Road Wild

Road Wild
Information
Created by Eric Bischoff
Promotion(s) World Championship Wrestling
First event Hog Wild
Last event Road Wild (1999)

Road Wild (originally known as Hog Wild) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that was held in the month of August from 1996 to 1999. It was a free event held in Sturgis, South Dakota during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.[1] After the first event, WCW changed the name to Road Wild because of a potential trademark issue with the Harley-Davidson club Harley Owners Group (HOG). In 2000, it was replaced by New Blood Rising. Hulk Hogan appeared in the main event of all four editions of the event.

WrestleCrap writer Art O'Donnell criticised the event as a "financial blunder" and said that WCW held "a yearly pay-per-view at a biker rally with zero live gate just because Eric [Bischoff] loves motorcycles".[2]

Since 2001, WWE (through its subsidiary WCW, Inc.) owns the rights to the event. In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.

Road Wild dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main Event
Hog Wild August 10, 1996 Sturgis, South Dakota Sturgis Motorcycle Rally The Giant (c) vs. Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Road Wild (1997) August 9, 1997 Sturgis, South Dakota Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Lex Luger (c) vs. Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Road Wild (1998) August 8, 1998 Sturgis, South Dakota Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno vs. Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff
Road Wild (1999) August 14, 1999 Sturgis, South Dakota Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Kevin Nash in a retirement match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship

Hog Wild

Hog Wild

VHS cover featuring Hulk Hogan
Tagline(s) Ain't No Easy Riders Here
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date August 10, 1996[3]
Attendance 5,000[3]
Venue Sturgis Motorcycle Rally[3]
City Sturgis, South Dakota[3]
Pay-per-view chronology

Bash at the Beach (1996) Hog Wild Fall Brawl (1996)
Road Wild chronology

First Hog Wild Road Wild (1997)

Hog Wild took place on August 10, 1996 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.[4] The VHS cover showed Hulk Hogan in his Hulkster pose despite the fact that he, along with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, formed the nWo one month prior. The first eight matches aired on WCW Saturday Night on TBS. This event happened on a Saturday, instead of the normal Sunday night.

Madusa defeated Bull Nakano; both women had their shoulders down, but Madusa lifted her right shoulder off the canvas before the referee reached the three-count. Due to a pre-match stipulation, Madusa was allowed to destroy Nakano's Japanese motorcycle with a sledgehammer. In the main event Hollywood Hogan pinned The Giant after hitting him with the title belt while the referee was distracted from an interfering Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. After the match, The Booty Man came to the ring with an nWo T-shirt on and a birthday gift for Hogan; Hogan acted as if Booty Man was going to join the group, but turned on him and beat him down with Hall and Nash. Hogan then spray-painted “nWo” on the front of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt.

No. Results[3][5][6] Stipulations Times
1SN The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Dick Slater and Mike Enos Tag team match 03:47
2SN Konnan defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. Singles match 04:24
3SN The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated High Voltage (Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos) Tag team match 03:22
4SN Alex Wright defeated Bobby Eaton Singles match 00:30
5SN The Dungeon of Doom (The Taskmaster, Meng, and The Barbarian) defeated Joe Gomez, Jim Powers, and Mark Starr Six-man tag team match 03:06
6SN Squire David Taylor defeated Mr. J.L. Singles match 02:37
7SN Diamond Dallas Page defeated The Renegade Singles match 06:53
8SN Arn Anderson defeated Hugh Morrus Singles match 00:40
9 Rey Misterio Jr. (c) defeated The Ultimate Dragon Singles match for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship 11:35
10 Scott Norton defeated Ice Train Singles match 05:05
11 Madusa defeated Bull Nakano "Battle of the Bikes" match. 05:00
12 Chris Benoit (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Dean Malenko Singles match 26:55
13 Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (c) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship 17:53
14 Ric Flair (c) (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Eddie Guerrero Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship[1] 14:14
15 The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Sting and Lex Luger Tag team match 14:36
16 Hollywood Hogan defeated The Giant (c) (with Jimmy Hart) Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 14:56
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • SN – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Saturday Night

1997

Road Wild (1997)
Tagline(s) It's Gonna Be Wild
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date August 9, 1997[7]
Attendance 6,500[7]
Venue Sturgis Motorcycle Rally[7]
City Sturgis, South Dakota[7]
Pay-per-view chronology

Bash at the Beach (1997) Road Wild (1997) Fall Brawl (1997)
Road Wild chronology

Hog Wild (1996) Road Wild (1997) Road Wild (1998)

Road Wild (1997) took place on August 9, 1997 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

No. Results[5][7][8] Stipulations Times
1 Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Vicious and Delicious (Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton) (with Vincent) Tag team match 10:20
2 Konnan defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. Mexican Death match 10:20
3 Steve McMichael and Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett and Dean Malenko Elimination match 09:36
4 Alex Wright (c) defeated Chris Jericho Singles match for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship 13:03
5 Ric Flair defeated Syxx Singles match 11:06
6 Curt Hennig defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) Singles match 09:41
7 The Giant defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) Singles match 06:05
8 The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated The Outsiders (c) (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) by disqualification Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship 15:29
9 Hollywood Hogan defeated Lex Luger (c) Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 16:15
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1998

Road Wild (1998)
Tagline(s)

Road Fast. Road Hard.

