What If? Wrestlemania History results

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Since I've done the first 10 so far I want there to be an official record of all the "What If" scenarios for all the Wrestlemania up to this point listed in 1 thread so we can have as reference. I will start re-posting Wrestlemania alternative results and the fantasy booking here soon.

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I will list the 3 chosen finishes first, then repost how the Wrestlemania card went down, and have *** next to match that changed results.

What changed?
Junkyard Dog wins IC title.
Piper & Orndorff beat Hogan & Mr. T in main event.
John Studd bodyslams Andre the Giant (Andre retires).


We are live from Madison Square Garden for Wrestlemmania! Mean Gene Okerland sings the American National Anthem.

We begin with the first match being Tito Santana vs Executioner. In less than 5 minutes Tito is able to make Executioner submit to the figure four to win.

For the second match, King Kong Bundy squashes SD Jones in "9 seconds" (seemed more like 25).

Next we have Ricky Steamboat vs Matt Bourne. In just over 4 minutes Steamboat catches Bourne with a flying crossbody from top rope and pins him.

The match between David Sammartino vs Brutus Beefcake ends in a double DQ when both their managers (legendary father Bruno and Johnny Valiant respectively) get involved.

*** In the nights first title match, Junkyard Dog challenges Greg Valentine for the Intercontinental title. Valentine catches the dog in the corner to use feet on the ropes as leverage to pin him. But wait! Tito Santana, whom recently lost the belt to Valentine, comes out to tell the referee that Valentine cheated to win with his feet on the ropes. Referee reverses his decision and restarts the match. Valentine attempts to walk to the back to accept the count out loss and retain the title, however, Tito runs after him , blocks him from going backstage, causing Dog the grab Valentine and throw him back into the ring. Within 30 seconds JYD catches Valentine with rollup to pin him. New Intercontinental champion... Junkyard Dog, making this the first title change in Wrestlemania history!!!

US Express then defend the tag team titles against Iron Sheik and Nikoli Volkoff. After nearly 7 minutes of action, Sheik is able to hit Barry Windham with Freddie Blassie's cane with referee's back turned, leading to Nikoli to pin Barry. Iron Sheik and Nikoli Volkoff are the new tag team champions!

***Next is the $15,000 Body Slam challenge, in which Andre the Giant puts his career on the line against Big John Studd. Since this is a no DQ match with it only ending with 1 guy body slamming the other, Bobby Heenan and Ken Pateria interfere to assist Studd. Andre tries his best to fight them off, however the other 3 men get the upper hand and John Studd bodyslams Andre the win the match. Andre the Giant is forced to retire!!! After the match Heenan and the guys are celebrating in the ring, then Andre is able to recover and knock all 3 guys out of the ring by himself. Andre then realizes Studd left his bag of $15,000, so he then throws all of the money into the crowd! While he still lost and is now retired, Andre still stand tall and waved goodbye to the fans as he receives a standing ovation!

Now we have the women's championship match with Leilani Kai with Fabulous Moolah defending against former champion Wendi Richter with rockstar Cyndi Lauper in her corner. After 6 minutes of action, Kai attempts a flying cross body but Wendi reverses it and pins Kai to regain the Womens Title! Wendi and Cyndi dance to celebrate in the ring.

All 3 titles defended tonight have changed hands!!!


***In the Main Event, we have Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs Rowdy Roddy Piper and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff, with Jimmy Snuka and Bob Orton as the corner men respectively. Orton uses his cast to knock out Snuka on the outside. After 13 minutes of action, the movie star Mr T is struggling to keep up with the pros, leading to Orndorff catching him with a piledriver and putting him out of commission. Hogan tries to fight both men off but it's too much for him. Piper catches Hulk in a sleeper, who then attempts to hulk up to power out. Orndorff then distracts referee Pat Patterson, leading to Bob Orton to jump in and hit Hogan with the cast. Piper then pins Hulk Hogan! Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff have won the main event of Wrestlemania (with assistance from Bob Orton), AND Piper has pinned the WWF champion in a non-title match!!!

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Now on the "what if" scenarios for how they affect 1985-1986.

Fabulous Moolah still pins Wendi as Spider Lady to win Womens title in Novmeber.

Tag Team Belts go from Sheik/Volkoff back to US Express, then to Dream team (Valentine and Beefcake) before the summer ends.

Tito Santana and Greg Valentine have a blood feud that lasts until July. Tito pins Valentine in a no holds barred match after a flying forearm to end their feud.

Junkyard Dog enjoys being the IC champion until the next February, as he defends against Valentine, Beefcake, and Pateria during that time. He loses the belt after almost year long reign to Macho Man Randy Savage, who still heads into Wrestlemania 2 as IC champion to defend against George the Animal Steele.

John Studd becomes a dominate heel and beats most baby faces and challenges Hogan for WWF belt a few times but fails each time. Meanwhile a new group of masked men known as the Machines debut that summer, who one being a GIANT, kinda similar to Andre. After winning for several months, Studd and Pateria attack Giant Machine after a match in November and unmask him, revealing him to be Andre. Andre who broke his promise to retire after Wrestlemania loss, is indefinitely suspended from WWF. Then in Febuary at a live event new Super Bowl Champion William Refridgerator Perry to seating at ringside and gets interviewed by Gene Okeland. This leads to Heenan family coming out to taunt Perry and saw he is not a real champion since he won't face Studd and Pateria in a match. Perry says he is willing to face both John Studd and Ken Pateria, IF he gets to pick any partner he chooses. Studd and Pateri laugh at this, saying they can beat anyone. So Perry chooses Andre the Giant as his partner. Andre is then reinstated back to WWF as as an in ring wrestler. Andre and William Perry vs John Studd and Ken Pateria becomes one of the co-main events for Wrestlemania 2.


Since Roddy Piper beats champion Hulk Hkgan is claims for months he is the real world champion since he pinned Hulk and won Wrestlemania main event. Hogan has a series of successful title defenses against Orndorff, Orton, Studd, and Bundy. During the latter months of 1985, Hogan vs Piper for wwf title highlights the shows, with Hogan winning by DQ each time. Going into 1986 Paul Orndorff brags about "knocking out" Mr T at Wrestlemania, and says he can knock him out in a real boxing match too. This leads to Mr T accepting Mr Wonderfuls boxing challenge, so that is the second wrestlemania main event. Finally Hogan says enough DQ finishes, the next title match with Hulk and Piper will be in a steel cage at Wrestlemania 2, the last Wrestlemania main event.

King Kong Bundy can be in Wrestlemania 2 battle royal.

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Wrestlemania 2 changed results
Velvet McIntyre wins Womens title.
Roddy Piper wins Boxing Match.
King Kong Bundy wins WWF title.


Wrestlemania 2 taking place first from Uniondale, New York.


Opening match between Don Muraco and Paul Orndorff. They fight to the outside of the ring and are both counted out.

Next is IC title match between champion Randy Savage and George the Aninal Steele. George eats the turnbuckle off and hit Savage with that and a boucet of flowers given to Elizabeth. Macho Man is able to roll up Steele and use his legs on the ropes to get the pin and retain the belt.

Jake Roberts pins George Wells easily after DDT. Roberts then lets Damien loose onto Wells after the match.

***The main event for the first portion of the night is the Boxing Match between Mr. T and Rowdy Roddy Piper. After 4 rounds of action it looks like the T man is on the verge of victory. However during the rest period between round 5 Pipers cornerman Bob Orton sneaks some brass knuckles into Roddys glove and within 20 seconds into the second round Piper hits Mr T 3 times and with the brass knucks helping Mr T goes down! Referee counts to 10, and Mr T is knocked out! Rowdy Roddy Piper has knocked out Mr T and won the Boxing Match!!!

***We then go to Chicago for the second portion of the evening. Womens title match is next as forever champion Fabulous Moolah defends against Velvet McIntyre. Moolah jumps Velvet at the start, and when she goes to bodyslams the challenge Velvet reverses in mid-air and does a headscisscor and rolls up Moolah by surprise to pin her and win! Velvet McIntyre pins Fabulous Moolah within 30 seconds and wins the Womens Championship!!!


Next is the flag match between Corp. Kirschner and Nikoli Volkoff (USA vs USSR). Kirchsner pins Volkoff by stealing Freddy Blassies cane to hit him and win.

They have a 20-man battle Royal between wwf superstars and legends, and NFL players included new super bowl champion William Perry. Former champions Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales put up good efforts but are eliminated just after 10 are gone. Perry matches up against John Studd and nails him with a few tackles. With Studd against the ropes, Perry charges one final time, but Studd reverses it and hiptosses Perry out! From the outside Perry offers Studd a handshake to be a good sport, then just as Studd accepts it, Perry pulls him over the top rope to eliminate him too! The last 3 are both Hart Foundation guys and Andre the Giant. Andre proves he is the king of battle royals as he first eliminates Neidhart, then press slams Bret Harr out to the floor onto partner Neidhart to win the battle royal!


For the last match in Chicago the tag team championship is on the line as Dream Team defend against the British Bulldogs. After a fun 13 minute match Dynamite Kid catches Beefcake with a headbutt, leading to Daveyboy powerslamming Valentine and pinning him for the bulldogs to win the tag team championship!

Now onto Los Angeles, as first we have Ricky Steamboat pin Hercules with a flying body press after 7 minutes of action.

In a slow and "unorthodox" match, Adrian Adnois pins Uncle Elmer after clotheslining him 3 times.

The Funk Brothers beat Tito Santana and Junkyard Dog in another tag team bout. Tito and Dory and brawling on the outside, as Terry hits JYD with Jimmy Harts megaphone when the referee is distracted by the other guys fighting to steal the win by pinfall.

**,Now onto the main event. Hulk Hogan defends the belt against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match. After almost 10 minutes of action, Hogan looks to be on the verge of victory until Bobby Heenan is able to unlock the cage door when referee is distracted by John Studd and Ken Pateria coming down from ringside. This leads to Heenan slipping Bundy a chair through the now open cage door and hit Hulk several times in his injured ribs. Bundy then does 2 jumping splashes onto Hulk for good measure, then turns around and walks out the cage door! King Kong Bundy beats Hulk Hogan in the cage match and is the NEW WWF champion!!! This is the first time in Wrestlemania history that the world title has changed hands!

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Alternative history for 1986 into early 1987...

Randy Savage stays IC champion the whole year after series of successful title defenses against Steel, JYD, and Tito Santana. Ricky Steamboat becomes top challenge in early 1987. During an episode of Superstars, Savage attacks Steamboat after the latter wins a quick match and crushes his throat on the steel railing at ringside. This leads to the Wrestlemania 3 IC title match being Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat.

Velvet McIntyre also enjoys a lengthy womens title reign as she defeats Moolah in a series of return matches and also beats Leilani Kai several times throughout the year. Judy Martin becomes a formidable opponent by early 1987, so wrestlemania 3 title match is Velvet McIntyre vs Judy Martin.

Bulldogs stay champions until January 1987, when during a title match against Hart Foundation, Smith looks to pin Bret after a power slam but referee Danny Davis counts to 2 and says Bret kicked out at 2 when it looked like he did not. Neidhart incapacitated Dynamite with the megaphone, then him and Bret do the heart attack on Smith, and Davis counts a fast 3 count for Harts to win titles. Davis is then suspended as a referee, as he also causing Tito Santana to lose several matches too. Danny Davis then becomes a full time wrestler, and now at Wrestlemania 3 we have a 6 man tag match between Hart Foundation and Davis vs bulldogs and Tito.

Bundy and Hogan for wwf belt headline series card during 1986, and Hogan always wins by DQ when Roddy attacks Hogan (they have been feuding against at this point). Piper brags for months he knocked out Mr. T and he will do the same to Hogan or make him submit. Hogan and Piper face off in a match on Saturday Night Main Event, but it ends on a double count out when they continue to brawl outside the ring and all over the arena. In February Hogan is a guest on Pipers Pit, where Hulkster and the Rowdy one have verbal jabs at each other. This leads to Wrestlemania 3 no holds barred match between Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper, where there MUST be a decisive winner but pinfall or submission only! Also added stipulation in which the loser must retire!

Bundy dominants as WWF champion and defeats challengers like Hillbilly Jim, Ricky Steamboat, and both Bulldogs Daveyboy and Dynamite Kid is separate matches. Meanwhile Andre the Giant is dominant too as face and continues feud with Heenan family. Andre wins a series of matches against John Studd, Harley Race, and Paul Orndorff. In a Febuary episode of superstars, Andre receives a trophy from President Jack Tunney for being undefeated for 15 years. Andre thanks WWF and the fans, but says there is one more thing for him to accomplish, and that is the WWF championship! Heenan and Bundy then invite Andre to an addition to Pipers Pit, where Andre and Bundy have verbal jabs at each other. Meanwhile, Studd and Orndorff sneak from behind and attack Andre, leading to a triple team with Bundy. Bundy takes advantage of a weakened Andre to splash 3 times onto Andre 3 times. The next week, Andre has a sitdown interview with Gene Okerland, and while he admits the attack weakened him, he is out for revenge and promises to take the WWF title away from Bundy. So Wrestlemania 3 title match is King Kong Bundy vs Andre the Giant!


As an added attraction at Wrestlemania, for a 6man tag team match, Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver, and Haiti Kid vs Adrian Adonis, Lord Littlebrook, and Little Tokyo.

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Changed matches
Jake Roberts beats Honky Tonk Man.
Rougeau Brothers beat Dream Team.
Randy Savage retains IC title.




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!

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1987-1988 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.

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Changed matches for Wrestlemania 4
Brutus Beefcake wins IC title.
Strike Force retain tag team title.
Ted Dibiase wins tournament/WWF title.


Its Wrestlemania 4! We are live from the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey! We have a 14 man tournament to determine the NEW WWF champion since the Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant match ended in controversy and President Jack Tunney ruled ruled no one can BUY the WWF championship (which Ted Dibiase was trying to do from Andre).

The first match is a battle royal featuring 20 of the fiercest competitors in WWF. The final 3 are Junkyard Dog, Bret Hitman Hart, and Bad News Brown. JYD tries to fight off the combined duo of Hart and Brown, but it proves to be too much as they slowly wear the Dog down and throw him out. Bret then gives a double hi five to Bad News and seems to offer they split the winnings and the trophy. However just as the hitman turns to pose to the crowd, Bad News nails him in the back of the head with a ghetto bluster. This makes it easy for Bad News to eliminate Bret and win the battle royal. As the referees bring his newly won trophy into the ring, Bret comes to and charges the ring to attack Brown, then clothesline him over the top rope and out of the ring. Bret is now getting cheers from the crowd as he grabs Bad News trophy , smashes it a couple times in the ring, then throws it out of the ring at Bad News while he is retreating to the back.

Next is the first match of the wwf title tournament as the man who tried to buy the belt in the first place Ted Dibiase goes against Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Duggan gives the money man a run for his money as he bodyslams him a few times and looks to set up for the 3 point stance clothesline. However , Andre, who is in Ted's corner, trips up Duggans feet, which distracts him enough for Ted to knee him from behind, then hit a fist drop and covers Duggan with his feet on the ropes with referee not looking for the 3 point. Dibiase is moving onto 2nd round!

Next tournament match is Don Muraco vs Dino Bravo. After 4 minutes of action "The Rock " charges Dino with a clothesline but Bravo pulls the referee in front of him, causing Don to hit referee by mistake. This causes Dino to take advantage and hit Don with a side slam to try and pin him, however the referee knows Dino pulled him and Disqualifies him, giving Don Muraco the win to advance.

***Next is Ricky Steamboat vs Greg Valentine. After 7 minutes of action the Dragon is able to catch the Hammer with a flying cross body from the top rope and pins him. Steamboat moves onto the next round.

Then we have Macho Man Randy Savage vs The Natural Butch Reed. Savage hits the natural with a top rope elbow drop to get the pin and move onto second round, where it is a rematch from Wrestlemania 3s IC title match (Steamboat vs Savage)!

***Another first round match features 2 big boys with Bam Bam Bigelow managed by Oliver Humperdink vs One Man Gang managed by Slick. When Bam Bam runs off the ropes Slick pulls them down to have fall out of the ring. This prompts Oliver to run around outside of the ring and attack Slick. This brawl causes the referee to forget about the main 2 wrestlers for a minute in order to break up the manager brawl. During this time Gang tries to hit Bam Bam with Slicks cane, but Bigelow ducks and bodyslams Gang, then grabs the cane to hit Gang over the head with it, and when the referee returns to the ring Bigelow is able to pin Gang to move to the second round!

***The last first round match is rivals Jake Robert's vs Rick Rude. After 10 minutes of action Rude hits the Rude awakening but Jake kicks out at 2. Within 2 more minutes Robert's catches and hits Rick with a DDT and pins him and move to the second round. For good measure Jake unleashes Damien which causes Rude to run away!

In a match between 2 powermen Hercules takes on hot newcomer Ultimate Warrior. Hercules grabs Warrior with a full nelson headlock, so Warrior kicks his legs off the turnbuckle to roll backward onto Hercules shoulders and pin him.

