WCW Souled Out is just around the corner! That happened fast. But tonight, its Andrew WK’s lovely “Party Hard” over the intro video, the big booming pyro, the screaming fans of Portland, Oregon in the Portland Memorial Coliseum and Joey Styles & Jerry “The King” Lawler on the commentary desk to call the action! After the smoke has cleared, here come the Full Blooded Italians! Guido Maritato followed by Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli. The FBI is in the ring and Guido has a mic.
The distorted guitar lick of RVD’s theme rips through the arena, and here comes the United States Champion with a microphone. He stops on the ramp and soaks in the massive pop and “R-V-D!” chant.
RVD looks back towards the entrance way, and here comes D’Lo Brown! D’Lo joins RVD on the stage, and the two then charge the ring. The FBI scatter as Rob Van Dam & D’Lo Brown stand shoulder to shoulder and Joey Styles says the “Frog Splash Express” has arrived.
Shark Boy and Mike Sanders start things off, and Shark Boy is immediately using his hands as fins with goofy fin slaps to confuse Sanders. Sanders looks annoyed, misses a clothesline, and eats a deep arm drag. Disqo tags in and tries to show off some of his classic dance moves, but La Sharka tags in and matches him step-for-step before leveling him with a heavy shoulder block Disqo scrambles and tags in Jazz, which means Shark Girl must enter the match. Jazz plays it completely straight, immediately aggressively trapping Shark Girl in the corner with heavy stomps. Jazz hoists Shark Girl up for a massive vertical suplex, but Shark Girl wiggles out and shoves Jazz into Sanders, knocking him off the apron and rocking Jazz. Shark Girl sneaks right up behind the champion, leans in, and bites the backside of Jazz! Jazz screams out in agony, and Shark Girl quickly rolls her up from behind! 1—2—3! It's over!
Winners: Shark SquadThe ring is set up with a black carpet, a long table, and three chairs. WCW President Ric Flair stands in the middle with a microphone, flanked by security. Flair introduces the challenger first, and Steve Corino walks down the ramp oozing confidence, sporting a sharp suit and a smug smile. Next comes the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and Booker T gets a thunderous reaction from the Portland crowd, walking with pure intensity.
As tension reaches a boiling point and both men stand up, pulling back their chairs, Ric Flair steps directly between them.
Flair smiles and starts strutting around as Booker T looks annoyed. Booker grabs the World Heavyweight title and slides out of the ring and marches to the back, as Flair struts in the ring and Corino stands by looking amused.
As soon as the bell rings, Skipper tries to use his incredible speed to avoid Dreamer, but Dreamer catches him on the rebound and cracks him over the head with a trash can lid! Dreamer goes right under the apron and pulls out a baking sheet and a couple of steel chairs, tossing them into the ring. Skipper rallies, using his athleticism to drop-kick a steel chair directly into Dreamer's face as the champion tries to climb back inside! Skipper is surprisingly adapting well to the hardcore environment, placing a trash can over Dreamer's head and hitting a springboard leg drop across it for a very close two-count. Skipper sets up a table in the center of the ring, looking to make a huge statement. He drags Dreamer to the corner and tries to set him up for a superplex through the wood. Dreamer fights back with stiff right hands, breaking Skipper's grip. Dreamer hooks Skipper on the middle turnbuckle, he hoists him up onto his shoulders and delivers a massive Spicolli Driver off the middle rope straight through the table! The table completely shatters! Dreamer collapses into the cover, 1—2—3!
Winner and still WCW World Hardcore Champion: Tommy DreamerDreamer can barely celebrate his victory before being tackled by Amos Hersch who appeared from seemingly nowhere! Hersch beats on Dreamer and this him with a Sidewalk Slam onto a chair in the ring. He then goes outside and grabs a trash can before returning to the ring. Dreamer has recovered and hits Amos with a big Singapore Cane shot, but Amos no-sells it and clobbers Dreamer with a big clubbing forearm blow. Hersch smacks Dreamer with the trash can then drags him to the corner placing the can on his chest. Middle rope for Amos and a Deadweight Elbow pancakes the can onto Dreamer like Velocity. Amos stands tall as Dreamer is left in a lifeless heap. Back from commercial and “Here Comes The Money!” WCW Owner Shane McMahon is on his way to the ring alongside Sean O’Haire and BG James. Shane & O’Haire are both wearing their World Tag Team titles as the three men enter the ring and McMahon has a mic.
As Shane finishes speaking, the dance music of The Rainbow Express hits and Kwee Wee, Lenny Lane & Lodi are strutting their way to the ring.