No One Knows Where This Road Goes.''
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Brand(s) WCW
nWo
Date August 8, 1998[9]
Attendance 8,500[9]
Venue Sturgis Motorcycle Rally[9]
City Sturgis, South Dakota[9]
Pay-per-view chronology

Bash at the Beach (1998) Road Wild (1998) Fall Brawl (1998)
Road Wild chronology

Road Wild (1997) Road Wild (1998) Road Wild (1999)

Road Wild (1998) took place on August 8, 1998 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. After the wrestling show, Travis Tritt performed a mini-concert. Rick Steiner was scheduled to face Scott Steiner but Scott backed out due to a previous attack by Rick claiming he had been injured. The battle royal had the rules modified to where eliminations could happen either by throwing people over the top rope like a traditional battle royal as well as by pinfall. In the end Goldberg pinned The Giant.

No. Results[5][9][10] Stipulations Times
1 Meng defeated The Barbarian (with Jimmy Hart) Singles match 04:48
2 The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Dancing Fools (Disco Inferno and Alex Wright) (with Tokyo Magnum) Tag team match 15:27
3 Saturn defeated Raven (with Lodi) and Kanyon Raven's Rules match 12:26
4 Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Psychosis Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. 13:38
5 Stevie Ray (c) defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship. 02:38
6 Steve McMichael defeated Brian Adams (with Vincent) Singles match 06:32
7 Juventud Guerrera defeated Chris Jericho (c) Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship with Dean Malenko as special guest referee 16:24
8 Goldberg (c) won by last eliminating The Giant[note 1] Battle Royal for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 07:58
9 Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno (with Kevin Eubanks) defeated Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff (with The Disciple and Miss Elizabeth) Tag team match 14:31
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  1. ↑ Order of elimination from first eliminated: Lex Luger, Scott Norton, Sting, Curt Hennig, Konnan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.

1999

Road Wild (1999)

VHS cover Featuring Goldberg, Rick Steiner, Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash
Tagline(s) WCW Hits The Road
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date August 14, 1999[11]
Attendance 5,500[11]
Venue Sturgis Motorcycle Rally[11]
City Sturgis, South Dakota[11]
Pay-per-view chronology

Bash at the Beach (1999) Road Wild (1999) Fall Brawl (1999)
Road Wild chronology

Road Wild (1998) Road Wild (1999) Final

Road Wild (1999) took place on August 14, 1999 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.[12] Fit Finlay was scheduled to face Jimmy Hart's First Family, but Finlay suffered a severe injury prior to the PPV. A match scheduled between Madusa and Mona also did not take place without any official reason given.

No. Results[5][11][13] Stipulations Times
1 Rey Misterio, Jr., Billy Kidman and Eddie Guerrero defeated Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) Six-man tag team match 12:22
2 Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow (c) Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship 13:06
3 The Revolution (Perry Saturn, Shane Douglas and Dean Malenko) defeated The West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham, Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum Jr.) (with Kendall Windham) Six-man tag team match 10:57
4 Buff Bagwell defeated Ernest Miller (with Sonny Onoo) Singles match 07:24
5 Chris Benoit (c) defeated Diamond Dallas Page No Disqualification match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship 12:14
6 Sid Vicious defeated Sting Singles match 10:40
7 Goldberg defeated Rick Steiner Singles match 05:39
8 Randy Savage defeated Dennis Rodman Singles match 11:30
9 Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Kevin Nash Retirement match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 12:18
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. 1 2 Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. p. 137. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.
  2. ↑ O'Donnell, Art (July 25, 2013). "Induction: The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior: A Lesson in Professionalism from WWE's Spiteful Owner". WrestleCrap. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hog Wild". Pro Wrestling History. August 10, 1996. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 144.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Cawthon, Graham (2015). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 5: World Championship Wrestling 1995-2001. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1499656343.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling's Historical Cards: Hog Wild (Sturgis, SOuth Dakota, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally". 2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 145.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Road Wild 1997". Pro Wrestling History. August 9, 1997. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wrestling's Historical Cards: Road Wild (Sturgis, SOuth Dakota, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally". 2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 146.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Road Wild 1998". Pro Wrestling History. August 8, 1998. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Wrestling's Historical Cards: Road Wild (Sturgis, SOuth Dakota, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally". 2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 147.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Road Wild 1999". Pro Wrestling History. August 14, 1999. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 150.
  13. ↑ "Wrestling's Historical Cards: Road Wild (Sturgis, SOuth Dakota, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally". 2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 148.
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