Booking Challenge: Tatanka as WWF Champ

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

He was pretty over for a while there.

[Milkman Norm]

Native American Tatanka slams Yokozuna on the deck of the intrepid. Then he goes coast to coast on the Native American Tatanka Express. Native American Tatanka trains with The Italian pretending to be Native American Chief Jay Strongbow and learns to master the shitty sleeper. At Summerslam Native American Tantanka faces Yokozuna. After Jim Cornette hits Yokozuna by mistake Native American Tatanka puts on the shitty sleeper he learned from his mentor an Italian guy pretending to be a Native American. As Yokozuna is fading Mr.Fuji gets on the apron as Cornette distracts the ref. However before he can throw the salt the Italian pretending to be Native American Chief Jay Strongbow waddles to the ring and knocks it out of Mr.Fuji's hand. Native American Tatanka wins the title!

[devondragon]

Mar 28, 2016 23:41:49 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

 Then he goes coast to coast on the Native American Tatanka Express.

Is he riding on a buffalo?

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Instead of high-fiving the fans, he goes around the ring shaking everyone's hand asking "Hey, how are you? Hey, how are you?"

[DragonMasterP]

Mar 29, 2016 18:16:46 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

Instead of high-fiving the fans, he goes around the ring shaking everyone's hand asking "Hey, how are you? Hey, how are you?"

"Will you stop!?"

[thegame415]

He needs to win the belt in Buffalo, NY.

[MC Blowfish]

I'd keep Tatanka from losing to Ludvig Borga on Saturday Night's Main Event. Have the match end with both teams brawling and a double disqualification.

The Survivor Series match comes down to Ludvig Borga with Yokozuna against Tatanka and Luger. Borga trips Luger when he's the legal man on the team. This causes Tatanka to jump Borga and brawl on the outside of the ring. While the ref is distracted by the chaos outside of the ring, Fuji hits Luger with the flag. Yokozuna hits him with a superkick. Fuji places a chair in the corner and Yokozuna hits the Banzai Drop on Luger with the chair underneath of him. Yokozuna gets up and throws the chair out of the ring. The ref turns around and sees Luger being pinned and counts the three. Tatanka takes a classic face beating from both heels. He begins to make a comeback is able to eliminate Ludvig Borga with the Renegade Drop. The announcers make a big deal about him not being able to get Yokozuna on his shoulders. He's able to get several two counts, but isn't able to put Yokozuna away. Mr. Fuji interferes and is caught by the ref. Yokozuna is disqualified and Tatanka is the sole survivor.

This sets up a match at Royal Rumble for the title. Tatanka is able to beat Yokozuna with the Flying Tomahawk Chop for the title. In the Royal Rumble match, you have Luger and Borga as the last two in the ring. Borga is able to eliminate Luger and then goes on to face Tatanka for the title at Wrestlemania.

[jason1980s]

I think Tatanka may have been a better choice for the title run than Lex would've been. At least WWF already had a year+ of Tatanka built up as a face and with the winning record.

[lildude8218]

Vince: YOU F***ING IDIOTS! I SAID MAKE TATANKA CHAMPION! NOT TANAKA! WE'RE RUINED! RUINED!!!!

[evilone]

Laugh all you want but Tatanka had been pinned only three times between 1991-1994
Probably one of the greatest winning streaks in modern wrestling history.

Should have won that IC belt from Shawn and WM9 and probably should have had the Warrior treatment against Yokozuna for the WHC while still holding the IC. I would probably have him pinned for the first time against in that match to cement Yoko even more as unstoppable monster only for Bret Hart to take him down eventually.

[Reflecto]

Mar 30, 2016 19:34:04 GMT -5 evilone said:

Laugh all you want but Tatanka had been pinned only three times between 1991-1994
Probably one of the greatest winning streaks in modern wrestling history.

Should have won that IC belt from Shawn and WM9 and probably should have had the Warrior treatment against Yokozuna for the WHC while still holding the IC. I would probably have him pinned for the first time against in that match to cement Yoko even more as unstoppable monster only for Bret Hart to take him down eventually.

