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Post by metylerca on Jan 12, 2013 16:49:42 GMT -5
HHH/Cena has been planned for about 5 WrestleMania's now.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 12, 2013 16:55:11 GMT -5
before lesnar wanted to go play football, hhh/lesnar was rumored for 21
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Post by avenger on Jan 12, 2013 20:08:11 GMT -5
The original plan for WM10 Main event was Lex Luger v Ludwig Borga for the title (Borga was supposed to beat the Undertaker, after Undertaker would have beat Yokozuna at the Rumble), but Borga destroyed his ankle before the Royal Rumble, and McMahon got cold feet over Luger's failure to get over.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jan 12, 2013 20:27:49 GMT -5
Not a match, but a rumor floated around that Justin Bieber would host WM 27.
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Post by Mac on Jan 12, 2013 20:37:38 GMT -5
Wasn't Wrestlemania 8 supposed to be Hogan vs. Flair Savage vs. Jake Undertaker vs. Sid Geez, that would have easily been one of the best cards of all time. That would be a great PPV. It would have had 4 marquee matchups.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2013 21:07:57 GMT -5
Speaking of Lesnar and WrestleMania, I remember hearing that he may have been in the Royal Rumble 2005.
Thus, he might have won instead of Batista and he might have faced JBL instead of Cena.
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Post by bogey316 on Jan 12, 2013 22:41:00 GMT -5
before lesnar wanted to go play football, hhh/lesnar was rumored for 21 That was a rumored match more then a year in advance? Doubtful.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2013 22:53:51 GMT -5
Lesnar vs. Undertaker was rumored for WrestleMania 22 after WWE.com posted a story about Lesnar visiting WWE headquarters in the summer of 2005. The idea was he'd return, beat Big Show, then feud with Taker leading to Mania.
Also, after the 2008 Rumble, I remember seeing this card surfacing for WrestleMania 24:
Cena vs. Orton for the WWE title Edge vs. Punk for the World title Flair vs. Kennedy Michaels vs. Undertaker Batista vs. Triple H JBL vs. Jericho in a bullrope match Miz and Morrison against Dreamer and Delaney for the Tag titles Candice vs. Beth vs. Mickie vs. Maria for the Women's title Money in the Bank featuring Kane, Shelton, Mysterio, Khali(!), Finlay, MVP, and both Hardys
Honestly, I'm glad we didn't get that card. That would've been a horrible Money in the Bank, and half that card was based solely on stuff that happened during the Rumble match, even when all signs pointed to Undertaker vs. Edge and Triple H vs. Orton as the top two matches. Hell, before the Rumble, Punk was supposedly set to be facing Chavo again for the ECW title.
Plus JBL vs. Finlay ended up being more entertaining than it deserved to be.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jan 12, 2013 22:53:59 GMT -5
Wasn't Hogan vs. Cena and Hogan vs. Austin rumors like 5 years in a row. Then the whole CM Punk vs. Austin for the last two years.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 12, 2013 23:00:51 GMT -5
before lesnar wanted to go play football, hhh/lesnar was rumored for 21 That was a rumored match more then a year in advance? Doubtful. swear i read it somewhere. maybe it was rumored for 20 after mania 19.
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Post by Sparvid on Jan 12, 2013 23:56:39 GMT -5
Speaking of the Rumble, 2011 had the staredown between Big Show and Kevin Nash Diesel.
Also, there was that rumored Big Show vs. Shaq match, with Shaq publically saying he'd be at Mania during February 2012.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 13, 2013 0:04:14 GMT -5
Not a match, but a rumor floated around that Justin Bieber would host WM 27. I remember Bob Barker was also heavily rumored for this.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 13, 2013 1:55:24 GMT -5
Not a match, but a rumor floated around that Justin Bieber would host WM 27. I remember Bob Barker was also heavily rumored for this. I think Bieber was supposedly being sought out to be the America The Beautiful singer. People were worried that a sub-5 minute appearance would get hyped up more than three quarters of the match card.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 13, 2013 9:56:11 GMT -5
Not a match, but a rumor floated around that Justin Bieber would host WM 27. I remember that rumour, I think that was the only time I ever thought 'if that happens, I will stop watching.' Thinking about it now, I think he'd probably be pretty funny, and if someone put him through a table it'd be worth the money for the PPV already.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2013 10:12:32 GMT -5
No, he just thought he should've been in the first WrestleMania main event. And a lot of people think he was atleast partially fired for being an ass about it. Well, since we're on the subject, might as well bring this up again. This is the original rumored, and most likely, card for WrestleMania 13 - The Undertaker vs. Sycho Sid Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Brian Pillman Vader vs. Mankind The British Bulldog vs. Owen Hart for the European Title Rocky Maivia vs. "Wildman" Marc Mero for the IC Title Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq in a Street Fight Goldust and Dennis Rodman vs. Hunter Hearst-Helmsley and Chyna That would've been much better than what we originally got. And almost all the TV we watched was leading up to those matches. (Well, except for Rodman, as he wasn't signed yet. Then WCW signed him.) Marc Mero was an interesting case. First the rumored I-C title match (based on a slow heel turn by Mero as Rocky made a save on Sable and Mero didn't much care for that), then he was actually billed as being in the Free-For-All match with Flash Funk. (Marc got hurt and couldn't go. So they inserted Billy Gunn there instead.)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2013 11:25:45 GMT -5
Sid. Sid everything. So much Sid.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jan 13, 2013 17:04:28 GMT -5
Wasn't Cena/HBK almost set in stone once HHH went down? I mean they won the tag titles and had tension. Thaat's how I remember it.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jan 13, 2013 17:06:45 GMT -5
That was a rumored match more then a year in advance? Doubtful. swear i read it somewhere. maybe it was rumored for 20 after mania 19. I also heard it was planned for WM21.
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Post by 543Y2J on Jan 13, 2013 17:47:56 GMT -5
Big Show vs Shaq, i really wanted it to happen as well
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