***The first second round match is the most recent champions Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant, as they both get byes to round 2. Within 5 minutes Hulk knocks Andre out of the ring with clothesline. Hulk chases the giant outside the ring, which leads to Andre grabbing a steel chair and hit Hulk in the stomach with it. The referee sees this and DQs the Giant. While Hulk wins to move to the semifinals, Andre attacks him several more times with the chair, leading to many people wondering what condition he will be in for the next match.

The next match is Ted Dibiase vs Don Muraco. After 7 minutes of action, Dibiase catches the Rock with a slingshot on the rope to pin him. Dibiase will now face a weakened Hulkster in the semifinals!

***The next match is the rematch of Macho Man vs the Dragon. After 10 minutes of action, Dibiase and Andre come down to ringside to watch the match (and Ted potential final opponent). Since they consider Savage a possible threat when Macho Man tries going to the top rope , Andre shoves him off and Randy falls to the floor. This leads to Savage being counted out and Steamboat moving on!

***The last 2nd round match is Jake Robert's vs Bam Bam Bigelow. Bam bam attempts a diving headbutt off the top rope, but Jake moves out of the way and then grabs a stunned Bigelow and hits the DDT to pin him and move on. So the other semifinal match the Dragon vs the Snake!

***Next IC title match with champion Honky Tonk Man vs Brutus Beefcake. Jimmy Hart attempts to hit Beefcake with a guitar, but the Barber moves out of the way and Honky gets hit instead. This leads to Beefcake to put the sleeper on Honky and his arm drops 3 times! Brutus Beefcake is the new IC champion!!! Afterwards Brutus gives Honky a haircut!

Then with have 6 man tag team action with British Bulldogs and Koko B Ware vs Islanders and Bobby Heenan. Islanders double team Koko, which leads to them allowing Heenan to get the pin. However Bulldogs get the last laugh as they allow Matilda to chase Heenan I. The aisleway!

***Now onto the semifinals. Hulk tries his best to Hulk up but the attack from Andre is just too much. Dibiase is able to make quick work of Hulk by getting him in the Million Dollar dream, and his arm drops 3 times! Dibiase has beaten Hulk Hogan and is in the finals!!!

***The other semifinal match is Ricky Steamboat vs Jake Robert's. After 15 minutes of action Jake attempts a DDT but the Dragon reverses it to an inverted fisherman's suplex to catch him by surprise and pin him. Ricky Steamboat is in the finals and will face Million Dollar Man!

***The last non-tourament match is tag team championship match with Strike Force facing Demolition with Mr Fuji in their corner. Smash attempts to hold Rick Martel while Fuji attempts to throw salt in his eyes however Martel ducks and Smash gets it by mistake. This leads to Santana catching Smash with a flying forearm, Martel dropkicks Ax out of the ring, and Tito pins Smash for Strike Force to retain!!! After the match Fuji is arguing with both Demolition guys. While they do all leave the ring together, is it possible there is dissention among them?

***Finally we get to the tournament finals with Steamboat vs Dibiase! After 20 minutes of going back and forth Steamboat attempts a small package. After a 2 count Andre who is again in Dibiases corner shoves Steamboat the other way, leading to Dibiase bring on top and getting the 3 count! Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase is the NEW WWF champion!!!

Andre the Giant wraps the title around Ted's waist as Dibiase laughs and the show goes off the air.




Fantasy booking post Wrestlemania 4...

Strike Force continue their reign into the summer while the new powerhouse team of Powers of Pain dominate the competition. This leads to the Summerslam tag title match being Strike Force vs Powers of Pain. During the match Mr. Fuji mysteriously comes out to observe. At one point Rick Martel falls to the outside by Fuji, which leads to Pains guys holding up the referee while Fuji hits Martel with the cane! This makes Tito easy pickings for Warlord who gives him a power slam in the ring for the pin and Powers of Pain are the new Tag Team champions! After the match the confused Demolition team comes out to question what is going on, which causes the Powers of Pain the blindside them and Fuji hits them both with his cane for good measure (this is the double turn with demos going face and powers heel). Demolition issue challenges to Powers of Pain of Pain for several months with Fuji refusing to get them a title shot since they are "losers for not winning against Strike Force in the first place". Powers of Pain with Fuji win all their title matches with Fujis help. On the early 1989 Saturday Night Main Event, Demolition faces Brain Busters in a no1 contender's match with Demolition winning and finally getting the title matcb against Powers of Pain. The match is set for Wrestlemania, however the devious Fuji adds the stipulation that it will be a 3 vs 2 match, in which he will team with his guys to go against Demolition.

Brutus is IC champion until Summerslam, when he loses to Rick Rude. Rude then keeps the belt going into 1989. Ultimate Warrior becomes top challenger and the Ic Wrestlemania 5 title match is champion Rude vs challenger Warrior.

Dibiase succeeds in a rematch title defense against Ricky Steamboat in the early summer. Savage , who wants the belt and revenge for them attacking him during the tournament and costing him the title, goes against Ricky Steamboat on Saturday Night Main Event episode in July where the winner faces Ted Dibiase for the belt at Summerslam. After another 20 minute classic between the 2, hits the top elbow drop onto Steamboat to pin him and right to face Dibiase. Meanwhile Savage and Hogan become buddies and are known as the Megapowers. Hogan and Andre decide Summerslam will be the final match between them, as it is a steel cage match. After both men being busted up, Hogan is able to bodyslam Andre again, hit the leg drop and climbs the cage to beat the Giant. Meanwhile for the title match since Andre is out of commission due to the cage match, it's a fair match and Savage catches Dibiase with a flying eblowdrop and pins him to be new WWF champion!!! The feud with megapowers vs dibiase continues until Survivor series, with them being on opposing survivor teams. The final 3 sees Dibiase being alone against both megapowers. Savage has Dibiase beat and looks to drop the elbow to finish the money man, however Hogan tags himself in and hits Dibiase with the leg drop to steal the pin! Afterwards Hogan picks up Elizabeth to celebrate with her, which Savage questions what is going on. At the Royal Rumble Savage and Hogan come out earlier (let's say 8 and 12 respectively), and when Savage is in trouble with Bad News Brown, Hogan decides to eliminate his buddy the champion Savage! Savage questions what is going on, but Hogan just says "its everyman for himself but we are still friends " and they make up. Hogan can still get eliminated by both Big Bossman and Akeem. Andre can come in around 20 and eliminate several guys. Big John Studd, returning after a near 3 year hiatus, enters at 27 and squares off against his old foe Andre . In a shocking twist, Studd gets the best of the Giant and eliminates him! Ted Dibiase comes out at 30 (possibly from buying the number) but he still falls victim to Studd as John Studd eliminates him too to win the Royal Rumble! At Main Event in February, Megapowers go against Twin Towers. Elizabeth still gets hit accidentally by Savage being thrown out by Akeem. Hogan Carrie's her to the back and completely forgets about the match. Savage gets brutally beaten by the bigger guys, and eventually the numbers are too much for him as Akeem pins Savage after a splash! Meanwhile when Elizabeth tells Hulk to go back and help Randy, Hogan says he does not care about Randy and he is the only one he cares about. Savage eventually gets back to Hogan and Elizabeth and asks what is going on. Hogan states he is sick of being the sidekick when he was supposed to be the champion which he was last year. Hogan then demands a world title match and taunts Savage, saying he is too scared to face him 1 on 1. Savage reluctantly accepts as long as it's a fair fight, however Hogan then blindsided Randy and attacks him brutally for couple minutes (Hulk Hogan has shockingly turned heel folks)!!! The Wrestlemania 5 title match is babyface champion Randy Savage vs heel Hulk Hogan.

[darthobiwan]

Wrestlemania 5 changes
Rockers beat Twin Towers.
Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji win tag team titles.
Randy Savage retains WWF title.


We are live from Trump Plaza in Atlantix City, New Jersey for the second year in a row.... its Wrestlemania 5!

The first match is Hercules vs King Haku. After 7 minutes of action, Hercules catches bridging back suplex to pin him.

***Second match is a miss-match of a tag team match with Rockers going against the big guys, the Twin Towers. Rockers attack them with series of dropkicks and flying maneuvers, which Akeem and Bossman occasionally catch them in bodyslam and double team moves. At one point which Shawn Michaels and Akeem are the legal men in the ring, Bossman attacks Marty Jannetty on the outside with his nightstick. Towers manager Slick is able to grab Shawn and hold him against the ropes , which Akeem then attempts to charge him and clothesline which, but Shawn is able to move out of the way and Akeem hits his manager Slick by mistake. This allows Shawn to nail Akeem with a super kick to knock down the big guy, and Shawn pins him while Bossman watches from the outside and does NOT attempt to break up the fall! The Rockers have won in an "upset "!!! Afterwards Shawn helps Marty to the back and they celebrate their win, while Slick argues with Bossman for not breaking up the pinfall which bossman says he thought Akeem was going to kick out. They all make up, but Gorilla Monsoon is curious if troubles are going on between Slick and his guys?

Third match is self-proclaimed Million Dollar Champion Ted Dibiase vs Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Close to the 10 minute mark, Brutus gets Ted in a sleeper and may be on the verge of victory, however bodyguard Virgil jumps on the apron to distract Beefcake, leading to barber to chase him outside. Ted then attacks Beefcake outside, leading them both to brawl outside and both get counted out!

Fourth match is Rougeau Brothers vs Bushwhackers. Since the Rougeaus unestimate them, the Bushwhackers are able to surprise them with a double battering ram and then give Raymond a rib breaker for Luke to pin him, giving Bushwhackers the win!

Next we have an exciting match with Blue Blazer and Mr. Perfect. After Blazer catches Perfect with a crucifix for a 2.8 count, Perfect is able to catch the Blazer in the Perfect-Plex for the pin!

***Next is the tag team title match with Demolition having to defend the belts against 3 men, Powers of Pain and their manager/Demolition ex-manager Mr. Fuji. Ax gets triple teamed for a bit, until he is able to tag Smash to him attacking all the other 3 guys. At one point, Smash catches Barbarian and Ax goes to second turnbuckle to attempt the Decapitation, but the devious Mr. Fuji throws salt into Ax face, leading him to fall to the outside of the ring, this leads Smash alone with him getting double-teamed by Powers of Pain, Warlord gives him a power slam, then Barbarian tags in Mr. Fuji, who finishes Smash with a kick to the head and pins him. Powers of Pain with help from Fuji are the NEW tag team champions!!!



Next is a quick 3 minute bout with Dino Bravo pinning Ronnie Garvin after a side slam.

In another tag team match Strike Force faces Brain Busters. Around the 5 minute mark Tito has Tully against the ropes next to Martel on the outside and attempts his signature flying forearm. However Tully ducks and Tito hits partner Rick by mistake. Tito gets double teamed until he can fight them off 3 minutes later and he turns to the just recovering Martel who jumps off the apron to walk to the back and abandon him! Brain Busters are able to finish off Tito with a spike piledriver, and Arn pins him for the win. Gene Okerland interviews Martel in the back, who said "I'm sick and tired of Tito, the guys a loser ".

Next we have Jake the Snake Robert's vs Andre the Giant with Big John Studd as the referee. Studd gets on Andre several times which leads to the 2 big men arguing. Jake decides to try getting Damien out to even the odds (Bobby Heenan is there with Andre), but Ted Dibiase and Virgil come to ringside to attempt to steal Damien away, but Jake catches them and knocks them both down to the ground with clotheslines. Meanwhile in the ring, Studd has had it with Andre ignoring him and the rules and starts to shove him, which leads to Andre attacking studd with a chokehold and getting DQed. This leads to Jake coming up to let Damien loose in the ring, and Andre runs away petrified!

Next tag team match is Hart Foundation against Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine (who are managed by Harts ex-manager Jimmy Hart). While Valentine tries to run interference and the referee stops him, jim Neidhart takes the megaphone from Jimmy to hand to Bret, who then hits Honky in the face with it and pins him for the Foundation to win!

Next we have Intercontinental title match as champion Ultimate Warrior defends against Ravishing Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan in his corner. After over 10 minutes of action, the 2 men brawl to the outside. Warrior is able to roll into the ring and attempts to suplex Rude from outside apron back into the ring, but Bobby is sneaky and he grabs Warriors foot which causes Rude to bvn fall ontop of him, and Heenan holds onto Warriors foot as Rude gets the pin. Rick Rude is the NEW Intercontinental champion! Warrior is frustrated and he chases Heenan around the ring until he grabs Heenan and gives him a press slam in the ring. Rude is able to help Heenan as he also takes his newly won title.

The next match is just a glorified brawl as Hacksaw Jim Duggan faces Bad News Brown. At one point Brown grabs a steel chair into the ring, which leads to Hacksaw grabbing his 2x4. The 2 men attack each other with their respective weapons, leading to a double DQ.

Next to last match is Bobby Heenan who is still selling attack from Warrior about 20 minutes earlier, with Brooklyn Brawler in his corner, vs Heenans former guy Red Rooster. Rooster makes quick work of Heenan as he throws him into corner with an Irish whip and pins him. Brawler attempts to aid his manager after the bell by attacking Rooster, but the Red one is able to turn the tide within 30 seconds and sends the Brawler out of the ring, so him and Heenan leave quickly from ringside.


***The main event of the evening is WWF championship match, in which Macho Man Randy Savage returns to Trump Plaza to defend the belt he won there just over a year ago, vs his former Megapower partner Hulk Hogan. Elizabeth is also at ringside but says she is in a neutral corner as she supports both men and hates seeing them fighting. Hogan gets an early advantage by giving Randy a series of clotheslines and bodyslams, then Randy forces Hulk to chase him on the outside and hides behind Elizabeth to halt Hulk in his place and Randy attacking him to gain the advantage. Randy then wears down Hulk with a series of chin locks and flying double handles off the ropes. Randy attacks Hulk several times at the top of his head, leading to Hulk getting busted open from above his eye. Elizabeth is crying outside as she did not want to see them get to this level of violence. While they brawl again on the outside, Randy attempts to use the ring bell on Hogan, but Elizabeth steps in front of Hulk to beg Randy not to. Randy then snaps and tries to shove Elizabeth to the ground but Hulk stops him. Pat Patterson and several security guards intervene and convince Elizabeth to return backstage for the remainder of the evening for her safety. Randy then does a double ax handle to the outside onto Hulk, leading to Hulk getting his throat crushed on the railing at ringside. Hulk sells the injury, then Randy goes to top rope and nails the elbow drop onto Hulk. However Hulk kicks out at 2 and Hulks Up, punches Randy 3 times, and gives him the big boot to the face. During this time , Sensational Sherri runs down to ringside, and when Hulk goes off the ropes to use the leg drop, Sherri hits Hulk with her shoe from behind, which leads to Randy clotheslining Hulk, then again going to top rope and hitting Hulk with another elbow drop, and referee Earl Hebner counts the 1...2...3!
Macho Man Randy Savage beats Hulk Hogan and continues his reign as WWF champion!!!

Afterwards Randy and Sherri celebrate together, showing that she is his NEW manager!




Fantasy Booking for rest of 1989-Wrestlemania 6.

Hogan and Brutus Beefcake start teaming up around June and they face Twin Towers on July episode of Saturday Night Main Event. Miscommunications between Bossman and Akeem lead to Bossman hitting Akeem by mistake, leading to Hulk giving Akeem a leg drop and pinning him for the win. Afterwards Slick is yelling at Bossman and starts to shove him, which leads to Bossman having enough and shoving Slick aside and ditching Akeem to turn face.

Powers of Pain dominant tag division until late Summer. Rockers and Brain Busters face off in a 2 out of 3 fall's match to determine number 1 contender's, in which Rockers win. At Summerslam Rockers pull off an "upset" and beats powers of pain to win tag team titles! At Survivor Series during an elimination match with Arn Anderson and Marty Jannetty are battling in the ring, Shawn comes in and looks to super kick Arn but kicks Marty by mistake, leading to Marty getting pinned. The Rockers look to have troubles but they make up this evening. By end of 1989, Bobby Heenan guys Andre the Haku start teaming up as Colossal Connection and they get a title shot at Royal Rumble. Haku takes out Marty with a croissant-kick, and Andre makes Shawn pass out to a reverse chokehold and Colossal Connection win tag team titles! Afterwards Marty helps Shawn to his feet...only for Shawn to super kick Marty and then getting a steel chair to bust him open, therefore breaking up Rockers and turning Shawn heel. During an episode of Saturday Night Main Event, Demolition are finally able to get revenge on Powers of Pain and beat them in a no holds barred tag match. Demolition are then named top contenders and face Colossal Connection for belts at Wrestlemania 6.

Meanwhile Rude stays IC champion until Summerslam, where Ultimate Warrior challenges in a rematch. Due partly to Roddy Piper coming to Ringside and lifting his kilt in front of Rude for distraction, Warrior wins to regain the title!