Lodi and BG James start things off, and James immediately takes control, unleashing his signature jabs and a big elbow flooring Lodi, before nailing his shaky-sharky knee drop that gets the crowd unglued. Lodi desperately tags out to Lenny Lane, but Sean O'Haire enters the match and completely cleans house, throwing Lenny across the ring with a massive military press slam. Kwee Wee tries to run in to help his partners, but Shane McMahon tags in, hitting a flying clothesline and throwing wild lefts and rights on everyone in sight. Team WCW is completely dominating this match, showing flawless chemistry. The match breaks down into absolute chaos as all six men enter the ring. O'Haire catches a charging Kwee Wee on the rebound and plants him into the mat with a devastating Death Spiral! Simultaneously, Shane McMahon hooks Lenny Lane and drops him flat with a sharp Flatliner! Seeing his partners go down, Lodi turns right into BG James, who hooks his arms and delivers a Pumphandle Drop! All three members of Team WCW drop down into simultaneous lateral presses on their respective opponents, and the referee counts the 3!
Winners: Team WCWTeam WCW is still in the ring and here comes The Foundation. Diamond Dallas Page, Kanyon, Mike Awesome & Billy Kidman on the stage. DDP has a microphone.
We get a video package showing the history of Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio, including shots of Mysterio unmasked but edited in a way to try and show as little of his face as possible. The package is interspliced with interviews from Rey Mysterio talking about Lucha Libre and the importance of Cruiserweight wrestling, and Billy Kidman talking about how he never really liked Rey, but used him as an ends to a means to get to the top of the mountain where he belongs.
Fraizer and Corporal Cajun start things off fast, with Cajun hitting a quick dropkick that sends Fraizer reeling into the corner. Norman Smiley tags in and tries to slow things down, attempting to hook Cajun into a full nelson, but General Rection tags in and completely shuts it down with a massive clothesline. Rection hits a heavy running splash in the corner on Smiley, then tags Cajun back in. Fraizer runs back into the ring to try and help his partner, but he gets caught by Cajun. Cajun positions him perfectly, hooks him up, and nails the Whiplash in the center of the ring! Smiley is kept at bay by Rection on the outside as Cajun hooks Fraizer's leg for the quick pinfall.
Winners: Misfits In ActionArn’s Office is back! We are in Arn’s Office with WCW Commissioner Arn Anderson and his new assistant Tajiri. Arn is trying to talk to Tajiri, but Tajiri keeps replying in Japanese. So Arn tries to talk slower, but Tajiri instead just speaks Japanese faster. Arn looks annoyed and asks Tajiri if he has his coffee, but Tajiri begins giggling and holds a cup up and simply says “Tea!” Arn says he doesn’t like Tea, but Tajiri just giggles again. Curt Hennig then walks in and shakes Arn’s hand and Tajiri’s as well. Arn thanks Curt for showing up and asks him to sign the contract for his match with Jarrett on Sunday. Curt quickly does and promises to teach Jarrett some respect. As Curt turns to leave, Jeff Jarrett is standing in the door way. The two walk nose-to-nose. Tajiri in the background looking worried. Jarrett tells Hennig to step aside and then shoves Hennig. Anderson hold’s Hennig back as Jarrett signs the contract. Jarrett tells Hennig he’ll see him at Souled Out, and turns to leave, but quickly turns back and begins to swing his guitar at Hennig, but Tajiri is now standing in the way and giggling, freezing Jarrett in tracks as green liquid begins to dribble out of Tajiri’s mouth.
We get another Lost Church vignette, this time however, we see and hear Christopher Daniels preaching inside an abandoned looking church to Viscz, Mortis & James Mitchell.
D'Lo and Stamboli lock up to start, with Stamboli using his power to push D'Lo into the corner, but D'Lo fires right back with a series of clotheslines and a big Head Shaking Leg Drop. Palumbo tags in and the FBI starts utilizing quick tags to isolate D'Lo, hitting a double-team shoulder tackle that gets a two-count. Guido Maritato is shouting instructions from the outside, looking very confident. D'Lo finally hits a desperation swinging neckbreaker on Palumbo and makes the hot tag to Rob Van Dam! RVD comes in leveling Stamboli with a spinning heel kick and dropping Palumbo with a springboard side kick off the ropes! The crowd is absolutely losing it. RVD hits the ropes for Rolling Thunder, but Guido grabs his ankle from the floor! The distraction allows Palumbo to clobber RVD from behind with a big boot. The FBI isolates RVD for a few minutes, but Van Dam fights out of a supplex attempt by Palumbo, and hitting a big step over spin kick after catching a wayward kick from Palumbo. RVD tags D'Lo back in, who comes in clearing house, hitting a Sky High on Stamboli! Palumbo tries to interfere, but D'Lo drops him with another Sky High. D'Lo tags in RVD and then scales the opposite turnbuckle, as RVD climbs the near one. At the exact same time, RVD & D'Lo leap from the top rope on either side, crushing Stamboli and Palumbo with a pair of Frog Splashes! RVD quickly hooks Stamboli's leg, and the match is over!
Winners: Rob Van Dam & D’Lo Brown