever met has ever disputed their claim on the Mount Rushmore of popular music. Today we examine a Bischoff Experiment and ask why he ended up with the goo all over his face.Įverybody loves the Beatles. Welcome Cagesiders to another edition of the Flops that we all care to forget, but your pal Vectron forces you not to.