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Post by Kill Em' All on Nov 21, 2018 1:01:18 GMT -5
What was initial bridge story to Cena-HHH 2 for wm 23.How would DX end Rated Rko? What would become of Rated RKO and HBK for Mania. Would HHH go over?
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Nov 21, 2018 2:22:48 GMT -5
Cena vs Hunter vs Michaels
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Nov 22, 2018 9:39:45 GMT -5
I honestly wondered this too, because even at January when Triple H got injured, it didn't feel like it was gonna be Cena vs. Triple H at Wrestlemania.
But I did hear that HBK vs. Orton vs. Edge in a triple threat was a possibility. And when everything got changed, Orton and Edge got put into that MITB match. I would have rather seen Orton vs. Edge one on one at Wrestlemania that year instead of being thrown in that match.
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Post by Rude Awakening on Nov 22, 2018 13:03:56 GMT -5
I don’t know to be honest. Wrestlemania 23 is my favorite wm of all time, so I really can’t imagine it being any other way. The fact that they managed to keep Batista and Undertaker away from each other for two years for this mania match still blows my mind.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on Nov 22, 2018 15:55:26 GMT -5
I remember at the time the Main Event was gonna be Trips and Cena II and to be built up like a boxing/legit fight.
When Trips was injured Michaels decided to as a favour, fill in for his injured friend.
Edge and Orton were gonna implode too, I wanna say Orton was to be the face but I'm not sure.
Also for the longest time it was to be Hogan/Khali, then Hogan/Show.....then Kane/Khali
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Nov 22, 2018 17:00:01 GMT -5
What I would like to know is how would the 07 Rumble have ended? Would we still have had that historic HBK vs Taker moment if HHH was around.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Nov 28, 2018 21:19:01 GMT -5
From what I can remember at the time, Triple H and John Cena would have been the main event. Looking back, it bogs my mind why would you do a rematch. Additionally, I feel HHH/Cena didn't have the same level of chemistry Triple H & Batista had. As for Shawn Michaels, he would have faced wither Randy Orton or Edge. Whomever was the guy who didn't face Shawn Michaels would have been slotted into Money In The Bank.
The biggest wildcard question is what if Triple H was in fact going to face Cena, who would win the 2007 Royal Rumble Match? I don't think we would have gotten that visual of seeing Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker as the final two competitors in said Rumble match. I popped huge when it came down to Michaels & Undertaker. Considering it was the first time the two crossed paths in-ring (Judgment Day 2000 doesn't count) in nine years. Triple H's 2007 quad injury is easily one of the top five big news stories/events that occurred in 2007.
WrestleMania 23 doesn't get enough love. Historically, it would be the last time Shawn Michaels would be in a World Title main event match at WrestleMania.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 28, 2018 21:55:01 GMT -5
From what I can remember at the time, Triple H and John Cena would have been the main event. Looking back, it bogs my mind why would you do a rematch. Additionally, I feel HHH/Cena didn't have the same level of chemistry Triple H & Batista had. As for Shawn Michaels, he would have faced wither Randy Orton or Edge. Whomever was the guy who didn't face Shawn Michaels would have been slotted into Money In The Bank. The biggest wildcard question is what if Triple H was in fact going to face Cena, who would win the 2007 Royal Rumble Match? I don't think we would have gotten that visual of seeing Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker as the final two competitors in said Rumble match. I popped huge when it came down to Michaels & Undertaker. Considering it was the first time the two crossed paths in-ring (Judgment Day 2000 doesn't count) in nine years. Triple H's 2007 quad injury is easily one of the top five big news stories/events that occurred in 2007. WrestleMania 23 doesn't get enough love. Historically, it would be the last time Shawn Michaels would be in a World Title main event match at WrestleMania. 100% agree about Cena/HHH not having the chemistry that Batista/HHH did. I’m not a fan of their WM22 match and feel it was overly long and boring. A rematch to me would have been a snooze fest but that’s what HHH confirmed would be the main event of WM23. From what I’ve heard HBK was rumored to feud with King Booker in a Raw vs SD match before HHH was hurt. As for Edge and Orton, I’ve heard that they were going to have a match as well but that both were dealing with minor injuries so they were thrown into MITB so that they wouldn’t have to do as much. I tend to believe these rumors as the MITB seemed to be overly stacked with too many guys. |
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Nov 28, 2018 23:31:10 GMT -5