This is close, but from there this is how I would book Tatanka as the WWF Champion:

-Prep it from the beginning, with Tatanka winning the IC belt from Shawn, and then Yokozuna winning the World Title from Bret at Mania 9 (without the Hogan screwjob there). End result, you have new World and IC Champions going into the 1993-94 season...and BOTH of them are undefeated.

With this in mind, both Tatanka and Yokozuna keep going on their undefeated streaks, no one getting either one to falter and/or even getting Yokozuna off his feet. It's clear they'll eventually be heading for a showdown- and on July 4 on the Intrepid, that's where you strike. Tatanka is the one to take Luger's spot and slam Yokozuna and become number one contender, title vs. title at Summerslam.

By the same token, Tatanka beats Yokozuna by disqualification by Jim Cornette/Mr.Fuji interference- costing Yokozuna his undefeated streak but winning the war and keeping the title belt...and taking away Tatanka's one match for the belt. For the rest of the year Tatanka's blocked from challenging again, with only the IC Title keeping him as "technically" the number one contender- oops Ludvig Borga, Yokozuna, and Crush all beat him down- whichever of Borga or Crush you choose is new IC Champ, and now Tatanka's trying to get the belt back.

The stage keeps getting set, with the one chance at the 1994 Royal Rumble to win the belt at Mania 10.

[fw91]

this means No Mr Backlund 8 day reign, and no "I feel like God promo," but have Tatanka still be the sell out for the million dollar corporation citing that he's never got a fair look for the championship despite being very successful. He beats Bret at Survivor Series 94. Loses the belt to Diesel at Royal Rumble 95 to help Diesel get over as a face, by beating a despised heel.

[drjayphd (feat. Pitbull)]

Mar 30, 2016 15:38:05 GMT -5 MC Blowfish said:

I'd keep Tatanka from losing to Ludvig Borga on Saturday Night's Main Event. Have the match end with both teams brawling and a double disqualification.

The Survivor Series match comes down to Ludvig Borga with Yokozuna against Tatanka and Luger. Borga trips Luger when he's the legal man on the team. This causes Tatanka to jump Borga and brawl on the outside of the ring. While the ref is distracted by the chaos outside of the ring, Fuji hits Luger with the flag. Yokozuna hits him with a superkick. Fuji places a chair in the corner and Yokozuna hits the Banzai Drop on Luger with the chair underneath of him. Yokozuna gets up and throws the chair out of the ring. The ref turns around and sees Luger being pinned and counts the three. Tatanka takes a classic face beating from both heels. He begins to make a comeback is able to eliminate Ludvig Borga with the Renegade Drop. The announcers make a big deal about him not being able to get Yokozuna on his shoulders. He's able to get several two counts, but isn't able to put Yokozuna away. Mr. Fuji interferes and is caught by the ref. Yokozuna is disqualified and Tatanka is the sole survivor.

This sets up a match at Royal Rumble for the title. Tatanka is able to beat Yokozuna with the Flying Tomahawk Chop for the title. In the Royal Rumble match, you have Luger and Borga as the last two in the ring. Borga is able to eliminate Luger and then goes on to face Tatanka for the title at Wrestlemania.

Great idea, makes total sense, but the idea of Ludvig ing Borga, Royal Rumble Winner and Wrestlemania Main Eventer makes me want to curl up in the fetal position.

[sonofsharknado]

Mar 29, 2016 18:05:08 GMT -5 devondragon said:

Mar 28, 2016 23:41:49 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

 Then he goes coast to coast on the Native American Tatanka Express.

Is he riding on a buffalo?

Buffalo Bagwell 

[Milkman Norm]

People are taking this seriously. Huh.

[Ben Wyatt]

A bus carrying Luger, Diesel, Shawn, Bret, Yoko, Taker, Razor Ramon, Savage, The Headshrinkers, Backlund, Ludvig Borga, Virgil and Crush crashes into a ditch, killing them all. The next TV taping, Vince sees Tatanka walking down the hall, shrugs and says "Eh, why not?" and hands him the title

[Nickybojelais]

At least this thread has achieved what WWE has failed to do, because on seeing the suggestion of a Ludvig Borga v Tatanka Wrestlemania main event, suddenly I'm hyped for Reigns v Triple H.