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

#17 A beach

WCW's Bash at the Beach pay-per-views in 1994 and 1995 took place on Daytona Beach in Florida and the '95 edition doubled as a set location for an episode of the hit show Baywatch, guest starring Hulk Hogan and other WCW talent.

It's too bad that during subsequent years we'd have to settle for a fake indoor beach set inside an arena instead of the real thing. It's also very unfortunate that WWE has never used an outdoor or beachfront setting for Summerslam.

Just imagine the end-of-summer pay-per-view set in an MLB, MLS or tennis stadium like Wrigley Field or Arthur Ashe? Imagine an outdoor NXT show set at an Atlantic Ocean beach not far from Full Sail? Anyhow, rumor has it that WCW stopped doing these beach shows because sand got on the mats, the bottom of the wrestlers' boots and all over the ring causing mat-based spots to hurt due to the sand cutting into their skin.

That's not even mentioning the lack of profit from ticket sales and increased production costs.