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.

Hog Wild

Hog Wild took place on August 10, 1996 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. 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.

• Saturday Night match: The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Dick Slater and Mike Enos (3:47)
  • Rock pinned Enos.
• Saturday Night match: Konnan defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (4:24)
  • Konnan pinned Guerrero.
• Saturday Night match: The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated High Voltage (Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos) (3:22)
  • Knobbs pinned Kaos.
• Saturday Night match: Alex Wright defeated Bobby Eaton (0:30)
  • Wright pinned Eaton.
• Saturday Night match: The Dungeon of Doom (Kevin Sullivan, Meng, and The Barbarian) defeated Joe Gomez, Jim Powers, and Mark Starr (3:06)
  • Meng pinned Starr.
• Saturday Night match: David Taylor defeated Mr. JL (2:37)
  • Taylor pinned JL.
• Saturday Night match: Diamond Dallas Page defeated The Renegade (6:53)
  • Page pinned Renegade.
• Saturday Night match: Arn Anderson defeated Hugh Morrus (0:40)
  • Anderson pinned Morrus.
• 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.

1997

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

• Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Vicious and Delicious (Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton) (with Vincent) (10:20)
  • Booker pinned Norton after two Harlem Sidekicks.
• Konnan defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. in a Mexican Death match (10:20)
  • Konnan forced Misterio to submit with the Tequila Sunrise.
• Steve McMichael and Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett and Dean Malenko in an Elimination match (9:36)
  • McMichael pinned Jarrett when Jarrett pulled McMichael on top of himself (7:11)
  • McMichael pinned Malenko after a Tombstone Piledriver (9:36)
• Alex Wright defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (13:03)
  • Wright pinned Jericho with a roll-up.
• Ric Flair defeated Syxx (11:06)
  • Flair pinned Syxx with his feet on the ropes.
• Curt Hennig defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) (9:41)
  • Hennig pinned Page with a Hennig-Plex.
• The Giant defeated Randy Savage (6:05)
  • Giant pinned Savage after a chokeslam.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) by disqualification (15:29)
  • The Outsiders were disqualified after Nash pulled the referee out of the ring, The Outsiders retained the titles.
• Hollywood Hogan defeated Lex Luger to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (16:15)
  • Hogan pinned Luger after a fake Sting (Dennis Rodman in a Sting costume) hit Luger with a baseball bat.

1998

Road Wild 1998 took place on August 8, 1998 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

• Meng defeated The Barbarian (with Jimmy Hart) (4:48)
  • Meng pinned Barbarian with a Tongan Death Grip.
• 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)
  • Saturn pinned Raven after a Death Valley Driver.
• Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Psychosis (13:38)
  • Misterio pinned Psychosis with a Springboard Hurricanrana to become the number one contender to the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
• 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)
  • McMichael pinned Adams after a Tombstone Piledriver.
• Juventud Guerrera defeated Chris Jericho (with Dean Malenko as Special Guest Referee) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (16:24)
  • Guerrera pinned Jericho after a Frankensteiner.
• 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)
  • Leno pinned Bischoff after Eubanks hit a Diamond Cutter on Bischoff.
• At the end of the show, Travis Tritt performed a mini-concert.

1999

Road Wild 1999 took place on August 14, 1999 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

• Rey Mysterio, Jr., Billy Kidman and Eddie Guerrero defeated Vampiro and The Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) (12:22)
  • Kidman pinned Dope after a Shooting star press.
• Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (13:06)
  • Ray pinned Bigelow after a Missile Dropkick from Booker.
• The Revolution (Saturn, Shane Douglas and Dean Malenko) defeated The West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham, Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum, Jr.) (with Kendall Windham) (10:57)
  • Saturn pinned Duncum after a Death Valley Driver.
• Buff Bagwell defeated Ernest Miller (with Sonny Onoo) (7:24)
  • Bagwell pinned Miller after Miller collided into Onoo.
• Chris Benoit defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a No Disqualification match to retain the WCW United States Championship (12:14)
  • Benoit pinned Page after a Diving Headbutt.
• Sid Vicious defeated Sting (10:40)
  • Vicious pinned Sting after a chokeslam.
• Goldberg defeated Rick Steiner (5:39)
  • Goldberg pinned Steiner after a Jackhammer.
• Randy Savage defeated Dennis Rodman (11:30)
  • Savage pinned Rodman after hitting him with a chain.
• Hulk Hogan defeated Kevin Nash in a Retirement match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:16)
  • Hogan pinned Nash after a leg drop.

References

External links

• Road Wild results at Pro Wrestling History