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

#12 A bar

Austin vs. Funk, nose to nose in a bar in their mutual home state

When the 1997 Royal Rumble took place in San Antonio, WWE ran a special episode of the wild and crazy Shotgun Saturday Night less a day earlier as a prelude. Though the show was heretofore based in New York City, a memorable night was had at local San Antonio bar Denim & Diamonds as Terry Funk debuted, coming down from his ranch in Amarillo, TX trying to get an early start on the Rumble's eve.

Middle-aged and crazy even back then, Funk issued an open challenge which was eventually accepted by fellow Texan Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin, a hot upper midcard prospect in the company at the time, got in a scuffle with Funk as the rowdy crowd roared. By the end of the night, Funk would interrupt Austin's main event match with Goldust and pick another fight, leading to the entire roster of WWF stars coming into the ring from the back for a big barroom brawl before the show went off the air.

Lest we also forget the barroom brawl between the Bossman and Al Snow at Summerslam 1999. Fighting in Minneapolis for the now defunct Hardcore Title (which stipulated a 24 hour, falls call anywhere rule), Snow and the former Ray Trailer took to the streets before entering a bar near the Target Center arena where the match started.

After trying to pin each other right on the sidewalk then making their way through the bar's bathroom, Snow would end up nailing a moonsault onto a pool table and making the Bossman take pool balls straight to where the sun don't shine. Since the match location was perfectly legal under Hardcore Title rules, referee Teddy Long willfully counted the 1-2-3 right on a pool table and Snow was declared the winner.