RedDevil
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Post by RedDevil on Sept 15, 2014 17:34:26 GMT -5
It's too early for Bret, Shawn or Bulldog; I'm not sure Sid could headline against Flair for Mania (though WrestleMania wasn't yet "the granddaddy of them all" at that stage but still can't see Flair vs. Sid being the big headliner). Turning Perfect at short-notice makes no sense (not that it really did when they turned him at short-notice for Survivor Series).
I'd guess Piper is the obvious one to go for - good feud that could have done with a big blow-off match. But that would mean sacrificing the other excellent match on the card, in addition to the already missing Savage vs. Flair.
However I think I'd book Flair vs. Undertaker - whilst it's early for Taker as well, he was already a former WWF champion at that stage. Also Flair and he had been involved on screen against Hogan, so after turning face against Jake Roberts then there might be enough to build something at short-notice between them. You'd need to either delay the actual Taker vs. Roberts match though, or wrap it up quickly and immediately launch the Taker vs. Flair programme. The Taker gimmick was easily strong enough to capture the imagination in the main event I think.
Alternatively bring back Warrior a few weeks early to confront Flair after he declares himself "the man that killed Hulkamania" - the rest writes itself.
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Post by chazraps on Sept 15, 2014 17:51:35 GMT -5
Ric Flair v Ultimate Warrior - Ric Flair cuts a promo saying how Hogan is scared of facing him so he walked out, Randy Savage faked an injury to get out of wrestling him. So he challenges Jack Tunney to find somebody...anybody to face him at Wrestlemania. Instead of a surprise run in at the end of the show, Jack Tunney announces that Warrior will return to fight for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 8. This makes the most sense to me. In terms of 1992 dream matches you thought you would never see, if Hogan and Savage weren't an option, then Flair vs. Warrior would have to be it. Think about how Warrior always brought it for Mania, and having had the two greatest matches of his career at Mania 6 and 7, putting him with Flair at 8 would be the natural choice and likely a great match. Plus, a sidelined Savage could help painstakingly plan it out. And then I'd keep the rest of the Mania card the exact same, and this would also allow Bulldog vs Berzerker to not get cut for time.
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Post by lildude8218 on Sept 15, 2014 17:53:02 GMT -5
for some reason Skinner is hotshotted into the main event and defeats Ric Flair for the title
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Sept 15, 2014 18:29:37 GMT -5
Ric Flair v Ultimate Warrior - Ric Flair cuts a promo saying how Hogan is scared of facing him so he walked out, Randy Savage faked an injury to get out of wrestling him. So he challenges Jack Tunney to find somebody...anybody to face him at Wrestlemania. Instead of a surprise run in at the end of the show, Jack Tunney announces that Warrior will return to fight for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 8. Also Id have Sid Justice now facing The Undertaker. So Sid's epic Wrestlemania moment (the one in his pants) would happen 5 years earlier.
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Sept 15, 2014 23:08:50 GMT -5
I'm going with Ultimate Warrior vs Flair
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Post by Robbymac on Sept 15, 2014 23:15:17 GMT -5
This is a layup. Sid stays babyface and takes on Flair.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 16, 2014 0:37:58 GMT -5
Piper is the easiest to stick in the main event. He had the double shot at Rumble, so you play off that and book it title for title. Piper basically has to win, drops the IC title like Warrior did, Bret wins the IC tourney and Piper and Flair can carry on to Summerslam where Piper beats Flair in the UK and gets the massive pop (I'm aware Piper is actually Canadian) and Davey still beats Bret for the massive pop.
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Post by auph10imitated on Sept 16, 2014 14:43:49 GMT -5
I'm agreeing with Ultimate Warrior here. If Vince had the horrible luck of losing both Hogan and Savage then he would have had to renegotiate with Warrior much earlier.
I guess Sid would be the next choice but I don't think him vs Flair would have drew at all. Two guys who are only 8 months old to a WWF audience headlining the PPV together. Big no.
Taker vs Flair I guess may have worked too. But Warrior would be my first option
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Post by jmule on Sept 17, 2014 6:42:52 GMT -5
Flair vs skinned, repo man, and Virgil in a gauntlet match!
