Road Wild was a professional wrestling pay-per-view from World Championship Wrestling that was held from 1996 to 1999. It was held in Sturgis, South Dakota during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The first show was called Hog Wild but WCW changed the name to Road Wild because of a potential trademark issue with a Harley-Davidson owners group. In 2000, it was replaced by New Blood Rising. Hulk Hogan was in the main event of every edition.
[edit] Hog Wild
Hog Wild took place on August 10, 1996 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.[1] The video cover featured Hulk Hogan in his Hulkster pose despite the fact that he joined the nWo one month prior and began being billed as Hollywood. The first 8 matches aired on WCW Saturday Night on TBS. This event happened on a Saturday, instead of the normal Sunday night.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Saturday Night match: The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Dick Slater and Mike Enos (3:47)
- Saturday Night match: Konnan defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (4:24)
- Saturday Night match: The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated High Voltage (Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos) (3:22)
- Saturday Night match: Alex Wright defeated Bobby Eaton (0:30)
- Saturday Night match: The Dungeon of Doom (Kevin Sullivan, Meng, and The Barbarian) defeated Joe Gomez, Jim Powers, and Mark Starr (3:06)
- Saturday Night match: David Taylor defeated Mr. JL (2:37)
- Saturday Night match: Diamond Dallas Page defeated The Renegade (6:53)
- Saturday Night match: Arn Anderson defeated Hugh Morrus (0:40)
- Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated The Ultimate Dragon to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (11:35)
- Misterio pinned Dragon after a hurricanrana from the top rope. Misterio's entrance was aired at the close of WCW Saturday Night, which aired live from Sturgis that night.
- Scott Norton defeated Ice Train (5:05)
- Norton forced Train to submit with an armbar.
- Madusa defeated Bull Nakano (5:00)
- Madusa defeated Nakano by disqualification.
- Chris Benoit (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Dean Malenko (26:55)
- Benoit pinned Malenko with a roll-up.
- Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (17:53)
- Booker pinned Scott after Parker hit him with a cane.
- Ric Flair (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Eddie Guerrero to retain the WCW United States Championship (14:14)
- Flair pinned Guerrero with a figure-four.
- The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) defeated Sting and Lex Luger (14:36)
- Hall pinned Luger after Nick Patrick hit Luger with an elbow.
- Hollywood Hogan defeated The Giant to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (14:55)
- Hogan pinned Giant after hitting him with the title
- After the match, Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash spray painted “nWo” on the WCW Championship.
Road Wild 1997 took place on August 9, 1997 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.[2]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
Road Wild 1998 took place on August 8, 1998 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.[3]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Meng defeated The Barbarian (with Jimmy Hart) (4:48)
- The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated The Dancing Fools (Disco Inferno and Alex Wright) (with Tokyo Magnum) (15:27)
- Grunge pinned Inferno after Magnum accidentally splashed Inferno.
- Saturn defeated Raven (with Lodi) and Chris Kanyon in a Triangle Raven's Rules match (12:26)
- Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Psychosis (13:38)
- Stevie Ray defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (2:38)
- Ray pinned Guerrero after hitting him with a slapjack.
- Steve McMichael defeated Brian Adams (with Vincent) (6:32)
- Juventud Guerrera defeated Chris Jericho (with Dean Malenko as Special Guest Referee) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (16:24)
- Goldberg won a Battle Royal also featuring: The Giant, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, Konnan, Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, Scott Norton, and Sting (7:58)
- Goldberg won by last pinning Giant.
- Eliminations were by pinfall or going over the top rope.
- Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno (with Kevin Eubanks) defeated Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff (with The Disciple and Miss Elizabeth) (14:34)
- At the end of the show, Travis Tritt performed a mini-concert.
Road Wild 1999 took place on August 14, 1999 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.[4]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
[edit] References
- ^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 144. 2007.
- ^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 146. 2007.
- ^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 148. 2007.
- ^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 150. 2007.
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