25 Strangest Places In Which Pro-Wrestling Has Taken Place: Part 1 (25-16)

#16 A mall (specifically the largest shopping mall in the U.S.)

Keeping with the theme of WCW, the once mighty Atlanta Georgia-based promotion's expansion into television during the start of the iconic Monday Night Wars began on September 4, 1995 at the largest shopping mall in the United States, the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The mall played host to the very first episode of Monday Nitro on the Turner-owned TNT network, and featured the utterly shocking debut of Lex Luger (who had just secretly defected from WWF the night before) and an opening match between the legendary Jushin "Thunder" Liger and the late great Brian Pillman, as well as appearances from Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Sting and others.

The ring was set up in the middle of the mall's concourse with fans and onlookers on multiple floors visibly cheering as if the action was going down in a basketball arena.