Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Jun 27, 2022 17:36:19 GMT -5
Santino. Way better option than Del Rio. Especially in retrospect now Jinder had been champion.
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Post by koreycaskets on Jun 27, 2022 18:21:20 GMT -5
Marc Mero when he was coming out in boxing shorts. Heel Transitional Champ Mero would have been fun
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Post by sungod2020 on Jun 27, 2022 19:21:44 GMT -5
'98: Shawn is injured at the Rumble and Owen wins it on Raw to lose to Austin at WM. Tyson still gets involved as Vince hates both and needs someone to protect the best interest of WWE. This is such a great call. Plus, you get a payoff for both the Summerslam 97 near-tragedy AND the Montreal screwjob. My only change would be I'd have Owen win it at In Your House No Way Out that February in a match with Triple H or something so that there's a PPV draw there and we could sidestep the Savio Vega let down. A 1998 Owen Wrestlemania main event vs Steve Austin sounds so much better than the Austin-Michaels match we got, and I say this as someone who loves the Austin-Michaels match and considers it underrated all things considered. The problem with that is Austin ALREADY got his revenge on Owen for breaking his neck by winning back the IC title at Survivor Series, there really wasn't a need to have them feud again, especially that soon. I did do a fantasy booking though where instead of Austin winning the championship at Wrestlemania due to re-injuring himself, have Owen beat Michaels instead to avenge the Montreal Screwjob, but Austin's popularity was too great to deny, so at some point, he'd HAVE to win it. As far as who Owen would lose it to, I guess Triple H would be the most viable option(who's now the leader of DX with Michaels no longer able to compete) at either Unforgiven or Over The Edge. Triple H would then be a transitional champion until say King of The Ring, where he loses it to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin(sorry Kane) and then the timeline can resume as normal. That's the best I got. Now as far as fitting the title of the thread goes with someone who never held the WWF/E championship. Could the WWWF have gotten ahold of Harley Race sometime in the 1970s? Maybe he could've gotten the Stan Stasiak spot(albeit a longer title reign, like a year) winning it from Pedro Morales before losing it to Bruno Sammartino. He could've also had the "Superstar" Billy Graham spot, but then we might've not gotten Hogan since that's where he got his influence from, so that's a tough call. Plus (W)WWF was a babyface territory so it's REALLY hard to find an opening for heel champ during that time without sacrificing too much of what we know.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jun 27, 2022 19:31:52 GMT -5
While their house show run wasn't necessarily doing the biggest business, I think Jake Roberts winning the title at the 92 Rumble before losing it to Savage at WMVIII could have worked. Would take some reshuffling of the card (Hogan/Flair as the double main, with maybe a double turn program between Sid & and Undertaker) but Macho Man getting the ultimate payback via taking the WWF title away from the Snake at Wrestlemania does make for a hell of a story.
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Jun 27, 2022 21:00:10 GMT -5
Well in my fantasy booking mind, I'd have had Cesaro been a long term champion at some point when he was the best in ring worker in the whole damn company, but I digress. I'd have definitely had Owen get it at some point during his run, if not with Bret in the summer, then years later as the last remaining Hart. I like the idea of him taking it off HBK and dropping to Austin or assuming he doesn't die, he could have had a run at some point in 99-00. I'll throw Shamrock in there as well. I don't know when you could slot him in, maybe Rock to Austin or Rock to HHH. The easiest scenario for Shamrock: Beats Bret the night after Survivor Series '97 and then loses to HBK at the DX IYH PPV. Averts the screwjob and delays the birth of the Mr. Mac Man character. But we have a happy [and possibly more motivated] Hitman heading to inept Eric's political battlefield. Ken got visual victories over Hart AND Michaels on Raw in the two weeks leading to SS and then cleaned house in his 4-on-4 match. Plus he's quite the jam-up guy and a Hart family friend. *Or insert Owen in that same spot.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Jun 27, 2022 21:47:24 GMT -5
I know he held the Universal title, but I think KO should of won the wwe championship sometime in the last 5 years. I hope he gets a run before he calls it a career
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jun 27, 2022 22:29:48 GMT -5
MVP around 2007-08.
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Jun 27, 2022 22:38:35 GMT -5
Well, if he was allowed to fight for it under Better-Than-Utopia rules he would have had his chance.
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Renslayer
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Post by Renslayer on Jun 27, 2022 23:07:28 GMT -5
Ken shamrock could've been a decent hired gun for McMahon in october 98 to keep the belt away from austin
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Squirrel Master
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Post by Squirrel Master on Jun 28, 2022 5:20:40 GMT -5
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jun 28, 2022 7:04:37 GMT -5
It'd have really fit Owen to match Bret's accomplishment, only for it to be fleeting and give him cause for frustration. Had they gone the televised route, you could even do that with Diesel having annihilated him in the way he did Backlund, just since that'd have been too good for a house show, Owen's machinations blowing up in his face. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Mr. Backlund run, but Owen winning the belt from Bret and then immediately losing it would also have been such an Owen move. It's one time in the past that MITB would have worked. Survivor Series 94 Main Event Owen finally bests his brother, probably loads of cheating, grabs the title wooing and running laps of the ring. *HOOOOOOOOOOOOONK* Owen freezes, Diesel slowly walks down the ramp, Owen tries a cheap shot as he gets in, whip, boot, jacknife, new champ.
