Souled Out 1998 & WCW Nitro

[Emperor Smeat]

I've been watching the WWE Classics free preview and this week's Monday Night War episode is WCW Nirto the day after Souled Out 1998. It was the ppv where Kevin Nash messed up the Jacknife Powerbomb onto the Giant and on Nitro where they banned the Jacknife.

Did WCW have to create a new storyline to replace the Giant (legit injury) or was the powerbomb meant to look messed up so people would think the Giant was really hurt ?

The way Nitro was the following day almost seems like it was meant to be a fake injury instead of a gut reaction to changing the storyline.