Re-book a past WrestleMania

[The Possum]

Rewrite history. Given the talent available for a specific WrestleMania, book it how you would have done it. I'll start with WrestleMania 25.

WWE Championship
Randy Orton d. Triple H (c)

Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels

World Heavyweight Championship: Fatal Four Way Elimination
Edge (c) d. Christian, Matt Hardy, and Jeff Hardy

John Cena d. Rey Mysterio

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
CM Punk d. Kofi Kingston, The Brian Kendrick, and Kane

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Santino Marella d. JBL (c)

Unified Tag Team Championship
The Miz and John Morrison d. Carlito and Primo Colon

Chris Jericho d. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat w/ Ric Flair

WWE United States Championship
Montel Vontavious Porter (c) d. Big Show

[mrjl]

well, at Wrestlemania 22 I'd pull Ric Flair from MITB and put Randy Orton in, making Kurt Angle vs Rey Mysterio for the championship a singles match.

As for complete re-booking I'd do Wrestlemania 9

WWF Champion Bret Hart w/Stu Hart defeats Yokozuna w/Mr. Fuji
Stu Hart is there because in my build of this feud Yokozuna crushes Owen Hart repeatedly in a match on Raw.

"The Narcissist" Lex Luger w/Boddy Heenan defeats Hulk Hogan w/Brutus Beefcake by count out.
Luger is the one who attacked Beefcake instead of Money Inc. He gets the win by attacking Beefcake again with Hogan helping him to the back.

Mr. Perfect defeats Razor Ramon with the Perfect-plex

Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels w/Luna Vachon defeats "Macho Man" Randy Savage w/ Sensational Sherri blocking a top rope ax handle with a superkick.

Doink defeats Bob Backlund with the help of a second Doink

The Undertaker defeats Papa Shango

Crush and Tatanka defeat Tag Team Champions Money Inc. by DQ when IRS uses his briefcase.

The Steiner Brothers defeat the Headshrinkers

[MolotovMocktail]

Wrestlemania 9:

WWF Championship: Triple Threat Match

Bret Hart [c] vs. Yokozuna vs. Hulk Hogan

-Hogan wins the belt by pinning Yoko. This way, his win makes sense rather than the impromptu match that pissed everyone off, and since Bret is not the one doing the job, he is not made to look weak and a later Bret/Hogan match could be more likely in the cards.

WWF Tag Team Championships:

The Nasty Boys vs. Money Inc. [c]

-Money Inc. retains. They were feuding with the Nasty Boys before Hogan and Beefcake came back, and this would be a proper blowoff to that.

Brutus Beefcake vs. Rick Martel

-Beefcake wins. This gets him on the card against a decent opponent who wasn't doing anything else at the time.

-Keep the rest of the card as it was, and try to squeeze the Kamala/Bam Bam Bigelow match on there as well.

[fw91]

Wrestlemania 2000
1) WWE Title: Triple H vs The Rock(What it should've been)
2) TLC Tag Titles: Edge and Christian vs The Hardyz v Dudleyz(keep it the same)
3) IC Title: Chris Jericho v Chris Benoit( show stealer)
4) Big Show vs Rikishi(super heavyweights collide)
5) Last Man Standing: Kane vs Xpac(feud ender)
6) European Title Submission Match: Kurt Angle(c) vs Tazz(Streak ends here)
7) Eddie Guerrero Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn vs Chyna and Too Cool(Filler)
8) Hardcore Title: Hardcore battle royal
9) Fatal Four Way for #1 contendership for titles: APA vs HeadCheese vs T&A vs Big Bossman and Bull Buchanan

[FUNK_US/BRODUS]

WrestleMania 23.

Money In the Bank winner: Stays the same. Kennedy deserved it at the time, had a good storyline set out for him, and it was through dumb misfortune and getting injured that things went sour.

Great Khali vs Kane: Kane wins. I cant stand Khali.

Chris Benoit vs MVP: MVP wins. MVP makes a better champion and Benoit makes a better chaser.

