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Post by ellisd on Nov 28, 2015 18:36:19 GMT -5
So I just finished reading the This Tuesday in Texas thread where its being discussed that the original plan was for Hogan to drop the title to Undertaker at Survivor Series, then Taker would drop the title to Piper. Piper would then drop the title to Flair at the Rumble and it would set up Hogan vs Flair at WrestleMania. I thought it was cool, as I had never heard any of this before. So I thought it would be a cool idea for a thread to share and discuss any 'original plans' that we've heard of from various sources.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 18:48:51 GMT -5
Drew McIntyre was supposed to face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 26.
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Post by sitruC on Nov 28, 2015 18:51:38 GMT -5
Nexus going over Team Cena at SummerSlam.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 19:05:03 GMT -5
Christian was supposed to be in Matt Hardy's place as the guy who attacked Jeff, but it leaked on the internet before he re-debuted, so they changed it.
In WCW, Lanny Poffo signed a 4 year contract and they never used him once. Never called him again either. He was supposed to debut under the same gimmick as Gorgeous George which Savage had purchased. He literally got paid to do nothing for 4 years. 95-99
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Post by mikey1974 on Nov 28, 2015 19:20:51 GMT -5
The infamous original WrestleMania VIII plans, which got all shot to s#@t :
WWF World Champion Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan - supposedly dropped because Vince didn't like their house show matches and said they were getting bad reactions, which turned out to be false. Other rumors include neither guy willing to put the other over, Sid having it in his contract he had to main event vs Hogan,Vince afraid to put the Belt on Hogan due to the steroid scandal that was exploding, and since Hogan was taking a break Vince wanted Flair to retain the Title via DQ but Hogan balked.
Undertaker vs Sid Justice - changed when Sid got put in the main event vs Hogan
Randy Savage vs Jake Roberts : Loser Leaves WWF Match - Jake was gonna lose no matter what, as he was told he'd have a position as an agent waiting after he dropped thsi match. Of course it didn't happen anyway as Savage got bumped up to the WWF Championship Match. But even so, Vince decided to give the agent job to someone else, so Jake refused to show up for his newly scheduled match against The Undertaker unless Vince allowed him out of his contract. I imagine a similar scenerio unfolding even if they had stayed with Savage.
WWF Tag Team Champions Money,Inc. vs LOD - Animal and Hawk were supposed to win the Titles back here, but contract issues led them to drop the Belts in the first place, and not having them resolved led them to being left off the card altogether.
Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannety - was supposed to be the culmination of their feud. Instead, Jannety got himself fired for drugs.
British Bulldog vs The Berzerker - was advertised, but never happened supposedly because of time issues.
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Post by cmiller79 on Nov 28, 2015 22:23:23 GMT -5
Drew McIntyre was supposed to face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 26. what was the story with that?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 22:30:57 GMT -5
Drew McIntyre was supposed to face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 26. what was the story with that? Don't remember exactly. It was told by Shawn Michaels the book "My Favorite match." I have the book, I'll read the section of the book again, and then come back and post what happened.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 23:10:56 GMT -5
Drew McIntyre was supposed to face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 26. what was the story with that? Alright read the section! So basically, Michael PS Hayes told Shawn Michaels that he should face Undertaker in a rematch from the previous year, with his career on the line. Shawn thought it was a great idea and agreed. When Shawn, Taker and HHH approached Vince with the idea, he declined, and told them that they need to work with young stars and build them. Shawn was told he would be facing Miz, HHH was told to face sheamus and Undertaker was told he would be facing Drew McIntyre. That was the plan until November 2009, when Vince called Shawn and told him he had changed his plans, Drew and Miz were not ready, and that 'Taker would be facing Shawn in the retirement match if that's what Shawn wanted to do. Shawn of course agreed to the idea, and then we had Taker Vs Shawn at WM26.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 28, 2015 23:14:04 GMT -5
Booker T going over HHH at WM19. Rumors at the time were that HHH was trying to convince Vince that he needed to go over to keep his heel heat strong. This was before they signed Goldberg and the argument against him was that they needed Booker to win to have a top face besides HBK and a returning Nash, who wanted to return heel anyway. They then signed Goldberg not long before WM and Vince was convinced to book Hunter to go over to build him towards Goldberg.
