Road Wild - 1998

1998

Road Wild 1998 took place on August 8, 1998 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Meng defeated The Barbarian (with Jimmy Hart) (4:48)
  • Meng pinned Barbarian with a Tongan Death Grip.
• The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated The Dancing Fools (Disco Inferno and Alex Wright) (with Tokyo Magnum) (15:27)
  • Grunge pinned Inferno after grunge elbowed Inferno through 3 tables.
• Saturn defeated Raven (with Lodi) and Chris Kanyon in a Triangle Raven's Rules match (12:26)
  • Saturn pinned Raven after a Death Valley Driver.
• Rey Mysterio, Jr. defeated Psychosis (13:38)
  • Mysterio pinned Psychosis with a Springboard Hurricanrana to become the number one contender to the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
• Stevie Ray defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (2:38)
  • Ray pinned Guerrero after hitting him with a slapjack.
• Steve McMichael defeated Brian Adams (with Vincent) (6:32)
  • McMichael pinned Adams after a Tombstone Piledriver.
• Juventud Guerrera defeated Chris Jericho (with Dean Malenko as Special Guest Referee) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (16:24)
  • Guerrera pinned Jericho after a Frankensteiner.
• WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg won a World title battle royal against nWo Hollywood (The Giant, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, and Scott Norton) and nWo Wolfpac (Konnan, Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, and Sting) (7:58)
  • Goldberg won by last pinning Giant.
• [*Eliminations were by pinfall or going over the top rope.
• Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno (with Kevin Eubanks) defeated Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff (with The Disciple and Miss Elizabeth) (14:34)
  • Leno pinned Bischoff after Eubanks hit a Diamond Cutter on Bischoff.
• At the end of the show, Travis Tritt performed a mini-concert.
• Rick Steiner was scheduled to face Scott Steiner but Scott backed out due to a previous attack by Rick claiming he had been injured