#NWO SOULED OUT 1997 FULL SHOW FULL#

And at an event like World War 3? Make it clear itвЂ™s every man for themselves, as long as it stays in the New World Order. Make it clear this arrangement keeps everyone happy. On Pay Per View, you could show the tension between the black and white on Nitro and the black and white on Thunder. I would, however, keep the top nWo guys away from each other. Champs could alternate shows for example. Now when WWE handled their brand split, the rosters were supposed to be exclusive. Now you can separate the superstars (and egos) and run two shows with two very different perspectives. Fans were fine with cheering Hall and Nash, just not with Eric Bischoff and Vincent and The Disciple around. The whole reason for this is to play perspectives. WCW would be looked at as invaders on the New World Order turf. There would then be a cluster of WCW guys who are the heels, guys like The Flock or Four Horsemen, who fight with the nWo on their turf. Theses are your top babyfaces to lead the brand. Nash, Hall, Luger, Savage, Hennig, Konnan. You know the guys who joined Wolfpac? ThatвЂ™s your nWo roster. The New World Order is actually the more cool, liked guys. Not every heel is a member of the nWo but enough to make a difference and have someone compete in every division. These are the guys who want to stomp out and destroy WCW once and for all and being a member of the black and white on Nitro means youвЂ™re scum of the earth. Without question, WCW is the good guys and the New World Order is the bad guys. Guys like Hogan, true heels, would stay on Nitro with other full-on heels to take on WCW. The New World Order would be the minority. On WCW Nitro, the roster is a 75/25 split. What WCW should have done was not only split WCW in two but split the nWo in two. See the PPV and Nitro all happened in 1997 when the New World Order was still supposed to be this big bad heel faction, even though the nWo had their fans. The concept of splitting the brands of WCW and nWo could have worked perfectly if the company ran with any foresight, which they unfortunately did not. The problem I have with this isnвЂ™t the idea but the execution. The episode was a flop and so the New World Order never secured Nitro.

#NWO SOULED OUT 1997 FULL SHOW FULL#

Much like the elongated garbage truck entrance from nWo Souled Out 1997, nWo Nitro included a 20 minute set change and a full on heel perspective to the switch. On the Monday before Starrcade 97, they attempted a full run of вЂњnWo NitroвЂќ complete with set change. It was a unique concept to have an all heel PPV and it unfortunately flopped. There was even a вЂњMiss nWoвЂќ contest for some odd reason. Matches were held with the nWo referee Nick Patrick (yes, they had their own referee!) and commentary was done by Eric Bischoff and Ted DiBiase. While the PPV was more just an aesthetic thing later on, the first PPV was completely controlled by the New World Order, complete with them entering the arena on garbage trucks (donвЂ™t ask why). The New World Order started their own PPV called вЂњSouled OutвЂќ, which lasted for three years. At one point, nWo wrestlers were fighting jobbers in an empty arena for the вЂњPaid for by the New World OrderвЂќ segments. There were some dry runВ attempts at doing a New World Order show. While Lightning appears on Hollywood HoganвЂ™s pants and youвЂ™d think theyвЂ™d want the new show to themselves, it was Nitro that was once considered to goto the nWo and not the brand new Thunder. They still needed starpower to help facilitate the new WCW Thunder show. Even though Nitro and Thunder shared rosters, WCW had two hours, sometimes three for wrestlers to work on Nitro.

When Eric Bischoff discusses the idea of bringing in Bret Hart in 1997, the explanation was that they needed more talent for WCW Thunder. WCWвЂ™s roster was expanding in its war against the WWF and so was the amount of television they wanted per week. The idea of a вЂњbrand splitвЂќ isnвЂ™t new today but it was back in the 90s. And with HallвЂ™s quote, it seems like there was once a plan for them to go ahead with the New World Order being its own brand.

But much of the New World Order was new ground with World Championship Wrestling writers having little idea on where to go with it. How much of the group was made up of former WWF wrestlers. The introduction of guys like Dennis Rodman.

The eventual split between HoganвЂ™s nWo and NashвЂ™s nWo. It was pretty clear for those who watched the nWo from 1996 to 2000 but looking back, a lot of things felt calculated. There was no real blueprint for the New World Order.

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