What If? Wrestlemania 3

[darthobiwan]

Welcome to Wrestlemania 3!!! Are the words stated by Vince McMahon when the show starts. There is "93,000" fans instead the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan. Aretha Franklin sings the national anthem. Now the matches began...


Which 3 matches should have an alternative result!

[DragonMasterP]

The thing about WM 3 that's tough is that most of the matches had the right result. Ultimately I went with Rougeau Brothers over Dream Team (The Dream Team split up right after, losing that match gives a better reason) Tito and the Bulldogs over the Harts and Davis (Just have Santana beat Davis, the Hart Foundation and Bulldogs wouldn't be too hurt by that, I think), and Roberts over Honky Tonk (Not sure why, but go for it).

[darthobiwan]

We are live from the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan in front of a massive crowd of "93,000". 12 matches are scheduled for tonight.

Vince McMahon welcomes us to Wrestlemania 3 and introduces Aretha Franklin who sings America the Beautiful.

The opening match is CanAm Connection vs Bob Orton and Don Muraco. CamAm Connection prove to be too much for cowboy and magnificent one, and Martel pins Muraco after a flying cross body.

Second match is a full Nelson challenge, which features Billy Jack Haynes vs Hercules. The two brawl to the outside, where they are both counted out. Hercules continues to attack Haynes after the match with his chain, which busts him open then puts him into the full Nelson for good measure.

Third match is a 6 man tag, with Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver, and Haiti Kid vs King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo, and Lord Littlebrook. For several minutes Beaver makes several sneak attacks against Bundy (it's illegal for the big guys to attack the little guys). Bundy is able to catch up to Beaver and slams him,then hits an elbow drop for good measure. This DQs Bundy and his team, and leads to his teammates to abandon him and team up with Hillbilly and Kid on the other team. Hillbilly bodyslams Bundy to chase him out of the ring.

Fourth match is the Loser Must Bow match with King Harley Race vs Junkyard Dog. Race pins JYD after a suplex. Afterwards Dog does bow to Race then attacks him to throw him out of the ring. Since Race left his Cape and crown in the ring, JYD wears the Cape and crown to the amusement to the fans!

Fifth match is Rougeau Brothers vs Dream Team. Beefcake has been unhappy since they allowed Dino Bravo to join outside the ring during their matches with Johnny Valiant . During this match Brutus is again arguing with them as Greg Valentine is double teamed by the Rougeauses. Valentine accidentally knocks Brutus off the apron when he bounces off the ropes, leading Jacques to rollup a stunned Valentine for the pin. Rougeaus Brothers upset the former champions for a win a Wrestlemania! After the match Valentine, Valiant, and Bravo all leave Brutus in the ring and blame him for the loss, therefore ending this version of Dream Team.

Sixth match is Hair vs Hair, as Rowdy Roddy Piper faces Adrian Adonis. Adrian gets Piper is a sleeper and thinks he won when Roddys arm drops twice, so he let's go prematurely and starts to celebrate with Jimmy Hart. This leads to Brutus Beefcake to return to the ring and help wake up Piper. Roddy takes advantage of a stunned Adrian to put the sleeper on him , and Adonis arm drops 3 times and Piper wins! Afterwards Brutus helps Roddy cut Adrian's hair.

Next match is another 6 man tag, as Hart Foundation with referee turned wrestler Danny Davis face British Bulldogs and Tito Santana. Davis only comes in when the opponents are in trouble, so he only does a cheap shot and tags out quickly. He does this one too many times and gets caught by Tito, who proceeds to pummel him and his gets triple teamed for several minutes. Just as Daveyboy is about to give Danny a running powerslam, the Harts attack Dynamite and Tito, leading to referee being distracted and Jimmy hitting Davey with his megaphone. Davis is able to pin Smith for him and Harts to win.

