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Road Wild (1997) | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
Date | August 9, 1997[1] | ||
City | Sturgis, South Dakota[1] | ||
Venue | Sturgis Motorcycle Rally[1] | ||
Attendance | 6,500[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | It's Gonna Be Wild | ||
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The 1997 Road Wild was the second Road Wild professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the first to be produced under the Road Wild name. It took place on August 9, 1997 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.
In the main event, Hollywood Hogan defeated Lex Luger to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which marked for the second straight year that Hogan won the title at the event. In other important matches on the undercard, The Outsiders retained the World Tag Team Championship against The Steiner Brothers, Curt Hennig defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Ric Flair defeated Syxx.