Undertaker vs Batista: this should be on much later in the card. Undertaker should still win though.

ECW Originals vs New Breed: They had a match that absolutely crapped on this the week after on ECW. Its on YouTube, and its AWESOME. I wouldve reworked the finish to allow the Originals to win. Have Elijah Burke drive Sabu through the table, to hit the ring, only for RVD to land the Frog Splash on him for the 3.

Bobby Lashley vs Umaga: This all played out well, and its a constant reminder in this feud that a manager did wonders for Lashley. His jump into the cage wall is still one of the coolest things Ive ever seen in the WWE.

Melina vs Ashley: Ashley develops elevated liver enzymes before the match and is replaced by someone who isnt a gigantic failure. Melina wins.

Shawn Michaels vs John Cena: Michaels wins. Until my dying day I will insist that Michaels shouldve won this. It wouldve made his win the night after in London mean even more had he been champion before it. Play it up as if he is the one guy Cena cant beat. Cena wins the belt back at Backlash by pinning Edge or Orton, making sure HBK doesnt take the pinfall.

[mrjl]

Mar 23, 2011 19:53:52 GMT -5 MolotovMocktail said:

Wrestlemania 9:

WWF Championship: Triple Threat Match

Bret Hart [c] vs. Yokozuna vs. Hulk Hogan

-Hogan wins the belt by pinning Yoko. This way, his win makes sense rather than the impromptu match that pissed everyone off, and since Bret is not the one doing the job, he is not made to look weak and a later Bret/Hogan match could be more likely in the cards.

WWF Tag Team Championships:

The Nasty Boys vs. Money Inc. [c]

-Money Inc. retains. They were feuding with the Nasty Boys before Hogan and Beefcake came back, and this would be a proper blowoff to that.

Brutus Beefcake vs. Rick Martel

-Beefcake wins. This gets him on the card against a decent opponent who wasn't doing anything else at the time.

-Keep the rest of the card as it was, and try to squeeze the Kamala/Bam Bam Bigelow match on there as well.

they didn't do Triple Threats back then though. They even had the oppurtunity for one the NEXT year and they still didn't do it.

[BorneAgain]

Wrestlemania 22

Big Show/Kane (c) vs. Carlito/Chris Masters vs. MNM(c): 2 Fall Match For the World and WWE Tag Team Titles

Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus(c): WWE Women's Title

Finlay vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Matt Hardy vs. Ric Flair vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Shelton Benjamin: MITB II

Mick Foley vs. the Undertaker: Street Fight

Chris Benoit(c) vs. Rey Mysterio: United States Title

JBL/Booker T/Vince McMahon vs. DX

Randy Orton(c) vs. Kurt Angle: World Heavyweight Title

Edge(c) vs. John Cena: WWE Title

[Crappler El 0 M]

I actually tried this yesterday with Mania IV. I watched it yesterday and I kept thinking the 14-man title tournament was too much. There were way too many short, rushed matches. There were 16 matches in all and I have reduced it to 11. This would allow much more time in singles matches and the tag title match. The only major development that would not occur is the Bret Hart babyface turn, but Bret Hart will still get a nice moment at the PPV. Also, I took out the Warrior-Hercules match and added them to the Battle Royal opener. I also took out the Bulldogs/Koko v. Islanders/Heenan match, but still found a way to work in Matilda attacking Heenan.

Edit: I was really tempted to add Savage/Steamboat with Savage getting his win back during either the first or second round of the tournament. In the end, I decided not to book a face versus face match as WWE really did not do this at the time. I think the Steamboat/DiBiase match I included could have been a great match, though.

