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Post by MiLB Fan on Jun 25, 2022 20:41:30 GMT -5
Michael Hayes vs Van Hammer at one of the early Halloween Havoc shows. They said Hayes was injured, though he appeared as a manager, took his arm out of the sling and punched someone before winking at the camera. Jim Ross basically acknowledged the injury was bullshit before saying Van Hammer “will be facing ‘Pretty Boy’ Doug Somers instead.” I don’t remember seeing Somers on WCW TV before or after this show, but it’s possible he did. Halloween Havoc ‘91. Hayes was in Jimmy Garvin’s corner when Garvin wrestled Johnny B. Badd. This thread is bringing back so many memories; I have two more to add: Razor Ramon vs. Goldust in a street fight at WrestleMania XII Brian Pillman vs. Goldust at Badd Blood
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Post by chronocross on Jun 25, 2022 20:54:54 GMT -5
Chris Benoit vs. Raven-Starrcade 97, ends up being Benoit vs. Saturn.
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Post by Aceorton on Jun 26, 2022 10:23:07 GMT -5
An undead zombie Who feels no pain and draws apparently an unending strength from an urn can’t beat the Giant yet a mortal can? We were told explicitly that Hogan was immortal.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jun 26, 2022 10:26:52 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I'd have wanted HBK vs. King Booker.
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Post by jason1980s on Jun 26, 2022 10:27:26 GMT -5
Michael Hayes vs Van Hammer at one of the early Halloween Havoc shows. They said Hayes was injured, though he appeared as a manager, took his arm out of the sling and punched someone before winking at the camera. Jim Ross basically acknowledged the injury was bullshit before saying Van Hammer “will be facing ‘Pretty Boy’ Doug Somers instead.” I don’t remember seeing Somers on WCW TV before or after this show, but it’s possible he did. A lot of the earlier WCW PPVs seemed to have matches with guys who were barely on WCW TV, like they were just brought in for a short time. And most of those matches were cut from the video. Even pre Bischoff it seems like WCW would sign tons of guys and would just use them here and there. Like apparently Ice Train was under contract for years but I only remember him in 1993, early 1994 and then he was back in mid 1996. I used to love checking out the old WWF magazines to see which guys were replaced in PPV matches. Survivor Series and Royal Rumbles normally had a few but most single/tag type PPVs like Summerslam would maybe only have one guy replaced.
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Post by fg on Jun 26, 2022 10:28:05 GMT -5
An undead zombie Who feels no pain and draws apparently an unending strength from an urn can’t beat the Giant yet a mortal can? We were told explicitly that Hogan was immortal. But still he felt pain and lost like any mortal human.
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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Jun 26, 2022 10:28:10 GMT -5
A few more off the top of my head SummerSlam 88 - Honky Tonk Man vs Brutus Beefcake Survivor Series 92 - British Bulldog vs The Mountie Royal Rumble 93 - Max Moon vs Terry Taylor (don’t recall if this was ever announced on TV but it was in WWF Magazine)IYH Revenge of the Taker - Bret Hart vs Sid I'm going to guess the magazine went to press before the switch from Konnan to Paul Diamond, then?
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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Jun 26, 2022 10:39:11 GMT -5
I remember WWF Magazine advertising the Smoking Gunns vs. Sid and The Kid, and Alundra Blayze vs. Aja Kong for the 1996 Royal Rumble, but by the time the magazine came out, Madusa had trashed the Women's Title and Sid had walked out after the disagreement that led to him losing to Bob Holly on a house show. Also, at another point, Sid and Bam Bam Bigelow were announced on TV for the Rumble match, but obviously didn't appear. As well, Vince was trying to get Sabu for the Rumble, but Paul Heyman convinced Sabu not to do it.
Jean Pierre Lafitte and Avatar were supposed to compete in the Bodydonnas vs. The Underdogs match at Survivor Series 1995, but were replaced by The Kid and Bob Holly, respectively.
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Jun 26, 2022 10:44:43 GMT -5
It was advertised in local markets. I really wish we got this match. I wanted to see how "babyface" Shawn against "heel" Bret would work. We had every other combination of this match except that one. Not just in local markets, it was announced on TV too. The stipulation was the other four Hart Foundation members would be tied to the ringposts and if Bret couldn't beat Shawn within 10 minutes, he'd never wrestle in the US again.
To add another to OP's list:
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Post by fg on Jun 26, 2022 10:51:36 GMT -5
A few more off the top of my head SummerSlam 88 - Honky Tonk Man vs Brutus Beefcake Survivor Series 92 - British Bulldog vs The Mountie Royal Rumble 93 - Max Moon vs Terry Taylor (don’t recall if this was ever announced on TV but it was in WWF Magazine)IYH Revenge of the Taker - Bret Hart vs Sid I'm going to guess the magazine went to press before the switch from Konnan to Paul Diamond, then? The RR match was announced on TV. With no explanation, the match was cancelled but they did participate in the Royal Rumble match. They weren’t in the same ring together though. I wonder why.