Meanwhile Randy Savage defends world title against Hogan and Beefcake in a series of matches but he retains by getting DQed each time. Savage then hired the services of Zeus (partly co continues No Holds Barred feud), to help get rid of Hogan and Beefcake. Hogan and Beefcake wins after hogan pins Zeus after a leg drop. Next month on an episode of Superstars , Savage faces Hacksaw Jim Duggan, who just won King "title" from Haku in July, for a "winner take all match". Sherri helps Randy win to become both world champion AND Macho King! Savage then has successful title defenses against Hacksaw, Hercules, and Bret Hart (who is just trying out as a singles wrestler).

For the Royal Rumble match while Ted Dibiase is forced to be number 1, Savage as champion enters number 5, and his old buddy/foe Hulk Hogan is 6, therefore they battle back and forth for several minutes! Dusty Rhodes, who arrived in WWF during the summer and has been gaining popularity, enters at 10, and makes a shocking elimination of getting rid of world champion Savage! Within 2 minutes Dusty and Hulk Hogan have a stare down and they fight for a minute. In another shocking twist Dusty gets the upper hand on Hulk and eliminates him! New monster heel Earthquake enters at 19, and within 2 minutes he eliminates 3 men, including Dusty Rhodes. Ultimate Warrior enters at 21, and he eliminates Earthquake by himself, and then Dibiase after Dibiase was there for 45 minutes! Mr. Perfect enters last at 30, but it is not enough for victory, as Warrior pressslams him out of the ring last and wins 1990 Royal Rumble!

At Saturday Nights Main Event in February, Dusty Rhodes challenges Randy Savage for WWF title. Hogan comes out and tries to help Dusty win by getting a steel chair to use on Randy, but Savage reverses and Dusty gets hit instead, leading to Savage to retain after pinfall. Dusty is then frustrated at Hogan and they have a stare down, leading to Wrestlemania 6 babyface vs babyface match Hulk Hogan vs Dusty Rhodes! Also after winning the Royal Rumble IC champion Ultimate Warrior challenges Randy Savage for Wrestlemania 6, which will have "winner that all" (wwf title, ic title, AND king title ALL on the line)! At this point Savage has been world champion for over 2 years straight!

[darthobiwan]

Wrestlemania 6 changes
Mr. Perfect beats Brutus Beefcake.
Jake Roberts wins Million Dollar Title.
Hulk Hogan retains WWF Title AND wins IC Title.


We are live at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada (first time outside USA), its Wrestlemania 6! Over 65,000 are here in attendance to witness the Ultimate Challenge, a mixed-tag team match, and many other exciting matches tonight! We start off with Robert Coulet singing O Canada !

The first match is Birdman Koko B Ware vs Model Rick Martel. The model is able to make short work of Koko and makes him tap out to the Boston Crab within 4 minutes.

The first title match tonight is champions Colossal Connection with Bobby Heenan vs Demolition going for their 3 title reign. Haku does just about all the work as Andre mostly stays on the apron and gets cheap shots during the match. When Andre holds Smash for Haku to give his crescent kick, Smash ducks and kicks Andre instead, leading to the giant to fall backward and get his arms tied in the ropes. Demolition then give Haku the Decapitation and Smash pins him for them to regain the tag team titles! After Demolition embrace and walk off to celebrate being champions again, Bobby is irate at Andre for not helping more and "costing them the titles". Heenan makes the GIANT mistake of slapping Andre in the face, which causes Andre to grab Heenan by the neck of slap him numerous times and throw him out of the ring. When Andre turns around Haku tries to be sneaky to kick him again however Andre is able to grab his foot and knock him to the ground as well. When Bobby and Haku attempt to leave in a cart, Andre stops them and throws them both out, then rides off in the sunset by himself to the back to a standing ovation by the crowd!

Next Earthquake makes short work of Hercules and pins him in 5 minutes due to Earthquake splash.

Now we have Brutus the Barber Beefcake vs Mr. Perfect with Genius in his corner. The action goes back and forth for several minutes. At one point Brutus catches Perfect with a slingshot into the turnbuckle, and attempts to pin him. However Genius hops on the apron and to distract the referee and Brutus and he slides his scroll into the ring toward Perfect. Brutus grabs Genius, but Perfect hits Brutus in the back when referee is busy yelling at Genius, then Perfect gives Brutus the Perfect-plex to pin him!!! Afterwards Perfect grabs a steel chair and attacks Brutus's ribs repeatedly (like the Royal Rumble), then walks off with Genius to celebrate as the crowd boos. Brutus is too hurt to stand back up, and the referee helps the Barber walk to the back as the crowd gives him a light applause.

Next we have Rowdy Roddy Piper vs Bad News Brown. For some reason Piper paints himself half black? This is not so much a match and more a brawl as both men just fight out of the ring and to the back to both get counted out.

Now we have a tag team match, in which Hart Foundation go against Bolsheviks. Nikolai request to sing the Soviet national Anthem before the match, and halfway through the Harts jump the Russians from behind. They throw Nikolai out of the ring, and Neidhart picks up Boris by his legs, leading to Bret to hit the Hart Attack on him and get the pins within 19 seconds!

We have another singles match with Tito Santana vs Barbarian with Bobby Heenan. Tito hits the flying forearm to attempt pinfall, but Bobby places Barbarian's foot on the ropes to stop the count. Barbarian takes advantage, then gives Tito a flying clothesline from top rope and pins him.

The mixed tag team match is Dusty Rhodes & Sweet Sapphire vs Randy Savage & Sherri. Dusty takes the mic before the bell and announces a surprise to Randy and Sherri, they have backup tonight... and its Miss Elizabeth! The men start the match for a few minutes, then Dusty tags in Sapphire, so Sherri has to come in. Sapphire rolls Sherri to the ground, then knocks her down several times with her hips. Sherri tags out, so the men are back in. Sherri distracts the referee as Randy hits Dusty with the shepter for a 2 count. When the women are back in Sherri spends most of the time taunting Elizabeth outside which causes the latter to grab Sherri by the hair and throw her backward, leading to Saphhire to roll her up for the pin! Afterwards Dusty, Elizabeth, and Sapphire all dance in the ring to celebrate.

Next is an exciting tag team match Rockers vs Orient Express with Mr. Fuji. After 7 minutes of action, Rockers have the control and look to do the Rocker-dropper, but Fuji taps Marty's foot with his leg. Marty then tries going after Fuji, but Sato sneaks from behind and throws salt into Marty's eyes. The blind Marty is unable to return to the ring, falls over the railing next to fans in the front row, and gets counted out. Orient Express win.

Next is Hacksaw Jim Duggan, waving a USA flag despite being in Canada, vs Dino Bravo. Hacksaw uses his 2x4 when referee is not looking and hits Dino with it to get the pin. Afterwards Earthquake attacks Duggan and gives him an Earthquake splash.

We have the million dollar championship on the line as Ted Dibiase defends against Jake the Snake Roberts. While DibiDe looks to be on the way to victory with the million dollar dream, but Robert's is able to power out and make a comeback. Within a minute the referee gets bumped, and Virgil runs in to attempt to hit Roberts with the belt, but he hits his master Ted by mistake! This leads to Jake giving both Virgil and Ted DDTs, then Jake pins Dibiase! Jake Roberts is the NEW million dollar champion!!! Afterwards Jake finds a bagfull of Ted's cash and throws $100 Bill's to the crowd at ringside!

Next former partners Big Boss Man and Akeem do battle. Ted Dibiase, who has been hiding under the ring since last match, attacks Bossman before the match. While Bossman seems to be weakened by the attack, he is still able to turn things around quick and gives Akeem a Bossman slam to pin him.

Rick Rude vs Jimmy Snuka is next. Rude pins Superfly after the Rude Awakening.

Now onto the main event, the Ultimate Challenge! Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior with both WWF AND Intercontinental titles on the line! They stare down for several minutes, do a test of strength, and knock each other down with a double clothesline! After 20 minutes of action, Warrior gives Hulk a press slam, and splashes him onto his back and rolls him over for a 2 count. Hogan Hulks up, gives 3 punches and a big boot, and attempts to give the leg drop to Warrior but the Ultimate one moves away. Warrior attempts another splash but Hulk.moves away and attempts legdrop again and.this time nails it and he pins Warrior!.Hulk Hogan wins to stay WWF champion and capture IC title for the first time!!! Afterwards Warrior and Hulk shake hands to say "good match". Hulk Hogan poses with both titles in the ring as fireworks go off as the show ends!



Fantasy booking for 1990-1991...

Brutus Beefcake is out after his "injuries" for several months, meant to make a comeback later in the year. However when he was the sky boat accident in July for real he is out for an extended period of time.

Jake Roberts has the million dollar belt and.decides to transform it into the "Snake Championship" and makes the leather snakeskin. He defends it throughout the year to Dibiase, Bad News Brown, and Warlord and retains each time.

During an interview with Gene Okerland the week after Wrestlemania and being duel champion, Hulk Hogan vows to be a fighting champion and defend BOTH belts. At the Saturday Night Main Event in May, Hogan first defends IC title against Dino Bravo and retains, then an hour later defends WWF title against Mr. Perfect. Hogan gets tired out and with Bobby Heenan making a surprise appearance to distract Hogan, Mr. Perfect is able to pin Hulk after Perfect-plex to become NEW WWF champion! After taking the belt Perfect announces Bobby Heenan is his new manager. By July Hulk, still IC champion, is scheduled to face Earthquake at next Saturday Night show so him and Earthquake have a 1 on 1 interview on Brother Love Show the week before. When at first Jimmy Hart only comes out to speak with Hulk, the enraged champion demands to know where Earthquake is, but Jimmy insists he is unavailable tonight. Hulk threatens Jimmy Earthquake needs to come out now, or Hulk will come after him. This allows Earthquake to sneak behind Hulk and attack him with a chair, then Earthquake gives Hulk 3 splashes, and Hulk gets stretched out! At Saturday Night Main Event, Hogan is not in shape to wrestle/making a movie, and he stripped out the IC title. Earthquake is awarded the IC title by forfeit! After he gets the belt he says no one can challenge him, which leads to the new Texas Tornado, who debuted earlier in the night and beat Boris Zhukov, to accept the challenge against Earthquake at Summerslam. On the same night, Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude to become no1 wwf title contender, and Mr. Perfect beats Bret Hart in a great match (Bret is shown to be a possible contender for the future).

At Summerslam, Kerry Von Erich beats Earthquake in an "upset" to win IC title! Also Ultimate Warrior pins Mr. Perfect to become NEW WWF champion!

At Survivor Series, Hogan makes his in ring return to lead a team against Earthquake and friends. Earthquake and Tugboat still both get counted out and Hogan still survives last pinning Barbarian. Warrior beats Perfect in their survivor team match to end their feud. They still have Grand Finale Hogan and Warrior survive as a team.

At Royal Rumble, Ultimate Warrior defends WWF title against Randy Savage. The match ends in a double countout. Hogan wins the Rumble match, last eliminated Earthquake.

Wrestlemania 7 can be Ultimate Warrior vs Randy Savage in a no holds barred match for WWF title, AND Hulk Hogan vs Earthquake in a cage match as the main matches. Other featured matches include Big Boss Man vs recently turned heel/Iraqi Sympathizer Sgt Slaughter, recently turned face Greg Valentine vs Rick Martel, AND Jake Roberts (still Snake Champion) vs Mr. Perfect (still IC champion) in a winner take all match!

The tag belts stays with Demolition, then Hart Foundation at Summerslam.

[darthobiwan]

Wrestlemania 7 changes
Rick Martel wins Blindfold match.
Randy Savage beats Ultimate Warrior, Warrior retires.
Big Boss Man wins IC Title.

We are LIVE from the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California with almost 20,000 in attendance! We start off with Willie Nelson singing America the Beautiful. Hacksaw Jim Duggan, ducked out in red, white, and blue, will join Gorilla Monsoon for commentary for the first match.

We start with Rockers vs Barbarian & Haku. Rockers prove to be too quick and experienced as a team for Heenan boys, and Marty pins Haku after a flying cross body for the victory!

First singles match is Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich vs Canadian Steongman Dino Bravo. The Tornado makes short work of Dino and pins him after a tornado punch.

Another singles match sees 2 powerhouses, British Bulldog vs Warlord. Bulldog powers out of a full nelson, then gives Warlord a power slam to pin him.

Next we have Tag Team Championships on the line, with Hart Foundation defending against Nasty Boys. Harts look to get the win after they give Knobbs a Hart Attack, but while Jimmy Hart has referee distracted, Sags hits Neidhart with the megaphone, leading to Knobbs pinning the Anvil. Nasty Boys are NEW tag team champions!

***Next is the unique Blindfold match, which is rivals Jake the Snake Robert's vs Rick the Model Martel. They both fumble around for several.minutes trying to find each other while being Blindfolded, and Jake gets the crowd to aid him by them cheering in the direction Martel is. At one point Martel is able to roll up Jake for a 2 count. When he is slow getting back to his feet the referee checks on Jake, and Jake being Blindfolded and thinking its Martel, gives the referee the DDT! They both fumble around again for few more minutes, until they happen to bump into each other again and awkwardly knock each other out of the ring. At this point, Martel is sneaky and peeks under his hood and sees the referee down and Jake fumbling around still blindfolded. Rick then grabs a chair and brutally attacks Jake with it repeatedly, then rolls him into the ring. Referee is just waking up as Martel puts the blindfold back on, then covers Jake for the 3 count! Rick Martel wins the Blindfold Match!!!
Afterwards Martel grabs the chair again and repeatedly attacks Jake with it again and starts showing a more aggressive streak! Jake is busted open and gets stretched to the back, leading to Gorilla on commentary saying he is not sure when Robert's will be able to return to action.

Next is relatively new monster Undertaker vs Superfly Jimmy Snuka. Undertaker makes short work of Superfly with his flying clotheslines, chokeslam, and a tombstone piledriver for the pin and his FIRST Wrestlemania win!

***Now we have the highly anticipated Loser Must Retire Match, as Ultimate Warrior battles Macho King Randy Savage for the last time! Savage is able to do 5 elbow drops to Warrior, which he kicks out at 2. Warrior does the press slam and splash combo but also gets a 2 count. When this happens Warrior looks at his hands and talks with his Warriors above, and Savage attacks him. When the 2 men fight on the outside, Sherri tries to get involved but Randy decides to shoo her away and says he got it. Warrior then gets a renewed sense of energy and goes back on the attack, then throws Randy back into the ring. Warrior gives Savage 2 shoulder blocks which causes the Macho one to roll to the outside. When Warrior attempts a third, Savage ducks out of the way and Warrior is bounced off the ropes and stunned. Savage then takes advantage and bodyslams Warrior, then runs back to the top rope and hits a 6th elbow drop and covers him for the 1...2...3! Randy Savage wins AND Ultimate Warrior is retired!!!
Afterwards when referee raises Savages hand in victory, Sherri tries celebrating with him, but Randy seems a little put off by her and then leaves the ring with her trying to steal his glory. When Warrior gets to his feet fans give him a standing ovation (some are even crying since their hero is leaving), he waves to the crowd, then runs to the back!

• We get a brief intermission before going to the next match, which is Demolition (Smash & Crush edition) vs Japanese stars Tenryu & Kitao. The Japanese are able to win after Tenryu pins Smash with an inverted fisherman's suplex.

***We get our next title match as Intercontinental champion Mr. Perfect vs Big Boss Man. Before the match, Bossman says he has a surprise for Heenan, as he announces he has backup for tonight, and it's Andre the Giant! Heenan is shocked and demands to know who allowed Andre here on short notice. Heenan attempts to get involved several times in the match but Andre is there to stop him. At one point when Bossman has the advantage, Haku & Barbarian attempt to interfere, but Andre stops them and knocks both their heads together! Bossman then gives Perfect a Bossman slam and pins him! Big Boss Man is the NEW Intercontinental champion!!!
Bossman celebrates with Andre after the match.

Next is Greg Valentine vs Earthquake. More or less Earthquake squashes the Hammer for the win.

Legion of Doom make short work of Power & Glory as they give Roma the Doomsday Device and pin him after they knocked Hercules out of the ring.

Now we have Virgil vs his former boss Ted Dibiase. Roddy Piper is in Virgils corner and does the best he can after being on crutches from a motorcycle accident recently. During the match Piper continuously taunts Dibiase, leading to Dibiase to attack Piper on the outside and get counted out! Virgil wins in an upset, however Sherri surprisingly comes out and helps Dibiase attack both Virgil AND Piper. Dibiase laughs about this as he and Sherri walk out of the ring arm-in-arm. Virgil then helps Pjper to his feet and to the back.
After this Randy Savage comes back out and demands Sherri to come back out, which he is confused why she is with Dibiase too now. Dibiase says to him "everybody got a price for the million dollar man, and I bought a new manager.... your manager hahahha!
Sherri then slaps Randy in the face, leading to Elizabeth making a surprise return and coming to Randy's aid! Randy is then able to clothesline Ted out of the ring, then looks confused at Elizabeth being then. Elizabeth more or less without crowd hearing her says "I have always loved you and got your back" to which Randy embraces her and they celebrate their reunion! People in the crowd are cheering or in tears!

Next to last is Tito Santana vs Mountie, and it only last little over a minute as Mountie uses cattle prod on Tito with referee distracted and pins him.

