They dominate early on with a mix of big power moves and underhanded tactics. There's no denying how cool Hall and Nash were at this time. "Kevin Nash! You're a zero in life, and I've got your number, and your number is zero.Thoughts: We enter the star portion of the show. There was Starrcade '93 before and Spring Stampede '94 after which both featured Traylor as "The Boss" and both saw release. In a pseudo-related note, their main station Newscenter 10 did show clips of the PPV on the 11:00 news. Or, it's because the PPV was in Albany, GA, and its 8,000 seat Civic Center. I know WWF put some pressure on WCW to change the character to one that wasn't as direct a ripoff of Bossman. Maybe SuperBrawl IV wasn't released due to issues over the character of Big Bossman, known then as The Boss. These three, along with Souled Out 98 were actually available in the UK through WCW Magazine. Perhaps there was something in the Mandalay deal that led to certain PPVs not being released. I'm not sure what the timeframe for this was, but at some point the production of WCW's home videos was moved from being done in house by Turner Broadcasting to being contracted out to Mandalay Entertainment whose point man was Jason Hervey. In compiling my Cover Scan Museum, I looked all over the place for covers for the above shows and was not able to find any and I've never been able to find any indication that these shows were ever actually released. If I have any mistakes on the above list, please let me know. So, there appears to have been a pattern in 1998 of videos not released. WCW Japan Supershow III (full show released in Japan) WCW Japan Supershow II (full show released in Japan) Souled Out '98 isn't the only PPV that was never released on home video. Not including the Halloween Havoc 2000 towards WCW Greed 2001 when WCW's future was in question, this seems to be the only WCW PPV that was never released on home video, at least in the USA. "A draw is like kissing your sister" ~ Larry Nelson, 1987 "If people fall asleep in front of the TV, it still counts as a rating point" ~ Dave Meltzer, 2009 Hall finally got his shot at Superbrawl with Dusty Rhodes in his corner. So the commish looks like a heel while your top heel looks like a face because he was being deprived of something he earned. One of the storylines IIRC was Scott Hall reminding everyone how he won the World War III battle royal and how he deserved a title shot and JJ Dillon came out and told him "no". It reminds me how WCW was starting to book at this time. This should of been the Sting's first title defense, but no mention of that. "Love Divide" from Communication Breakdown motion picture soundtrack Claire in the new music video from the band Always Sunday, featuring clips from the upcoming film, "Communication Breakdown": The way Hart and Flair were booked after that match should tell you all you need to know. I think I read that Hogan was none to pleased with it doing a good buyrate, despite him not appearing on the show. I'll go with the latter on this one, seeing how it seems to be the best answer, and they have a good track record of not making any sense. Perhaps Hogan had something to do with it? To make a bad joke, maybe all the copies of Souled Out were 'Solded Out'? Or probably just typical WCW front office laziness/stupidness. Maybe WCW just forget about it or something? I think I read that Hogan was none to pleased with it doing a good buyrate, despite him not appearing on the show. I hate ppv bootlegs, but I have no choice on this one, that is of course if WWE released it themselves, which is HIGHLY doubtful. I want a master copy of this ppv, but unfortunately there are none out, just bootlegs taped in poor EP mode. Kevin Nash (with botched powerbomb that could've paralyzed Giant).Īnyways, for some reason WCW never released WCW Souled Out 1998 on video. Lex Luger (with Miss Elizabeth's cleavage falling out A LOT), and The Giant vs. Bret Hart (I think Bret's first WCW match), Randy Savage vs. To refresh your memory WCW Souled 1998 featured Ric Flair vs. Topic: Why Was WCW Souled Out 1998 VHS never released?
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