Next Butch Reed is able to sneak a pin from Koko b. Ware by roll up and holding his tights. Tito Santana, who also has issues with Reed and Santana the last few weeks runs to the ring and hits a flying forearm to Reed and grabs at Slick and is able to tear some of the Slicksters clothes off.

Next is the IC title match with macho man randy savage with miss Elizabeth vs Ricky the Dragon Steamboat with George the animal Steele. They have a very exciting back and forth match for 15 minutes. When Savage tries to bodyslam Steamboat, Ricky is able to reverse it for a very close 2.9 count... and Randy is able to reverse it for the 1...2...3! Randy Savage has retained the Intercontinental title!!!
The crowd is going nuts for seeing this exciting match, and while Savage is still getting quite a few boos leaving with the belt, he seems to be getting cheers from almost 3/4 of the audience due to his efforts tonight! George helps Ricky back to his feet and they leave ringside together, and the audience gives Ricky a standing ovation for his performance despite losing!

Next is Jake Roberts vs Honky Tonk Man. Alice Cooper company's Jake to ringside. Jimmy Hart tries to interfer in another match for his guys, but Alice stops him, leading to Roberts catching Honky in a DDT and pinning him! Jake the Snake Roberts as pinned Honky Tonk Man!!! After the match Jake let's Damien loose on top of Honky and he celebrates his win with Alice Cooper.

Next is Nikoli Volkoff and Iron Sheik vs Killer Bees. The former team enter the ring first and Nikoli requests to sing the Russian National Anthem. Just after he starts Hacksaw Jim Duggan sprints down to the ring with 2x4 in hand and catches the foreigns out of the ring. Hacksaw is in Bees corner. When Sheik has Brian Blair in the camel clutch and trying to humble him (haha), Hacksaw runs back in and hits Sheik with the 2x4, causing Bees to get DQed.

The Main Event is WWF champion Hulk Hogan defending the WWF title against Andre the Giant with Bobby the Brain Heenan. Within the first 20 seconds Hulk almost loses to match when he attempts a bodyslam on the giant but Andre falls ontop of him for a 2.9 count. After brawling for 12 minutes, Hulk is able to bodyslam the Giant, and pins him after a leg drop! Hulk Hogan retains the world title by beating Andre the Giant!


I should be able to do the "what if" scenarios later today.

[darthobiwan]

Alternative timeline after our booking changes.


Rougeau Brothers become a hot babyface team winning most of their matches throughout 1987 based on their momentum from winning at Wrestlemania. They are able to upset the Hart Foundation in October and become tag team champions! Meanwhile Demolition become the new dominant heel team and challenge Rougeaus at Wrestlemania 4.

Randy Savage continues his Intercontinental title reign and is dominant until August. Jake Roberts then feuds with Savage that summer and during an August title match, Roberts catches Savage with the DDT and pins him to become new IC champion and Savage's historic 550+ day reign ends! Roberts then stays champion until Wrestlemania 4, and Rick is his challenge there.

After losing IC title, Savage turns babyface due to his growing popularity and feuds with Jimmy hart's guys (hinky tonk, valentine, and bravo) for rest of 1987. The Hart guys brutally attack Ricky Steamboat in June, putting him out of action until January.

Hogan stays champion until Febuary 1988. On an episode of Main Event , Hulk has a rematch against Andre, who beats him thanks to Earl Hebner getting paid by Ted Dibiase beforehand. Andre then forfeits his newly on belt to Dibiase since Dibiase "paid" for it. President Jack Tunney rules this is an invalid title reign, and vacates the title. The new champion will be decided in a 14man tournament. Hogan and Andre each get byes and will face each other in second round. The first round matches will include Dibiase vs Jim Duggan, Don Muraco vs Bravo, Savage vs Butch Reed, Steamboat vs Valentine, One Man Gang vs Bam Bam Bigelow, and Brutus Beefcake vs Honky Tonk Man.

Rick Martel and Tito Santana can be in the opening match battle royal.