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Put HHH on Smackdown where he belongs, and try helping that brand, for once.

The new Tag Team Champions took on all comers over the course of the next few months. Scott Hall & Kevin Nash came to WCW, and said that they, along with a mystery buddy declared that they were taking over. The 3rd man was revealed as Hulk Hogan at BATB. After feuding with Sting & Luger, The Outsiders then turned their attention to the WCW Tag Team Champions, The Horsemen. Brian Pillman & Chris Benoit. At Hog Wild, Hollywood Hogan managed to beat Ric Flair for the World Title. The Outsiders wanted the tag belts, held by The Horsemen. They would get their shot at Holloween Havoc. The Horsemen managed to retain by DQ, when Pillman made Hall bleed like a mofo by stabbing him in the head with a fork. The Horsemen then scored an upset victory over Hall & Nash, the next night on Nitro. How long will The Horsemen's luck continue? Stay tuned.

Here's what I would've done if I was booking The Horsemen back in 1996. So, here are the members. Ric Flair Arn Anderson Brian Pillman Chris Benoit As far as the whole "Rouge Horsemen" stable thing, I might do that, or I might not. If I do decide to do this, it will be prolonged by a year or so. Plus, Arn Anderson won't be forced into retirement.

Ok, here's what I would do, starting at the Draft Lottery. Only this one would actually mean something. RAW Draft Lottery begins with the cameras in the respective locker rooms of RAW & Smackdown. Then it cuts to the 2 GM's Bischoff & Heyman. WWF Owner & Chairman, Vince McMahon comes in and explain the rules. Each GM gets 10 picks from the tumbler. A total of 20 picks, altogether. Once they're done, that's it. (no trades) The show begins with the usual opener, pyro, & fireworks. "I'm Back" hits, and RAW GM, Eric Bischoff comes out to his side of the stage. Heyman's music hits, and Smackdown GM, Paul Heyman comes out to his side of the stage. Since Smackdown won the initial coin toss, Heyman gets the first pick. Heyman reaches into his tumbler, and draws the name of Renee Dupree. A stunned Renee gets up, removes his RAW shirt, and leaves his now former LR partners behind. The LR theme stops, and Bischoff then announces that it's now his turn to make the first draft pick for RAW. Bischoff reaches into his tumbler, and is happy to announce that he has drafted the World's Greatest Tag Team to RAW. WGTT's music hits, and a shocked Charlie & Shelton remove their Smackdown shirts, and leave the Smackdown locker room. LR's music fires up again, and Smackdown's first draft pick, Renee Dupree comes down to the ring. He grabs the mic, and challenges anyone from RAW to a match. The Y2J countdown starts, and "Break The Walls Down". Chris Jericho accepts Renee's challenge. Jericho wins the match with the Liontamer. (No, I'm not kidding) *commercial break* After the break, it's time Heyman to make his next draft pick. Rico & Miss Jackie are currently in the ring. Heyman reaches into the tumbler, and draws the name of Mark Jindrak. Mark says "goodbye" to Garrison Cade, and removes his RAW shirt before leaving the RAW locker room. Suddenly, BOOM! The flames burst out of the stage, and Kane comes out to the ring for his match with Rico. Kane won the match, which was basically a squash for time constraints. As Kane heads back to the locker room, he warns both GM's that he'd better not wind up on the same show as his brother, The Undertaker. With that, he made the flames burst out of the ringposts, and left. Heyman asked Bischoff as to why he couldn't maintain a little control over his superstars. Bischoff answered by making his next draw as he reached in, and drafted Nidia. An excited Nidia left the Smackdown locker room, and came out to the stage, where she took off her SD! shirt, and put on her RAW shirt, and left. Heyman says "good luck" to Nidia before hoping that she goes blind, again. Before Heyman could make his next draft pick, "Word Life" hits, and the U.S. Champion, John Cena came out to do a little rap to entertain the RAW crowd. Then, he reached into the tumbler, and picked out a name, and gave it to Heyman before leaving. Heyman refused, and said that it wasn't a legal pick, but Eric insisted that Heyman take the pick, and make it official. Heyman gave in, and read the name. A smile came across his face as he asks Bischoff if he's sure he wants him to read it out loud, and Eric said yes. Heyman then went on to announce the Paul Heyman's Smackdown has drafted & aquired the services of the former World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H. HHH suddenly spit out his water in shock. The RAW locker room said their own special goodbye to The Game as he threw his water bottle at them, and left. Bischoff went into panic mode upon realizing that RAW had just lost it's "crown jewel". After the commercial break, Christian w/Trish, defeated Spike Dudley in a match with the Unprettier. Later, Bischoff was backstage, complaining to Vince that Heyman didn't make a legal pick. Vince said that once it's made official, it's official. He can't do anything about it. Heyman interrupted by proposing an idea to Vince by having Eddie Guererro defend the WWF Title against Triple H in the main event. Vince accepts the idea, and books the match for tonight. Later, Bischoff comes out to make his third draft pick. He reaches in and picks Rhyno, and says that Rhyno will challenge Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Title, later in the evening. Rhyno is elated as he leaves the Smackdown locker room for RAW. Ric Flair & Batista def. Booker T & RVD for the for World Tag Team Titles. Paul Heyman makes his 4th draft pick, and announces that it's Rob Van Dam. Coach told RVD backstage that he was drafted to SD!, much to the disbelief of the former champions. Chris Benoit def. Rhyno to retain the World Heavyweight Title. Later, Eric tells HBK that he'll be challenging Benoit for the World Title at RAW's Backlash in Edmonton. Eric Bischoff makes his 4th draft pick from the tumbler, and announces that it's Tajiri. Tajiri hugs Akio & Sakoda, and leaves the SD! locker room. Heyman makes his 5th draft pick from the lottery tumbler, and it's Garrison Cade. Cade sighs with relief as he removes his RAW shirt, and leaves the RAW locker room. Bischoff makes his 5th lottery draft pick, and it's Edge. Heyman panics, saying that Edge is on injured reserve. Heyman makes his 6th draft lottery pick, and it's Spike Dudley. Bischoff makes his next pick, and drafts Sable. Heyman makes his 7th pick, and it's The Hurricane. Bischoff then draws the name of Torrie Wilson. Heyman draws the Dudley Boyz. Bischoff draws Dawn Marie. Heyman draws Rico. Bischoff draws Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli of the FBI. Heyman draws Booker T. Bischoff draws A-Train. The drafts were now complete. Main Event Eddie Guererro def. Triple H with the Frog Splash to retain the WWF Title after HBK interferred, and knocked out HHH with his superkick. A huge riot ensues between RAW & Smackdown as RAW goes off the air. 1.Renee Dupree WGTT 2.Mark Jindrak Nidia 3.Triple H Rhyno 4.Rob Van Dam Tajiri 5.Garrison Cade Edge 6.Spike Dudley Sable 7.The Hurricane Torrie Wilson 8.Dudley Boyz Dawn Marie 9.Rico Palumbo & Stamboli 10.Booker T A-Train There you have it. I'll be getting to the storylines, tommorrow, starting with the 1st Smackdown after the draft lottery, and then continue with RAW up until Backlash.