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Post by Venti on Jul 5, 2022 19:32:22 GMT -5
This is probably the best thread for me to post this random thought lol.
One time, during my Smackdown SYM season mode playthrough, the default Undisputed Champion Undertaker lost the title to Reverend D-Von of all people. D-Von then lost it at the next PPV to the CAW I was playing as.
And it made me wish we could have got like 2 months with D-Von doing some kind of corrupt evil reverend gimmick as the top heel and and holding the belt for a month before losing it decisively to some up and comer.
It would have been total wrestlecrap and probably awful TV, but I would have enjoyed it lmao.
Plus, he was always the cooler Dudley imo 😎
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 5, 2022 21:22:47 GMT -5
This is probably the best thread for me to post this random thought lol. One time, during my Smackdown SYM season mode playthrough, the default Undisputed Champion Undertaker lost the title to Reverend D-Von of all people. D-Von then lost it at the next PPV to the CAW I was playing as. And it made me wish we could have got like 2 months with D-Von doing some kind of corrupt evil reverend gimmick as the top heel and and holding the belt for a month before losing it decisively to some up and comer. It would have been total wrestlecrap and probably awful TV, but I would have enjoyed it lmao. Plus, he was always the cooler Dudley imo 😎 I think the obvious up and comer to dethrone him would be Deacon Batista. Just rehash the Million Dollar Man/Virgil storyline where D-Von keeps belittling Batista until Batista has had enough and takes the strap.
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tirtefaa
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Post by tirtefaa on Jul 5, 2022 22:09:43 GMT -5
Earthquake swaps with Sgt. Slaughter at Rumble '91. The result at WrestleMania is the same with Hogan getting a pinfall victory over Quake.
Luger wins the title at Rumble '93, freeing up Yokozuna for Undertaker Casket Match at Mania (provided Taker isn't too banged up). Luger drops the belt to Hart, and starts a tweener/heel turn.
Swap Owen in for Backlund at Survivor Series '94. Honestly it would have been a perfect bookend for Owen since 1994 was his year.
The Dudley Boyz beat Triple H in a 2 on 1 handicapped match on the 1999 Smackdown (this is an alternative to Vince winning the title). Same result with the title being vacated due to both men winning, but the Dudleyz go scorched Earth with their violent streak. Oh, and Big Show wins the 6 pack challenge later because...why not?
Christian wins the WM21 MITB briefcase, focuses on being the ultimate opportunist while Edge focuses on being the sleazy Rated R Superstar. Christian becomes the weasely thorn in Cena's side, while Edge becomes the annoying thorn in Batista's side.
Swap Mysterio for Cena at Bragging Rights playing out the same with with losing the title to Sheamus at TLC. Gives Mysterio a proper reign, breaks up the Orton/Cena monotony, helps make Sheamus a monster and gives Cena a fresh feud with Sheamus down the road.
Swap Morrison in for Miz when he gets Otis' briefcase, only to lose the title a few days later to Lashley.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jul 6, 2022 0:12:29 GMT -5
Faarooq in 1997. He challenged Taker for the belt at King of the Ring, and while it was obvious they were just feeding him opponents until Kane could debut, Simmons actually had some decent mic work around that time. Shame that a generation of fans will just remember him as the DAMN! guy.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 6, 2022 2:10:00 GMT -5
Santino was so over in 2011-2012.
Let him win the big Rumble, win the belt, defend it successfully once to cement it then have a heel kill him a week or so later
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Post by nobody on Jul 6, 2022 4:00:58 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler beats The Miz in the TLC match on RAW, gets his first and only reign as WWE champ and loses the rematch at the Royal Rumble allowing Miz/Cena to still happen at mania.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 6, 2022 4:26:43 GMT -5
Santino was so over in 2011-2012. Let him win the big Rumble, win the belt, defend it successfully once to cement it then have a heel kill him a week or so later It's one of those things where WWE is sort of lucky that Del Rio is a piece of shit, since otherwise, it'd have been just about criminally poor booking that Edge and WWE just couldn't be bothered to put him over in 2010 when it'd have made perfect sense. So then you get their attempt at a make-good in 2011 that ends up making people upset because they for whatever reason got it into their head Santino should win the Rumble. It is absurd, but, that was also part of what would have made it compelling, Santino's Cinderella story doing the impossible. Only, by putting off Del Rio's "destiny", they couldn't really f*** him twice in a row, so Santino paid the price.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 6, 2022 4:55:34 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler beats The Miz in the TLC match on RAW, gets his first and only reign as WWE champ and loses the rematch at the Royal Rumble allowing Miz/Cena to still happen at mania. People mock this match but Jerry was absolutely over enough for this
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Post by nobody on Jul 6, 2022 7:13:36 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler beats The Miz in the TLC match on RAW, gets his first and only reign as WWE champ and loses the rematch at the Royal Rumble allowing Miz/Cena to still happen at mania. People mock this match but Jerry was absolutely over enough for this He really was, and given that WWE won’t ever put him in the ring again (rightfully so) it makes me even sadder that it didn’t happen.
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