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Post by underjohngrohs on Oct 1, 2014 2:43:52 GMT -5
well 1999 Survivor Series was originally supposed to be the Main Event for The World Wrestling Federation Championship. Triple H vs The Rock vs Stone Cold. But we all know Austin of course was run down by Rikishi and Austin was replaced by The Big Show.
Plans were made for that match at WrestleMania 17 as well but they decided to go with Austin vs The Rock for the title. But in my opinion. Austin. Rock and Triple H could have happened. I'm not knocking Triple H, Rock and Austin here. When Triple H faced The Rock and Austin in one-on-one matches. I thought The Matches both of them had in one-on-one together was pretty good, but if Austin hadn't been run down. We would've had one of the greatest triple threat matches in WWF Attitude Era History.
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Post by K5 on Oct 1, 2014 2:49:10 GMT -5
i would've traded mankind with rock at summerslam a few months before and had it then...with hhh winning.
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Post by underjohngrohs on Oct 1, 2014 2:52:40 GMT -5
i would've traded mankind with rock at summerslam a few months before and had it then...with hhh winning. Having Mankind win the belt felt like it was overdone, it should've been Austin and Triple H one-on-one and Triple H winning the belt cleanly or intereference instead of a Triple Threat Match. Mankind's first and second reign as WWF Champion in 1999 was fine, but his third title reign was just an embarassement. |
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Post by K5 on Oct 1, 2014 3:22:13 GMT -5
i would've traded mankind with rock at summerslam a few months before and had it then...with hhh winning. Having Mankind win the belt felt like it was overdone, it should've been Austin and Triple H one-on-one and Triple H winning the belt cleanly or intereference instead of a Triple Threat Match. Mankind's first and second reign as WWF Champion in 1999 was fine, but his third title reign was just an embarassement. which of course brings up the whole theory that austin refused to put triple h over, which the closest we got to any real evidence of it was a byte this interview done with michael's a while after summerslam: - www.angelfire.com/rings/passion_and_pain/Shawn/1999/ShawnByteThis899.html i find it pretty funny that michaels suggested he'd always do 'the right thing for business' aka the job, when undertaker famously felt the need to put pressure on michaels to do the right thing @ wm14. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 9:32:26 GMT -5
Yeah the whole Austin wouldn't put HHH over at Summerslam theory has become a popular myth.....thanks to the "reliable" pilled up HBK of 1999.
makes no sense.....
1)Austin had a BIG say in who was his next ME feud. He endorsed and famously had input in McMahon choosing HHH over Jarrett & Gunn
2)Jesse Ventura famously didn't want to preside over a heel vioctory @ SSlam 99.
3)Austin & WWF knew that he was f*cked a month before @ Fully Loaded 99. They knew the next day that Austin was on borrowed time before surgery.
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Post by underjohngrohs on Oct 1, 2014 15:27:45 GMT -5
I think that led to Jarrett leaving WCW because Austin didn't want to fight Double J. I mean sure Jarrett had the Intercontinental, European and Tag Team Championship in one entire year, could've completed the cycle if he won the World Wrestling Federation Title that year, but I really felt Jarrett vs Austin would've not been good for the company because Austin was engaged to Debra at the time and Jarrett was Debra's manager at the time.
And then they gave Billy the 1999 King of The Ring spot, but he wasn't awarded a World Wrestling Federation Championship shot against Austin, they give him a match against The Rock in the Kiss My Ass Match. So what do you do. Vince had his back up against the wall.
His guys to face Austin was Taker. Rock. Triple H and Foley. But truthfully why would Ventura be mad at a heel victory. He was a heel in the First Summerslam of 1988 when Hulk Hogan teamed with Randy Savage to take on Andre The Giant and Ted Dibiase and he called the match down the middle and another thing Austin had surgery on his knee after Summerslam and returned weeks after his injury against Triple H. He didn't wrestle til October and then the neck injury happened.
So with this storyline if you wanted to take Austin out. Then why would you set him up in a parking lot and have a hired hitman run him down. And 8 days later. He debuts and becomes a dancer hanging out with Too Cool and then almost a year later, he confesses to running down Austin for The Rock and gets pushed into main-event status when Triple H really told Rikishi to do it.
But I'm just saying The Game vs The Rock vs Austin could've been a good Triple Threat Showdown for Survivor Series 1999 and WrestleMania X7 too.
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Post by marino13 on Oct 1, 2014 18:25:44 GMT -5
Triple H vs Rock vs Austin is the greatest match we never got. It should of headlined WM17 IMO. With Austin still turning heel to win it. Would have made sense after Triple H defeated Austin at No Way Out the prior month. Plus it would have appeared that Vince was out there to help Hunter and it would have been more of a shock when he helped Austin win.
