Reflecto
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Reflecto on Mar 5, 2018 2:45:57 GMT -5
What if Vince McMahon had allowed Sgt. Slaughter to take the GI Joe deal? Vince told Slaughter "the GI Joe deal or WWF", and Slaughter left for AWA as a result. As this happens, AWA got a big name to replace the bleeding they had. If he stayed, he's a number two babyface to Hogan on paper...but Slaughter would have become a crossover star far sooner and could have overtaken him on that result.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 6:46:05 GMT -5
One that I just thought of, while watching Vengeance 2002...
You know the typical "what if?" of what if John Cena never became the guy, especially if Brock never left in 2004?
Well, what if *all four* of the "OVW Four" never became pushed as top players, or even as "The Guy"...Cena, Lesnar, Orton, Batista?
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auph10imitated
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Post by auph10imitated on Mar 5, 2018 6:54:41 GMT -5
What if Hulk Hogan didnt take a year out in 1992? Who does he get programmed with following Wrestlemania? Would Savage have been given the title or would it have stayed on Flair to go back to Hogan? What becomes of Warrior? How does Summerslam 1992 look? Does Bret and Davey still get to go on last with Hogan on the card? Do they even go to England?
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Mar 5, 2018 15:07:08 GMT -5
What of AOL/Time Warner didn't put the kibosh on WCW programming in early 2001, cutting the legs out from under the Eric Bischoff group's purchase attempt?
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Mar 5, 2018 15:09:20 GMT -5
What of AOL/Time Warner didn't put the kibosh on WCW programming in early 2001, cutting the legs out from under the Eric Bischoff group's purchase attempt? Pretty simple one, sadly: Eric Bischoff takes over, brings back Hogan because of f***ing course he does, he's Eric Bischoff, and then it's rinse, repeat. Maybe buys WCW another year, year and a half, tops.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 5, 2018 18:52:20 GMT -5
What if Paul Heyman was given part ownership and full book over TNA in 2009? I think the TV would have been excellent and the product would be remembered fondly, but they'd have ended up basically where they are today. Without a sea change in the way the show was actually promoted ratings would have stayed where they were. At a certain point talent would have wondered why they were getting their heads kicked in for 15 minutes at a time for no appreciable change in their situation. Network might have been uncomfortable with the level of violence, and with no change in the returns would have started looking at a change in direction. Also, if I recall he wanted to bring in Daniel Bryan and build the promotion around him as an unstoppable submission machine. Sad to say that without some of his more comedy oriented angles in WWE and the underdog story that eventually took him to the top, I don't think he'd have ever become the star he is, and his run as a main event guy would have been considered a flop. For that matter, Heyman's involvement might had led to Punk sticking around for more than a song, and his career would be very different as well.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Mar 5, 2018 19:34:50 GMT -5
What of AOL/Time Warner didn't put the kibosh on WCW programming in early 2001, cutting the legs out from under the Eric Bischoff group's purchase attempt? Pretty simple one, sadly: Eric Bischoff takes over, brings back Hogan because of f***ing course he does, he's Eric Bischoff, and then it's rinse, repeat. Maybe buys WCW another year, year and a half, tops. But what do we get out of WWE in the interim, since the invasion wouldn't happen?
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J. Hova
Don Corleone
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Post by J. Hova on Mar 5, 2018 19:37:51 GMT -5
What if David lives?
What if Billy Graham is turned face during his title run?
What if Sid Justice takes the face push they tried to get him to take in 91?
What if Jim Herd never takes over WCW?
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Post by ChitownKnight on Mar 5, 2018 21:33:09 GMT -5
What if Eddie and Benoit both lived What if Stone Cold never had that neck injury in 1997 What if Punk never walked out What if Bryan never got injured
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
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Post by chazraps on Mar 5, 2018 21:39:33 GMT -5
Here's a big one:
What if The Rock didn't get injured in the Wrestlemania 29 match with Cena?
The next night the plans were to have Lesnar attack him, setting up Rock vs Lesnar at Mania 30.
If that happens, no Brock vs. Taker.
Does the streak ever get broken?
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Mar 6, 2018 4:04:47 GMT -5
What if Triple H was born a McMahon and married Dixie Carter?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 6, 2018 4:28:12 GMT -5
What if Afa Anoa'i never gets in the business? He was the first domino that brought the rest of the family into wrestling, starting with him training his brother Sika.