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 22, 2014 16:08:24 GMT -5
Wrestling booking ain't rocket science, I'll show ya. At WM8: I'd do Flair VS Piper, and Hart VS Martel for the IC title because in this scenario, Jacques never won it from Bret. Flair beats Piper clean (Yeah, give Piper 10k to tap out or something) , Martel beats Hart via shenanigans, but still wins the title. After WM, Hart challenges Flair. Books itself, eventually Bret beats him and keeps it until SummerSlam 1993. Insert mini-feuds with DiBiase and Perfect in this timeframe for Bret, as well as one with a now-heel Piper. And Martel goes on to feud with Shawn Michaels, which in the real world is what happened here. Martel turns face at SummerSlam when he saves Sherri from Michaels abusing her after he lost, with the thrown-in element that Sherri is Rick's sister (Believable, she was known as Sherri Martel) Survivor Series match between The Role Models (Martel, Santana, Janetty and ) and the Heartbreak Kids (Michaels, Roberts, Ramon, ). Royal Rumble, they both enter and neither of them win, but they fight each other in the match. Wrestlemania IX, Michaels beats Martel clean, wins the IC title. At this point, HBK defends that title for the following year, including a sizeable feud with Razor Ramon ending at WM10 with Ramon going over. You can still have the ladder match. Martel goes on to challenge Bret in a face VS face feud for the WWF title. Martel catches him at SummerSlam, and loses it back to Bret at WM10. Martel begins his farewell tour with his retirement happening sometimes in late 1994 at the Montreal Forum, his retirement match will be a lost to Owen Hart. Bret goes on to feud with Owen and Razor and goes over them. Long story short, HBK VS Hart at WM11 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, with Rick Martel as special referee. Bret wins, but earns Shawn's respect. Shawn shakes his hand before leaving the ring.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 22, 2014 21:47:48 GMT -5
Wrestling booking ain't rocket science, I'll show ya. At WM8: I'd do Flair VS Piper, and Hart VS Martel for the IC title because in this scenario, Jacques never won it from Bret. Flair beats Piper clean (Yeah, give Piper 10k to tap out or something) , Martel beats Hart via shenanigans, but still wins the title. After WM, Hart challenges Flair. Books itself, eventually Bret beats him and keeps it until SummerSlam 1993. Insert mini-feuds with DiBiase and Perfect in this timeframe for Bret, as well as one with a now-heel Piper. And Martel goes on to feud with Shawn Michaels, which in the real world is what happened here. Martel turns face at SummerSlam when he saves Sherri from Michaels abusing her after he lost, with the thrown-in element that Sherri is Rick's sister (Believable, she was known as Sherri Martel) Survivor Series match between The Role Models (Martel, Santana, Janetty and ) and the Heartbreak Kids (Michaels, Roberts, Ramon, ). Royal Rumble, they both enter and neither of them win, but they fight each other in the match. Wrestlemania IX, Michaels beats Martel clean, wins the IC title. At this point, HBK defends that title for the following year, including a sizeable feud with Razor Ramon ending at WM10 with Ramon going over. You can still have the ladder match. Martel goes on to challenge Bret in a face VS face feud for the WWF title. Martel catches him at SummerSlam, and loses it back to Bret at WM10. Martel begins his farewell tour with his retirement happening sometimes in late 1994 at the Montreal Forum, his retirement match will be a lost to Owen Hart. Bret goes on to feud with Owen and Razor and goes over them. Long story short, HBK VS Hart at WM11 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, with Rick Martel as special referee. Bret wins, but earns Shawn's respect. Shawn shakes his hand before leaving the ring. I never knew Rick Martel posted here. Glad to meet talk to you man. You did good work.
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 22, 2014 21:49:27 GMT -5
Wrestling booking ain't rocket science, I'll show ya. At WM8: I'd do Flair VS Piper, and Hart VS Martel for the IC title because in this scenario, Jacques never won it from Bret. Flair beats Piper clean (Yeah, give Piper 10k to tap out or something) , Martel beats Hart via shenanigans, but still wins the title. After WM, Hart challenges Flair. Books itself, eventually Bret beats him and keeps it until SummerSlam 1993. Insert mini-feuds with DiBiase and Perfect in this timeframe for Bret, as well as one with a now-heel Piper. And Martel goes on to feud with Shawn Michaels, which in the real world is what happened here. Martel turns face at SummerSlam when he saves Sherri from Michaels abusing her after he lost, with the thrown-in element that Sherri is Rick's sister (Believable, she was known as Sherri Martel) Survivor Series match between The Role Models (Martel, Santana, Janetty and ) and the Heartbreak Kids (Michaels, Roberts, Ramon, ). Royal Rumble, they both enter and neither of them win, but they fight each other in the match. Wrestlemania IX, Michaels beats Martel clean, wins the IC title. At this point, HBK defends that title for the following year, including a sizeable feud with Razor Ramon ending at WM10 with Ramon going over. You can still have the ladder match. Martel goes on to challenge Bret in a face VS face feud for the WWF title. Martel catches him at SummerSlam, and loses it back to Bret at WM10. Martel begins his farewell tour with his retirement happening sometimes in late 1994 at the Montreal Forum, his retirement match will be a lost to Owen Hart. Bret goes on to feud with Owen and Razor and goes over them. Long story short, HBK VS Hart at WM11 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, with Rick Martel as special referee. Bret wins, but earns Shawn's respect. Shawn shakes his hand before leaving the ring. I never knew Rick Martel posted here. Glad to meet talk to you man. You did good work. Nah, just felt he was under used.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 22, 2014 21:51:29 GMT -5
I never knew Rick Martel posted here. Glad to meet talk to you man. You did good work. Nah, just felt he was under used. Oh I bet you did, Rick Martel!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 23:04:09 GMT -5
I agree about Martel being underutilized. I felt like he suffered from turning heel at the same time that Hennig was being pushed with the Mr. Perfect gimmick, then after that Shawn Michaels became the Heartbreak Kid. It just seemed like there wasn't enough room at the top, but had Hennig or Shawn gotten injured or not worked out for some reason, I think Martel could have easily been moved up into their spots and done well.
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Post by nisidhe on Sept 23, 2014 9:46:35 GMT -5
1992 was not a good year for wrestling in general - most of the stars of the 1980s were no longer active and those who were left behind were winding down. Really, Flair vs. Piper for the title might have been a decent main event, but I could just as easily have seen Flair drop the belt to Hart and thus pass the torch (however Flair might have felt about it) while Piper faced The Mountie in a I-C title rematch.
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 23, 2014 9:55:46 GMT -5
But then we would never have gotten the famous "She was MINE before she was YOURS!"
In all seriousness, it should have been Hogan vs Flair.
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