Brysynner Posted June 29, 2016 Posted June 29, 2016 What if Shawn Michaels is too messed up to work Wrestlemania 14 and Vince books Austin/Tyson for the WWF Title (or were there issues that led to Tyson only being the special ringside enforcer)? Tyson getting a WWF run for a summer would've been interesting. For being such a wrestling fan, it seems strange he never got to work a singles match for WWE.
(BP) Posted June 29, 2016 Posted June 29, 2016 I'm pretty certain they couldn't even get Tyson to be the referee, which was why he was downgraded to enforcer. I don't know what the ins and outs of that were about though. Without Shawn, they would have had to bullshit something like Undertaker vs Kane for the vacant title since that was the only hot program on the card anyway. Austin could have had some kind of confrontation with Tyson at the show (probably with Vince taking bumps from both of them), then he'd get the strap at Unforgiven. Although, since getting the belt on Austin was the endgame no matter what, just put Rock in the main event with him since he was runner up in the Rumble.
Wyld Samurai Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 What if Marty Janetty wasn't a drug addict? Watching his surprise IC win against HBK this morning and all I see is wasted potential.
zev Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 4 hours ago, Wyld Samurai said: What if Marty Janetty wasn't a drug addict? Watching his surprise IC win against HBK this morning and all I see is wasted potential. Him and HBK would have 50/50 booking until a blow off cage match?
Wyld Samurai Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 I think he would have had a solid singles career and notend up as a punchline to tag team jokes.
cool arrow Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 What if the Steiners had signed with All Japan instead of the WWF?
Curt McGirt Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 We get a lot of really good matchups like vs. Holy Demon Army, vs. MVC, vs. Can-Ams, the list goes on. But I think they end up jumping around in the US anyway. Rick and Scott wouldn't want to live in Japan even if they were making Hansen-level money. 1
Wyld Samurai Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 The Steiners were always more of an NJPW team than an AJPW team. When I think of All Japan gaijin I think of non flashy guys.
AxB Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 Well, when you're talking Hansen, Gordy & Williams, yeah. But Kroffat & Furnas did some flash stuff. And RD and Sabu were an AJPW Tag Team for a good while. Gary Albright was pretty Stiener-ish, spotfest with power moves instead of jumping flips.
Curt McGirt Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 It could be argued that the majority of AJPW heavies, post-Jumbo, are as highspot intensive as NJ juniors. At least if you consider a plethora of moves and finishers to be highspots as much as dives.
Wyld Samurai Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 RVD and Sabu in AJPW just never made sense. Shinzaki was also a borderline AJ type guy to me. What I meant by flashy wasn't so much in moves but in style. Furnas & Kroffat had the personality of a boulder. Albright was also solid and a classic AJ heavy to me with his suplex and mat game, but he also was about as interesting as painting a fence.
Curt McGirt Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 Heh, here's a What If... what if Masato Tanaka ended up in AJPW. This would be post-NOAH, of course. If Misawa's around, you can forget it. 1
MapRef41N93W Posted August 24, 2016 Posted August 24, 2016 21 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: If Misawa's around, you can forget it. Why's that? Is there some story between Tanaka and Misawa?
Curt McGirt Posted August 24, 2016 Posted August 24, 2016 Nah. Tanaka just used elbows as much as Misawa. Gimmick infringement.
MapRef41N93W Posted August 24, 2016 Posted August 24, 2016 Ah, of course, the elbows. Forgot about those for a second.
Thomas Bugg Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 What if Kevin Dunn's dad never saved those TV tapings from a burning truck? What becomes of the WWF? What happens to who Jim Cornette refers to as the "Bucky Beaver motherfucker"?
Skeeball Wizard Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Thomas Bugg said: What if Kevin Dunn's dad never saved those TV tapings from a burning truck? What becomes of the WWF? What happens to who Jim Cornette refers to as the "Bucky Beaver motherfucker"? He signs a fat WCW contract in the late 90s, and has his hackery exposed, then spends the next twenty or so years burying everything in modern wrestling because he craves the attention. 6
Bustronaut Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 What's this story about Dunn's dad? Is this why Vince will never fire him?
(BP) Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 Dunn's father worked for the production company that syndicated WWWF/WWF. His car caught on fire while he was driving it home one day, and he risked possibly being blown up by going into the trunk to retrieve three weeks worth of tapings before getting out of harms way. I'm not sure if Vince Sr. or Jr. was in charge at this point, but it's apparently where the loyalty to the Dunn family comes from. 2
PetrolCB Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 Yeah. Snagged this from elsewhere... Dunn's journey in the WWE began when his father, Dennis was the executive producer of Intermedia Productions, which produced and syndicated (W)WWF television from 1972 through 1983. Dennis Dunn was very close to Vince's father, Vince McMahon, Sr. for many years and Vince Sr.'s loyalty to Dennis extends to his son, Vince Jr. One day as Dennis was driving home from a TV taping in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, his car caught on fire. In his car were several tapes as Dennis managed to save the tapes from his fiery car as losing these shows would have disrupted the promotion. It was then that Vince Jr. promised Dennis that he would take care of Kevin as Vince Jr. would give Kevin a job for life in the WWF (now WWE). 1
The Comedian Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 I don't think anybody has a problem with Kevin Dunn having a job for life with WWE. The problem is that Vince didn't give him a traditional "job for life", i.e. a phony title, out-of-the-way office, and no actual input whatsoever in the business. 3
NikoBaltimore Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 So instead of #IblameKevinDunn should it now be #IblameKevinDunnsdad? It's cool what the dad did and at least answers the question of why we have to deal with Kevin doing dumb shit. 3
Cristobal Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 Well as always, it comes back to Vince. Vince could be loyal to Kevin without making Kevin one of the top 5 or so most influential people on the product his company puts out. 1
Thomas Bugg Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 It wouldn't be so much of an issue except Bucky Beaver has either fucked over, backstabbed or just been outright condescending to countless people that have come through WWE for generations (JR, Corny, several WWE writers, etc.). There's stories that have come out that had it not been for HHH intervening, the world's richest gopher- and he makes $5 million a year so that's not a stretch- would have put the kibosh on Kevin Owens's push.
Thomas Bugg Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Cristobal said: Well as always, it comes back to Vince. Vince could be loyal to Kevin without making Kevin one of the top 5 or so most influential people on the product his company puts out. Yeah, but then he'd have an awful lot of explaining to do as to why Dunn gets $5M a year.
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