Wrestlemania 21 WWF Championship Rob Van Dam def. Triple H to win the title with the 5-star frogsplash Chris Jericho def. Chris Benoit to win the title by reversing the crossface into a pinfall combination. Another 30 minute wrestling classic. After the match, the new WWF Champion, RVD comes out to celebrate with Jericho as finally, their times have come. The End, or is it?

Following developments Triple H defeats John Cena to retain the WWF Title at Smackdown's next PPV, No Way Out. Also, Rob Van Dam defeats Booker T to earn a WWF Title shot against HHH at Wrestlemania 21. Chris Benoit defeated Edge again to retain the World Title on the next big RAW before Smackdown's PPV.

Royal Rumble WWF Championship Triple H defeated Kurt Angle with the pedigree to retain the title, and end Angle's career. Kurt recieves a loud, standing ovaition as he leaves. World Heavyweight Championship Chris Benoit defeated Edge to regain the title by pinfall when Tomko nailed Edge in the head with the title belt on accident. Edge & Tomko got into a fist fight, afterwards as Benoit celebrated his victory. Royal Rumble match-30 men, 1 ring, 1 goal. Winner:Chris Jericho

Smackdown! The new WWF Champion, Triple H comes down to the ring with Stephanie, and the rest of the New Dangerous Alliance. Paul E. Dangerousley gets on the mic first, and insults all the fans, and says that his names just happens to be, Paul E. Dangerousley. He then introduces the New Dangerous Alliance, lead by the new WWF Champion, HHH. Hunter gets on the mic, and gloats about becoming a 7-time WWF Champion, tieing himself with The Rock. He then runs down Guererro & Angle, until Kurt Angle comes out, and challenges HHH to a title match at the Royal Rumble. HHH accepts, but only under one condition, and that is, Kurt must put his career on the line at the PPV. Angle agrees, and the match is made. WWF Championship Triple H def. Eddie Guererro in a rematch for the title with the pedigree. Afterwards, Kurt Angle came out and attacked The Game, until the new DA arrived, and pulled him out of the ring. HHH & Angle continued to build their feud leading into the Royal Rumble PPV.

RAW Chris Benoit defeats Randy Orton to earn a title shot at Edge for the World Heavyweight Title at the Royal Rumble. After the match, Edge & Tyson Tomko storm into the ring, & attack Benoit until Jericho comes in, and makes the save for his friend. Jericho gets on the mic, and announces that he will be in the Rumble match. Later, Todd Grisham tries to interview the World Champion, Edge. But, the champ refuses, and tells Todd to bug off. He then goes back into his dressing room. In the following weeks, Edge & Benoit build up their World Title feud, leading into the next joint PPV, the Royal Rumble. Shoot Development:Sable gets fired, and Diva Search winner, Christy takes her place in Edge's entourage.