1. 20 Man Battle Royal (with many more stars than the actual one, even without tag teams)

Features: 1. Ultimate Warrior (winner) 2. Bad News Brown 3. Junkyard Dog 4. Don Muraco 5. Butch Reed 6. Greg Valentine 7. Jim Duggan 8. Dino Bravo 9. Hercules 10. Koko B. Ware 11. Hillbilly Jim 12. Ken Patera 13. George Steele 14. Ron Bass 15. Sika 16. Danny Davis 17. Sam Houston 18. Danny Spivey 19. Steve Lombardi 20. Lanny Poffo

Round 1 Tournament Matches

2. Randy Savage v. Harley Race (Savage wins in 10-15 minute match)

3. One Man Gang v. Bam Bam Bigelow (same match as before)

4. Ted DiBiase v. Ricky Steamboat (DiBiase wins in a 10-15 minute match)

5. Hulk Hogan v. Andre the Giant (Double DQ)

Non-Tournament Singles Match
6. Rick Rude v. Jake Roberts (Jake hits the DDT, Bobby Heenan forces a DQ and it leads to Jake trying to get revenge on Heenan and Rude with Damien. Rude and Heenan finally escape. Use your imagination)

Round 2 Tournament Match
7. Randy Savage v. One Man Gang (Savage wins via pinfall instead of DQ in a longer match)

*DiBiase receives a bye

8. Tag Team Battle Royal (winner earns tag title shot for his team)

Includes: Hart Foundation (Bret Hart wins the battle royal for his team); British Bulldogs; The Islanders; The Killer Bees; The Fabulous Rougeaus; The Bolsheviks; The Young Stallions

*Note: The Bulldogs will eliminate the Islanders. Bobby Heenan and the Islanders then cheat to eliminate the Bulldogs in some fashion. The Bulldogs then take out the Islanders and then Dynamite Kid stalks Heenan and Heenan backs away in fear. Meanwhile, Davey Boy Smith retrieves Matilda and we get a similar spot where Matilda chases Heenan up the isle and Matilda bites him. No eliminations take place during this spot in the battle royal.

Intercontinental Championship
9. Honky Tonk Man v. Brutus Beefcake (Same match, essentially)

Tag Team Championship
10. Strike Force v. Demolition (Demolition wins the titles)

Tournament Final
11. Randy Savage v. Ted DiBiase (Savage wins title in a possibly longer match)

[Schemer]

This Sandy Savage intrigues me....

Actually, I would re-book Wrestlemania VIII in two ways... First, the obvious thing is to book Hogan-Flair. I would stick Macho Man against someone like Shawn Michaels and probably leave Tito off... The other, if all the matches were to remain the same, I would've had Hogan turn heel after the 1992 Royal Rumble. That would've probably made the feud with Sid a bit more interesting and I certainly wouldn't have sent them on last.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Mar 23, 2011 21:51:53 GMT -5 Schemer said:

This Sandy Savage intrigues me....

Actually, I would re-book Wrestlemania VIII in two ways... First, the obvious thing is to book Hogan-Flair. I would stick Macho Man against someone like Shawn Michaels and probably leave Tito off... The other, if all the matches were to remain the same, I would've had Hogan turn heel after the 1992 Royal Rumble. That would've probably made the feud with Sid a bit more interesting and I certainly wouldn't have sent them on last.

Oops. I guess Sandy Savage could be the 'Santina' version of the Macho Man.

And I agree that rebooking Mania VIII is a good idea. I would have made the Savage/Jake Roberts blow-off match happen here and of course I would have made Flair/Hogan the main event. The newly turned face Undertaker would beat Sid. Hell, you could do the Papa Shango run-in and Warrior return in that match and not have to close the show with it.

[Schemer]

Mar 23, 2011 21:56:32 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Mar 23, 2011 21:51:53 GMT -5 Schemer said:

This Sandy Savage intrigues me....

Actually, I would re-book Wrestlemania VIII in two ways... First, the obvious thing is to book Hogan-Flair. I would stick Macho Man against someone like Shawn Michaels and probably leave Tito off... The other, if all the matches were to remain the same, I would've had Hogan turn heel after the 1992 Royal Rumble. That would've probably made the feud with Sid a bit more interesting and I certainly wouldn't have sent them on last.

Oops. I guess Sandy Savage could be the 'Santina' version of the Macho Man.

And I agree that rebooking Mania VIII is a good idea. I would have made the Savage/Jake Roberts blow-off match happen here and of course I would have made Flair/Hogan the main event.

