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.
| Road Wild | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Eric Bischoff |
| Promotions | World Championship Wrestling |
| First event | Hog Wild |
| Last event | Road Wild (1999) |
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
edit| WCW/nWo co-branded event |
| 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 | Lex Luger (c) vs. Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
| Road Wild (1998) | August 8, 1998 | Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno vs. Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff | |||||||
| Road Wild (1999) | August 14, 1999 | Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Kevin Nash in a retirement match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
| |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. p. 137. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.
- ^ 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.