WCW Hog Wild
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| Hog Wild | ||
| VHS cover featuring Hulk Hogan | ||
| Tagline(s) | Ain't No Easy Riders Here | |
| Information | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | ugust 10, 1996 | |
| Attendance | 5,000 | |
| Venue | Sturgis Motorcycle Rally | |
| City | Sturgis, South Dakota | |
| 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 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the first in the Road Wild chronology. It took place on August 10, 1996 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The event took place on Saturday, instead of taking place on the usual Sunday for pay-per-view events. The event was also notable for being the first pay-per-view event in WCW after the formation of the nWo at the previous month's Bash at the Beach.
In the main event, Hollywood Hogan defeated The Giant to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and spray-painted "nWo" on the title belt after the match. In other notable matches on the card, The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Sting and Lex Luger while Ric Flair, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Harlem Heat retained their United States Heavyweight, World Cruiserweight and World Tag Team Championships respectively.
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Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Event
Reception
Kevin Pantoja of 411mania rated the event 7 out of 10 stars and praised it, with "Most pay-per-views after the nWo featured a good undercard and a poor main event scene. Here you had three really good to great matches in Mysterio/Dragon, Benoit/Malenko and Flair/Guerrero. There was some crap like the WCW Title match but this was still actually an enjoyable show and I did not expect that."
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1SN | The Public Enemy (Rocko Rocco and Johnny Grunge) defeated Rough and Ready (Dick Slater and Mike Enos) | Tag team match | |
| 2SN | Konnan defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. | Singles match | |
| 3SN | The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated High Voltage (Kenny Kaos | Tag team match | |
| 4SN | Alex Wright defeated Earl Robert Eaton (with Jeeves) | Singles match | |
| 5SN | The Dungeon of Doom (The Taskmaster, Meng and The Barbarian) (with Jimmy Heart and The Big Bossman) defeated Joe Gomez, Jim Powers, and Mark Starr | Six-man tag team match | |
| 6SN | [[Damaris Traylor (wrestler) | David Taylor]] (with Jeeves) defeated Mr. J.L. | Singles match |
| 7SN | Diamond Dallas Page defeated The Renegade | Singles match | |
| 8SN | Arn Anderson defeated Hugh Morrus | Singles match | |
| 9 | Rey Misterio, Jr. (c) defeated The Ultimate Dragon (with Sonny Onoo) | Singles match for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship | |
| 10 | Scott Norton defeated Ice-Train | Singles match | |
| 11 | Madusa defeated Bull Nakano (with Sonny Onoo) | Singles match | |
| 12 | Chris Benoit (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Dean Malenko | Singles match | |
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| 16 | |||
(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 | |||
References
| ← 1995 - 1996 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 1997 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SuperBrawl V • Uncensored • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • Hog Wild • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • World War 3 • Starrcade |
| World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Events | WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992) | |||