As for Foley being interjected into the SummerSlam match... As a Triple H fan, I know I wasn't happy about it. And I certainly didn't like that Foley won it. Because I thought Triple H should have been able to pin Austin and then Austin could take a few months off.
But as we've learned throughout the years, there is a lot more going on backstage than any of us will ever know. Best not to get all hung up on it.
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Post by underjohngrohs on Oct 1, 2014 21:57:29 GMT -5
Triple H vs Rock vs Austin is the greatest match we never got. It should of headlined WM17 IMO. With Austin still turning heel to win it. Would have made sense after Triple H defeated Austin at No Way Out the prior month. Plus it would have appeared that Vince was out there to help Hunter and it would have been more of a shock when he helped Austin win. As for Foley being interjected into the SummerSlam match... As a Triple H fan, I know I wasn't happy about it. And I certainly didn't like that Foley won it. Because I thought Triple H should have been able to pin Austin and then Austin could take a few months off. But as we've learned throughout the years, there is a lot more going on backstage than any of us will ever know. Best not to get all hung up on it. Hey trust me on this one. If Triple H didn't turn heel the next night on RAW after WrestleMania 17. It was more than likely we were going to see the Face Triple H vs Heel Austin for the WWF Championship. Although they originally teamed those two up and The Game would've turned face by the middle part of 2001 had it not been for the injury and also had it not been for the Invasion Storyline. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 22:08:55 GMT -5
Triple H vs Rock vs Austin is the greatest match we never got. It should of headlined WM17 IMO. With Austin still turning heel to win it. Would have made sense after Triple H defeated Austin at No Way Out the prior month. Plus it would have appeared that Vince was out there to help Hunter and it would have been more of a shock when he helped Austin win. As for Foley being interjected into the SummerSlam match... As a Triple H fan, I know I wasn't happy about it. And I certainly didn't like that Foley won it. Because I thought Triple H should have been able to pin Austin and then Austin could take a few months off. But as we've learned throughout the years, there is a lot more going on backstage than any of us will ever know. Best not to get all hung up on it. Hey trust me on this one. If Triple H didn't turn heel the next night on RAW after WrestleMania 17. It was more than likely we were going to see the Face Triple H vs Heel Austin for the WWF Championship. Although they originally teamed those two up and The Game would've turned face by the middle part of 2001 had it not been for the injury and also had it not been for the Invasion Storyline. ...he already WAS heel. |
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Post by johnnyb on Oct 1, 2014 22:18:06 GMT -5
Hey trust me on this one. If Triple H didn't turn heel the next night on RAW after WrestleMania 17. It was more than likely we were going to see the Face Triple H vs Heel Austin for the WWF Championship. Although they originally teamed those two up and The Game would've turned face by the middle part of 2001 had it not been for the injury and also had it not been for the Invasion Storyline. ...he already WAS heel. You're right. But to be fair, they built the next night's RAW around both the cage match and teasing distrust between HHH and Austin/Vince. Looked like they were sort of testing the waters for a future Triple H babyface run. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 22:21:05 GMT -5
You're right. But to be fair, they built the next night's RAW around both the cage match and teasing distrust between HHH and Austin/Vince. Looked like they were sort of testing the waters for a future Triple H babyface run. I think it was more tampering with fan expectations to set up a huge swerve at the end of the show, at least at that time. From what I remember reading back then, he was supposed to turn a babyface during the Invasion. Bryan Alvarez said on Observer Radio a few years ago when asked how Hunter in the Invasion would have gone: "He was going to Pedigree everyone" and Meltzer just said, "Yeah". |
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Post by underjohngrohs on Oct 2, 2014 0:20:11 GMT -5
You're right. But to be fair, they built the next night's RAW around both the cage match and teasing distrust between HHH and Austin/Vince. Looked like they were sort of testing the waters for a future Triple H babyface run. I think it was more tampering with fan expectations to set up a huge swerve at the end of the show, at least at that time. From what I remember reading back then, he was supposed to turn a babyface during the Invasion. Bryan Alvarez said on Observer Radio a few years ago when asked how Hunter in the Invasion would have gone: "He was going to Pedigree everyone" and Meltzer just said, "Yeah". If Hunter was in the Invasion Storyline, imagine how many superstars Hunter would've faced. Diamond Dallas Page. Booker T and Rob Van Dam, but we had to wait til 2002 with Hunter facing both Booker and RVD. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 3:25:59 GMT -5
Would've loved to see it but another 'What if?'
