10 Seriously STRANGE Places Wrestling Shows Took Place

[@michaelendy3479]

Jeff Jarrett faced Dutch Mantell in an Opera House with an orchestra playing to their match back in the 80s. That was interesting!!

[@ThePeoplesVictor]

someone's been watching tales from the territories

[@ZERO9098767]

@@ThePeoplesVictor It's a... An alright show. Lol It's prolly better to people who enjoy those types of shows. Personally, I prefer Dark Side of the Ring, and am hoping that Tales doesn't end Dark Side, though, it's been said that it won't. I guess the only thing that'll end Dark Side is low ratings or running out of things to talk about. Personally, I didn't even know there's enough to talk about for three seasons, but, hey, I guess that's what happens when you pretty much only ever watch WWE for most of your life.

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

@@ZERO9098767 there's plenty of stories to talked about the Heatwave incident, the Droz incident, Rick Rude breaking his back, Lex Luger, Chyna, Hardbody Harrison, Louie Spicolli, many things they can talk about

[@ZERO9098767]

@@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd True. I'm hoping we get at least a few more seasons of Dark Side.

[@RealNickyBoy15]

Heard about that on Tales from the Territories

[@MovieEggman]

The inaugural WCW Monday Nitro at Mall of America was such a unique show but the WCW Spring Break shows held at Club La Vela were so memorable because having the ring placed above the club’s swimming pool you knew somebody was going to get tossed into the pool.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

The visual of Lex Luger standing next to The Great American Train Store will always crack me up

[@MovieEggman]

@@claymathewselevator8121 That frame is used as the thumbnail for the first WCW Nitro episode on the WWE Network and Peacock.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Or a drunken Kevin Nash will throw himself into the pool

[@cjvaye99]

ill always remember that setting. one of my earliest memories watching wrestling was seeing sting make his entrance by coming down from a helicopter.

[@frenchfrey65]

was hoping someone would mention this! If you watch Botchamania 71 (I believe) there's a story by Bull Payne where he was supposed to wrestle Van Hammer to open the show of 1999, nobody was supposed to go in the pool that night except Rick Flair according to the production team, Payne was fine with this as it would wreck his gear. Immediately starting the match Van Hammer tries to put him in the pool, Payne stiffed him with a right hand trying to tell him no can't do that! Funny enough, the announce table spoiled the show saying, "We're in segment 1 and someone is trying to put someone in the pool already?". At the end of the match, Van Hammer spikes Payne really fucking hard with the flashback finisher, giving Payne a concussion most likely (cuz 90's). Goes to show how much of a shit show WCW was by the late 90's early 2000's.

[@irrsinnrainer]

I loved that Money In The Bank match in Titan Towers. Especially considering the time it happened. It was a bonkers experience to watch in the heights of Lockdown.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Otis throwing the pie at John Laurinaitis was hilarious

[@jordandeadley360]

Otis threw the pie at Kevin Owens.

[@venomousnate7263]

It would be interesting to see a wrestling show like WWE or AEW to take place at a beach, except much more organized.

[@MjDudz99]

A modern version could actually be really good, it would just take time and investment and idk if it’s really worth it overall.

[@SunshineStateCoasters]

I’ve got the perfect location. Wildwood, New Jersey. Their beach is huge, it’s like a 1/4 mile walk from the boardwalk to the ocean.

[@espurrthestupididiot2405]

Wasn't WWE thinking of having SummerSlam 2020 take place on a beach?

[@davidshepherd3148]

@@espurrthestupididiot2405 I always thought summerslam would be better if it was held at a beach.

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

​@@SunshineStateCoasters As an NJ fan, I completely agree. Heck, they can pick any Boardwalk here. Maybe bring back the Gulf of Mexico match as a "Jersey Shore" match

[@itsmeceruleanine992]

It wasn't mentioned in the video, but the Flair-Savage and Hogan-Vader matches were taped for a Baywatch episode conveniently titled "Bash at the Beach".

[@PandicusGiganticus]

I'm just happy they actually called out Bloomington instead of saying the Mall was in Minneapolis.

[@bradcarver8127]

So on the last unique venue Shotgun Saturday Night Triple H faced the Undertaker. I guess you could call that the End of an Era

[@painvillegaming4119]

Taker and hunter be ending eras since the 90

[@rhedosaurus2251]

The final WCW Nitro also happened on a beech at Panama City, Florida.

