Times Wrestling FOLLOWED Continunity....

[sungod2020]

This is the opposite to the thread on plotholes. What were times when WWF/E or any wrestling company remembered it's past?

Stephanie McMahon's Heel Turn - While the Higher Power Angle was one huge convoluted mess, it did lead to Stephanie turning on her father 6 months after the reveal. For months The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness was tormenting Vince's only daughter, even kidnapping her, and almost marrying her until "Stone Cold" Steve Austin cleared out the ring from Taker's goons and saved the day.

However, the idea of wreaking havoc on her and The McMahon Family wasn't Taker's idea. Oh no, he was taking orders from a source greater than him and it would be revealed to the World on the June 7th, 1999 edition of RAW. It turned out to be Mr. McMahon himself. It was him all along. This was to get into The Texas Rattlesnake's head, and to get the WWF championship off of him(despite The Rock being champion when these mind games started, but continuity be damned).

Later that year, The Chairman returned on screen(despite vowing to never appear again after Austin won a match against Taker for that to happen) to stop Triple H from bullying the entire locker room(how ironic), which by default would make him a babyface. He even screwed him out of the WWF title at Survivor Series.

Meanwhile, The Billion Dollar Princess was in an on-screen relationship with Test(more on that in a minute) and were set to marry on the November 28th edition of RAW. However, that wedding was interrupted by Triple H because he married her first(only in wrestling can marrying someone first be a contest). This was due to drugging her up and pretending she agreed to do via drive thru. 

This lead to a match between Mr. McMahon and his new son-in-law Triple H at Armageddon(shouldn't it have been Test vs. Triple H at the PPV?). The Game ended up victorious, and then after the match, Stephanie aligned herself with Hunter. The next night on RAW, Stephanie explained her actions due to everything her dad put her through earlier in the year. I mean, going by logic, instead of booing her(even though she was later effective in her role), the fans should've been behind her. I mean, would you forgive your father if he put you through what Vince put Stephanie through? 

Another layer of continuity was when T&A(Test and Albert) were made their(Stephanie and Triple H) henchmen and Test wasn't too keen on that, mainly due to snatching his bribe-to-be away from her. Even when both were heels, they never exactly got along.

Any other examples of continuity in wrestling that you recall?

[fg]

In 2002, Goldust (disguised as “Darth Vader”), entered into the NWO’s locker room and said to the Big Show that he is his Dad. Big Show said that his Dad is dead.

[CeilingFan]

The 1989 and 1990  Royal Rumbles.

In 89 Demolition failed to eliminate Andre The Giant. They succeeded in 90.
In 89 Mr Perfect was eliminated by Hulk Hogan. In 90 He tried to get revenge but Hogan eliminated him again!

before I forget.....

In 89 Ted DiBiase bribed his way to Number 30. In 90 stricter measures were taken, and DiBiase entered at Number 1.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

HBK can't use computers

[MiLB Fan]

Bobby Heenan at Bash at the Beach ‘96.

Everyone zeroes in on “whose side is he on” but many forget his reaction in the immediate aftermath: “What have I been saying all these years? Huh? What have I been saying?” When Hogan and Heenan were in WWE together, The Brain kept telling people what a piece of garbage Hogan was; on this night, Heenan was correct. Right before the interview that closed the show, Bobby quietly said, “I told you so.”

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Aug 17, 2022 10:20:45 GMT -5 MiLB Fan said:

Bobby Heenan at Bash at the Beach ‘96.

Everyone zeroes in on “whose side is he on” but many forget his reaction in the immediate aftermath: “What have I been saying all these years? Huh? What have I been saying?” When Hogan and Heenan were in WWE together, The Brain kept telling people what a piece of garbage Hogan was; on this night, Heenan was correct. Right before the interview that closed the show, Bobby quietly said, “I told you so.”

"Bobby Heenan hates Hulk Hogan" might be the most consistent storyline in wrestling history.

[Aceorton]

One of my favorites was at KOTR '96 when Austin was coming to the ring for the tournament final as Pillman was leaving ringside after an interview with Jim Ross. Pillman gives him a little fist pump, throat slash, you-got-this gesture and Austin just eyeballs him cautiously. Total Hollywood Blonds acknowledgement without anyone on commentary saying a word.

[fw91]

Kane in anger management. “I had a girlfriend named Katie, didn’t work out so well.”

[fg]

When Paul Bearer returned at WM20 to manage Taker in his match with Kane, Paul (who hadn’t been seen on TV in about 4 years at that point) says: “How do u like that, son?” Also at times after this, they mention they are Fathet and son.

[karl100589]

Test was nearly always aligned with Shane McMahon during his feuds. An alliance stemming back to 1999.

[4real]

To add to the Stephanie/Vince/HHH storyline I remember Stephanie welcoming Austin back from injury at Unforgiven 2000 and both having a nice conversation despite Steph being heel and Austin face. Continuity there of Steph still being thankful that Austin saved her from the Ministry wedding.

Of course it didn’t last long and Austin was stunning and embarrassing Steph within weeks but I thought that was pretty cool.

[Jindrak Mark]

Kofi being attacked from behind by Edge and taken out of an elimination chamber then a year or two later the next time Kofi is in a chamber match he's nervously watching his back during his entrance.

[Ben Wyatt]

Orton was on team Foley for 2012 Survivor Series. Foley gave his team this big speech and as soon as he finished and they were filing out, Orton was the lone one left and he just mutters "I hate you" to Foley, calling back to their 2004 feud

[celtics543]

Tito Santana and Rick Martel fighting on sight every time they saw each other after they broke up.

Shawn and Marty in one of the mid-90's royal rumbles going at it. Marty was in Rockers gear and Shawn was on his way to becoming an icon. Crowd loved it.

[Feyrhausen]

Aug 17, 2022 12:13:19 GMT -5 fg said:

When Paul Bearer returned at WM20 to manage Taker in his match with Kane, Paul (who hadn’t been seen on TV in about 4 years at that point) says: “How do u like that, son?” Also at times after this, they mention they are Fathet and son.

At one point during Takers entrance when the camera goes close to Paul you can hear him yell to Kane "You're no son of mine!"

[cjh]

Raven had a soft spot for Beulah McGillicutty even after she left him for Tommy Dreamer.

- In his last match with Dreamer before going to WCW, there was a part where he tried reconciling with her.

- When he returned to ECW in 1999, he saved Dreamer from a beatdown from the Dudleys and pinned Bubba Ray Dudley to win the ECW Tag Team Title for himself and Dreamer.  A week or two later on Hardcore TV, it was implied that getting revenge on the Dudleys for putting Beulah out of ECW a year earlier played a part in Raven's actions.

[Bo Rida]

I always say Punk as a heel commentator being a fan of Kofi due to their time as a tag team. It should be easy to follow for big storylines but I appreciate him doing it for something most watching would have forgot.

Piper was similarly dedicated to keeping up hating opponents years later, loved him guest hosting Vintage collection largely for that reason.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

AEW recently acknowledging Cesaro/Claudio and Swagger/Hager having history as former tag team partners despite the fact there team was eight or nine years ago and in another company.

[Gerard Gerard]

Kofi looking over his shoulder while entering Elimination Chamber 2010 because Edge ambushed him and took his spot at the previous year's event.

[tafkaga]

Building Piper's WCW run and StarrCade '96 as the sequel to The War to Settle the Score.