It wasn’t like “The Rest” of nWo Souled Out. While not as exciting or good as the two other title bouts, this match had the crowd reaction it deserved based on those involved. This match and the other title bouts are the only matches that should’ve been plagued with nWo interference and drama.ĭid it end in a no contest? Of course! However, that’s the expected ending as WCW couldn’t just end up soundly spanked 3-5, it wasn’t going to a draw at 4-4, but 3-4-1-while a bit of a cop-out-was the obvious direction. It didn’t have way too much going on meaning that it wasn’t spotty in the way that ladder matches would become by 1999.Īs a matter of fact, the ending to the match was pretty mild compared to how WWE ladder matches would end in a few years with the likes of the Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, and Edge & Christian.īelieve it or not, Hogan defending the World Championship against The Giant was pretty good. The best match of the night was Syxx unsuccessfully holding on to the WCW United States title belt he stole from Eddie Guerrero in a dope ladder match. Remember, the new World order basically had control of the company at this time. This would lead to Anderson being fired by Eric Bischoff the following night on WCW Monday Nitro. In a bit of WCW taking a page out of the nWo’s book, WCW referee Randy Anderson came in after nWo referee Nick Patrick was knocked out and took the count for the Steiners. Still, the new World order was ahead here by four wins. The Steiner Brothers defeating The Outsiders for the WCW World Tag Team Championships was a really fun match that gave WCW their second win of the night. Let’s see how it compares to WWE Royal Rumble 1997 in this “Into the Vault”! nWo Souled Out: The Best It originally started as a new World order-only PPV but became a joint PPV with World Championship Wrestling billing after the first one. Kicking off 1997 for WCW was nWo Souled Out.