What If? Wrestlemania 12

[darthobiwan]

Which 3 results about change for Wrestlemania 12.

[fw91]

eh.. all of them happened as they should have imo. Vote HHH over Warrior just for the lols

[darthobiwan]

Looks like 2 of the 3 results are decided. Will do 1 more poll to decide the third.

[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".

[darthobiwan]

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 ".

[darthobiwan]

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.