From what I can remember at the time, Triple H and John Cena would have been the main event. Looking back, it bogs my mind why would you do a rematch. Additionally, I feel HHH/Cena didn't have the same level of chemistry Triple H & Batista had. As for Shawn Michaels, he would have faced wither Randy Orton or Edge. Whomever was the guy who didn't face Shawn Michaels would have been slotted into Money In The Bank. The biggest wildcard question is what if Triple H was in fact going to face Cena, who would win the 2007 Royal Rumble Match? I don't think we would have gotten that visual of seeing Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker as the final two competitors in said Rumble match. I popped huge when it came down to Michaels & Undertaker. Considering it was the first time the two crossed paths in-ring (Judgment Day 2000 doesn't count) in nine years. Triple H's 2007 quad injury is easily one of the top five big news stories/events that occurred in 2007. WrestleMania 23 doesn't get enough love. Historically, it would be the last time Shawn Michaels would be in a World Title main event match at WrestleMania. 100% agree about Cena/HHH not having the chemistry that Batista/HHH did. I’m not a fan of their WM22 match and feel it was overly long and boring. A rematch to me would have been a snooze fest but that’s what HHH confirmed would be the main event of WM23. From what I’ve heard HBK was rumored to feud with King Booker in a Raw vs SD match before HHH was hurt. As for Edge and Orton, I’ve heard that they were going to have a match as well but that both were dealing with minor injuries so they were thrown into MITB so that they wouldn’t have to do as much. I tend to believe these rumors as the MITB seemed to be overly stacked with too many guys. For sure, Triple H's 2007 quad injury caused a chain reaction. I would venture to say this is likely the reason why the WWE doesn't have their top WrestleMania matches locked months in advance anymore. Given what the WWE dealt with at the time, WrestleMania 23 ended up being pretty damn good. I understand why there were too many guys in Money In The Bank but the match was too long. I always felt the match order was quite strange. Especially when you realize The Undertaker vs. Batista was in the middle of the card. |
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Post by JokerFC on Nov 29, 2018 19:10:38 GMT -5
HHH was 100% going over @ WM23 because Vince wanted HBK to go over and he declined....we also wouldn't have had the thrilling end to RR 2007.
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Post by wolfpac on Dec 2, 2018 20:17:55 GMT -5
Was there not some interview or something where someone said HBK was originally going to face Booker T? And edge vs Orton and HHh vs Cena would have rounded out the card.
I don’t remember where I heard, I just remember hearing it since it didn’t seem like they were going in a booker/HBK direction
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Post by The Brain on Dec 2, 2018 21:09:25 GMT -5
I'm surprised they never did HHH vs HBK one on one at a Mania. It would've made sense considering their long history together.
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Post by RuthlessFigs on Dec 2, 2018 21:25:02 GMT -5
That's one thing that's always been on my mind, i've always wondered what Triple H was going to do at WrestleMania 23.
Like mentioned above, 23 is also my favourite WrestleMania and it's so hard to picture it any other way than how it actually went, as much as i want to imagine Triple H competing, i just can't picture it.
If i had to book it, it'd go like this:
The Rumble would go as normal just with Triple H in there, DX & Rated RKO would be the main 'feud' in the match with Triple H eliminating Edge, Orton eliminating Triple H then HBK eliminating Orton which would leave HBK & Taker as the final 2 like normal, with HBK receiving the hometown pop, then Taker going on to win it still. Then on RAW, the DX & Rated RKO feud would culminate and all four would compete in a Fatal 4 Way at No Way Out where the winner would face Cena. Triple H would win that match and go on to Mania, so where do they all go from here?
HBK: Orton would target HBK kick starting their 2007 feud early for Mania with the conclusion still coming at Judgement Day with HBK being written off TV.
EDGE: Edge would still go on to the Money In The Bank and instead of Kennedy winning, Edge would pull off the 2 time win and still go the way of jumping to Smackdown after cashing in on The Undertaker. He'd feud with Batista, Kane and eventually Bobby Lashley would be thrown into the mix (The change of events would see him go to Smackdown instead of RAW)
JOHN CENA: After his feud with Triple H, Cena would go on to face Khali as the 'Hero vs New Dominant Villain' Khali would dominate Cena until Summerslam where Cena would finally pick up the big win, beating Khali and sending him back to Smackdown.
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP: Triple H would go over Cena at Mania and feud with Cena up to One Night Stand where Triple H would retain the title. After this, Triple H would want revenge on Randy Orton for taking out HBK, this will kick start their rivalry early. They'd start at Vengeance 'Night Of Champions' and go through to Summerslam where Orton would win the title. Triple H would get his rematch at Unforgiven, only now Cena is back in the mix so it's a Triple Threat, Orton would still retain the title.
There would be a Triple Threat rematch for No Mercy but Cena would still get injured during his match with Kennedy on RAW and be taken out, leaving it Orton vs Triple H. They would still play up the actual No Mercy storyline here, only instead of Orton being gifted the title, he's defending it in the opening match where Triple H would win. Triple H would still face Umaga, then Orton again in the Main Event where Orton would win back the title (Following an attack from Umaga). Following this, HBK would return as normal during Orton's segment on RAW where their feud would start up again. Triple H would go onto face Umaga then have that small feud with Jeff Hardy.
From Cyber Sunday onward, the landscape would play out the exact same as it actually did with WrestleMania 24 going on as it did.
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