You know, I'd forgotten about Jake, but I suppose they view the blowoff as Tuesday in Texas... But yeah. Mania VIII had the ingrediants and was actually one of my favorites, but it could've been the best.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Mar 23, 2011 21:59:20 GMT -5 Schemer said:

Mar 23, 2011 21:56:32 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Oops. I guess Sandy Savage could be the 'Santina' version of the Macho Man.

And I agree that rebooking Mania VIII is a good idea. I would have made the Savage/Jake Roberts blow-off match happen here and of course I would have made Flair/Hogan the main event.

You know, I'd forgotten about Jake, but I suppose they view the blowoff as Tuesday in Texas... But yeah. Mania VIII had the ingrediants and was actually one of my favorites, but it could've been the best.

As I said in my edited post, doing Jake/Macho at Mania VIII would leave Undertaker and Sid without matches. Undertaker did turn babyface, so they could have fought each other. As I said in the edited post, it is possible they could have done the Shango/Warrior spot in the Taker/Sid match. Shango seems like the type to feud with babyface Taker anyway. However, Warrior would not really want to save Taker, whom he feuded with before he left.

[Schemer]

Mar 23, 2011 22:02:22 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Mar 23, 2011 21:59:20 GMT -5 Schemer said:

You know, I'd forgotten about Jake, but I suppose they view the blowoff as Tuesday in Texas... But yeah. Mania VIII had the ingrediants and was actually one of my favorites, but it could've been the best.

As I said in my edited post, doing Jake/Macho at Mania VIII would leave Undertaker and Sid without matches. Undertaker did turn babyface, so they could have fought each other. As I said in the edited post, it is possible they could have done the Shango/Warrior spot in the Taker/Sid match. Shango seems like the type to feud with babyface Taker anyway. However, Warrior would not really want to save Taker, whom he feuded with before he left.

Does Sid still turn at the 92 Rumble?... If he does they could, but rather, I think Taker-Shango would be more logical... So, what to do with poor Sid. Well, if we don't turn him, what heel is left? If we leave him as a heel like it happened historically... I suppose he could've gone with... Well, I think Kerry Von Erich was still employed. I suppose if you wanted to do the Warrior spot, a match with Kerry would be logical enough (depending on whether or not he would be able to perform)

[The Possum]

WrestleMania X-8

Undisputed Championship
Chris Jericho (c) d. Rob Van Dam

The Rock d. Hollywood Hulk Hogan

WWE Tag Team Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H d. The Outsiders (c)

Undertaker d. Ric Flair

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Mr. Perfect d. Kurt Angle (c)

Booker T. d. Diamond Dallas Page

WWF Hardcore Championship
Kane d. Goldust (c)

Edge d. Big Show

Tag Team Championship Elimination Number One Contender's Match
Christian and Lance Storm d. The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and Billy & Chuck

Tazz d. William Regal

[Crappler El 0 M]

Does Sid still turn at the 92 Rumble?... If he does they could, but rather, I think Taker-Shango would be more logical... So, what to do with poor Sid. Well, if we don't turn him, what heel is left? If we leave him as a heel like it happened historically... I suppose he could've gone with... Well, I think Kerry Von Erich was still employed. I suppose if you wanted to do the Warrior spot, a match with Kerry would be logical enough (depending on whether or not he would be able to perform)

Yes, you could have had Undertaker and Shango and Von Erich v. Sid. In reality, Sid turned heel by not helping Hogan in their tag match on SNME. You would probably need to turn him in a way where Hogan is not involved.

[Crappler El 0 M]

@the Possum...

I think the real lesson of Mania X-8 was that NOTHING could follow Hogan-Rock and that it should be the last match.

I guess you would have had RVD win the Rumble? Jericho v. RVD doesn't seem as big as Jericho v. Triple H, but if they had a great match then perhaps it would have meant a lot for their careers and we would have viewed them differently.

Triple H would have been a babyface, so I guess I could see him and Austin reforming a team to face the Ousiders. That tag match would have felt more special than Austin-Hall one-on-one.