No Yokozuna, Umaga, Rosey, Tama/Tonga Kid, Rikishi, Usos, Headshrinkers, Wild Samoans or Roman Reigns. This leaves Haku's career on a completely different trajectory and Rock's career would be very different. Where does this leave Too Cool? How is the "Who ran over Austin?" angle resolved? How does Hogan's WM9 debacle go down? Or does it? Given Roman's place in the company, how drastically changed would it be without him there dominating their plans for the past several years? And Afa was responsible for (at least partially) training Batista, Kidman, JYD, Beefcake, Michael Hayes and Snitsky, would their careers resemble how they turned out without him? Would we have someone else playing Drax?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 6:27:21 GMT -5
What if Afa Anoa'i never gets in the business? He was the first domino that brought the rest of the family into wrestling, starting with him training his brother Sika. No Yokozuna, Umaga, Rosey, Tama/Tonga Kid, Rikishi, Usos, Headshrinkers, Wild Samoans or Roman Reigns. This leaves Haku's career on a completely different trajectory and Rock's career would be very different. Where does this leave Too Cool? How is the "Who ran over Austin?" angle resolved? How does Hogan's WM9 debacle go down? Or does it? Given Roman's place in the company, how drastically changed would it be without him there dominating their plans for the past several years? And Afa was responsible for (at least partially) training Batista, Kidman, JYD, Beefcake, Michael Hayes and Snitsky, would their careers resemble how they turned out without him? Would we have someone else playing Drax? Who trains Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler? And the most important of all... Who shoots on Sean Armstrong at the start of Mr Nanny?
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Post by buckethead on Mar 6, 2018 8:29:59 GMT -5
What if Magnum TA didn’t get in that wreck? This is the big enchilada for me. I also think he would've been great in the Attitude era.
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Mar 6, 2018 10:43:45 GMT -5
What if William Regal didn't get that wellness violation would he become champ?
What if the Nexus wasn't a dud due to injury?
What if Owen beat Bret for the title?
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Post by Aceorton on Mar 6, 2018 13:29:12 GMT -5
What if Dynamite Kid's back didn't go out in December '86? You could argue that Bret's slow path toward becoming WWF champion was dependent on the Hart Foundation first getting the tag belts when they did as a result of Dynamite's injury. And if Bret is never WWF champion, that means Owen isn't used the same, there's no Screwjob, no Mr. McMahon character that keys the WWF's turnaround, the WWF folds in '98, Owen is alive today ... All because of Dynamite's back.
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Post by cassonova on Mar 6, 2018 14:21:03 GMT -5
One that my best friend and I argue about: What if Owen Hart didn't die at Over the Edge?
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Post by mikeymike on Mar 6, 2018 18:51:02 GMT -5
What if Flair didn't survive the 1975 plane crash?
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Post by axebomber on Mar 6, 2018 20:57:50 GMT -5
One that I just thought of, while watching Vengeance 2002... You know the typical "what if?" of what if John Cena never became the guy, especially if Brock never left in 2004? Well, what if *all four* of the "OVW Four" never became pushed as top players, or even as "The Guy"...Cena, Lesnar, Orton, Batista? I think there's no way those guys don't get pushed eventually. If they waited however, it would have been better for business. They had a stacked roster with plenty of top stars in their prime like HHH, RVD, Jericho, Angle, Booker, Rey, Edge, Eddie, Big Show, active legends with HBK and Taker. There was no need for the rushed call up. No competition. All of those guys were still green when they got the rocket push. If, for whatever reason it just never happened for them, then some combo of Punk, Bryan, Christian, Morrison, Miz, MVP, Mr Kennedy, Carlito get a bigger spot. Maybe TNA, NJPW, ROH guys join earlier? Having guys like AJ, Kenta, Samoa Joe in like 2007 would have been awesome.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 6, 2018 21:27:50 GMT -5
One that my best friend and I argue about: What if Owen Hart didn't die at Over the Edge? Hate to say it, but probably finishing out his career in the mid card and being remembered as a Dean Malenko-esque figure. At a certain point maybe the screw job notoriety and his ability would have given him at least a limited ME run, but I doubt it. ETA:Maybe his actual injury of Austin could have been made a storyline at some point, but the animosity seemed way too real.
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