The main event is Sgt. Slaughter (wwf champion) with General Adnan vs Hulk Hogan. They battle for over 20 minutes, and when Slaughter tries to pin Hulk after he and Adnan double- team him, Hulk kicks out and Hulks Up, gives him the big boot, then legdrop to pin him! Hulk Hogan wins AND is WWF champion for third time!

[darthobiwan]

Fantasy Booking until Wrestlemania 8...

Since he supposed to be "retired" Ultimate Warrior disappears for the rest of the year and rumors go around that he will jump to WCW.

Randy and Elizabeth are together again and Randy returns to his babyface role.

Bossman defends IC title against Heenan guys Perfect, Barbarian, and Haku to success throughout the spring and summer. Rick Martel also becomes a more serious challenger for IC title.

Hogan continues his feud with Slaughter/Adnan/Mustafa aka Iron Sheik throughout the summer.

At Saturday Night Main Event in July Savage beats Dibiase to end their feud. Afterwards Dibiase, debuting IRS, and Sherri attack Savage, which leads to Hogan to make the save and Megapowers reunite! For helping him, Savage agrees to help Hulk in his feud with Slaughter and company.

At Summerlam, Rick Martel beats Bossman with assistance from Mountie (sparking bossman/Mountie feud) and wins IC title! Bret Hart, who has successfully transitioned to singles star, beats Mr. Perfect and becomes a top contender to IC title. Legion of Doom beat Nasty Boys to win tag team titles. In the main event Megapowers vs Triangle of Terror takes place, with newcomer Sid Justice being the neutral referee. Megapowers are victorious AND Sid decides to join them in the celebration afterwards.

By September Ric Flair jumps to WWF and makes challenges to Hulk Hogan over who the "real world champion is". On Wrestling Challenge after Savage beats a random jobbers, Jake Roberts, who has been out since attack by Martel at Wrestlemania 7, returns and attacks Savage with a series of DDTs and has a cobra that bites Randy's arm. Robert's turns heel and terrorizes several babyface as Randy is out of action for a few months. Undertaker becomes a top world title contender going into Surivor Series.

At Survivor Series, Undertaker pins Hulk Hogan when Flair uses the chair with the tombstone and becomes WWF champion! President Jack Tunney rules their must be a rematch "This Tuesday in Texas".

For the rematch, both men are DQed when Flair AND Paul Bearer interfere and Hogan uses urn to attack Undertaker, so Taker stays champion.

the Royal Rumble, Jack Tunney rules for the first time the Rumble winner will get WWF title shot at Wrestlemania 8! Flair enters third and goes the distance. The final 3 are Flair, Sid, and a returning Savage (who eliminates Robert's earlier). Savage looks to have eliminated Flair by throwing him over the top rope but Flair holds onto the apron. Sid then throws out Savage and thinks he won since he only saw Flaie go over the rope. However sneaks behind Sid and throws him out to win 1992 Royal Rumble! Undertaker vs Hogan in a no holds barred match is wwf title match, with Hogan winning after legdrop to become 4-time champion! Bret Hart is supposed to challenge Martel for IC belt but Bret is "sick" and can not compete, so Roddy Piper takes his place, puts Martel asleep in the sleeper, and becomes NEW IC champion!

February Saturday Night main event featured match is 6 man tag match with Hogan, Savage, and Sid vs Flair, Robert's, and Undertaker. The match ends in double countout when all 6 men continue to battle in 3 separate fights (Hogan/Flair, Savage/Roberts), and Sid/Undertaker). Also this shows has newly formed Money Inc (Dibiase & IRS) beat LOD to become new tag team champions. Bret Hart has an interview with Mean Gene and challenges Piper for IC title.

Wrestlemania 8 featured matches include.
Big Boss Man vs Mountie in a Jailhouse Match (loser spends the night in jail).
Money Inc vs Natural Disasters for tag team title.
Ic title match being Roddy Piper vs Bret Hart.
Randy Savage vs Jake Roberts in a steel cage match.
Sid vs Undertaker.
WWF title match: Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair.

[darthobiwan]

Wrestlemania 8 changes
Ric Flair retains WWF Title.
Natural Disasters win tag team titles.
Sid beats Hulk Hogan.



Its Wrestlemania 8! We are live from the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana with at least 50,000 in attendance. Reba McIntyre sings the Star Spangled Banner, and we are off to the first match...

We start off with El Matador Tito Santana vs newly christened Boy Toy Shawn Michaels with Sherri in his corner. After 10 minutes of action, Tito attempts to suplex Shawn back into the ring, but Shawn is able to hold onto the ropes, which causes him to fall on top of Tito and pin him for his first singles Wrestlemania victory!

Second match is Undertaker vs Jake the Snake Roberts. Jake is able to DDT Undertaker twice, but the deadman raises each time. Jake goes to the outside to attack Paul Bearer, but Undertaker grabs Jake and tombstones the Snake on the outside. Undertaker then rolls Jake into the ring, and pins him. Undertaker wins his second Wrestlemania match!

The first title match is for the Intercontinental title, with champion Rowdy Roddy Piper vs Bret Hitman Hart. Bret gets busted open and Piper beats on him for quite a bit. Piper then teases hitting Bret with the ring bell, but decides to toss it away. Roddy then puts the sleeper on Hitman, so Bret jumps his legs onto the turnbuckle, pushes backward, and rolls on top of Roddys shoulders and pins him. Bret Hart has regained the IC title! Roddy then grabs the title, and hands Bret the belt.

Next is an 8 man tag team match, with Big Boss Man, Virgil, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and Sgt. Slaughter vs Mountie, Repo Man, and Nastys Boys. After 6 minutes the Nasties are able to pull Virgil nose guard off, but Virgil is able to grab the mask back and hit Knobbs with it, then pins him for his team to win.

Now we have the WWF title match, with champion Ric Flair vs Macho Man Randy Savage. Mr. Perfect is in Flairs corner. During the match Flair gets his forehead cut open. At one point the referee gets bumped, so Flair and Perfect double team Savage and hit him repeatedly with a steel chair on his knee to where he can barely walk. Elizabeth runs out to the ring to check on Randy, at one point Randy crawls over to Elizabeth... and she slaps him! Randy looks shocked at Elizabeth, which distracts him from Flair chopblocking his leg from behind. Ric then puts the figure 4 on Savage, and while Randy tries to fight for several minutes, the pain is too much for him and he gets pinned. Ric Flair is STILL WWF champion!!!
Afterwards Ric and Elizabeth kiss in the ring above Savage and walk to the back arm in arm.

Next is Tatanka vs Rick the Model Martel. In less than 5 minutes, Tanaka does a flying body press to pin Martel.

Next is Tag Team title match with champions Money Inc defending against Natural Disasters. Within 8 minutes Disasters have the champions in trouble, so the champions grab their belts and attempt to walk to the back for a countout. However Legion of Doom, making their return tonight and a score to settle with Money Inc, block them from exiting and force them to return to the ring. The big guys bodyslam the champions and Earthquake gives IRS the Earthquake splash to pin him! Natural Disasters are the NEW tag team champions!!!

Next match is Owen Hart vs Skinner. Skinner spits his chew stuff into his face at the start of the match. Skinner goes on the attack and tries throwing Owen over the top rope, but Owen skins the cat and gets back into the ring, and rolls up Skinner for the pin.

The main event is Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice with Harvey Whippleman in his corner. 10 minutes into the match Sid gives Hulk a power bomb and tries pinning him, but Hulk kicks out and Hulks up! Hogan gives Sid the big boot and legdrop and covers him for 1...2... and Sid kicks out! Suddenly referee Earl Hebner doubles over and starts throwing up, and just then everyone notices Papa Shango coming to the ring and he has put a curse on Hebner! Sid and Shango double team Hogan. Sid gives Hogan another power bomb, Shango lifts the curse off of Earl, and Earl counts to 3! Sid Justice has beaten Hulk Hogan!!!
Sid gives Hulk another power bomb, then the Ultimate Warriors music hits and Ultimate Warrior runs down the aisle and makes his first appearance in months! Warrior runs in the ring and clotheslines both Sid and Shango out of the ring. Sid and Shango go to the back, Hogan gets stretchered out, and Warrior poses for the crowd as the show goes off the air.



Fantasy booking for Wrestlemania 8 to Wrestlemania 9...

IC title goes from Bret Hart to Davey Boy Smith at Summerslam, to Shawn Michaels in October who holds it until Wrestlemania 9.

Hulk Hogan does NOT return all year and rumors go around he may jump to WCW in 1993.

On Wrestling challenge after Wrestlemania Mean Gene interviews Elizabeth to ask why she left Randy. Her response is after he took her for granted for several years, she was ready for a "real" man like Flair. During the summer Savage faces Flair several times but Ric is able to escape with the title each time. After Warrior.struggles feuding with Sid And Papa Shango for several months, Savage offers to help Warrior and so at Summerslam Warrior and Savage go outside Sid and Papa Shango with Ultimate Maniacs winning after warrior pins papa. Summerslam also sees LOD beat Money Inc (LOD leave wwf shortly after this), Natural Disasters beat Beverly Brothers to retain tag belts, Ric Flair defends wwf belt against Tito Santana and retains, and Davey Boy Smith beats brother in law Bret Hart to win IC belt.

For the next few months Headshrinkers and Yokozuna debut and are dominant heels, while Bret starts his main event babyface push.

For Survivor Series, Headshrinkers beat Natural Disasters to become NEW tag team champions! At the end of the night, Bret Hart makes Ric Flair tap out to sharpshooter to become NEW WWF champion!

Razor Ramon becomes new heel threat going into 1993.

At Royal Rumble, IC champion Shawn Michaels beats Tito Santana, and WWF champion beats Razor Ramon. For the Rumble match Flair is no1 and Bob Backlund no2. Undertaker comes in at 15 and eliminates 5 guys and looks like a favorite to win. However Razor Ramon mysteriously comes out (he is not in the rumble) and throws his toothpick at Undertaker, which leads to Flair sneaking from behind to eliminate Undertaker. Sid enters at 27 and Randy Savage at 30. Close to the end, Earthquake and Yokozuna do battle and they eliminate each other. The final 4 are Flair, Sid, Backlund, and Savage. After both men being in the ring for an hour, Backlund eliminates Flair, then a minute later Sid throws out the tired Backlund. Savage and Sid battle for 5 minutes, and eventually Sid gives Savage a power bomb then eliminates him. Sid wins 1993 Royal Rumble and gets WWF title shot at Wrestlemania 9!

Featured matches for Wrestlemania 9 are...

Bob Backlund vs Ric Flair
Undertaker vs Razor Ramon
Money Inc guys explode: Ted Dibiase (new babyface) vs IRS
Earthquake vs Yokozuna
Tag Team title match: Headshrinkers vs Steiner Brothers
IC title match: Shawn Michaels vs Randy Savage
WWF title match: Bret Hart vs Sid


Ultimate Warrior disappears again around this time too.

[darthobiwan]

Wrestlemania 9 changes
Tatanka wins IC title.
Megamaniacs win tag team titles.
Bret Hart retains WWF title, and no Hogan match.


We are LIVE from Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, where we have over 16,000 on hand for the biggest toga party! Making his WWF commentary debut is Jim Ross, and Randy Savage on a cart and Bobby Heenan on a camel come out to join him.

The first match is for Intercontinental title as Shawn Michael's defends against Tatanka. Sherri is in Tatanka's corner to go against former squeeze Michaels, while Shawn has the debuting Luna Vachon managing him. The match goes on for 16 minutes and both men fight to the outside. Referee gets distracted for a minute by Luna, so Sherri takes advantage and slaps Shawn. This causes Luna to run around the outside of ring and attack Sherri, as she brutally attacks her and bodyslams her a couple of times. Other officials come to stop Luna from doing further damage onto Sherri. Meanwhile Shawn rolls Tatanka back into the ring and attempts the super kick, but Tatanka ducks and picks up Shawn to give him a fall away slam near the ropes, and despite Shawn putting his leg on the rope on 3, referee does not notice and counts the 3! Tatanka is the NEW Intercontinental champion!!!
Afterwards Shawn tries protesting to referee but he is convinced Shawn's foot was not on the ropes and Tatanka stays the winner.

The second match is a tag team match, as Steiner Brothers go against Headshrinkers. After 10 minutes of action Scott catches Samu with a Frankenstein and pins him for the Steiner win.

Next Crush tries to get revenge on Doink the Clown, but the prankster has other ideas. When Crush has Doink in the Crush headlock and the referee is knocked out, another Doink mysteriously appears from under the ring and attacks Crush with prosthetic leg, and the Doinks double team him until he is out of commission. When the referee awakes 2nd Doink disappears under the ring and original Doink pins Crush.

Fourth match is Bob Backlund vs Razor Ramon. In a short 4 minute match Razor catches Backlund with an inside cradle to pin him.

Next is the tag team championship match, as champions Ted Dibiase and IRS defend against Megamaniacs, Brutus Beefcake and the returning Hulk Hogan! Brutus gets beat on by the champs for quite a bit, until he manages to give Dibiase a high knee to get a breather. While Brutus slowly crawls toward Hulk, IRS is tagged in, then Brutus tags in Hulk! Hogan is on fire as he clotheslines IRS several times , then gives him a big boot. When Dibiase tries to use IRS briefcase on Hulk, Jimmy Hart handed Brutus his megaphone, and Brutus hits Dibiase with it knocking him out! This makes IRS easy pickings for Hogan to legdrop on him and get the pin! Megamaniacs win tag team championship, and its Hogan's first tag team title reign!!!
Afterwards Money Inc leave ringside, leaving behind their briefcase. After posing for several minutes Hogan notices it and they open it, revealing a brick IRS must use as a weapon, and several $100 bills, which they pass along into the crowd!

Next is Mr. Perfect vs Lex Luger. The narssiantic one gets an upset pin on Perfext by getting the better end of a backside (although Perfects feet carried over onto the ropes without referee noticing). Luger then uses forearm to knock out Perfect, who awakens after a few minutes. Perfect tracks down Luger in the back talking with Shawn Michaels, and Perfect attacks him. Shawn then save Lex and attacks Perfect with a trash can.

Next match is Undertaker vs Giant Gonzalez. The Giant does some very slow offense including chokeholds and chops. Undertaker fights and has the big guy rocking after a series of clotheslines. Harvey Whippleman gives his guy a chloroform soaked towel to strangle Undertaker with. Undertaker appears knocked out and is stretchered to the back. Giant chokeslams a referee during this time and puts his arms up thinking he has won. However a gong sounds and Undertaker walks back out with a renewed purpose against the Giant. Undertaker is able to take down the bigger guy with a flying clothesline, and Howard Finkel announces Undertaker has won by DQ, making him 3-0 at Wrestlemania!

Now onto the main event for the WWF title. Bret goes on the quick offense for a minute, then Yokozuna chops Bret down and slows the pace down to his advantage. After 10.minutes of action Yokozuna grabs one of the turnbuckle and loosens it off, then tries to throw Bret head first into it but Bret blocks it and reverses to have Yokozuna's head hit the turnbuckle instead. Yokozuna falls face first to the mat, then Bret wraps up Yokos legs into the sharpshooter! Mr. Fuji from the outside throws salt into Brets eyes to save his guy. Bret then rolls outside the ring to regroup. Fuji then tries attacking Bret, but Bret has been playing possum this whole time and he knocks Fuji to the ground with 1 punch. Then from outside the ring he trips up Yokozuna, rolls back into the ring, puts the sharpshooter on Yokozuna again, and this time Yokozuna taps out! Bret Hart has retained the WWF title!!!
Fireworks go off as Bret celebrates with the belt and the crowd is going wild!



Fantasy booking going to Wrestlemania 10...

On a May episode of Raw Razor Ramon loses in an upset to Sean Waltman/The Kid (later renamed 123 Kid). This starts Waltmans run as the Underdog star, while Razor is transitioned to a babyface by King of the Ring.

King of the Ring PPV
The final 4 king of the king tournament matches are Ramon vs Bam Bam Bigelow, and Shawn Michaels vs Mr. Perfect. Ramon pins Bigelow after a razor's edge, while Diesel makes his debut to be Shawn's bodyguard and assists with Shawn beating Perfect. Razor vs Michaels is the Final. At one point Mr. Perfect comes out to be in Razors corner to counteract Diesel. When Diesel has the referee distracted, Perfect throws his towel into Shawn's face, leading to Razor taking advantage and pinning Shawn with an inside cradle. Razor Ramon is the 1993 King of the Ring!
Tatanka beats Papa Shango to retain IC belt.
Money Inc beat Megamaniacs in a Wrestlemania 9 rematch when Yokozuna interferes and attacks Hogan, leading to Beefcake being easy pickings and Dibiase putting him to sleep with million dollar dream and Money Inc regain tag team titles!
WWF champion Bret Hart defends against Lex Luger. Bret is able to slide out of a torture rack and roll up Lex for the pin!