[saintpat]

WM IX:

Undertaker goes old school on Giant Gonzalez.

Gonzalez pulls him down with a jerk of the arm, hooks the leg for the 1, 2, 3.

Streak ends at two.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

WM22

Same card, with one new match:

• WWE Tag Team Championship Match
  MNM (c) v Paul London and Brian Kendrick
  
  Their storyline is moved up a few months, and their Judgment Day match is MNM's rematch. Breakup can still happen afterwards.
  

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WM23

Same card, with one new match:

• WWE Tag Team Championship Match
  Paul London and Brian Kendrick (c) v The World's Greatest Tag Team
  
  At this point, Londrick have held the belts for nearly a year. Simply put, Benjamin and Haas challenge them.
  

And the following changes:

• 8 Man Tag Team 8 Man Tag Team Extreme Rules Match
  ECW Originals v The New Breed
  
  The match that happened on ECW should have happened here.
  
  
• Lumberjill Match for the Women's Championship
  Melina (c) v Ashley Mickie James
  
  This is her rematch for the title (that eventually happened at Backlash and was actually not that bad).
  

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WM24

Same card, with one new match:

• Open Challenge for the United States Championship
  MVP (c) v Mystery Opponent (Matt Hardy)
  
  If he was fit enough to do a Twist of Fate off a ladder, he's fit enough to have a 5-10 minute regular match.
  

And the following changes:

• 7 8 Man Money In The Bank Ladder Match
  Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho v United States Champion MVP WWE Tag Team Champion The Miz v WWE Tag Team Champion John Morrison v Mr. Kennedy v Carlito v Shelton Benjamin v CM Punk v World Tag Team Champion Cody Rhodes
  
  The Miz comes in for MVP. Then when Jeff Hardy is taken out for Wellness, an 8th man does get put in, that being blue-chipper Cody Rhodes (hey, there wasn't much left).
  
  
• Lumberjill Tag Team 6 Person Mixed Tag Team Match
  Women's Champion Beth Phoenix, Melina and Santino Marella v Maria, Ashley Mickie James and Jerry "The King" Lawler
  
  Come on now. You can't have a moment like "I GOT YOUR DELICIOUS SUBWAY SANDWICH TOO JERRY" and not have it be capitalised on at WrestleMania. The ripple effect from this could have meant that Cole v Lawler this year may never have happened. Heel Cole probably still would have happened, but not the match.
  

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WM25

This card is overhauled, pretty much from top to bottom:

• 10 Diva Tag Team Match
  Women's Champion Melina, Mickie James, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly and Molly Holly v Beth Phoenix, Michelle McCool, Maryse, Natalya and Victoria
  
  Molly and Victoria are brought in for this match as part of the 25th 'anniversary' stuff. Hey, anything is better than that battle royal.
  
  
• ECW Championship Match
  Jack Swagger (c) v Evan Bourne
  
  The two best guys from the previous year's New Talent Initiative get a chance to shine with the lights on bright.
  
  
• WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship Match
  John Morrison and The Miz v The Colon Brothers
  
  Moved from the pre-show to the main card. Kid Rock = GONE.
  
  
• 8 Man Money In The Bank Ladder Match
  United States Champion MVP v CM Punk v Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio v Finlay v Shelton Benjamin v Kofi Kingston v Mark Henry v Kane
  
  Pretty much the same, with Mysterio (who had beaten JBL for the IC belt a few weeks earlier) coming in for Christian.
  
  
• Career vs Career Match
  John B. Layfield v Shawn Michaels
  
  The "HBK as JBL's slave" angle finishes here, with an easy match for Mr. WrestleMania.
  
  
• Inter-Brand Special Attraction
  The Undertaker v Chris Jericho
  
  The "Jericho against Legends" angle ends up with an attempt at breaking the streak. Sure, this may have meant we wouldn't have seen the brief Steamboat renaissance, but the match we could have got here would have been very good.
  
