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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on Mar 20, 2011 15:48:09 GMT -5
Been reading more stuff from about the Interwebz, and it seems as tho WM22 was planned to be quite different from what it ended up being;
- It was originally, and till Eddie died, was going to be Orton Vs. Batista. When Batista was injured it was then set to be Orton/Angle, then leading to Rey being added to honour Eddie
- It was to be Bret Hart and Vince instead of Vince and Michaels, but Bret declined
- Shawn and Eddie was supposed to happne like said above till Eddie died
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Post by Infinite on Mar 20, 2011 16:08:11 GMT -5
Been reading more stuff from about the Interwebz, and it seems as tho WM22 was planned to be quite different from what it ended up being; - It was originally, and till Eddie died, was going to be Orton Vs. Batista. When Batista was injured it was then set to be Orton/Angle, then leading to Rey being added to honour Eddie - It was to be Bret Hart and Vince instead of Vince and Michaels, but Bret declined - Shawn and Eddie was supposed to happne like said above till Eddie died Aw,
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Post by T.J. Perez on Mar 20, 2011 16:51:07 GMT -5
Never heard of any of those but i always felt that these matches should have happened Rock vs Savage (if he were on good terms) bret vs austin/ hbk/ hhh/ or rock for the title mr perfect vs angle hogan vs flair
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Post by Barney Stinson on Mar 20, 2011 17:32:03 GMT -5
I remember that Triple H was supposed to face Cena at Wrestlemania 23 had he not got injured. I read in an interview with either Michaels or Booker T that the plan was for Shawn Michaels to face King Booker at Wrestlemania 23 had Triple H not gotten hurt. Ric Flair also said in his shoot interview that he was originally going to face Mr. Kennedy at Wrestlemania 23 but plans changed for that too.
I remember hearing about the Bret v. Shawn for 13 and Bret v. Austin at 14 rumors
I also remember hearing that they wanted to do a tag match at Mania 24 with Rey Mysterio & Oscar De La Hoya v. MVP & Floyd Mayweather, but De La Hoya didn't want to. Then it was gonna be Rey & Mayweather v. MVP & Big Show but Rey got hurt and it was just turned into Show v. Mayweather
The Other rumor I heard was that before he got suspended, Jeff Hardy was going to win the MITB ladder match at Mania 24 and cash it in and win the WWE Championship the same night. They sort of touch on this in the Jeff Hardy DVD without actually saying it. Michael Hayes said something like it was supposed to be the biggest night in his career and he messed it up.
Again these were just rumors, but some would be cool to have seen happened.
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Post by Phantom on Mar 20, 2011 18:28:21 GMT -5
Wasn't really rumored but they should have done Benoit v. Taker at WM 22. Would have been way better than Mark Henry casket match.
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 20, 2011 18:41:43 GMT -5
I believe that Goldberg was literally signed right before WM19. I don't believe he was signed by No Way Out because Booker T was origionally schedualed to win the world title at WM19, but rumor has it that Hunter was able to convince Vince to leave the title on himself so that they could build to a mega match between himself and Goldberg once they were able to sign him(not saying that I believe this or don't believe this, only that I've heard it).
Anyway, they still could have put the title on Booker for a while while they built towards Hunter and Goldberg. My reason for this is because when Hunter started feuding w/ Kevin Nash after WM19, the feud was all about there friendship. The world title almost was a non-factor in the whole feud. They could have given the title to Booker and had him feud w/ Jericho for a while, while Hunter and Nash did there thing. Then have Hunter win the title back and go into his feud w/ Goldberg. Keeping the title on Hunter for so long made him look alot better when going up against Goldberg, but the way Booker was burried after WM19 and the world title being almost a non-factor in the HHH/Nash feud, it seems like they should have just given the title to Booker.
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 20, 2011 18:45:18 GMT -5
Another thing that seems like a huge missed opportunity was the WWE not doing Hogan vs Hart at WM9. I know that there was alot of animosity between Vince and Hogan at the time, and rumors that Hogan wouldn't job to Bret, but the match would have been huge. The new top dog vs the old top dog. Hart was getting over big and Hogan could have helped him to become an even bigger star, but sadly, egos got in the way of things.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Mar 20, 2011 19:00:20 GMT -5
I don't buy that Hogan/Cena was planned for Wrestlemania 25 but only canceled because Hogan was recovering from back surgery. If Hogan/Cena was planned and WWE wanted to do business with Hogan, why would a year later Hogan end up in TNA? Why wouldn't WWE wait for Hogan to be 100% if they really wanted to do business with him and have him wrestle Cena?
Seems like BS to me. I think Vince and Hogan is a bridge that's been 100% burned.
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Post by The-Rock on Mar 20, 2011 20:01:51 GMT -5
WM 20 was originally going to be Flair vs. Orton vs. Batista vs. HHH for the WHC
WM 22 was supposed to be so much different.
WM 23 was originally going to have Edge vs Orton, or Edge vs. Orton vs. HBK vs. Cena (which was the Backlash main event)
I never knew Jeff was supposed to cash in at WM 24...but knew he was supposed to win MITB.
Edge was supposed to win MITB at WM 23, but got hurt (hence why he gets taken out on a stretcher very early during the match)
I used to remember a few more
WM 20 was supposed to have something else featuring goldberg/austin or austin/lesnar
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 20, 2011 21:51:07 GMT -5
No...
Orton was still a mid-carder on the rise, and Batista was still a mid-carder who jobbed in 90% of his singles matches. Flair was way past his prime as well. Triple H had already successfully killed off all of the babyfaces on Raw, but I just don't seriously think that this has any truth to it. If anything, it probably would have just been another HHH vs Shawn Michaels match had they not pushed Benoit.
Once Benoit and Eddie had begun getting HUGE pops during the summer of 2003, I think the WWE knew that they were going to send Benoit to Raw after the Rumble, knowing that Goldberg was leaving after WM and that nobody else besides Shawn Michaels would have been a believable threat to Hunter and Evolution.
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Post by aagance0213 on Mar 20, 2011 22:13:50 GMT -5
Beniot vs Undertaker at WrestleMania 22 would have been amazing. And with HBK vs Guerrero, WM22 could have been easily one of the best Manias ever.
Sad Sting couldn't have join the WWE then. Could have been in some MAJOR matches.
Also, Brock vs Triple H was suppose to happen at Mania 21. Shame.
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Post by Phantom on Mar 20, 2011 22:48:12 GMT -5
Beniot vs Undertaker at WrestleMania 22 would have been amazing. And with HBK vs Guerrero, WM22 could have been easily one of the best Manias ever. Sad Sting couldn't have join the WWE then. Could have been in some MAJOR matches. Also, Brock vs Triple H was suppose to happen at Mania 21. Shame. Brock v. Triple H would have been great. They should have done that at WM 20, Benoit and HBK would have been fine without HHH.
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