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Post by wildojinx on Mar 15, 2012 16:24:24 GMT -5
Lets say JBL was not considered for a title run in 2004, which heel could eddie have dropped the belt to? The only choice, looking at the roster of SD in 04 was probably Booker T (Angle may have worked, but he already had multiple world championship runs, and it would have been better to give the rub to someone else), as admittedly the SD roster at the time was pretty weak, heel wise (kezno suzuki, mordecai, spike dudley, rene dupree,etc).
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Post by juvijuiceisloose on Mar 15, 2012 16:29:54 GMT -5
I would've gone with Booker T.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Mar 15, 2012 16:30:22 GMT -5
Why not RVD? I know he wasn't a heel, but I could have gotten into a face vs face feud between RVD and Eddie and the guy certainly deserved better than that one short reign he got in 2006.
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Post by Error on Mar 15, 2012 16:37:38 GMT -5
Why not RVD? I know he wasn't a heel, but I could have gotten into a face vs face feud between RVD and Eddie and the guy certainly deserved better than that one short reign he got in 2006. WWE never really trusted him between his 420 love and in ring style. The only reason he got what he did in 06 was because Vince saw dollar signs in ECW's relaunch and there was no one from ECW with any credibility other than RVD. Kane would have been fresh and given Cena a monster to kill at Mania 21 but after losing to Taker, I don't know how you do that and keep him and Taker separate. Edge would have been fresh but he hadn't found his groove yet. |
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Post by wildojinx on Mar 15, 2012 16:40:42 GMT -5
Why not RVD? I know he wasn't a heel, but I could have gotten into a face vs face feud between RVD and Eddie and the guy certainly deserved better than that one short reign he got in 2006. WWE never really trusted him between his 420 love and in ring style. The only reason he got what he did in 06 was because Vince saw dollar signs in ECW's relaunch and there was no one from ECW with any credibility other than RVD. Kane would have been fresh and given Cena a monster to kill at Mania 21 but after losing to Taker, I don't know how you do that and keep him and Taker separate. Edge would have been fresh but he hadn't found his groove yet. Edge and Kane were on RAW at that point, im sticking to the SD roster of spring-summer 2004. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 16:42:00 GMT -5
Booker T was probably the best alternative option, but they made the right call with JBL. Besides that, though, best I could see would be trying to force an Eddie heel turn or something, though even then, it'd have been hard to keep him and Cena separate for that long.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 15, 2012 16:44:20 GMT -5
Before JBL was JBL there was talk of him doing a feud taking down the nWo, then he got hurt and eventually came back as JBL. Am I the only one who recalls this? JBL was set for the main event long before his run.
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Post by Error on Mar 15, 2012 16:48:09 GMT -5
WWE never really trusted him between his 420 love and in ring style. The only reason he got what he did in 06 was because Vince saw dollar signs in ECW's relaunch and there was no one from ECW with any credibility other than RVD. Kane would have been fresh and given Cena a monster to kill at Mania 21 but after losing to Taker, I don't know how you do that and keep him and Taker separate. Edge would have been fresh but he hadn't found his groove yet. Edge and Kane were on RAW at that point, im sticking to the SD roster of spring-summer 2004. Kane was on RAW? Thought he was SD since he fought Taker at Mania that year. That was Mania though. Edge was on SD until the draft so he could have just not been drafted but... Big Show hadn't done much and was technically fired because he lost to Eddie so there was a ready made feud should he have returned heel instead of turning face to destroy Angle but I don't think they would have done Cena/Show two years in a row at Mania. Matt Morgan was there and could have been given a monster push but had two failed runs already. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 15, 2012 16:58:23 GMT -5
Before JBL was JBL there was talk of him doing a feud taking down the nWo, then he got hurt and eventually came back as JBL. Am I the only one who recalls this? JBL was set for the main event long before his run. Yeah, along with Kane, who I believe also got injured. The nWo angle failing probably ended up being mostly due to injuries stacking up. |
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Post by rapidfire187 on Mar 15, 2012 16:59:06 GMT -5
Edge and Kane were on RAW at that point, im sticking to the SD roster of spring-summer 2004. Kane was on RAW? Thought he was SD since he fought Taker at Mania that year. That was Mania though. Edge was on SD until the draft so he could have just not been drafted but... Big Show hadn't done much and was technically fired because he lost to Eddie so there was a ready made feud should he have returned heel instead of turning face to destroy Angle but I don't think they would have done Cena/Show two years in a row at Mania. Matt Morgan was there and could have been given a monster push but had two failed runs already. Taker vs. Kane that year was an interbrand match IIRC. And in hindsight, not trusting RVD was misguided if that's the reason they didn't put the belt on him before the ECW revival. He never got in trouble for anything until the one time they finally did put the belt on him. Then again, I think he got injured in 2004 so it may have ended bad anyway. |
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Mar 15, 2012 17:10:07 GMT -5
Kane was definitely on RAW, his first move to Smackdown was in 2006 when he lost a loser leaves RAW match against Umaga. Triple H is out of the running as he didn't want to work Tuesdays  |
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Post by Cronant on Mar 15, 2012 17:30:53 GMT -5
Maybe Booker.
I always thought Cena/Angle made WAY more sense as Cena's first title victory, due to their history, but they went with JBL, with Angle being Cena's last obstacle to the title match.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 15, 2012 17:39:02 GMT -5
Maybe Booker. I always thought Cena/Angle made WAY more sense as Cena's first title victory, due to their history, but they went with JBL, with Angle being Cena's last obstacle to the title match. I think it ended up working out for the best this way, though the title match itself could have been better. JBL was the upper class professional looking down on Cena, and Cena being the one to finally take him down made a lot of sense that way. |
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Post by Arrow on Mar 15, 2012 17:55:55 GMT -5
Wasn't Angle injured at the time? I know he competed at SummerSlam, and JBL seemed like such a strange choice. I'd have gone with him.
If he was hurt, Booker T or Undertaker were other options.
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Post by bob on Mar 15, 2012 18:11:25 GMT -5
Christian
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Mar 15, 2012 18:13:50 GMT -5
Wasn't Angle injured at the time? I know he competed at SummerSlam, and JBL seemed like such a strange choice. I'd have gone with him. If he was hurt, Booker T or Undertaker were other options. Angle was injured yeah, I believe he had minor neck surgery and legit required a wheelchair to get around for a while which eventually made its way into the storyline of GM Angle. I'm not 100% that was legit at anytime though so someone may be able to clarify. Just what I remember reading. |
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Post by TGM on Mar 15, 2012 18:41:13 GMT -5
Bubba Ray Dudley.
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Post by Cam on Mar 15, 2012 18:46:06 GMT -5
Wasn't Angle injured at the time? I know he competed at SummerSlam, and JBL seemed like such a strange choice. I'd have gone with him. If he was hurt, Booker T or Undertaker were other options. Angle was injured yeah, I believe he had minor neck surgery and legit required a wheelchair to get around for a while which eventually made its way into the storyline of GM Angle. I'm not 100% that was legit at anytime though so someone may be able to clarify. Just what I remember reading. Yeah, Kurt was injured and needed neck surgery. The wheelchair wasn't legit though. They made him GM so he could stay on-screen while recovering from surgery. Damn, that was my answer. If Bubba had been pushed like he has done in TNA, he could have got the job done. |
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Post by TGM on Mar 16, 2012 7:21:40 GMT -5
I don't think the Dudleyz were even doing anything of note in 2004.
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Post by hassanchop on Mar 16, 2012 7:24:59 GMT -5
Scott Steiner, just keep him and move him to Smackdown and make him replace Lesnar.
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