Road Wild (1999) was the fourth and final

Road Wild 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 Dakot ...

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(PPV)

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produced by

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(WCW). It took place on August 14, 1999, from the

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. In the

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defeated

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in a

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to retain the

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, forcing Nash to retire from professional wrestling. Nash would come out of retirement in late 1999. This was Hogan's fourth straight Road Wild main event match. Other important matches on the card featured

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defeating

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defeating

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defeating

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and

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retained the

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against

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in a

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. The event also featured

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vs.

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and The Revolution vs. The West Texas Rednecks.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

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was scheduled to face

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, but Finlay suffered a severe injury prior to the event. A match scheduled between

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and Mona also did not take place without any official reason given.

Reception

In 2011, Jack Bramma of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.5

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stating, "The dredges of mediocrity. WCW had over a year left but they were already losing significant steam by this point. I think the idea of an outdoor PPV at Sturgis could have been a lot of fun but most of the work here is just bad to average and the booking is ass. Maybe watch the 6 man tag to see some fine attention to detail from Hennig or the DDP-Benoit encounter if you don't want to see the three-ways with

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from a couple of years prior."

Results

References

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