25 Strangest Places In Which Pro-Wrestling Has Taken Place: Part 2 (15-1)

#13 A biker parking lot

WCW's Hog Wild (1996) and Road Wild (1997-1999) pay-per-views were an odd attempt at breaking with conventional arenas that may have looked interesting to some fans but ended up one of the various bad business decisions that ultimately led to the demise of the company.

WrestleCrap writer Art O'Donnell has publicly criticized the show as a "financial blunder", saying that WCW held "a yearly pay-per-view at a biker rally with zero live gates just because Eric [Bishoff] loves motorcycles". Konnan and Chris Jericho also confirmed on Talk Is Jericho podcast that the shows were totally comped and no money was made at the Sturgis, South Dakota gate since the venue was essentially a public parking lot.

Apparently, the whole point of the event was to allow WCW booker Eric Bischoff to ride around the motorcycle scene in Sturgis flexing in his Harley Davidson. Perhaps Bischoff should have gotten the company to sponsor the event, then it may have made better business sense.