Summerslam
Undertaker beats Mr. Hughes.
Razor Ramon beats Ted Dibiase which ends up being Ted's last match due to career ending neck injuries.
IRS beats 123 Kid.
Shawn Michael's beats Mr. Perfect by countout thanks to Diesek helping from outside.
Steiner Brothers beat Money Inc in a cage match to win WWF titles!
Lex Luger pins Tatanka after using his elbow forearm to win IC title (also ends Tatanka's winning streak).
WWF title match is a dream match with champion Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan, with Yokozuna and Fuji barred from ringside. After 20 minutes of action Hulk hulks out of a sharpshooter and does the 3 punches and big boot bit to Bret. When Hogan goes for the legdrop, Bret moves out of the way and Bret rolls up Hulk for the 3 count and retains! After the match Yokozuna again attacks Hogan, this time Jim Cornette joins him and Fuji to begin that partnership.


Raw in October
Razor Ramon pins Lex Luger after a Razor's edge to win IC title!


Survivor Series
Bret is still champion but participants in a 4 on 4 survivor series match with Brothers Owen, Bruce, and Keith vs Shawn Michaels and 3 knights. Owen is highlighted here as he eliminates 2 knights and Bret gets rid of the other. While Owen is bouncing off the ropes, miscommunication with Bret leads to Bret and Owen colliding (Bret crashed to metal railing outside while Owen is stunned and rolled up by Shawn for a 3 count). When the last 3 Hart Brothers attack Shawn, the boy toy nails out and accepts the countout loss. While the Hart family celebrate the win, Owen comes back to argue with Bret for not paying attention and leading to him being eliminated. Lex Luger can transition to babyface and teams with Undertaker and Steiners to face the new foreign heel Ludwig Borgia, Crush, and Quebecers. Lex and Undertaker are the survivors.
In the main event Hulk Hogan battles Yokozuna. In a shocker, Yokozuna kicks out of a Hogan legdrop, then after 3 banzei drops Yokozuna is able to pin Hogan! This is Hulks last appearance in WWF for quite some time.

Royal Rumble
Both Harts (Bret and Owen) have double duty tonight. Before Christmas they resolved their issues and agreed to team up and face Steiners for tag team belts. Bret is also defending WWF title against Shawn Michael's tonight, while Owen is in the Rumble.
During the tag match earlier in the night, Bret gets his leg injured and struggles to keep fighting, while at one point Owen knocks Rick off the arpon and Bret manages to get Scott in the sharpshooter, referee Tim White grows more concerned for Brets well being and calls the match off, therefore Steiners retain. After the match Owen's is screaming at Bret "you should have tagged me" and kicks his leg out from under his leg
Undertaker goes against Yokozuna in a casket match, and about a dozen heels are able to team up and get Undertaker out and help Yokozuna close him in the casket and win.
For WWF title match, Bret struggles lit against Shawn but this match is no holds barred so no referee calling it off! When Shawn is standing over Bret and thinks he will be champion soon, Bret takes Shawn by surprise and pins him with an inside cradle to retain.
For Royal Rumble match, the final 4 are Razor Ramon (match iron man as he entered at 5), Ludwig Borgia (20), Lex Luger (23), and Owen Hart (27). Lex eliminates Borgia after hitting him with the forearm, then Ludwig jumps back in and throws out Lex. The 2 brawl to the back, leaving the bad guy and the rocket as the last 2. Razor tries his best but get tired out and Owen dropkicks Razor to eliminate him. Owen Hart is the 1994 Royal Rumble winner AND gets to challenge brother Bret for WWF title!


Wrestlemania 10 featured matches include...
Ludwig Borgia vs Lex Luger
Randy Savage vs Yokozuna (latter has been on a roll beating some major stars)
Tag team title match: Steiners vs Quebecers
IC title defended in a ladder match: Razor Ramon vs Shawn Michaels
Hart Brothers battle for WWF title: Bret vs Owen (at this point Bret has been WWF champion for 550+ days).

[darthobiwan]

Wrestlemania 10 changes
Crush beats Randy Savage.
Men on a Mission win tag team title.
Lex Luger beats Yokozuna, then beats Bret Hart to be new WWF champion.


We are live for Wrestlemania 10, as we are back at the Madison Square Garden in New York City! Over 20,000 are in attendance, and Little Richard sings America the Beautiful. Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are the commentators for the evening.

• The opening match is a brother vs brother match, as Bret Hitman Hart goes against his brother Owen the Rocket Hart. The match goes for over 20 minutes and has to be one of the best opening matches in any ppv, as the Harts have several near falls against each other! Owen catches Bret in a sharpshooter, but Bret reverses it to his own sharpshooter, then Owen grabs the ropes, leading Bret to break up the hold. After both men return to their feet, Owen irishwhips Bret into a turnbuckle, charges at him, then Bret puts his leg up to block Owen, then Bret jumps onto second turnbuckle to climb onto Owen's shoulders and attempt a victory roll. However on the way down, Owen reverses it and stays ontop of Bret for the 3 count! Owen has beaten his brother Bret! Owen celebrates as he goes to the back, and when he is interviewed by Todd Pettigill, Owen says he knew all along he was going to win, he is the better Hart, and Bret has no chance of winning the wwf title tonight. Bret walks to the back disappointed by receives respectable applause from the crowd. Bret still has to face Yokozuna or Lex Luger for the title tonight. How is he going to be ready for that?

Second match is a mixed tag team match, with Doink and Dink Clowns vs Bam Bam Bigelow and his main squeeze Luna Vachon. Not much to say here but Bam Bam hits the driving headbutt onto Doink to pin him and earn the victory for himself and Luna.

Next is a falls count anywhere match, with Macho Man Randy Savage vs Crush. The quique rules here are they can only pin their opponent outside the ring, then the pinned wrestler must re-enter the ring within 60 seconds or they lose. Savage jumps Crush in the aisle way, but Crush is able to take advantage and lifts up Randy and drops him chest first onto steel railing. Crush pins Savage, then they wait to see if Randy can re-enter the ring within a minute. Randy is able to get back in the ring with 2 seconds to spare. They then have a 4 minute back and forth match, with Randy getting the advantage, then able to do the flying elbow drop onto Crush. Randy then rolls his opponent outside the ring, then pins him on the arena floor. Crush is slow getting to his feet, but Mr. Fuji shoves Crush to help him back into the ring within 58 seconds. The 2 men then brawl outside the ring, into the crowd, then to backstage. Fuji follows them to the back, then throws salt into Randy's eyes. Crush takes advantage to press-slam Savage again, this time onto the concrete. Crush pins Savage again, and now Randy is knocked out! Savage fails to return to the ring in 60 seconds! Crush has defeated Macho Man Randy Savage at Wrestlemania!!!
Savage is stretchered out of the arena, leading Vince McMahon to wonder if we will ever see Macho Man again.

We now get the Women's title match with champion Alundra Blayze defending against former champion Leilani Kai. Blayze pins Kai within 4 minutes with a German suplex to retain.

Next is tag team championship match, with Quebecers with Johnny Polo vs Men on a Mission with Oscar. Johnny tries getting involved but Oscar is able to punch him once to keep him out. Mabel does a double splash onto both Jacques and Pierre, and pins them both! Men on a Mission are the NEW tag team champions!!!

Now we get the first of 2 WWF title matches, as champion Yokozuna defends against Lex Luger. Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji are in Yokozuna's corner, and Mr. Perfects makes a return to be special referee for this match. After 12 minutes of action, Lex bodyslams Yoko and is in control, leading to Cornette to argue with Perfect. Mr. Perfect is in no mood to be wasting time with managers, so he just shoves Cornette off the arpon! Fuji then throws salt into Lex eyes stunning him, but Perfect also sees this and throws Fuji out of ringside area! Yoko who is just getting back up grabs Perfect to argue why is he abusing his managers, so Perfect shoves, which then Lex is charging off the ropes and nails Yokozuna with a forearm and the big guy crashing down to the mat. Lex covers Yoko and Perfect makes the 3 count! Lex Luger is the NEW WWF champion!!!
Several babyfaces including Razor Ramon, Tatanka, 123 Kid, and Bob Holly come out to celebrate Lex finally beating Yoko for the big one! Vince McMahon himself also gets up from commentary table to shake Lex's hand.

Few minutes later Todd Pettigill interviews Jim Cornette who is screaming about Mr. Perfect not being a fair referee and demanding a world title rematch against whoever is champion at the end of the night.

At ringside Mr. Perfect is interviewed by Vince McMahon to ask if he feels he refereed fairly or was he bias against Yokozuna. Mr. Perfect said he refereed Perfectly, and he had a problem with Cornette AND Fuji getting involved since no manager should not physically involved in a title match, and second Yokozuna had grabbed him and your not supposed to put your hands on an official. He finishes by saying if anyone has a problem with that then that's on them.

Before the next match, Howard Finkel with new hairdo thanks to Hairclub for Men, reluctantly introduces Harvey Whippleman. Harvey grabs the mic and says Howard is still a loser with or without hair. Howard, who has been hearing insults from Harvey for months, has enough and shoves Harvey to the mat. Then leads to Adam Bomb to come out of threaten Howard for attacking his manager, then Earthquake comes out to make the save. Earthquake makes short work of Bomb by a power slam then pinning him after an Earthquake splash.

For the first time in Wrestlemania history, a ladder match is taking place, as Razor Ramon defends the Intercontinental title her former champion Shawn Michaels, with the wrestler first to grab the IC title by climbing a ladder wins. This proves to be an awesome display of athleticism by both men and very inventive offense with the ladder. At one point Shawn climbs the ladder with Razor on the mat and gets about 3/4 of the way to the top, then Razor gets up and bounces off the ropes to knock into the ladder and knock Shawn off and his leg gets tangled into the ropes. As Shawn desperately tries freeing himself, Razor climbs the ladder and grabs the IC title to retain!

The main event is the second WWF title match, with new champion Lex Luger must defend against Bret Hart, who also had lost to brother Owen earlier in the night. Rowdy Roddy Piper is the special referee. For 15 minutes the 2 babyfaces go back and forth with Lex using power moves and Bret doing technical knockdowns. Bret wears Lex down with 5 moves of doom, then sets him up for the sharpshooter. Bret gets his right leg through, then Lex grabs Bret's head and pulls him over to roll him into a pin. While Bret kicks out after 2, Piper does not notice this and counts to 3. Lex Luger beats Bret Hart to retain the WWF title!!!
Afterwards Bret tries to argue with Piper, but Roddy is sure he did not see Bret kick out. Piper ends up just walking to the back on his own, and while Bret is upset he still professional enough to shake Lex's hand. Luger gets the American flag and waves it while holding the WWF belt in the other hand as fireworks go off!




Fantasy booking until Wrestlemania 11...

Two weeks after Wrestlemania 10 Bret Hart and Jim Cornette (advocating for Yokozuna) both demand world title re-matches against Lex Luger. President Jack Tunney announces Bret Hart vs Yokozuna will be on tonight, with the winner getting title match next week on Raw. Roddy Piper interferes to cost Bret the match, therefore Yokozuna pins Bret after a bandaid drop. For Lex Luger vs Yokozuna title match, Cornette and Fuji try getting involved again but Mr. Perfect comes out again to stop them. Luger and Yokozuna brawl to the outside, then Lex is able to bodyslam Yokozuna onto the announce table (breaking it in half), and Lex returns to the ring and retains by countout.

On a Superstars episode in May, Crush challenges Razor Ramon for IC title. Cornette and Fuji get involved, so Crush is able to pin Razor after a press-slam and become NEW Intercontinental champion!

For King of the Ring PPV, Owen Hart beats Razor Ramon to win 1994 King of the Ring tournament. Afterwards Owen demands to be called "King of Harts". Also on the show Bret Hart beats Roddy Piper, Yokozuna squashes Mr. Perfect, Men on a Mission beat Headshrinkers to retain tag titles, and Lex Luger retains WWF title after pinning Crush by a forearm.

Summerslam
Diesel beats Bret Hart (Shawn Michael's can help Diesel win). Razor Ramon pins Crush after a Razors Edge to regain IC title (Walter Payton is in Bad Guys corner to stop Cornette and Fuji from getting involved). Real Undertaker returns since being gone since Royal Rumble to beat fake Undertaker. Men on a Mission issue an open challenge since they beat a lot of teams over the last few months, so Diesel and Shawn Michaels answer the challenge. The dudes with attitude beat MOM when Shawn super kicks Mo out of the ring, and Diesel impressively powerbombs Mabel to pin him for the Kliq buddies to be tag team champions. For winning KOTR Owen Hart gets to face Lex Luger for WWF title. Jim Neidhart makes a surprise return and assist Owen. Owen pins Lex after an enzergary kick to win WWF title!

In September Davey Boy Smith returns to WWF and feuds with Owen and Neidhart. Davey boy beats Neidhart on Raw in October to be number 1 contender for WWF title.

Survivor Series
Bret Hart and Razor Ramon survive against a team lead by Shawn Michael's and Diesel. Since Diesel is rolled up and pinned by Razor by an accidental super kick from Shawn, a breakup is teased,however the Kliq guys make up.
Million dollar corporation team beats Luger and men on a missions team.
Owen Hart beats Davey Boy to retain WWF title.
Undertaker beats Yokozuna in a casket match while Chuck Norris is enforcer and roadhouse kicks Jeff Jarrett halfway down the aisleway!

Royal Rumble 1995
Diesel and Shawn defend tag belts against Smoking Gunns. Another error causes Shawn to again super kick Diesel, and this time Billy also gives the "fameasser" to Diesel to pin him and Smokin Gunns are new champions! After the match Shawn tries begging Diesel to forgive him, but Diesel has had enough and lays out Shawn with a power bomb, ending their partnership!
Razor Ramon is successful beating Jeff Jarrett to stay IC champion.
In a "last chance steel cage match" for WWF title, Owen Hart beats Lex Luger when Lex uses his forearm, which causes Owen to fall out the door and win by accident to retain.
For Royal Rumble Match
The Final 4 are Bret Hart (who was number 1), Undertaker (20), Kama (25), and Bam Bam Bigelow (30). Bam Bam and Kama double team to eliminate Undertaker. They then beat down Bret for a couple minutes, then when Kama charges the ropes, Bret ducks and backdrops Kama out. The last 2 are Bret and Bam Bam. Bam Bam looks to press-slam Bret out of the ring, but Bret reverses and slides off to clothesline Bigelow out! Bret Hart wins Royal Rumble and earns right to face brother Owen, this time for WWF title! After Bret celebrates and leaves ringside, Bam Bam gets back on his feet and the fans at ringside are booing him. He sees football legend Lawrence Taylor sitting front row laughing at him for losing the Rumble. Bam bam confronts him and shoves him to his chair. Taylor jumps back up and tries to jump the railing but is stopped by his boys. Bam bam is escorted to the back. In the weeks leading up to Wrestlemania Bigelow challenges Taylor, to which Taylor agrees to the match at Wrestlemania.

Also on an episode of Raw in February Razor Ramon & 123 Kid go against Smokin Gunns for tag team titles and lose. 123 Kid turns on Razor afterwards and challenges him for IC title.

Wrestlemania 11 card includes...
Lawrence Taylor vs Bam Bam Bigelow
Grudge match with Diesel vs Shawn Michaels
Tag Team Championship: Smoking Gunns defend against Yokozuna and Crush
Intercontinental title match: Razor Ramon vs 123 Kid
Undertaker vs Kama
WWF Title on the line in a 60 minute iron man match: Owen Hart vs Bret Hart.

[darthobiwan]

We are LIVE from Hartford, Connecticut with over 16,000 in attendance. For this year at Wrestlemania we have celebrities galore, as we have Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Nicholas Turturro to name a few.

The first match is a tag team match with Allied Powers (Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith) vs Blu Brothers (Jacob & Eli). The match is about 6 minutes long with Smith getting the pin with a sunset flip over Jacob for the Allied Powers to win.

***Next we have Intercontinental title match, with champion Jeff Jarrett (with Roadie) vs Razor Ramon (with 123 Kid) . The match goes on for at least 12 minutes before JJ gets Razor in a figure four. Roadie tries to help JJ from outside by pulling on Jeff's hands to cause more pain to Razor, so Kid runs around the ring and spin kicks Roadie. With Roadie out of the picture Razor is able to reverse the figure four to break out of it, then he grabs JJ and gives him the Razor's Edge for the 1..2..3! Ramon Ramon is the NEW Intercontinental champion AND the first 3 time IC champion!!!

Third match is Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) vs King Kong Bundy (with Ted Dibiase). Undertaker pins Bundy with a flying clothesline to go 4-0 at Wrestlemania!

Fourth match is the tag team title match, in which Owen Hart had a mystery partner to challenge Smoking Gunns for the belts. Owen introduces Yokozuna as his partner, who has been gone losing to Undertaker at Survivor series. This throws the Gunns off their game enough that Yokozuna literally squashes Billy with a banzai drop, then tags in Owen, who pins Billy for him and Yokozuna to win tag team championship!

Fifth match is an I Quit match, with Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund with Roddy Piper the referee to judge who quits. Backlund attempts to get Bret in a chicken wing, but Bret reverses it and is able to take Bob to the ground and hold him. Roddy ask Bob if he quits, and while Bob just growls into the microphone, Roddy says he quit and Bret wins.