[@SOULKINGSAMA92]

What about that one story Cody told about Dusty having a wrestling match in a war zone in Africa, and both sides stopped fighting to watch the match and then everyone went home without fighting?

[@DFloyd84]

If you expand the list to F-tier no-name "indy-er than indy" promotions and events, you could find some more potential entries, like the rental tent in the cul-de-sac where the first "Grand Masters of Wrestling" happened (as seen on W3).

[@MovieEggman]

I saw one Indy show held inside a Walmart of all places.

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

The Denny's parking lot that Heindenreich faced Doink in is a legendary venue

[@ScottH18]

@@MovieEggman I saw a viral video from a Walmart yesterday that looked like one of the Tupelo concession stand fights, does that count?

[@BwareOfKoko]

I met Rey Mysterio in one of the Tribute to the Troops in 2008, coolest thing ever!!

[@SalvadorSalcido]

Vince Russo’s short-lived Ring of Glory promotion having their first show in a church was definitely something to behold.

[@SunshineStateCoasters]

2 honorable mentions: OVW shows At Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park. And a independent show inside a freaking Walmart!

[@AFTERPROWRESTLING]

Ovw does car lots as well, like right in the middle of an acura dealership lot!

[@SunshineStateCoasters]

@@AFTERPROWRESTLING oh wow I didn’t know that, yep that should be on the list too

[@654jimbob654]

I feel like you could just make a top 10 list of DDT shows in crazy locations. Their sister promotion TJPW did a show at a swimming pool earlier this year and it seemed legitimately dangerous because the wrestlers were having to perform their spots on all the hard slippery surfaces surrounding the pools.

[@sankyubi1786]

Shoutouts to the show that took place in one continuous shot as they went up an office building

[@shawnmichaels568]

Yes! More Adam's Top 10.

[@DukesMusic84]

Ah yes, now I remember they were on Wall Street. Good research, I was interning there at the time and it was madness.

[@GeeOhJayyy]

Chris Jericho is a genius when it comes to great wrestling ideas

[@OperationSmoke]

Missing is the road match between Dustin Rhodes and Blacktop bully. Though in a truck, it was going down the road and.... Well, that is still the damndest thing I've seen.

[@TomChillstrom]

Let it be known, to celebrate the Mall of America’s 30th anniversary they had another wrestling show in the rotunda. Check it out on FITE TV; Minnesota’s F1rst Wrestling did it, called it Saturday Night Nitro and it was great!

[@blazikenfanftw]

Love the content!

[@TheChooseAName123]

4:59 nearly killed me. Had to run it through my head a once or twice (non-native speaker) and then LOLed. Not sure why this one got me so good.

[@ronaldisrow8055]

Been wanting to see one on this

[@doctorevil3326]

I lived 10 minutes away from the beach when Bash 95 happened. I was also on family vacation to, not that I was upset about it or anything.

[@jordandeadley360]

The main event is genuinely my all time favourite WCW Match.

[@christophpoegger2106]

Years ago in my childhood, at a wwf european Tour, i was there with my grandma in Austria, tyrol, innsbruck in the bergisel Ski jumping Arena. Front of stage. Lovely memories...

[@ThaShowStopper]

I always loved wrestling in venues/places that you'd never think/see! Like the 1st Nitro in the Mall for example! Just So Dope!

[@IntentChief]

I wish they’d do shows at theaters radio city would be so call as a one off

[@brutalboy1000]

I love when wrestling matches are held in unorthodox venues. It's like a real life Street Fighter or Tekken.

[@robertclark2253]

There was a Japanese that took place in a sauna . Mall of America was a copy and paste of a Japanese event except in the Japanese version most of the matches were hardcore so the action went just about everywhere and how isn't the USS Intrepid in this it wasn't a wrestling match as such but you get the point . How about this one a Golden Disc ladder match in a discotheque complete with music and lights ? This was in the UK back in the 80's the contestants were Ironfist Clive Myers and Kendo Nagasaki .

