Wrestlemania XII Question

[AJ Smudgico]

If asked before then I apologise but here goes

I just watched Wrestlemania XII again, and for what it's worth I think it a pretty good PPV.

However, in the Austin v Vega match, Austin cheats to win by smashing Vega twice (I think) with the Million Dollar Belt whilst the referee is unconscious. Now at the end of the match, once Austin and DiBiase have helped revived referee Tim White, Vince McMahon on commentary says something along the lines of 'If Roddy Piper was here he wouldn't be letting this happen'

Now, with Gorilla Monsoon officially returning to his position as President of WWE before the Iron Man match, and the plan at the time being for Hunter Hearst Helmsley to win King Of The Ring (I believe), was McMahon planting a seed for a Piper v Austin feud? And if so, how do you think it would have panned out?

[CMWaters]

I think it was more because Roddy Piper at the time was acting as the man-in-charge in Gorilla's absence (he was the one on camera that set up the Iron Man Match, for example) and McMahon was saying "he woudn't take this shit if he was here instead of chasing Goldust".

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I do think that it may have been a set-up for Piper/Austin, but I believe Piper was gone shortly after. He made one last appearance in the summer, but that was it. He actually worked a bit in the spring as a fill-in for Razor Ramon but I would have loved Piper/Austin.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

I could see a Piper/Austin feud in 1996 being great. I sorta wish they kept him as Commish and step down to fight Austin.