The Hellshow is an event held in Hellgate. Pekka Rollins established the Hellshow after pitching it "to the right Council member" (87).
If prisoners from Hellgate volunteer, they spin a wheel to determine which creature they are going to fight against. The wheel can land on numerous things. Snakes, tigers, bears, boars, wolves, and lizard like creatures called Rinca moten are some of the possible animals that the wheel could land on.
If the prisoners are able to succeed, they can get better food, cells to themselves, liquor, jurda, and conjugals with girls from the West Stave.