[@sebastians.6892]

I have no idea why you are not mentioning Mount Fuji (Fujiyama). There is even a belt/championship for that. And yes, they wrestle in the snow.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

TNA should’ve done an Aces&Eights match in Sturgis, South Dakota

[@jasonleman1396]

Dark side of the ring episode on the wcw north korea show was one of their best!

[@TiVo67]

Club La Vela is probably my favorite outside the box venue.

[@stosh5082]

I saw a video here talking about how once, a Memphis based indy promotion had a match that took place in a women's prison. Type in "Bull Pain vs. Soultaker" and you should find it pretty easily.

[@oddishhonor]

Beautiful mall of America joke in there adam.

[@TheForeverRanger]

Plus the Bash at the Beach 2020 gave us one of the great wrestling traditions, singing Judas.

[@twocentsmiguel]

“Great” wrestling tradition.

[@joehill6916]

It’s not Penn Station, but I saw Pete Dunne wrestle Zak Gibson under a railway arch in Manchester. Happy days.

[@angeltrevinov]

Recently Nación Lucha Libre (A wrestling promotion by Alberto del Rio) put up a show next to a racing track here in Mexico City. You can look it up as Nacion Lucha Libre SpeedFest. Also, AAA does shows for music festivals.

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

So Impact wrestling did a wrestling event in a beer brewery and they didn't put that on this list? WOW

[@ZERO9098767]

Not everybody is obsessed with beer. Lol

[@joshbunton6424]

They did two according to the wiki

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

@@ZERO9098767 and even less people are obsessed with motorcycle but hog wild made the list

[@naruskekumaroko]

I was on all 3 cruises and can't wait for the 4th one in Feb.

[@TheMrtgamer]

I'll be honest here... WWE doing MITB at Titan Tower with the rules setup they did in 2020 was honestly what made that year's MITB worth watching and honestly they should bring a similar match back once a year... Maybe Survivor Series next year? 🤔

[@Nug223]

The Jericho Cruse was fun

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I loved Shotgun Saturday Night

[@joshuaperez441]

I kinda wish they mentioned that a indie show took place at a Walmart

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

It’s way more interesting when it’s a big promotion doing it but an indie part 2 would be nice

[@ZERO9098767]

Hopefully they never have a no holds barred match there. But, I guess that would only be an issue if New Jack was still alive. 😂

[@benpezzot8805]

wwe one time wrestled in a tropical storm in Pureto Rico

[@GVSradio]

I tried to order wrestle crate and it wouldn’t let me select the USA for my address. Is it not available is the US?

[@Teeheehee093]

Jericho Cruise was probably the smelliest cruise of all time

[@jfitz1982]

The one that happened in North Korea.

[@robertmckay5325]

NXT was at the Aftershock music festival one year.

[@CrashMcCloudX29]

I'm surprised Matt Hardy's garage didn't make the list for Total Nonstop Deletion.

[@stuarttupp3541]

Hang on a moment. They did a show in Penn Station? That is so ridiculous, considering Madison Square Garden is literally directly above your head.

[@aaronprince5737]

I'm surprised to not see WCW and their junkyard brawl

[@PowerStruggle555]

never heard anyone call Tribute to the troops "Christmas from Bagdad"

[@theharv1490]

I hated the performance center era but I understand why they had to do it. NXT should have PPVs outside the performance center just like did Stand & Deliver earlier this year

[@HoV326]

I don't know why they continued doing Takeovers in the CWC when WWE was getting back to doing events outside the Thunderdome in mid-2021

[@micshork]

I wish I could have seen WCW at Walt Disney World.

[@TBevill1231]

It’s not really too odd, but there was the time Fritz Von Erich fought King Kong Bundy in the old Texas Stadium in the Cowboys Endzone. Also I don’t recall there being fans.

[@joelowdon1615]

No DDT Rojo street wrestling? DDT have done shows in a hot spring, all over the streets of Tokyo, a camp site. TJPW had a match in a water park. There's also the Zona-23 Junkyard that could have made the list.

[@mdf3530]

7:49 Why is Benoit wearing the logo of the AHL’s Chicago Wolves?

[@lilsunny7399]

Honestly you could put like 4 different WWE matches from 2020 on here. As well as WWE HQ they also did a match in a graveyard, whatever the fuck parking lot that Street Profits and Viking Raiders thing took place in, and some kind of alternate dimension where John Cena "fought" Bray Wyatt

[@jamesreveley5360]

adam with the dahmer glasses

[@DJVexillum]

Alright, I popped for "Grandest Stage of the Mall". Solid joke, whoever wrote that one!

