How do you think these angles would have played out?

[Bo Rida]

If there were no injuries of firings how do you think these angles would have progressed?

1. Golden Jets. Would they stay a team for a while or split? Would they have won the tag titles? How would fans have reacted?

2. CM Punk "real" world champion.

Bonus question. Do you believe the reports that Joe was always destined to become world champion even if nobody got injured?

[kingoftheindies]

1. I think it would have led to Golden Jets vs Young Bucks rather than vs Darby and Sting

2.Honestly no clue how this would ended cause reports seem to indicate Punk was so unwilling to work with certain talent (and vice versa)

[Kalmia]

The Punk angle should have ended with him facing off against the actual world champion, but as MJF seemed to show zero interest in even acknowledging what Punk was doing, let alone reacting to it, I don't think that would have happened. Maybe Joe would have been the bridge and would have been the guy to beat MJF to then face off with Punk. But, the MJF/Cole team became hot so maybe that wouldn't have happened either.

[dbsot]

Feb 19, 2024 14:47:51 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

If there were no injuries of firings how do you think these angles would have progressed?

1. Golden Jets. Would they stay a team for a while or split? Would they have won the tag titles? How would fans have reacted?

2. CM Punk "real" world champion.

Bonus question. Do you believe the reports that Joe was always destined to become world champion even if nobody got injured?

1) They were for sure winning the tag titles from Starks/Bill. My best guess is that the Bucks would have won the titles from them. Sting/Darby vs YB match for Revolution would be the same thing except the Bucks would be champions. The Golden Jets would still be facing Don Callis' group.
2) Punk would have had his match against Starks to main event All Out. Then he would have held the title until Full Gear, where he lost it to MJF in a unification match.

Bonus: Joe would still have won the unified title from MJF. 

[Cyno]

I think the Golden Jets would've gotten a run with the tag-titles and then lose them to this current incarnation of the Bucks, which would've debuted sooner. Not sure if Sting and Darby Allin would've been involved at all except maybe the Bucks going in as champions at Revolution instead of them.

No f***ing clue where the "Real World Champion" shit was going to go. Punk apparently wanted to turn heel with it, which would've made it a lot better an idea for the gimmick. And while I care little for Phil Brooks as a person these days, he's almost always been an amazing heel. But since Actual World Champion MJF apparently didn't want anything to do with him, I don't know how you resolve that.

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

CM Punk as real world champion wasn't an angle; it was just an extended ad-lib Punk was doing. There was nowhere for it to go, because it wasn't a thing.

[thegatewaydrug]

Pepsi Phil inevitably gets injured one way or another and cries himself a river via IG Stories.

[Gerard Gerard]

Feb 19, 2024 21:44:53 GMT -5 thegatewaydrug said:

Pepsi Phil inevitably gets injured one way or another and cries himself a river via IG Stories.

Then debuts the definitely real, real world championship upon his return.