  
• Tag Team Extreme Rules Match
  Edge and Christian v The Hardy Boyz
  
  Christian is revealed as the mystery attacker at the Rumble, gifting Edge the title, who loses it in the Chamber when Jeff eliminates him from the match. This match results from that.
  
  
• World Heavyweight Championship Match
  Big Show (c) v John Cena
  
  I don't know how this would have came about, but in the grand scheme of things, we all know the result.
  
  
• No Holds Barred Match for the WWE Championship
  Triple H (c) v Randy Orton
  
  This match needed to be a dirty as all get out fight to do justice to the storyline that preceded it. Have run-ins from Legacy and the McMahons, with the returning Batista being the difference maker for Triple H in the end.
  

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WM26

Same card, with one new match:

• Triple Threat Match for the Women's Championship
  Michelle McCool (c) v Mickie James v Beth Phoenix
  
  The 10 Diva tag is gone, replaced by this logical match based on the storyline at the time (LayCool's crusade against anything that wasn't them).
  

And the following change:

• No Holds Barred Match
  Bret Hart v Vince McMahon
  
  Not so much a match change as a booking change. Vince brings out only The Hart Dynasty, and instead of revealing the swerve at the start of the match, the match goes on until Vince gets the upper hand. He then orders The Hart Dynasty to hit a Hart Attack, but they refuse (turning face) and hit Vince with one instead. Sharpshooter happens then and there.
  

[Crappler El 0 M]

I enjoyed rebooking Mania IV, so I tried rebooking Mania VI. I feel there were just too many matches (14). I was hoping to cut the card even more, but I ended up having 12 matches.

1. The Rockers defeat The Orient Express (Given more time and moved to the opener)

2. Earthquake defeats Jim Duggan (replaces Earthquake v. Hercules and Jim Duggan versus Dino Bravo)

Tag Team Championship Match
3. Demolition defeats Colossal Connection to win the titles and Andre turns face after the match.

4. Mr. Perfect defeats Brutus Beefcake (I never liked that Mr. Perfect loses to Beefcake after being booked so strongly in 1989 and after feuding with Hogan. Mr. Perfect was about to win the IC belt as well. I know the original plan was for Brutus to win the belt from him at SummerSlam, however.)

5. Roddy Piper and Bad News Brown fight to a double countout.

6. Big Boss Man defeats Akeem (moved up on the card a little bit. I almost cut this match completely, but it does give closure to the Twin Towers breakup)

7. Randy Savage defeats Dusty Rhodes via interference/scepter use (replaces the mixed tag match. It keeps their feud going and gives us a better match than the mixed tag match).

8. Rick Rude defeats Jimmy Snuka (moved up a little bit on the card)

Million Dollar Championship
9. Ted DiBiase defeats Jake Roberts by countout

10. Hart Foundation defeats Rhythm and Blues (Replaces Hart Foundation v. Bolsheviks. Rhythm and Blues can perform ‘Hunka Hunka Honky Love' before the match)

11. Rick Martel defeats Tito Santana with a Boston Crab (replaces Martel v. Koko B. Ware and Tito Santana v. Barbarian. They never really had a blow-off match and Martel should win since he was the one they pushed afterward).

Title versus Title
12. Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan to win the WWE Championship

[Hit Girl]

Wrestlemania

-Tito Santana vs Brutus Beefcake
-Ricky Steamboat vs Greg Valentine
-King Kong Bundy vs Junkyard Dog
-Volkoff/Shiek vs Rotundo/Windham
-Andre The Giant vs Big John Studd
-Wendi Richter vs Fabulous Moolah
-Jimmy Snuka vs Paul Orndorff
-Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper

Wrestlemania 2

- Andre wins the NFL/WWF battle royale
- Ricky Steamboat vs Adrian Adonis
- Randy Savage vs Terry Funk
- British Bulldogs vs The Dream Team
- Big John Studd vs King Kong Bundy
- The Hart Foundation vs The Killer Bees
- Tito Santana vs Don Muraco
- Jake Roberts vs Junkyard Dog
- Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff