Things were going in favor of Riggs so much that he put Bagwell on the top rope for a superplex attempt. But Scotty refused to be stopped on this night as the fans rallied behind him and gave Riggs the energy to explode with an enzuguri kick and the tornado DDT. system, вЂњLoser!вЂќ any time a fighting RiggsвЂ™ offense was cut off.

Just when things were seemingly going well for Scotty, вЂњBuffвЂќ muscled his way out of a suplex to drop Riggs abdomen first across the top rope.ДЇor the next several minutes, the crowd watched as Bagwell worked over RiggsвЂ™ torso, posed to the jeering audience and listened to the headless voice say via the P.A. But the future of Riggs couldnвЂ™t be denied as he suplexed Bagwell in position for some highflying offense that really got the crowd on its feet. This would be their first official clash since that night and the fans were already into the action as referee Nick Patrick went out of his way to protect Bagwell during his multiple attempts at using the ropes as a barricade to prevent Riggs from getting any early advantage. Marcus вЂњBuffвЂќ Bagwell turned on his American Males teammate Scotty Riggs to join the NWO. Un-American Attitude: The first match of the evening to actually have a story coming into it featured former tag team partners colliding. But will BischoffвЂ™s intentions make for a must-see event? Lets find out. Featuring wrestlers from the groupвЂ™s constant expansion, Bischoff hoped to embarrass WCW wrestlers up and down the card for the companyвЂ™s various championships. With money just being tossed at the faction through t-shirt sales and proven to be a television ratings success, Eric Bischoff had the bright idea to base an entirely new pay-per-view event around his faction. Wallstreet, Big Bubba Rogers took on Hugh Morrus, and Chris Jericho competed against Masahiro Chono.By the tail end of 1996, the New World Order faction headed by Hollywood (Hulk) Hogan and WCWвЂ™s President Eric Bischoff had practically taken over the world of wrestling with its gang-style attack patterns and вЂњtoo cool/sweetвЂќ attitude. Eddie Guerrero defended the WCW United States Championship against Syxx in a Ladder match, The Outsiders defended the WCW World Tag Team Titles against the Steiner Brothers, Scott Norton faced Diamond Dallas Page, Buff Bagwell fought Scotty Riggs, Jeff Jarrett wrestled Mr. The main event featured WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending the title against The Giant. No WCW wrestler was allowed to have theme music while the appropriate nWo theme songs played for the various members of the group. The nWo referee, Nick Patrick, officiated all the matches. WCW president/nWo member Eric Bischoff and Ted DiBiase provided commentary. This was an nWo sponsored PPV, all of the matches were nWo versus WCW. Souled Out 1997, and also known as nWo Souled Out, took place on Janufrom the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Souled out 1997 card