We all know the fiasco that was WM30. Daniel Bryan confirmed in his book that he was suppose to face Sheamus, Punk says he was to put over HHH, and Batista/Orton was the planned main event as far back as Survivor Series.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 23:15:31 GMT -5
Booker T going over HHH at WM19. Rumors at the time were that HHH was trying to convince Vince that he needed to go over to keep his heel heat strong. This was before they signed Goldberg and the argument against him was that they needed Booker to win to have a top face besides HBK and a returning Nash, who wanted to return heel anyway. They then signed Goldberg not long before WM and Vince was convinced to book Hunter to go over to build him towards Goldberg. We all know the fiasco that was WM30. Daniel Bryan confirmed in his book that he was suppose to face Sheamus, Punk says he was to put over HHH, and Batista/Orton was the planned main event as far back as Survivor Series. Just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
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Post by cmiller79 on Nov 28, 2015 23:24:18 GMT -5
what was the story with that? Alright read the section! So basically, Michael PS Hayes told Shawn Michaels that he should face Undertaker in a rematch from the previous year, with his career on the line. Shawn thought it was a great idea and agreed. When Shawn, Taker and HHH approached Vince with the idea, he declined, and told them that they need to work with young stars and build them. Shawn was told he would be facing Miz, HHH was told to face sheamus and Undertaker was told he would be facing Drew McIntyre. That was the plan until November 2009, when Vince called Shawn and told him he had changed his plans, Drew and Miz were not ready, and that 'Taker would be facing Shawn in the retirement match if that's what Shawn wanted to do. Shawn of course agreed to the idea, and then we had Taker Vs Shawn at WM26. thats awesome I never even heard about that Thanks for posting that
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Post by cmiller79 on Nov 28, 2015 23:26:31 GMT -5
Booker T going over HHH at WM19. Rumors at the time were that HHH was trying to convince Vince that he needed to go over to keep his heel heat strong. This was before they signed Goldberg and the argument against him was that they needed Booker to win to have a top face besides HBK and a returning Nash, who wanted to return heel anyway. They then signed Goldberg not long before WM and Vince was convinced to book Hunter to go over to build him towards Goldberg. We all know the fiasco that was WM30. Daniel Bryan confirmed in his book that he was suppose to face Sheamus, Punk says he was to put over HHH, and Batista/Orton was the planned main event as far back as Survivor Series. i thought on the cabana podcast punk said the plan was for him to go over triple h at wm 30
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 23:28:09 GMT -5
Alright read the section! So basically, Michael PS Hayes told Shawn Michaels that he should face Undertaker in a rematch from the previous year, with his career on the line. Shawn thought it was a great idea and agreed. When Shawn, Taker and HHH approached Vince with the idea, he declined, and told them that they need to work with young stars and build them. Shawn was told he would be facing Miz, HHH was told to face sheamus and Undertaker was told he would be facing Drew McIntyre. That was the plan until November 2009, when Vince called Shawn and told him he had changed his plans, Drew and Miz were not ready, and that 'Taker would be facing Shawn in the retirement match if that's what Shawn wanted to do. Shawn of course agreed to the idea, and then we had Taker Vs Shawn at WM26. thats awesome I never even heard about that Thanks for posting that There's a lot of "original plans" in the book My Favorte Match. For example, Razor Ramon was actually supposed to fight Goldust in the Hollywood backlot brawl at Wrestlemania, not Roddy Piper. But since Razor left, Piper fought him instead.
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Post by cmiller79 on Nov 28, 2015 23:30:45 GMT -5
thats awesome I never even heard about that Thanks for posting that There's a lot of "original plans" in the book My Favorte Match. For example, Razor Ramon was actually supposed to fight Goldust in the Hollywood backlot brawl at Wrestlemania, not Roddy Piper. But since Razor left, Piper fought him instead. is the book just behind the scene stories from different matches?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 23:35:14 GMT -5
There's a lot of "original plans" in the book My Favorte Match. For example, Razor Ramon was actually supposed to fight Goldust in the Hollywood backlot brawl at Wrestlemania, not Roddy Piper. But since Razor left, Piper fought him instead. is the book just behind the scene stories from different matches? No it's not. It's about a bunch of wrestlers telling what their favorite match is. They do go into detail about the backstage stories on their matches though. Shawns favorite match is his retirement match, and Goldust's favorite is the Hollywood backlot brawl.
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Post by cmiller79 on Nov 28, 2015 23:41:28 GMT -5
is the book just behind the scene stories from different matches? No it's not. It's about a bunch of wrestlers telling what their favorite match is. They do go into detail about the backstage stories on their matches though. Shawns favorite match is his retirement match, and Goldust's favorite is the Hollywood backlot brawl. got ya I might have to pick it up sounds kinda interesting
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2015 8:06:31 GMT -5
Booker T was supposed to go over Triple H at Wrestlemania 19 but Trips refused to put him over.
Austin was supposed to put over Brock Lesnar in a King Of The Ring qualifier on Raw. Austin refused, saying he didn't feel right giving away a PPV quality match on free television. He famously quit the company days later.
Randy Orton was supposed to end the streak at Wrestlemania 21, as was Mark Henry at Wrestlemania 22, as was Kurt Angle at some point. All three refused to do it out of respect for The Undertaker.
Fake Kane was supposed to be revealed as the "Real Kane", and the story was going to be that he had been imprisoned by the current Kane years earlier.
Brock Lesnar was supposed to be revealed as gay in 2002.
Vince McMahon's infamous death storyline was supposed to end with Mr. Kennedy being revealed as his son.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2015 9:39:27 GMT -5
Randy Orton was supposed to end the streak at Wrestlemania 21, as was Mark Henry at Wrestlemania 22, as was Kurt Angle at some point. All three refused to do it out of respect for The Undertaker. Add Edge to that list. He's stated numerous times that he was supposed to end the Streak, but he refused to do it as well.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Nov 29, 2015 9:42:44 GMT -5
Booker T was supposed to go over Triple H at Wrestlemania 19 but Trips refused to put him over. Austin was supposed to put over Brock Lesnar in a King Of The Ring qualifier on Raw. Austin refused, saying he didn't feel right giving away a PPV quality match on free television. He famously quit the company days later. Randy Orton was supposed to end the streak at Wrestlemania 21, as was Mark Henry at Wrestlemania 22, as was Kurt Angle at some point. All three refused to do it out of respect for The Undertaker. Fake Kane was supposed to be revealed as the "Real Kane", and the story was going to be that he had been imprisoned by the current Kane years earlier.
Brock Lesnar was supposed to be revealed as gay in 2002. Vince McMahon's infamous death storyline was supposed to end with Mr. Kennedy being revealed as his son. That would've been a disaster. He didn't even look like the AE Kane anyway.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Nov 29, 2015 9:45:09 GMT -5
Apparently the NAO were going to officially join DX at the 1998 Royal rumble but itwas pushed back for some reason
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