[@billepperson2662]

50-100 k for that "Beach Blast" 💦?! NO way... Did that include all the extras from the filming of the companion episode of Baywatch that didn't air for over a year?!

[@multiyapples]

Incredibly interesting.

[@Raideortega]

I just want an entire video of Pacitti saying "samyoorai"

[@mattj4112]

What about Rolling Loud? I struggle to think of a stranger place to have a wrestling match than an actual rave.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Paul London said on Rene Dupree’s podcast that he once wrestled outside of a state prison

[@lnknprkkrngcsp]

Jericho partnered with ROH and TNA for the first Cruise

[@TonyOnions666]

I had a match in the drywall section of Home Depot

[@matt511ful]

dam you guys forgot last year when they had that one off match at rolling loud in the middle of a music festival

[@rawrbeez6625]

I loved the Baghdad show.

[@adamV5]

i think dark side of the ring told the story about Peyonang, north korea for that show Collision in Korea in 95

[@charizardranger506]

No love for the Hardy Compound? But still a good list of places.

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🙏

[@Nbflowers1989]

A fun list!!

[@scootinand]

It's not all that crazy, but there was that AEW show at a video game convention. There's a lot of crossover between wrestling and video game fans, but there were likely a lot of people there who were like "huh, yeah, sure, I'll watch wrestling." And then MJF called them virgins. Sometimes the low hanging fruit is pretty sweet.

[@TheFinalHoss]

The chatham dockyard is another place

[@seanodeli7031]

Chikara did a match in a park while they were “shut down”

[@zanethind]

Honestly can we get the mall venue and station venues back?

[@edwinperez4509]

Wall Street and Times Square are both in Manhattan...

[@AngelCam7]

I honestly thought the MITB matches in WWE HQ were fun and creative (and at least the Women's winner didn't cash in immediately). I wish they could do that again.

[@TheDepressedChemist]

I agree, not only the creativity in using the office I actually really enjoyed both men and women competing at the same time. Really added a new dynamic to the match which although regularly fun is very samey

[@kotw1300]

The Hog Wild crowd was hostile towards things they didn’t appreciate. What a nice way of saying Harlem Heat were showered with death threats and racial slurs.

[@devious187]

The idea of The Rock wrestling a bear on Wall Street is just too funny, but not THAT farfetched... Does anyone remember Terrible Ted the Wrestling Bear? He'd even sell your offense, according to Bobby Heenan!

[@nicktaylor2657]

Surprised that wrestling in a prison was not on the list Dutch Mantel said that the heels were cheered and babyfaces booed

[@jasonjimerson7046]

I had to laugh at number 1, because where else is stranger than that?

[@repeatquinny]

What about ceasers palace?

[@StarrPower2232]

The only way they could get any crazier is if they had a wrestling show on the moon.

[@ganglabesh]

first few shotgun saturday nights were really fun...then they just put on taped crap from other shows

[@robertclark2253]

An empty arena . Remember that one ?

[@deadhappy620]

Didn't SmackDown do a show at a music festival a few years ago?

[@MrFredson91]

I’m shocked that Saudi Arabia is not on this list

[@dizzy1369]

Poor mlw getting overlooked and shafted again. They also had a show on an island.

[@InfectedChris]

Gah. I gotta go on my PC and do the sponsor block myself I guess.

[@KyleKnoblauch]

Didn't Kota Ibushi have a match against someone in a canoe on a creek?

[@GinkgoPete]

Laughing so hard at the collision in Korea poster having the South Korean flag on it

[@jolemays3218]

Remember road wild

[@juliooquendo220]

Well I guess the creators of 2k will do new strange things and places for the future WWE 2k games once they watch this video

[@mikescott8903]

Jericho did not come up with a wrestling cruise....wcw and wwf did it years ago

[@erinmsomers]

I saw a match on KZbin that took place in a Japanese bathhouse...I think it was FMW...There was legit female nudity in the background...

[@slickricky24]

You forgot rolling loud

[@wanderlustwarrior]

As soon as we saw the title, we had to know North Korea was number one.