Road Wild (1999)

The 1999 Road Wild was the fourth and final Road Wild professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on August 14, 1999, from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.^[3]

Road Wild (1999)
Promotional poster featuring Goldberg
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	August 14, 1999[1]
City	Sturgis, South Dakota[1]
Venue	Sturgis Motorcycle Rally[1]
Attendance	5,500[1]
Buy rate	235,000[2]
Tagline	It'll Take More Than Attitude To Ride Outta Here.
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Bash at the Beach Next → Fall Brawl
Road Wild chronology
← Previous 1998 Next → Final

In the main event, Hulk Hogan defeated Kevin Nash in a retirement match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, 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 Randy Savage defeating Dennis Rodman, Goldberg defeating Rick Steiner, Sid Vicious defeating Sting and Chris Benoit retained the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Diamond Dallas Page in a No Disqualification match. The event also featured Filthy Animals vs. Dead Pool and The Revolution vs. The West Texas Rednecks.

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.^[4]

Event

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
	Bobby Heenan
	Mike Tenay
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Ring announcers	Michael Buffer
	David Penzer
Referees	Johnny Boone
	Scott Dickinson
	Mickie Jay
	Nick Patrick
	Charles Robinson
	Billy Silverman

Fit Finlay was scheduled to face Jimmy Hart's First Family, but Finlay suffered a severe injury prior to the event. A match scheduled between Madusa 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 [Poor], 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 Raven from a couple of years prior."^[5]

Results

No.	Results[1][6][7]	Stipulations	Times
1	Rey Misterio, Jr., Billy Kidman and Eddie Guerrero defeated Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope)	Six-man tag team match	12:22
2	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow (c)	Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship	13:06
3	The Revolution (Perry Saturn, Shane Douglas and Dean Malenko) defeated The West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham, Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum Jr.) (with Kendall Windham)	Six-man tag team match	10:57
4	Buff Bagwell defeated Ernest Miller (with Sonny Onoo)	Singles match	07:24
5	Chris Benoit (c) defeated Diamond Dallas Page	No Disqualification match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship	12:14
6	Sid Vicious defeated Sting	Singles match	10:40
7	Goldberg defeated Rick Steiner	Singles match	05:39
8	Randy Savage defeated Dennis Rodman	Singles match	11:30
9	Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Kevin Nash	Retirement match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship	12:18
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match