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Post by mrpeacock on Jun 26, 2022 10:53:16 GMT -5
I remember WWF Magazine advertising the Smoking Gunns vs. Sid and The Kid, and Alundra Blayze vs. Aja Kong for the 1996 Royal Rumble, but by the time the magazine came out, Madusa had trashed the Women's Title and Sid had walked out after the disagreement that led to him losing to Bob Holly on a house show. Also, at another point, Sid and Bam Bam Bigelow were announced on TV for the Rumble match, but obviously didn't appear. As well, Vince was trying to get Sabu for the Rumble, but Paul Heyman convinced Sabu not to do it. Jean Pierre Lafitte and Avatar were supposed to compete in the Bodydonnas vs. The Underdogs match at Survivor Series 1995, but were replaced by The Kid and Bob Holly, respectively. I’m pretty sure Sabu was announced for the Rumble officially, as was Buddy Landell representing SMW but he had to pull off due to injury and Smoky Mountain was defunct by that point I believe. There was also a rumor at the time they tried to get boxer Peter McNeely for the 1996 rumble but he refused when they wanted him to be eliminated 1 second less than his fight with Mike Tyson.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jun 26, 2022 10:53:18 GMT -5
There was supposed to be an eight man tag at Superbrawl 2 1992
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Post by fg on Jun 26, 2022 12:05:14 GMT -5
I remember WWF Magazine advertising the Smoking Gunns vs. Sid and The Kid, and Alundra Blayze vs. Aja Kong for the 1996 Royal Rumble, but by the time the magazine came out, Madusa had trashed the Women's Title and Sid had walked out after the disagreement that led to him losing to Bob Holly on a house show. Also, at another point, Sid and Bam Bam Bigelow were announced on TV for the Rumble match, but obviously didn't appear. As well, Vince was trying to get Sabu for the Rumble, but Paul Heyman convinced Sabu not to do it. Jean Pierre Lafitte and Avatar were supposed to compete in the Bodydonnas vs. The Underdogs match at Survivor Series 1995, but were replaced by The Kid and Bob Holly, respectively. I’m pretty sure Sabu was announced for the Rumble officially, as was Buddy Landell representing SMW but he had to pull off due to injury and Smoky Mountain was defunct by that point I believe. There was also a rumor at the time they tried to get boxer Peter McNeely for the 1996 rumble but he refused when they wanted him to be eliminated 1 second less than his fight with Mike Tyson. Gee, I wonder why Pam McNeely refused? Hmmmm… I don’t remember Sabu ever being announced on TV but I could be wrong. It’s been 26 years.
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Post by jason1980s on Jun 26, 2022 12:21:55 GMT -5
The WWF Magazine feature of Max Moon v. Terry Taylor had Paul Diamond's Max Moon pictured. Royal Rumble 1993 had a few changes. I remember Bossman, Bigelow, Duggan being named on the back of the video. And Crush, Kamala and Bigelow were pictured on the back with a few others. No Bossman and Bigelow match was listed nor was Moon/Taylor. Only 27 participants are listed on the back of the VHS. Missing on the back are Max Moon, Taylor, Tenryu, Colon, Martel and Owen. It's crazy that they listed Koko but not Owen.
Then the WWF Magazine had a random ad for the Rumble and had Bigelow, Crush, Kamala, Nailz, Bulldog and Warrior. That def. would have given it more star power.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jun 26, 2022 12:42:49 GMT -5
Vader vs. Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1996, with Vader winning the title.
Ultimate Warrior was replaced in the 1996 In Your House 6-man tag by Sid (I believe it was Camp Cornette vs. HBK, Ahmed and Sid).
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Post by Bo Rida on Jun 26, 2022 13:04:36 GMT -5
Damn, the 2022 list has more on in 6 months than some entire years have. (Admitedly due to natural recency bias and different PPV schedules but still)
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Post by Aceorton on Jun 26, 2022 14:48:10 GMT -5
We were told explicitly that Hogan was immortal. But still he felt pain and lost like any mortal human. I don't know about pain, but he definitely felt temperature.
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Post by fortknox on Jun 26, 2022 15:27:09 GMT -5
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jun 26, 2022 15:28:00 GMT -5
Can we count almost the entirety of Wrstlemania 8? Because what they were buildning to is very different to what we got.
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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Jun 26, 2022 16:32:03 GMT -5
A couple others I remember:
Starrcade 97: Nash vs. Giant - was scheduled, but Nash called in, saying he thought he was having a heart attack. So instead, they did a segment with Scott Hall announcing the match wasn't happening and getting Chokeslammed
On the preview show for Starrcade 1998, they announced a Scott Hall vs. Bam Bam Bigelow match that ended up not taking place
Not sure which PPV it was, but I remember seeing a video online of Paul Heyman explaining a no-show for an event, either in 99 or 2000, I think.
Shane Douglas was supposed to face Justin Credible at Hardcore Heaven 1999, but was either injured or had already left the company, so Credible got Sid (who left that same month lmao)
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