***Next is the WWF title match with champion Diesel defending against former buddy Shawn Michaels with Sid in his corner. The match goes for almost 20 minutes where Diesel gets the advantage and gives a jackknife powerbomb to Shawn and covers Shawn, but after referee counts 2 Sid grabs the referee out of the ring to stun him for a couple minutes. Shawn and Sid then double team Diesel to the point where Sid powerbombs Diesel, then Sid stands Diesel back up only for Shawn to super kick him. Sid throws referee back in the ring for him to count the 3 for Shawn! Shawn Michaels has won the WWF title for the first time!!!
Shawn celebrates with Sid and the belt for a couple of minutes before they leave and we get prepared for the main event.

***The main event is WWF superstar Bam Bam Bigelow vs NFL legend Lawrence Taylor. Ted Dibiase and his million dollar corporation back up Bigelow, with other football stars on the side for LT. Despite not being an active wrestler LT is able to hold his own with Bigelow for 10 minutes. At one point LT shoulder tackles Bam Bam out of the ring. The two brawl outside the ring with both of their parties start surrounding them and steer down each other. During this time Dibiase distracts referee Pat Patterson and argues with him on one side of the ring, and during this time Steve Mongo Mcmichael grabs a steel chair and looks to attack Dibiases guys with it.... only for him to shockingly hit LT in the back with it! The rest of the shocked football players turn to ask Mongo what is going on, which leaves them to be easy pickings for Corporation to gang up on the other football players and beat them down. This leaves Bam Bam to roll LT back in the ring, as Dibiase stops arguing with Patterson. Bigelow then goes to the top rope and does hit flying headbutt finisher onto LT and pins him! Bam Bam Bigelow has beaten Lawrence Taylor in the main event of Wrestlemania 11!!!
After the match Bigelow and the rest of the Corporation celebrate in the ring, as Dibiase laughs continuously and shakes hands with Mongo Mcmichael and hands him several $100 bills. For good measure Bam Bam stuffs a $100 bill into LTs mouth as the show goes off the air.




Fantasy booking for 1995-96...

The night after Wrestlemania 11 the show opens with Ted Dibiase coming out with Million Dollar Corporation, including Bam Bam Bigelow AND now Mongo Mcmichael. Bigelow brags about beating LT and now says he has his eyes set on gold... the IC title which Razor Ramon has. Mongo explains that he turned against LT to join the Corporation for 3 reasons. 1. Since Mongo was a Bear and LT was a Giant, he was not a fan of that. 2. Ted Dibiase offered him a lot of money, and Mongo is used to having lots of money after playing in the NFL. 3. By joining the Corporation he can now officially be a WWF wrestler. Later in the show new WWF champion Shawn Michaels and Sid come out to brag they told everyone all along he was going to be champion. Shawn claims he will become the best WWF champion ever... which prompts Bret Hart to come out. Bret tells Shawn no one can mention the best without the best there is, the best there was, AND the best their ever will be! Bret then challenges Shawn for the belt, to which Shawn agrees. But wait, Bret has 1 more request... to avoid what happened at Wrestlemania 11 happen again and for Shawn to prove he is a true champion, Sid must be banned from ringside. Shawn thinks about it for a moment, and he agrees. Sid looks on at Shawn confused, but Shawn just tells him "I got this". The title match is set for the first In Your House ppv in May.

In Your House PPV
IC title match: After 13 minutes of action Razor Ramon beats Bam Bam Bigelow after a Razor's Edge to retain. Mysteriously Dibiase nor any member of the Corporation come with Bigelow for this match. Todd Pettigill interviews Dibiase after the match backstage to ask why he was not there with Bigelow. Dibiase just says they have "bigger" things to take care of tonight.
WWF Title match: After an exciting 25 minute match, Shawn Michaels pins Bret Hart after a super kick to retain AND he did so on his own! After the match Shawn offers a handshake to Bret, which Bret accepts (Shawn can now be a babyface).
Main Event: Diesel vs Sid. During the match Ted Dibiase and Mongo Mcmichael come to ringside. Referee gets bumped in the match. Mongo then runs in and shoulder tackles Diesel, therefore making it easy for Sid to powerbomb Diesel. Dibiase wakes up the referee to count the pinfall for Sid to win. Sid then celebrates with Dibiase and Mongo, showing he is now apart of the Corporation. Afterwards Shawn makes the save from Diesel getting beat down and attends to big D.

Next night on raw Sid and Corporation are laughing, with Bam Bam there with them but not looking too excited to be there. Shawn and Diesel are now buddies again and challenge Dibiases guys to a tag team match at King of the Ring. Dibiase accepts and names Sid and Mongo Mcmichael as the opponents for the Kliq guys.

King of the Ring ppv
Tournament final 4 are Undertaker, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon, and surprisingly Roadie. Undertaker and Yokozuna face off in the first semifinal match. During the match Kama interferes to kick Taker in the head. Yokozuna then gives Undertaker a legdrop and pins him to be a finalist. Razor vs Roadie is second semifinal match, with Razor pinning Roadie after a Razors Edge. In the finals Razor battles Yokozuna. The 2 men fall outside the ring, then Razor is able to knock Yoko headfirst into the turnbuckle. Razor gets back in the ring while Yokozuna is too dazed to return to the ring and gets counted out. Razor Ramon wins 1995 King of the Ring! Also on the card Bret Hart beats Bam Bam Bigelow when Tatanka grabs Bigelows leg by accident from outside leading to Bret to roll him up for the pin. After the match Bam Bam says enough is enough and renounces the Corporation to turn babyface. In the Main Event Shawn Michaels and Diesel beat Sid and Mongo Mcmichael. Towards the end of the match, Sid Walks off and says "you want no part of me", while Shawn and Diesel give Mongo a super kick and powerbomb in session to pin him.

July In Your House ppv
Bam Bam Bigelow pins Tatanka after the flying headbutt.
Tag team champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna beat Allied Powers (Davey Boy Smith turns heel after this).
Diesel beats Sid in a grudge match.
Razor Ramon retains IC belt by pinning Roadie with the razors edge.
WWF title match: Shawn Michaels pins Jeff Jarrett after a super kick.

Summerslam
Undertaker beats Kama in a casket match.
Tag Team title match: Owen & Yokozuna beat Bret & Lex Luger (a made up team) when Smith helps the champions to be apart of Camp Cornette (this is also the last wwf match for Luger).
Diesel beats Mabel (turned heel this summer but no king of the ring or monster push).
Since Razor won king of the ring, and is still IC champion, him AND Shawn Michaels have a ladder match with both WWF AND IC belts hanging up, with the winner becoming duel champion. In a very exciting ladder match that goes almost a half hour, Shawn superkicks Razor off the ladder and is able to grab both belts to be BOTH WWF and IC champions!

September In Your House ppv
New President Gorilla Monsoon decides to be creative and order for this show that all 3 titles will be defended in 1 tag team match. Shawn Michaels has to defend both belts while partnering with Diesel and they face tag team champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna, with winner getting all the belts! As a side note if either Shawn or Diesel get pinned or submit, then Shawn loses BOTH belts, with the guy getting the winning fall becoming wwf champion and his partner becomes ic champion. Before the match Owen claims to have a doctor's note that his leg is hurt and he can not wrestle tonight, so Davey Boy Smith is named his substitute. After 10 minutes of action Shawn is hit by Jim Cornettes tennis racket and out. However Diesel is in control over Smith, then out of nowhere Owen runs out to ringside, jumps to the top rope and flies onto Diesel, only for Diesel to give him a big boot, then jackknife powerbomb him to pin him and win! Diesel and Shawn Michaels are NEW tag team champions, with Shawn now having all 3 championships at once!!!

Next night on Raw Cornette hires lawyer Clarence Manson to argue the title change should be voided since Diesel pinned Owen who was not legally in the match. President Gorilla also decides that having 3 belts at once is too much for Shawn, so he orders him to vacate 2 of the 3 belts. Shawn willingly gives up IC tag belts to stay world champion. Diesel looks disappointed having to give up tag title so soon but says he understands. That night Gorilla orders a tournament to start to crown new IC champion, and 1 tag team match between Owen and Yokozuna vs Smoking Gunns to decide new tag team champions. Gunns regain the belts.

October In Your House ppv
Smoking Gunns beat Kama and Mongo Mcmichael to stay tag team champions.
Bam Bam Bigelow beats Dean Douglas in tournament final to become new IC champion!
Goldust makes his debut and makes short work of Marty Jannetty.
Shawn Michaels defends WWF title against Owen Hart. When both men are knocked to the mat, Diesel comes out and looks to help Shawn... but then powerbombs him! This leads to Owen Hart pinning Shawn and becoming NEW WWF champion!
Next night on Raw Diesel explains he was sick of Shawn hogging the spotlight, and the last straw for him was when Shawn gave up the tag belts when Diesel had no say in it.

Survivor Series
In a wild card survivor match, newcomer Ahmed Johnson, Bret Hart, and Davey Boy Smith are the survivors on a team.
Diesel pins Shawn Michael's after a powerbomb. Afterwards Diesel powerbombs Shawn 3 more times and Shawn gets stretchered out, leading to Vince McMahon on commentary saying "I am not sure if we will see Shawn Michaels again".
For wwf title its Owen Hart vs Razor Ramon. The Bad Guy is able to take out Jim Cornette on his own, and Razor pins Owen after razors edge to win WWF title!

December In Your House ppv
Undertaker beats Yokozuna in a casket match. Afterwards Paul Bearer announces Undertaker wants to go over the WWF title.
Cornette was able to get Clarence Mason to help him get a clause that when Owen lost wwf title, he got to name the next 2 ppv challenges. For this show he pick Davey Boy Smith to face Razor Ramon. Razor pins Smith after razors edge to retain.

Royal Rumble
Goldust pins Bam Bam Bigelow after curtain call to win Intercontinental title!
For tag team belts, Sunny distracts Smoking Gunns enough for Bodydunnas to win the titles!
The Rumble match has the final 4 being HHH (1), Undertaker (20), Diesel (22), and newcomer Vader (25 and he eliminated 7 guys already). Diesel throws out HHH who was there for almost an hour. Undertaker gets rid of Diesel, having it come down to Taker and Vader. After fighting for 3 minutes 1 on 1, Undertaker clotheslines Vader out! Undertaker wins 1996 Royal Rumble!
Cornettes second wwf title challenger is Yokozuna to go against Razor Ramon. Vader comes out to help Yoko but a miscalculation causes him to hit Yoko by mistake. Razor a clothesline off the top rope to pin Yokozuna and stay champion.

February In Your House ppv
Ahmed beats IC champion Goldust by DQ when Goldust uses Marlena's chair (so Golden one stays champion).
Cornette tries to prove his guys (Vader and Yokozuna) can get along, they they team up to face Undertaker and Bret Hart. Undertaker pins Yokozuna after another misfire by Vader. After the match Yokozuna renounces Camp Cornette to turn babyface.
Couple weeks earlier on Raw Razor Ramon and Diesel had a title match that ended in double countout when they brawled for several minutes. Gorilla Monsoon announces the title match here is a cage match with Razor vs Diesel. At one point Diesel looks to win when he powerbombs Razor and tries walking out the door. However Shawn Michael's returns to super kick Diesel through the door, leading to Razor to climb over the cage and drop to the floor to retain. After the match, the lights go out and the gong hits, so Undertaker comes out and has a steer down with Razor.


Wrestlemania 12 featured matches include...

Newcomer Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Savio Vega.
Returning Ultimate Warrior vs HHH.
Tag team title match: Bodydunnas vs Godwinns.
Intercontinental title match: Goldust vs Bret Hart.
No Hold Barred match: Shawn Michaels vs Diesel.
WWF Title Match: Razor Ramon vs Undertaker.



*Another thing I thought of adding, in the Royal Rumble Mongo Mcmichael is in the ring around number 27, then 28 comes out and its... Lawrence Taylor! He comes after Mongo for turning on him at Wrestlemania and they eliminate each other! This leads to Lawrence Taylor vs Mongo Mcmichael at Wrestlemania 12 as well!

[darthobiwan]

Here is the breakdown of title match, main event, and wrestler changes that have been voted on from the first 11 manias.


Main Event changes: 9 out of 11. 82%
WWF title match changes: 8 out of 10, 80% (the highest among all the titles).
Intercontinental title match changes: 7 out of 11, 64%.
Tag team title match changes: 5 out of 10, 50%.
Womens title match changes: 1 out of 3, 33% lowest among titles defended at least at 2 different Wrestlemanias.
Opening match changes 1 out of 11. 9%

Breakdown of wrestler match changes. The parentheses will show the breakdown of changing in matches favor or against.

Piper: 2 (2 for 2)
Orndorff: 1 (1 in 1)
Hogan: 7 (2 in 7) the most overall difference changes.
Mr T: 2 (0 in 2)
Studd: 1 (1 in 1)
Andre: 1 (0 in 1)
JYD: 1 (1 in 1)
Valentine: 2 (0 in 2)
Bundy: 1 (1 in 1)
Velvet M: 1 (1 in 1)
Moolah: 1 (0 in 1)
Steamboat: 1 (0 in 1)
Savage: 6 (3 in 6)
Roberts: 3 (2 in 3)
Honky: 2 (0 in 2)
Jacques: 2 (1 in 2)
Raymond: 1 (1 in 1)
Beefcake: 4 (2 in 4)
Dibiase: 4 (1 in 4)
Demolition: 2 (0 in 2)
Martel: 2 (2 in 2)
Santana: 1 (1 in 1)
Fuji & Powers: 1 (1 in 1)
Michaels: 3 (2 in 3)
Jannetty: 1 (1 in 1)
Bossman: 2 (1 in 2)
Akeem: 1 (0 in 1)
Warrior: 2 (0 in 2)
Perfect: 2 (1 in 2)
Flair: 1 (1 in 1)
Sid: 1 (1 in 1)
Disasters: 1 (1 in 1)
Irs: 2 (0 in 2)
Bret: 2 (1 in 2)
Yokozuna: 2 (0 in 2)
Tatanka: 1 (1 in 1)
Luger: 1 (1 in 1)
Crush: 1 (1 in 1)
MOM: 1 (1 in 1)
Pierre: 1 (0 in 1)
Razor: 1 (1 in 1)
Jarrett: 1 (0 in 1)
Diesel: 1 (0 in 1)
Bigelow: 1 (1 in 1)
Taylor: 1 (0 in 1)

[darthobiwan]

We are LIVE from Anaheim, California for Wrestlemania 12! While we only have 6 matches on the main card this year, they should all be jam-packed with action! For the free for all show, Bodydunnas won the vacated tag team titles after Sunny gave Phineaus quite an eyeful for him to be pinned by Zip.

***The first match on the card is 6 man tag team action, as Jim Cornette's guys Vader, Owen Hart, and Davey Boy Smith go against former Cornette guy Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson, and Jake Roberts. After a 5 minute wild feast, Ahmed brawls with Vader on the outside and Ahmed bodyslams Vader through the Spanish announce table! Jake is able to DDT Bulldog. Cornette attempts to use tennis racket on Yokozuna but Ahmed stops him too and throws him into Jake, and also gives Cornette a DDT!
This leaves Owen to be easy pickings for Yokozuna, who gives Owen a belly to belly suplex, then drags him to a corner to give him a banzai drop and pins him! Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson, and Jake Robert beat Cornette's guys!!!
Per pre-match stipulation, Jim Cornette must now be in the ring with Yokozuna alone for 5 minutes! Ahmed rolls the now waking up Jimmy into the ring with Yokozuna alone, Jim slowly gets to his feet and turns around and realizes his guys lost and must now be alone with the big guy! Cornette attempts to begs Yokozuna to let him off and promises to not bother him again. However Yokozuna is not listening and grabs Jim to give him a belly to belly suplex. Yokozuna then gives him a banzai drop... then another one, then a third! By this point the 5 minute time limit expires and Jake opens the snake bag to let Revealations loose onto Jim for good measure. Cornette is then stretchered out, with Vince saying "I am not sure if Cornette will ever be the same again".

Next is the Hollywood Backlot Brawl, with Rowdy Roddy Piper going against Goldust. They meet at a movie backlot over in Los Angeles, with Piper armed with a baseball bat and Goldust arrives in a Gold Cadillac. Before Goldust can get out of his car, Piper takes the bat and swings at the door window to bust it out. Goldust then opens the door quick to stun Piper and get out of the car. The 2 men brawl for a few minutes with Piper getting the advantage. Goldust is able to nail Roddy with a low blow to escape and get back into his car. Piper tries to run after Goldust, so Goldust turns his car back on and drives straight at Piper, where he flips over the hood and onto the ground. Goldust drives the Cadillac away from the Backlot and onto the freeway. Piper jumps into a white Ford Bronco and drives off after Goldust on the freeway. We cut back to Vince and Lawler at the arena who say they will keep everyone updated on the backlot battle throughout the night.

