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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Apr 28, 2022 1:01:28 GMT -5
If Shawn kicked off one too many times and threatened to leave for WCW, what if Vince calls his bluff and lets him out of his contract, but WCW won't have him due to his attitude, and ECW won't for largely the same reason, as well as worrying Shane, Candido and Bigelow will kill him?
Could he make a go of it on the independent scene in 1997? What were some well known promotions or territories that he could have found success in?
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Post by Hypnosis on Apr 28, 2022 8:07:02 GMT -5
What the hell's with the Shawn Michaels threads in this section lately?
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Post by Feyrhausen on Apr 28, 2022 8:19:11 GMT -5
What the hell's with the Shawn Michaels threads in this section lately? :P Yeah and did we ever decide what our stance was on Eugene and 2016 Alexa Bliss?
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Post by Hypnosis on Apr 28, 2022 10:47:36 GMT -5
Okay, I'll try to give my input on the Shawn Michaels '97 indy tour: He likely gets booked against Christopher Daniels, but shows up drugged. The promoter tells Michaels to go home, and then has to scramble to find a replacement opponent for Daniels. What the hell's with the Shawn Michaels threads in this section lately? Yeah and did we ever decide what our stance was on Eugene and 2016 Alexa Bliss? Maybe Humiliated Jim Ross can provide an answer as well.
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Post by The Blue Nova on Apr 28, 2022 11:25:29 GMT -5
I don't know.. The indy scene isn't what it is today.. I can't imagine HBK wanting to wrestle King Kong Bundy or Cheetah Master...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2022 14:35:40 GMT -5
memphis was there, but they were openly working with the wwf (and in 97 with ecw), would that be keeping shawn from going there in this case?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2022 16:42:59 GMT -5
What the hell's with the Shawn Michaels threads in this section lately? School project.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2022 16:43:56 GMT -5
I don't know.. The indy scene isn't what it is today.. I can't imagine HBK wanting to wrestle King Kong Bundy or Cheetah Master... Hey, Cheetah Master sold out armories. He was a local legend at the 401.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 28, 2022 16:48:49 GMT -5
People would roll the dice on him, but I don't know who would have the money to make it worthwhile. I could see him hitting up a foreign wrestling scene, but probably getting busted with drugs at the border on the way in or out.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Apr 28, 2022 17:46:43 GMT -5
NWA Champion...Mike Rapada be damned.
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Post by mattyy on Apr 28, 2022 17:50:38 GMT -5
shawn michaels vs. reckless youth would be a banger.
shawn michaels vs. quack would be a trainwreck due to both of them being f***ing primadonna divas.
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Post by Aceorton on Apr 28, 2022 21:59:40 GMT -5
I can't wait for the "What if Shawn Michaels quit wrestling and worked at a Trader Joe's in 1997?" thread.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Apr 29, 2022 6:37:27 GMT -5
memphis was there, but they were openly working with the wwf (and in 97 with ecw), would that be keeping shawn from going there in this case? Memphis didn't pay squat, guys sent there usually ended up considering quitting the sport because they were losing money and couldn't afford to live. Justin Credible signed a 'No WCW' agreement to get out of his WWF deal and Memphis hell as he wasn't earning a living wage, so there is no chance whatsoever of Shawn going there of his own free will.
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Post by Hypnosis on Apr 29, 2022 9:43:19 GMT -5
I can't wait for the "What if Shawn Michaels quit wrestling and worked at a Trader Joe's in 1997?" thread. "What if Shawn Michaels kept working as a chef?"
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Apr 29, 2022 11:51:48 GMT -5
I can't wait for the "What if Shawn Michaels quit wrestling and worked at a Trader Joe's in 1997?" thread. He'd no show most of his scheduled shifts and get busted at the first company mandated employee drug test.
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Post by Aceorton on Apr 29, 2022 14:36:40 GMT -5
I can't wait for the "What if Shawn Michaels quit wrestling and worked at a Trader Joe's in 1997?" thread. He'd no show most of his scheduled shifts and get busted at the first company mandated employee drug test. But imagine him rolling over the counter to grab a fallen avocado and then skinning the cat back to his spot at the register.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on May 2, 2022 5:02:03 GMT -5
I can't wait for the "What if Shawn Michaels quit wrestling and worked at a Trader Joe's in 1997?" thread. "What if Shawn Michaels kept working as a chef?" Hickenbottom???!!!
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on May 2, 2022 5:11:04 GMT -5
There wasn't too much going on in the US indy scene back then. He could have gotten booked around the country for the same promoters that booked any ex WWF guy they could get at the time but I don't think he could have made a livable wage. He certainly wouldn't have made anything close to what he had grown accustomed to making in WWF.
Mexico seems like the way to go for Shawn had Vince cut ties with him in 97. He already worked a lucha-esque style and I think he would have loved the loose drug culture that existed (still exists?) there. He probably wouldn't be alive today but it's the most logical decision he could have made career wise in 97.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2022 15:46:42 GMT -5
I can't wait for the "What if Shawn Michaels quit wrestling and worked at a Trader Joe's in 1997?" thread. I wanna do "What if Shawn Michaels did porn in 1997" but that's going to get me in trouble.
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Post by James Fabiano on May 2, 2022 15:52:04 GMT -5
Still doesn't stoop to finally wrestle Shane Douglas.
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