How would Eddie’s 2006 and 2007 look?

[ChitownKnight]

It’s been 17 years this week he passed, but what if he didn’t die and continued on for atleast 2 more years. There were a lot of big named stars Eddie never worked a program with. I think he would of won the world title temporarily in late 05/06 and dropped it to Randy before taking on HBK at mania 22. He takes on the Undertaker at some point during the year, then in 07 he gets drafted to Raw and takes on Cena during his year long run as champ

[bluebeach25]

We will never know. Pretty sure HBK vs Eddie would have happened at WM 22 which would have been a classic. Eddie vs Taker never was a dream feud of mine idk i would rather have seen Eddie vs Cena on Raw in 06 or 07. Or Face Eddie vs Heel Edge would have been insane too.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

I think he would become Smackdown’s HBK.

Always over, usually near the top of the card but not at the very top (likely by the performer’s design) and occasionally being matched up with young guys trying to break into the upper card.

The big thing I’ve taken away from Eddie’s WWE run after watching a ton of it is how f***ing OVER dude was.

The type of over that makes you question if the term is overused cause it just does not extend to many folks.

Like, it don’t matter the town, what angle they just did, or what, Eddie was getting a big baby face reaction when he came out. A megastar, honestly.

[Nosnorb]

Eddie would have dropped the title to Batista instead of Randy before 'mania to end that feud and instead of Rey/Randy/Angle at 'mania, it would have been Orton vs Batista for the belt. Randy would have won the Royal Rumble instead of Rey.

[chronocross]

I can see him feuding with Ken Kennedy and MVP on Smackdown in 06 & 07.

[nickcave]

I truthfully think he would have been done in a year or two anyways. I get the feeling he was ready to wind down his career

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

Nov 17, 2022 16:08:20 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

I think he would become Smackdown’s HBK.

Always over, usually near the top of the card but not at the very top (likely by the performer’s design) and occasionally being matched up with young guys trying to break into the upper card.

The big thing I’ve taken away from Eddie’s WWE run after watching a ton of it is how f***ing OVER dude was.

The type of over that makes you question if the term is overused cause it just does not extend to many folks.

Like, it don’t matter the town, what angle they just did, or what, Eddie was getting a big baby face reaction when he came out. A megastar, honestly.

There was no denying it, Eddie was a major star, and rightfully so. Everything he did the crowd just went nuts for.

[Legion]

Comedy feud with Booker, when Booker was King.

That would have been gold.

[Mid-Carder]

As fun as he was as a heel in the feud with Rey, I always thought it was misusing him as fans wanted to cheer him.

[tirtefaa]

Yeah, before he turns fully face again, I could see him going to Raw and feuding with Cena, Shawn, and potentially Triple H in 2006, before returning to Smackdown in 2007 where he settles into a role similar to Benoit where he's the dependable veteran.

[darbus alan]

I think he had at least one more WWE/WH Championship run in him. IIRC, he was going to get into the mix on Smackdown with Batista and Orton in the spot Rey ended up getting.

Rey Mysterio probably never gets that main event push until much later, if at all.

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He would've turned on Batista and won the WHC before dropping it back to him.

Then he would've faced HBK at WM22 instead of Vince and probably moved onto a feud with Cena after.

I think Cena/RVD and Cena/Edge still takes place in 2006 so I imagine Eddie would be the filler feud between April-June.

2007? ECW was pretty relevant back then. I can see him winning the title there and facing the likes of Punk, Benoit and others.

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Nov 18, 2022 7:57:44 GMT -5 Mid-Carder said:

As fun as he was as a heel in the feud with Rey, I always thought it was misusing him as fans wanted to cheer him.

Eddie was amazing at both. I always liked the sadistic Eddie from 2005. But you're right, the fans wanted to cheer him.

When I was in school, everyone loved him. I think people underestimate how popular he was with the casuals back in 2004/2005. For some reason, kids who weren't even big wrestling fans f***ing loved Eddie Guerrero.

[Error]

Nov 17, 2022 17:41:57 GMT -5 nickcave said:

I truthfully think he would have been done in a year or two anyways. I get the feeling he was ready to wind down his career

Yeah, I think he would have gotten another run with the belt and burned out, taken time off, had a little run in TNA and then returned in 09. I can't see him being full time too much longer. Maybe something like Foley had where he had an on screen role and wrestled the occasional match

[schma]

I'm not sure for Eddie since I wasn't watching much at the time. However, I don't think Rey gets a world title run if Eddie doesn't die. Don't get me wrong, Rey is a legend. However, just looking at how his title run was booked, I don't see them putting the belt on him if Eddie hadn't died.

[CubsFan71]

An Eddie/CM Punk feud would have been a license to print money. Not to mentioned it writes itself

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

Ok. Like. Without physical limitations?

Because I know people love Eddie and I do too but that last year was ROUGH in terms of actual in ring stuff. He was very lucky to be working with Rey for most of it since he could carry a bulk of the match. His stuff, seriously year over year dropped off a cliff and I guess we know why but it’s still not a good year to look back on objectively

Realistically. He starts winding down after the Batista feud, Maybe gets in that HBK match and then does midcard spots for awhile until retiring in 2009. Maybe going to TNA?

[Mozenrath]

Nov 18, 2022 21:47:12 GMT -5 Error said:

Nov 17, 2022 17:41:57 GMT -5 nickcave said:

I truthfully think he would have been done in a year or two anyways. I get the feeling he was ready to wind down his career

Yeah, I think he would have gotten another run with the belt and burned out, taken time off, had a little run in TNA and then returned in 09. I can't see him being full time too much longer. Maybe something like Foley had where he had an on screen role and wrestled the occasional match

Given WWE was really trying to court latino viewers, I could have seen Eddie in some kind of GM or commissioner role when he retired. That, plus he'd have worked for either a heel or "face who knows all the heel tricks so he outsmarts the heel" boss role.

[XaviersSS2015hair]

Nov 18, 2022 16:09:10 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

I think he had at least one more WWE/WH Championship run in him. IIRC, he was going to get into the mix on Smackdown with Batista and Orton in the spot Rey ended up getting.

Rey Mysterio probably never gets that main event push until much later, if at all.

Eddie was already well into that mix. Eddie's last ppv match was a main event world title match at No Mercy just a few weeks before he died. I remember the preview channel running an ad promoting Eddie vs Batista for the WHC at Survivor Series before he died.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 4, 2022 5:12:21 GMT -5 XaviersSS2015hair said:

Nov 18, 2022 16:09:10 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

I think he had at least one more WWE/WH Championship run in him. IIRC, he was going to get into the mix on Smackdown with Batista and Orton in the spot Rey ended up getting.

Rey Mysterio probably never gets that main event push until much later, if at all.

Eddie was already well into that mix. Eddie's last ppv match was a main event world title match at No Mercy just a few weeks before he died. I remember the preview channel running an ad promoting Eddie vs Batista for the WHC at Survivor Series before he died.

Basically.

I do think Rey ultimately ends up being a main eventer, but it'd have been more organic. Like, say Eddie wins the title off of Batista. I could see him dropping it to Rey, potentially. In any case, Rey occupied a similar place that Edge did before winning a world title, where he lost more often than not against main eventers, but he still wrestled them on a regular enough basis to where it was probably inevitable, especially since even if he didn't die, Eddie probably was on the tail end of his career.