Next match in the arena is Stone Cold Steve Austin with Ted Dibiase vs Savio Vega. Savio puts forth a good effort and does several spin kicks to weaken Austin, then Ted jumps on the apron to distract the referee. This leads to Vega losing focus on argue with Ted, then Austin sneaks from behind to put Savio in Million Dollar Dream and put him to sleep. Savio's arm drops 3 times and Stone Cold wins!

***Third match at the arena is Hunter Hearst Helmsley with his new girl for the night Sable vs the highly anticipated return of the Ultimate Warrior! Warrior charges to the ring and immediately goes on the attack on Hunter. Hhh is able to slow him down with a knee to the gut and punches, then gives Warrior a pedigree... but Warrior no sells it and immediately jumps back up! Warrior is on fire as he runs and bounces off the ropes to give HHH 3 clotheslines, then as Hunter back to his feet again he bounces off the ropes 1 more time. Warrior is so hyped up when he charges Hunter with a should-tackle, he jumps in the air and misses but 2 feet and falls on his face! Hunter is stunned but takes advantage gives Warrior a second pedigree, this time Warrior is not getting up! Hunter covers Warrior for the 1...2...3! Hunter Hearst Helmsley has pinned Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania 12!!!
Hunter celebrates and walks to the back with Sable on his arm. Meanwhile Todd Pettigill is interviewing newcomer Marc Mero in the back. Mero says "everyone get ready to run on the wild side" , then HHH and Sable are coming past him. Hunter tells Marc "if you think your a big shot, try taking me on...I just beat Ultimate Warrior", and walks away. Sable looks back at Mero and gives him a smile just before she walks away with Hunter. Meanwhile in the ring the referee checks on Warrior as he is recovering. When Warrior realizes he just lost, he gets enraged and attacks the referee! He pressslams the referee over the top rope and onto the floor, then Warrior runs off to the back and disappears for the rest of the night. On commentary Vince mentions HHH is continuing his dominant streak taking out the Warrior, and is not sure what is going on with the Warrior with him making the shoulder tackle mistake AND attacking the referee there.

We get another look at the LA freeway with Goldust in the Cadillic followed by Piper in the Bronco. They seem to be coming closer to the arena, with it expected they could be by this way within the next 30 minutes.

Next is the Undertaker with Paul Bearer vs Diesel. For 15 minutes both men go back and forth slogging it out. Diesel gives Undertaker a jackknife powerbomb for a 2 count. Undertaker is able to get the upper hand and choke slam Diesel, then give him a tombstone for a 3 count! Undertaker is the winner AND is 5-0 at Wrestlemania!

***Within minutes Goldust arrives in the Cadillac at the arena, with Marlena there to assist him into the building. Within a minute Piper also arrives in the Bronco and Goldust runs to go into the arena area. Piper chases him with his bat and catches him in the aisle way. They continue their fight and make it into the ring. Roddy gives Goldust a few bat swing onto his bat and looks to have the advantage. Piper locks a sleeper onto Goldust and starts getting Golden one to sleep. However Marlena is able to climb onto the apron, takes a big huff with her cigar, then blows a bunch of cigar smoke into Piper's face. This stuns Piper enough for him to release the sleeper, then Goldust gives Roddy another low blow. Goldust then gives Piper a curtain call, and Piper is out! Goldust is declared the winner of the Hollywood Backlot Brawl!!!

We get to the main event which is a 60 minute Ironman Match for WWF title, with champion Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels with Jose Lathorio in his corner. The match goes on the full hour with neither man scoring a fall. In the last minute Bret locks Shawn in a sharpshooter but Shawn refuses to quit and holds on as the time expires. Gorilla Monsoon rules a sudden death overtime to determine the champion. Within 2 minutes Shawn gives Bret 2 sweet chin music kicks and pins Bret! Shawn Michael's is the NEW WWF champion! Michaels celebrates in the ring with tears in his eyes, as Vince McMahon says "the boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels ".


Fantasy booking for 1996-1997...

The Raw after Wrestlemania sees new WWF champion Shawn Michaels interviewed by Vince McMahon saying he promises to be a fighting champion. Marc Mero challenges HHH and Sable accompanies Hunter again to ringside. After 5 minutes of action HHH knocks Mero down with a high knee and he takes the time to curtsey and asks Sable to get on the apron. Hunter demands Sable to give him a kiss on the cheek, however Sable insteads slaps him in the face! This leads to Mero to give Hunter a TKO and pinning him, leading Mero to he the first to pin HHH in a 1 on 1 match! Sable then smiles big as she goes to Mero and Marc carries her to the back, officially making them an item. Also on the card Mankind makes in ring debut and beats Bob Holly with the mandible claw. In the main event Undertaker beats newcomer Justin Bradsham with a tombstone, then Mankind runs in and attacks Undertaker. Mankind puts mandible claw on Undertaker, making him a serious threat to the dead man.

The April In Your House Show sees Shawn Michaels beating Diesel in no holds barred match to stay WWF champion, and Vader (now seeming to be even more out of control without Jim Cornette there) beating Razor Ramon after giving him 3 powerbombs (this is the last WWF ppvs for Razor and Diesel. Gorilla gives Warrior another chance by ordering an IC title match against Goldust. Warrior again is in control, then when he bounces off the ropes he trips himself on the bottom ropes and falls on his face again! This leads to Goldust giving Warrior a curtain call and pinning him to retain. Warrior, again enraged for messing up and losing, attacks the referee again, pressslams him over the top rope and runs to the back.

May In Your House show is WWF title match Shawn Michaels vs Davey Boy Smith, with both men pinned after Daveys German suplex attempt pins both men and the match is a draw.
Goldust is forced to defend IC title in casket match against Undertaker, but Mankind interferes to attack Undertaker and put him into the casket for Goldust to retain. Also on the card Savio Vega beats Steve Austin in a strap match, and per pre-match stipulation Ted Dibiase is forced to quit WWF! Vader also beats Yokozuna and gets revenge on Yoko by giving him 2 banzai drops onto his right leg. Yokozuna is then stretchered out!

Sometime during this time Godwinns beat Bodydunnas for tag belts, Sunny joins them for title match against Smoking Gunns a week later, then after Gunns beat Godwinns Sunny then joins Smoking Gunns. Also at a May Houseshow at Madison Square Garden, Shawn Michael's beats Diesel in a cage match AND HHH beats Razor Ramon as this the last WWF show for Diesel and Razor. At the end of the night they do the infamous "curtain call ".

King of the Ring ppv
Goldust beats Jake Robert's to stay IC champion. Mankind beats Undertaker after Paul Bearer hits Undertaker by mistake with the urn and mankind takes deadman out with the mandible claw. For weeks Jerry Lawler makes fun of Ultimate Warrior for his recent issues and loses, and Warrior challenges him to a match. Again Warrior is in control and again bouncing off the ropes, and this time he gets winded and dazed, leading him to pause and lean against the ropes to catch his breath. This let's Lawler to grab Warrior, give him a piledriver, and pin him! Based on previous history referee is reluctant to attend to Warrior, so Gorilla Monsoon comes to comfort Warrior. However Warrior also attacks him and pressslams him to the floor as well! At this point all the remaining WWF referees and officials come out to try reasoning with Warrior. The Ultimate does not say or do anything else and just walks away to the back, now with a good portion of the audience booing him. Gorilla is stretchered out for good measure. The final 4 of king of the ring sees Ahmed Johnson vs Vader, and Steve Austin vs Marc Mero. Vader is DQ when he continues to attack Ahmed after referee asks him to stop, and he gives Ahmed 2 vader bombs, leading some to say he will have a hard time in the finals. Austin pins Mero after a stone cold stunner. In the finals, Ahmed puts up a fight but Austin pins him after a stunner after 7 minutes in the ring. Dok Hendrix then interviews the new King Stone Cold by the throne, but Austin just delivers the now famous "Austin 316 says I just whipped your ass" promo (he can say all the fans were praying for a different winner and it did not happen, and mention about John 316 for people that thump the bible). The wwf title match is the rematch with Michael's and Bulldog. After close to 30 minutes of action, Shawn pins Davey after a super kick to retain.

The next night on Raw Gorilla Monsoon calling from a hospital room makes the order that due to Warriors constant attacking officials including himself the Warrior is now suspended for 30 days, AND if Ultimate Warrior attacks any WWF official again, he will be FIRED! Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart then challenge Shawn Michael's to a tag team match tonight on Raw if Shawn can find any partner. In a surprising twist Shawn names his partner is Hunter Hearst Helmsley... therefore turning Hunter babyface! For the match Hunter pins Owen after a pedigree. After the match Vader runs out and helps Davey and Owen triple team beatdown Shawn and Hunter.

July In Your House ppv
IC title match with Goldust vs Undertaker ends in a no contest when Mankind interferes to attack Taker again. In a number 1 contender match for IC title match, Ahmed Johnson pins Steve Austin after a pearl river plunge. The main event is a 6 man tag with Vader, Smith, and Owen vs Shawn, HHH, and a partner of their choosing. Just before the match they announce their partner is... Ultimate Warrior (who has just finished his 30 day suspension). Oddly enough Warrior just walks to the ring instead of his traditional sprinting to the ring. Shawn and HHH each take turns tagging in and out, each playing face in peril for a bit, while Warrior just stands on the apron showing no emotion for most of the match. At one point Shawn is brawling with Davey and Owen outside the ring, and Hunter and Vader knock each other down with clotheslines. Hunter crawls over to tag Warrior in, but the Ultimate one does NOT reach out to tag in and help Hunter. When Hunter gets to his feet to ask Warrior what is going on, Warrior just grabs Hunter, lifts him over his shoulders, and pressslams him over the ropes and to the outside floor (Warrior is now.officially heel)! A confused Shawn tries to confront Warrior what his problem is, but Warrior just clotheslines him and throws Shawn back into the ring for Vader to finish. Vader gives Shawn a vader bomb and pins him as Warrior just walks to the back.

Next night on Raw Warrior comes out to explain his actions. He says ever since Wrestlemania 12 when he missed the shoulder tackle and losing to HHH, leading to him having downward spiral. Since HHH is the one is has "cursed " Warrior, the Ultimate one challenges him to a rematch at Summerslam. Since Vader pinned Michaels in a 6 man, he gets to challenge for WWF title at Summerslam.

Summerslam
Smoking Gunns retain tag team titles by beat Godwinns, Bodydunnas, and New Rockers in a 4 team elimination match. Warrior beats HHH by countout when he pressslams hunter from inside the ring and onto the arena floor (that becomes his new finisher). Ahmed Johnson pins Goldust after pearl river plunge to win Intercontinental title! Undertaker and Mankind fight in a boiler room brawl, in which Paul Bearer turns on Undertaker by hitting him with the urn, allowing Mankind to win. Jim Cornette makes first appearance since Wrestlemania to be in Vaders corner for the wwf title match. However Jose is able to knock out Cornette with an uppercut, while Michael's nails Vader with sweet chin music and pins him to retain.

September In Your House ppv
Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith beat Smoking Gunns to win tag team titles. Cornette also comes back to be in their corner too. Ahmed Johnson beats Goldust in their rematch to retain IC title. Afterwards Faarooq makes his debut and brutally attacks Ahmed. WWF title match is Shawn Michaels vs Mankind. Shawn wins by DQ when Vader interferes to help Mankind double team Michaels. This leads to Undertaker to make the save and fight them off.

Next night on Raw Shawn Michael's and Ahmed team up to beat Smoking Gunns. After the match Faarooq again attacks Ahmed.

The following week on Raw Ahmed is forced to vacate IC title due to needing surgery for kidneys and he is out for several months. Gorilla announces a tournament to decide new IC champion. Faarooq and HHH are the finals going into next ppv.

October In Your House ppv
Steve Austin and Ultimate Warrior fight to a double countout. HHH beats Faarooq after a pedigree to win IC title! Shawn Michael's beats Vader in a no holds barred match to retain WWF title! Undertaker and Mankind fight in a Buried Alives match in which Undertaker wins. After the match an Executioner attacks Undertaker, and him and Mankind and Vader triple team Undertaker and bury him alive. Before the show ends a lightning bolt hits the grave and Undertaker's hand is seen coming up out of the ground!

Bret Hart returns to Raw the next night and accepts challenge from Steve Austin for survivor series. Goldust is named number 1 contender after winning a battle royal.

Survivor Series
Rocky Maivia makes ring debut and teams with HHH, Jake Roberts, and Marc Mero to fight a team lead by Ultimate Warrior. Warrior and HHH fight to the outside and are double countout. Rocky wins the match as sole survivor. Undertaker beats Mankind with Paul Bearer in a cage above the ring. Executioner stops Undertaker from attacking Paul after the match. Bret Hart and Steve Austin have a classic match in which Bret reverses a million dollar dream attempt by Austin by kicking off the ropes and Bret pins him (however the rivalry is far from over). The main event is Shawn Michael's vs Goldust for WWF title (Jose and Marlena are in their respective men's corner). While the men are fighting on the outside Marlena gets bumped by accident. Even though she is his opponents manager, Shawn has compassion and stops to check on her. This leads to Jose shockingly turning on Shawn and punching him in the face, then throwing him into the ring. Goldust then gives Shawn the curtain call and pins him! Goldust is the new WWF champion!

Next night on Raw Jose explains he was sick of Shawn taking all the spotlight and not appreciating him for helping him with his career. Jose says Shawn has lost his edge and Jose could beat him too. Shawn comes out to challenge Jose, and Jose accepts with the following stipulations... if Jose wins Shawn must retire. But if Shawn wins he gets a wwf title rematch. Gorilla announces Bret Hart as challenger for Goldust at next ppv.

December In Your House ppv
Undertaker pins Executioner after a tombstone. Owen and Bulldog beat Godwinns to retain tag belts. Hhh beats Ultimate Warrior in a falls count anywhere match when he pins Warrior outside the ring after pedigreeing him through the announce table and retains IC title. Goldust pins Bret Hart to retain WWF title after Austin interferes to give Bret a stunner. Shawn Michael's pins Jose after a superkick.

Royal Rumble
For Rumble match Warrior enters at 20 and eliminates 5 men by pressslaming them to the floor, at 25, Psycho Sid enters to a big pop (he has been gone for over a year) and him and Warrior face off. They are evenly matched and they eliminate each other within 2 minutes, then fight to the back. The Final 4 are Steve Austin (the iron man who entered 5th), Bret Hart (18), Vader (27), and Undertaker (30). Bret eliminates Austin, then Austin sneaks back in and throws out Bret. The two fight it out to the back as the referees struggle to separate them. Undertaker and Vader are the last 2 and fight for 3 minutes, before Undertaker is able to choke slam Vader and eliminate him. Undertaker wins the 1997 Royal Rumble! Since this is in San Antonio, Shawn Michaels is the hometown boy and he is able to pin Goldust after a super kick to regain WWF title!


Week later on Raw Gorilla announces Shawn has to defend WWF title tonight against Vader. Shawn and Vader have a backstage brawl earlier in the night, in which Shawn tweeks his knee. The doctor on hand recommends he not wrestle tonight but Shawn insists. For the match Shawn is injured enough that it makes him easy pickings for Vader. Paul Bearer also comes out to be new manager for Vader since Cornette is taking on a more backstage role. After a Vader bomb to his knee, Vader pins Shawn to become NEW wwf champion! Vader gives Shawn 2 more vader bombs onto his knee for good measure, and Shawn gets stretchered out and is out of action for several months and will miss Wrestlemania 13. Vince now promotes Vader as a dominant champion.

Febuary In Your House ppv
IC title match is HHH vs Mankind. The match ends in a double DQ when they both continue to attack each other with steel chairs. WWF title match is Vader vs Bret Hart. Austin runs out again and stuns Bret, leading to Vader to vader bomb Bret and pin him to retain.


Wrestlemania 13 featured matches are...

Tag Team Title match: Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith vs Headbangers.
Psycho Sid vs Ultimate Warrior.
Rocky Maivia vs Goldust.
IC title match: HHH vs Mankind in a Streetfight.
Submission Match: Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin (Ken Shamrock is referee).
WWF title match: Vader with Paul Bearer vs Undertaker.

[bob]

seeing the fantasy write up for KOTR 96 was really weird for me since I was there

[darthobiwan]

We are LIVE from Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois for Wrestlemania 13! There are over 18,000 in attendance with 7 exciting matches for you.

The opening match is a 4 team elimination match, with the winning team getting a tag title shot on Raw tomorrow night. Phil Lafon and Bradshaw from New Blackjacks brawl to the outside, and when a referee tries to stop it Bradshaw hits and referee, causing the Blackjacks to get DQed. Lafon's partner Doug Furnas is also counted out, leaving Godwinns and Headbangers as the last two teams. After 5 more minutes of action, Thrasher catches Phineus with a cannonball to pin him and allow Headbangers to challenge tag team champions tomorrow night.

The first title match of the night is Intercontinental champion Rocky Maivia vs Sultan with former world champions Bob Backlund and Iron Sheik in his corner. Rocky is able to pin Sultan after a rollup. After the match Backlund and Sheik attack Rocky and look to triple team him, then Rocky's dad Rocky Johnson who was sitting at ringside jumps in to make the save.