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Oct 2, 2014 7:16:42 GMT -5
Triple H vs Rock vs Austin is the greatest match we never got. It should of headlined WM17 IMO. With Austin still turning heel to win it. Would have made sense after Triple H defeated Austin at No Way Out the prior month. Plus it would have appeared that Vince was out there to help Hunter and it would have been more of a shock when he helped Austin win. As for Foley being interjected into the SummerSlam match... As a Triple H fan, I know I wasn't happy about it. And I certainly didn't like that Foley won it. Because I thought Triple H should have been able to pin Austin and then Austin could take a few months off. But as we've learned throughout the years, there is a lot more going on backstage than any of us will ever know. Best not to get all hung up on it. Not a chance in hell we would have seen a Triple Threat Match ending WrestleMania X-Seven. What would The Undertaker be doing had this match taken place. They had already exhausted the amount of guys 'Taker could have a program with. By default, Triple H was the only possible guy to have a match with. By the time SummerSlam happened, Steve Austin was already taking time off. After Fully Loaded, he wasn't working the house shows and just only doing the TV. |
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Post by marino13 on Oct 2, 2014 7:43:55 GMT -5
Triple H vs Rock vs Austin is the greatest match we never got. It should of headlined WM17 IMO. With Austin still turning heel to win it. Would have made sense after Triple H defeated Austin at No Way Out the prior month. Plus it would have appeared that Vince was out there to help Hunter and it would have been more of a shock when he helped Austin win. As for Foley being interjected into the SummerSlam match... As a Triple H fan, I know I wasn't happy about it. And I certainly didn't like that Foley won it. Because I thought Triple H should have been able to pin Austin and then Austin could take a few months off. But as we've learned throughout the years, there is a lot more going on backstage than any of us will ever know. Best not to get all hung up on it. What would The Undertaker be doing had this match taken place. They had already exhausted the amount of guys 'Taker could have a program with. By default, Triple H was the only possible guy to have a match with. By the time SummerSlam happened, Steve Austin was already taking time off. After Fully Loaded, he wasn't working the house shows and just only doing the TV. WEll to be fair we had a Fatal Four Way the year prior. So it's not completely out of the question. |
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Oct 2, 2014 7:50:48 GMT -5
Not a chance in hell we would have seen a Triple Threat Match ending WrestleMania X-Seven. What would The Undertaker be doing had this match taken place. They had already exhausted the amount of guys 'Taker could have a program with. By default, Triple H was the only possible guy to have a match with. By the time SummerSlam happened, Steve Austin was already taking time off. After Fully Loaded, he wasn't working the house shows and just only doing the TV. WEll to be fair we had a Fatal Four Way the year prior. So it's not completely out of the question. The Fatal Four Way match was just a ploy to get all four McMahon's on television. The outcome was a long, 36 minute match that saw Vince McMahon turn heel against The Rock. |
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Post by marino13 on Oct 2, 2014 7:52:54 GMT -5
WEll to be fair we had a Fatal Four Way the year prior. So it's not completely out of the question. The Fatal Four Way match was just a ploy to get all four McMahon's on television. The outcome was a long, 36 minute match that saw Vince McMahon turn heel against The Rock. Ok, but point remains the same. We still had a Fatal Four Way so a Triple Threat a year later isn't that far of a stretch. |
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Oct 2, 2014 8:17:11 GMT -5
The Fatal Four Way match was just a ploy to get all four McMahon's on television. The outcome was a long, 36 minute match that saw Vince McMahon turn heel against The Rock. Ok, but point remains the same. We still had a Fatal Four Way so a Triple Threat a year later isn't that far of a stretch. Yeah, make it a triple threat. Now ask yourself, who would The Undertaker go against? Face facts people, a triple threat match with Triple H, The Rock, and Steve Austin was meant not to take place. |
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Post by marino13 on Oct 2, 2014 8:51:49 GMT -5
Ok, but point remains the same. We still had a Fatal Four Way so a Triple Threat a year later isn't that far of a stretch. Yeah, make it a triple threat. Now ask yourself, who would The Undertaker go against? Face facts people, a triple threat match with Triple H, The Rock, and Steve Austin was meant not to take place. I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy the way it went. Taker vs Triple H was a great match. But I believe the topic was about Triple H vs Rock vs Austin, and I personally think that would have been a great WM main event. And looking back, the best set up for it would have been going into WM17 IMO. Without dissecting the entire card I'm sure they would have found Taker an opponent. With a few things changed, he could have faced Angle, Benoit, Jericho, or Guerrero. All four are guys Taker never faced at WM and all would have helped him put on a great match. We're all just fantasy booking here, no point in taking it so seriously. |
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Oct 2, 2014 11:07:19 GMT -5
I always wanted this to be the main event of WrestleMania X-Seven. Don't get me wrong, Austin/Rock is one of my favorite all time matches, but I felt the three hottest starts could've headlined.
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