Wildest WWE Retcons/Non Canon angles

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So I was watching a youtube video last night on retcons/non canon situations in WWF/WWE by Wrestling with Andy (great channel from what I have seen) and completely spaced that in kayfabe that Triple H and Steph were divorced for nearly 7 years on WWE TV. The video couldn't recall if there was ever any explanation given either as to their reconciliation.

What are some of your favorite and most memorial situations that have been retconned?

[karl100589]

Hogan being the first to slam Andre at Wrestlemania. Ignoring that others had done it before, including Hogan himself at Shea Stadium.

[Bo Rida]

That time everyone pretended HHH and Undertaker had never faced each other at wm before.

Always a questionable approach but given their first wm match took place on what's widely regarded as WWE's greatest ever ppv it's even more stupid.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Edge and Christian being brothers and then...they weren't.

[Bo Rida]

Nov 18, 2022 15:51:47 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Edge and Christian being brothers and then...they weren't.

Even worse when they sort of briefly reunited but it was treated as two random strangers having a team of convenience, no E&C trappings or even aknowledgemt of their past together

[Chris Legentil -- Mind Freak]

JULES USO

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I forgot to include the rest of the main entries in that video since I don't have the resources right now to include the video itself here at work and those were (off the top of my head)

Inoki winning the WWF title from Backlund

The Rockers tag title win

Kane "The Undertaker"

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Big Show being Stephanie’s childhood hero

[Push R Truth]

The UNDEFEATED SNITSKY

I get that dudes get repackaged as new guys all the time but they didn't even change his name, or history... or anything. Except for the teeth and hair.

Imagine Corbin comes out tonight with a hair cut and bubba teeth and he's announced as "The UNDEFEATED BARON CORBIN", ok no wait that would be hilarious.

[fg]

Nov 18, 2022 15:40:44 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

That time everyone pretended HHH and Undertaker had never faced each other at wm before.

Always a questionable approach but given their first wm match took place on what's widely regarded as WWE's greatest ever ppv it's even more stupid.

To be fair, the day after WM27, HHH did say it wasn’t the first time that they faced each other at WM and also in the build they never said that this was their first match at WM.

[fg]

Nov 18, 2022 16:09:51 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Nov 18, 2022 15:51:47 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Edge and Christian being brothers and then...they weren't.

Even worse when they sort of briefly reunited but it was treated as two random strangers having a team of convenience, no E&C trappings or even aknowledgemt of their past together

I remember that. It was an episode of RAW in 2005. Edge DID acknowledge their history as E&C with contempt (which is ironic since they were both heels.) He even mentioned their five second poses.

[Mozenrath]

The Triple H/Stephanie "divorce" is one of those things that WWE does that makes sense to a degree, but is annoying and undermines storytelling, where they will just acknowledge a reality and that everyone knows it already. So, they just kind of acknowledged them as married with the unspoken implication "you already know this is bullshit, of course they're still married."

Austin being face again when the InVasion ended, and Kurt heel, despite Kurt having "saved" WWE and Austin having been solely heelish almost all of 2001. It felt like both WWE and the audience saying, "This isn't working and we know it isn't working, let's just go back to how things were", and fans sort of just going along with that because, yeah, the heel turn for Austin had been a miscalculation, and Kurt WAS a good face, but joining the Alliance, even if it was shown to be as a mole later, pissed on that and soured fans.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Nov 18, 2022 18:03:07 GMT -5 fg said:

Nov 18, 2022 16:09:51 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Even worse when they sort of briefly reunited but it was treated as two random strangers having a team of convenience, no E&C trappings or even aknowledgemt of their past together

I remember that. It was an episode of RAW in 2005. Edge DID acknowledge their history as E&C with contempt (which is ironic since they were both heels.) He even mentioned their five second poses.

After some research.

They tagged for the first time in November 2004 with Todd Grisham hyping the reunion and Edge wanting no part of it while Christian told him to stay in his lane. Which was correct given their 01 break up and 02 title match with Hogan and Storm.

Edge gave a 5 second pose that ended with him flipping off the fans.

They just never talked about them as siblings as they wanted to distance themselves from that. Which made sense and honestly was better than "brothers "

[Bo Rida]

Nov 18, 2022 22:51:33 GMT -5 OGBoardPoster2005 said:

Nov 18, 2022 18:03:07 GMT -5 fg said:

I remember that. It was an episode of RAW in 2005. Edge DID acknowledge their history as E&C with contempt (which is ironic since they were both heels.) He even mentioned their five second poses.

After some research.

They tagged for the first time in November 2004 with Todd Grisham hyping the reunion and Edge wanting no part of it while Christian told him to stay in his lane. Which was correct given their 01 break up and 02 title match with Hogan and Storm.

Edge gave a 5 second pose that ended with him flipping off the fans.

They just never talked about them as siblings as they wanted to distance themselves from that. Which made sense and honestly was better than "brothers "

Hmm, ok did my research and believe I was thinking of E&C Vs Chris Jericho & Shelton Benjamin the following year in the lead up to the first mitb.
Jr did briefly say they were tag champs during the entrances but not brothers, then that was it, all about random teams building to mitb from then on.

To me it must have seemed stupid an e&c reunion wasn't treated as a big deal but looking at it they had a few matches the month before which would have had a bit more story.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Kane was locked in a basement for years but he was also a highschool football star with a girlfriend who went to parties and could drive a car.

[Sephiroth]

Kanetuity.

[Milkman Norm]

The Big Bossman going from a violent corrections officer to a genial police officer.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Nov 19, 2022 4:04:51 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Nov 18, 2022 22:51:33 GMT -5 OGBoardPoster2005 said:

After some research.

They tagged for the first time in November 2004 with Todd Grisham hyping the reunion and Edge wanting no part of it while Christian told him to stay in his lane. Which was correct given their 01 break up and 02 title match with Hogan and Storm.

Edge gave a 5 second pose that ended with him flipping off the fans.

They just never talked about them as siblings as they wanted to distance themselves from that. Which made sense and honestly was better than "brothers "

Hmm, ok did my research and believe I was thinking of E&C Vs Chris Jericho & Shelton Benjamin the following year in the lead up to the first mitb.
Jr did briefly say they were tag champs during the entrances but not brothers, then that was it, all about random teams building to mitb from then on.

To me it must have seemed stupid an e&c reunion wasn't treated as a big deal but looking at it they had a few matches the month before which would have had a bit more story.

I believe Edge attacked Christian too after one of those matches. Missed opportunity for a Face Christian vs Heel Edge program in 2005 or hell I'd even take a Heel vs Heel feud as both would have pulled it off ala Martel/Michaels.

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Nov 19, 2022 11:07:28 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

The Big Bossman going from a violent corrections officer to a genial police officer.

Right? Considering those are two entirely different positions and authority roles, (especially in IL for me) with correctional officers having no real jurisdiction outside of prisons.

[Sephiroth]

Sting was the NWO’s #1 enemy for so much of its existence. So naturally they show up to help him out twenty years after the fact.