***Third match tonight is Goldust with Marlena vs HHH with Chyna. The 2 men battle back and forth for about 13 minutes. At one point HHH looks to attempt a pedigree on the golden one, but Marlena hopes onto the apron to blow her cigar in his face for a distraction. While the referee goes to order Marlena to get off the apron, Goldust takes advantage and nails Hunter with a low blow from behind. Referee turns around just as Goldust hits HHH with a curtain call and pins him! Goldust has beaten HHH!!!
However just as the 3 count is being made, Chyna has came to Marlena, grabs her, and shakes her around like a rag doll for about 30 seconds. Goldust comes to his wife's aid and Chyna let's go and helps Hunter to up and walk to the back together. Goldust feels he won the battle with HHH but may have lost the war as he has to carry Marlena to the back.

***Fourth match is the tag team championship match, with Davey Boy and Owen Hart defending against Mankind and Vader with Paul Bearer in their corner. The match goes for 15 minutes until Vader and Bulldog are brawling outside when Owen and Mankind are the legal men inside the ring. Mankind gets Owen in a mandible claw, as Paul hits Bulldog with the urn and Vader then powerbombs Smith through the Spanish announce table! This allows Mankind to make Owen pass out to the mandible claw and pin him! Mankind and Vader are the NEW tag team champions!!!
After Paul and his guys celebrate and walk to the back with the belts, Owen argues with Davey when he gets to the ring to check on him. Owen blames Davey for the loss since he was outside the ring (not realizing he was attacked by Paul), and starts shoving him. Davey tries once more to reason with Owen, but Owen is not listening and then slaps Davey in the face! Now Davey has had enough...so he grabs Owen and power slams him! Their team is now broken apart and Davey is getting cheers from the crowd!

***We go from 1 Hart brother match to the next, as Bret will battle Stone Cold Steve Austin in a submission match. Ken Shamrock is the referee here. The match goes for over 20 minutes and proves to be an instant classic! At one point Bret hits Austin in the head with the ring bell, causing Austin to bleed heavily from his forehead! Bret is able to put Austin in the sharpshooter with Austin bleeding very badly. Austin refuse to give up through, and he is able to crawl over to the ropes and grab the ropes! Shamrock orders Bret to broke the sharpshooter but Bret refuses and continues to hold on, causing more pain onto Austin. After Bret refuses to break for 30 seconds, Shamrock has enough and pulls Bret off of Austin and gives Bret a back to belly suplex! Bret jumps up to get into Shamrock's face while Ken puts his fists out like he is getting into his fighting pose. Meanwhile Austin is able to crawl back to his feet, in which he spins Bret around and gives him a stunner! Ken then asks Bret if he gives up but Bret just swats his hand away. Bret gets back to his feet and Austin gives him a second stunner! Ken checks on Bret again but Bret just shoves him away. Bret gets to his feet even slower now and can not take too much more. Finally when Bret gets back up, Austin flips off Bret, then stuns him a third time! This time Bret is NOT getting to his feet. Bret is barely conscious but mostly unresponsive to Ken, who makes a judgement call and declares Bret is beaten orders the bell to ring. Stone Cold Steve Austin has beaten Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 13!!!
Ken Shamrock raises Austin's hand his victory the crowd cheers... beginning his face turn. Within 5 minutes Bret gets back to his feet and is pissed since he did not quit! At this point other WWF officials enter the ring to check on him, so Bret attacks them all! He then jumps outside the ring to shove Vince on commentary saying "you all screwed me again" as he flips the crowd off to leave and the crowd boos.

Next with have a Chicago Street Fight, with Ahmed Johnson teaming with Legion of Doom going against Nation of Domination (Faarooq, Crush, and Savio Vega, but also with many others including Dlo, Clarence Mason, and PG13 team). This is mainly a big brawl for 10 minutes, then Animal hits Crush with a 2x4 for them to win.

The main event is WWF title match with champion Psycho Sid vs Undertaker in a no holds barred match. Shawn Michaels comes out to do commentary. Before the match Bret Hart comes back out and badmouths everyone from Shawn to Undertaker to Sid. Sid shuts up Bret for a bit by powerbombing him. The match itself is a basis big man vs big man match with each guy taking punches, chokeslams, and chair shots. After about 20 minutes of action Sid looks to attempt a powerbomb onto Undertaker, but Bret returns to distract Sid. Sid then shoves him off the apron, then Undertaker grabs Sid, lifts him up, and gives him the tombstone for the pin. Undertaker has won the WWF title at Wrestlemania!


Fantasy booking from 1997-1998...

The next night on Raw Bret Hart comes out apologizing to all his fans all over the world... with the exception of those in the USA. Bret goes on about how he is sick of the American fans not appreciating him and just wanting more violence. Shawn Michael's interrupts him and says in America people have the right to cheer or boo whoever they want to, and he does not blame them for booing him. Bret then attacks Shawn and targets his knee, then drags him to a corner and does the figure 4 wrapped around the outside turnbuckle. Also Paul Bearer has an interview with his new tag team champions Vader and Mankind, and talks about how his team is unstoppable and will also go after Undertaker for wwf title too. They defend tag team belts against Headbangers. When the referee gets bumped in the match, Undertaker comes out and chokeslams both Mankind and Vader, then Mosh pins Mankind for Headbangers to win tag team belts!

April In Your House ppv
Ken Shamrock makes wwf in ring debut by beating Bret Hart by making him tap out to the ankle lock. Davey Boy defends European title against former partner Owen Hart. Bret comes back out and shockingly helps his brother Owen by tripping up Davey, which allows Owen to roll up Davey to pin him for Owen to be new European champion! Bret and Owen embrace after the match to show they are together again. Stone Cold Steve Austin pins Rocky Maivia after a stunner to win Intercontinental title! Undertaker pins Mankind after a tombstone to retain WWF title. After the match Undertaker corners Paul Bearer throws a fireball into his face!

The next night on Raw Paul Bearer comes out with half his face bandaged up saying he vows revenge against Undertaker and says he has a secret that can hurt him. Stone Cold brawls with Bret Hart and due to Brets weakened state from fighting Shamrock the previous night, he is able to attack him several times in the ankle with a chair, therefore injuring him for a month.

May In Your House ppv
Owen Hart makes Rocky Maivia tap to a sharpshooter to retain European title. Stone Cold beats a returning Brian Pillman by stunner (Pillman is also aligned with Harts). Undertaker pins Vader after a tombstone to retain WWF title.

The next night on Raw Paul Bearer threatens to tell the world Undertaker's secret, so Undertaker reluctantly agrees to rejoin Bearer and do his bidding for a couple weeks. After 3 weeks Undertaker has enough and leaves Bearer, no longer caring if Paul reveals the secret or not. Meanwhile Jim Neidhart also returns to join forces with Harts and Pillman, and they are now all together known as the Hart Foundation. Mankind aka Mick Foley has a series of sitdown interviews with JR, where it makes Mankind more relatable and slowly transitions him to babyface.


King of the Ring ppv
The final 4 of the king of the ring tournament are Goldust, HHH, Jerry Lawler, and Mankind. Hhh beats Goldust after a pedigree with some assistance from Chyna. Mankind takes Lawler out with the mandible claw. For the finals Chyna again attempts to interfere but referee Earl Hebner catches it and throws Chyna out of ringside area. Hhh goes but a pedigree but Foley reverses it to a double arm DDT and pins HHH... so Mankind/HHH is the King of the Ring! Bret and Owen both play double duty, in which first the Hart brothers team up to beat Headbangers to become tag team champions! Next Owen pins Goldust after an enzugiri to retain European title. Then Bret pins Steve Austin after Davey Boy Smith, making his first appearance in 2 months, shocklying turns back heel to help beat Austin. Undertaker retains WWF title against Faarooq after a tombstone.

Canadian Stampede
10 man tag team match is the main event as Hart Foundation (Bret, Owen, Davey, Neidhart, and Pillman) beat Austin, Shamrock, Goldust, and LOD. Undertaker beats Ahmed Johnson after a tombstone to stay WWF champion.

Next night on Raw Shawn Michael's returns and joins with HHH and Chyna to form DX and turns heel. They start a feud with Undertaker.

Summerslam
LOD beat Hart Bros by countout when Harts just walk away to the back with their belts to retain (and to save themselves for their respective singles title matches). Owen defends against Steve Austin. During the match Owen attempts a sitdown tombstone piledriver and botches it to where Austin's neck breaks! Owen and referee Earl Hebner stall the match enough for Austin to collect some wits enough to roll up Owen to pin him and become European champion! Bret Hart defends IC title against Ken Shamrock, where Kenny gets DQ when he snaps and attacks everyone (Bret and referee and Hart Foundation when they interfere). Mankind beats HHH in a steel cage match and does the dive off the top rope (Foley also starts acting as Dude Love here). Undertaker defends WWF title against Shawn Michael's, and Shawn gets DQ when other DX guys interfere.

Ground Zero
Austin is forced to vacate European title due to neck injury and not being able to defend it. Owen and Goldust are named top contenders and have 1 on 1 match to determine new champion. Goldust wins the title with some help from Austin stunning Owen. Bret defends IC title against Dude Love/Mick Foley and the match ends in a double countout with both guys brawling outside. We can say Harts get a break for tag belts this night. Second Undertaker vs Shawn Michael's world title match goes to a double DQ.

Next night on Raw new Commissioner Slaughter announces the first ever Hell in a Cell match for Badd Blood, with Undertaker defending WWF title against Shawn Michaels.

Week later after Austin continues to attack Owen, Vince McMahon tries to reason with him...only for Austin to stun him for the first time!

Badd Blood ppv
Brian Pillman pins Goldust with Marlena turning against Goldust for Pillman to become new European champion! (Yes Pillman lives in this version). Mick Foley, this time wrestling as Cactus Jack, beats Bret Hart in a streetfight after a double arm DDT throw a table to win Intercontinental title! After this Bret is "too hurt " to defend tag team belts, so Jim Neidhart subs for him to team with Owen. LOD beat Hart guys after they give Anvil the Doomsday device to win the belts (Austin also comes out to stun Owen too)! The Hell in a Cell match is a classic with both men fighting to the top of the cage, then Undertaker throwing Shawn off the top and onto announce table! When they get back into the ring, Undertaker just about has Shawn beaten... but then the lights go out and fire explodes at the entrance and Paul Bearer comes out with Undertaker 's brother Kane after months of hype! Undertaker is too stunned as Kane tears the cell door off and stares down his brother, then gives him his own tombstone! Kane leaves and Shawn crawls over to put 1 hand on Undertaker and Earl comes to 3. Shawn Michaels has regained the WWF title!

At this point Hart Foundation and DX are feuding and there are rumors of Bret and Shawn having conflicts backstage. Next night on Raw, a number 1 contenders match is announced between Bret Hart and Patriot. Bret wins with help from Foundation. Shawn Michaels vs Bret title match for Surivor Series is announced, in Montreal, with the added situation if Bret does not win the title he would quit WWF. Undertaker disappears for a few weeks as Kane comes on Raw every week to attacks random faces, including Mick Foley. Mankind then challenges Kane to a match at Survivor series, which Paul Bearer accepts for Kane (this will be non-title match since Kane is "new" to wrestling). Stone Cold gets limited clearance for wrestling (should wrestle no more than twice per month for now), and at survivor series first match back will be against Owen who injuried him.

Survivor Series ppv
4 on 4 elimination match: Hart Foundation (Davey, Neidhart, Doug Furnas, and Phil Lafon) beat Team DX (HHH, Chyna, Patriot, and recently turned babyface Vader). Chyna scores a pinfall (let's say Lafon), then gets DQ when she is caught giving Neidhart a low blow. Davey Boy hits HHH with ring bell when referee is busy getting Furnas who was just pinned by Hunter and Davey pins him to be the sole survivor. Marlena/Terri helps Pillman beat Goldust to retain European title. Ken Shamrock survivors a match against Rock, Faarooq, and other Nation members. Kane pins Mankind after a tombstone. Austin pins Owen within 5 minutes after a stunner. The main event title match has Bret coming to a huge pop and Shawn being booed like he is the devil. For some reason Slaughter, Gerald Brisco, and Vince McMahon will all be at ringside for this match. The 2 wrestlers brawl around the arena for the first 10 minutes, until Vince and Earl are able to convince them to finally get into the ring. When the official match starts Shawn goes on an advantage for a bit then gets Bret knocked down. In a surprising twist Shawn locks Bret in his own version of the sharpshooter....but Bret is able to reverse it to his own sharpshooter! Once Bret gets Shawn in the sharpshooter, Earl then calls for the bell as Vince screams to the timekeeper "ring the damm bell"! Even though Shawn did not quit, the bell rings and Bret Hart is declared the NEW WWF champion!!!
It's a screwjob finish against Shawn Michaels! After getting the title Vince tells Bret to "get the hell out of here" as Earl runs out of the ring and straight to a parked car taking him away. The crowd is confused and while most are cheering for Bret being champion again in Canada, most are confused. Bret high-fives a few fans on the way out, as Shawn realizes what happens screams at Vince and spits in his face! Vince is escorted to the back, as HHH and Chyna come to the ring to comfort Shawn. Michaels just flips off the crowd who continue to boo him, screams at the camera "FU Vince, FU WWF" and goes to the back as the show goes off the air.

By the next day its reported that HHH and Chyna attacked Vince on Shawn's behalf backstage after the show was over, and they were only stopped when numerous wrestlers and officials guarded Vince. Shawn, HHH, and Chyna are all escorted from the arena, all 3 vowing to never return to WWF! Vince does a sitdown interview with JR sporting a black eye. He says he did what he had to do since he was sick of Shawn always not appreciating everything he did for him, not doing business the right way, and sometimes "losing his smile". Vince says no one screwed Shawn but "Shawn screwed Shawn". Based on their actions the night before Shawn Michaels, HHH, and Chyna are all 3 terminated from their contracts and barred from any WWF event going forward. That same night new tag team Billy Gunn and Roadog (together as New Age Outlaws), win the tag team titles against LOD! Owen also turns against Hart Foundation family for not backing him up in his match against Austin the night before.

Next week on Raw Outlaws, Owen Hart, AND the returning Jeff Jarrett announce themselves as the NEW DX! They feud with rest of Hart Foundation (Bret, Davey, Pillman, and Neidhart for several months.

December ppv
Stone Cold beats Dlo Brown after a stunner. Ken Shamrock makes Kama tap to ankle lock. Rock pins Mankind after a rock bottom to win Intercontinental title! Bret Hart defends WWF title against Undertaker, which ends with Bret getting DQ based on Hart Foundation interference.

Raw before Royal Rumble, Kane makes a save to help Undertaker from getting a Hart Foundation beatdown, making it look like they will be teamed up.

Royal Rumble
The Rumble match ends the same way with Austin winning from number 24 and last eliminating Rock who lasted from number 4. Bret Hart is forced to defend world title in Casket match against Undertaker. During the match rest or Hart Foundation and Savio Vega his guys (I barely remember them) attack Undertaker to help Bret... then lights go out with Kane coming out. Everybody but Undertaker leaves the ring... then Kane attacks Undertaker with Paul Bearer coming out laughing saying it was a ruse all. Kane chokeslams Undertaker into the casket with Bret closing the lid to retain title. Paul then padlocks the casket with Undertaker still in, and Kane rolls the casket in the aisle way, then sets it on fire!

The next night Vince McMahon announces Mike Tyson as special enforcer for WWF title match at Wrestlemania 14... and Stone Cold Steve Austin comes out tell Tyson he can whip him any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Austin then flips Tyson off, leading to Iron Mike to shove Austin and all hell breaking loose. Austin is escorted out of the building as Vince yells at him "you ruined it".

No Way Out ppv
Bret Hart successfully defends WWF title against Jeff Jarrett and wins by submission. In an 8 man match, Austin, Owen, and Outlaws beat Davey, Neidhart, Pillman, and Savio Vega.

Over the next few weeks on Raw the following happens.
Owen beats Brian Pillman to win European title.
Terry Funk shows up to challenge Mick Foley to a hardcore match at Wrestlemania, which Mick accepts so he will be Cactus Jack.
Bret Hart and Mike Tyson look to fight each other in the ring and Bret grabs Mike's shirt to tear it... revealing he is wearing a pink and black Hart Foundation shirt! Bret, Tyson, and the rest of the Hart Foundation laugh and celebrate as Vince looks concerned his special enforcer may be bias at Wrestlemania.
In an in ring interview with Kevin Kelly the next week, Vince says despite some issues he has had with Bret, he would prefer him as champion over Austin due to Austin not having the "company guy" image, leading to major boos from the crowd. Undertaker comes back after a 2 month break to challenge Kane.

Wrestlemania 14 featured matches include...
Intercontinental title match: Rock vs Ken Shamrock.
European title match: Owen Hart vs Brian Pillman. Tag team titles defended in a dumpster match: Outlaws vs Davey Boy Smith and Jim Neidhart.
Jeff Jarrett vs Savio Vega.
Undertaker vs Kane with Paul Bearer.
WWF title is defended in a 60 minute ironman match: Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin with Mike Tyson as the enforcer.