Benoit/HHH/HBK-WM XX & Backlash Rock/HHH/Angle-RAW & SummerSlam (When The Rock was champ.) Jericho/Benoit/Angle-WM 16/2000

What's going on, here?

The NEW Four Horsemen! Ric Flair gets a couple of World Title reigns, and keeps the belt until August, that will be explained, later. Brian Pillman & Chris Benoit, as the 2 newest members of the Four Horsemen, decide that they want to go after the WCW Tag Team Titles, held by Harlem Heat. So, on Monday Nitro, they get they're shot at the gold against the champs, along with Sister Sherri. Somewhere during the match, Sherri has the ref distracted, while Stevie Ray outside on the floor. Arn Anderson comes out, and DDT'd Stevie, while Sherri tossed in a pair of brass knucks. However, she inadvertantly tossed them to Pillman, or did she, who knocked out Booker T, and put Benoit, who was the legal man, on top of him. Pillman got out of the ring and disposed of the evidence, while Benoit got the pinfall victory. As The Horsemen celebrated, Sherri brought the tag team titles into the ring, and awarded the titles to Pillman & Benoit, signifying that she had turned on Harlem Heat, and joined up with the Horsemen, along with woman, and later, Elizabeth. Benoit & Pillman held the gold up high for all to see, as they go to a commercial. Later, The Horsemen are celebrating in the locker room along with their leader, and WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair, with wine & women, etc. Stay tuned for more.

The next night on RAW, Bret, Bulldog, & The Anvil are holding the show hostage, saying that they'll never leave until The Horsemen get out to the ring. After a few minutes, the 4 Horsemen came out, and Flair had a mic. He tells Bret that if he wants revenge for his brother, he's gonna have to put the WWF Title on the line against him, tonight. Bret accepted Flair's challenge, and told Flair that he's gonna pay for what he and his boys did to his brother, Owen. WWF Championship Ric Flair def. Bret Hart to win the title after Arn Anderson interferred, gave Bret his imfamous DDT, and Flair pinned him. Afterwards, a distrought Hitman vows to get the title back, and he promises to avenge Owen.

Did anyone else, besides me, mark the fuck out when the "Loose Cannon/Rouge Horsemen" Brian Pillman made cameo appearences in the DVD? I know I sure as hell did.

They also changed the entrance themes for the wrestlers in WCW & ECW.

I just got my copy today, and I'm watching it, right now. It's awesome.

I might get to something like that. But, for now, I'm just gonna do this thing, right here.

With the chalenge accepted, the Hart Alliance and the Four Horsemen continue into Survivor Series with lots of speculation on where Owen & The Anvil's loyalties lie with. At Survivor Series, we would get our answer, as the Harts fought united against The Horsemen. However, it was the returning Sensational Sherri that would play role in the outcome of the match, as she slipped in a tire iron to Arn Anderson so that he could knock down all 4 of their opponents with it. Finally, they drug Owen to the cage door, and stuck his head out the door. Flair got on the mic and told the Harts to surrender, or Owen will get his head smashed. Even though reluctant, the Harts had to surrender, so they did as they were all handcuffed to the cage. The Horsemen had won the match. But, they went back on their as they smashed Owen's head with the cage door. The Horsemen fled immediately afterwards, as the other Hart Alliance members were finally freed from their cuffs as they tended to Owen. An emotional Bret vowed revenge against Flair & The Horsemen.

Does anyone remember these? (Men Without Hats) We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance Well they're no friends of mine Say, we can go where we want to, a place that they will never find And we can act like we come from out of this world Leave the real one far behind And we can dance We can go when we want to, the night is young and so am I And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet And surprise them with the victory cry Say, we can act if we want to, if we don't nobody will And you can act real rude or totally removed And I can act like an imbecile Say we can dance, we can dance Everything's out of control We can dance, we can dance They're doing it from pole to pole We can dance, we can dance Everybody look at your hands We can dance, we can dance Everybody taken the chance The safety dance The safety dance The safety dance We can dance if we want to, we've got all your life and mine As long as we abuse it we are never going to lose it And everything will work out right Say, we can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance well they're no friend of mine Chorus (Wierd Al Yankovic) You can watch mr. rogers You can watch three's company And you can turn on fame or the nelywed game Or the addams family I say, you can watch barney miller And you can watch your mtv And you can watch 'till your eyes fall out of your head That'll be ok with me And you can watch (tv) You can watch johnny carson You can watch phil donahue And you can use tv guide to help you decide With capsulized review Say, you can watch 60 minutes Even captain kangaroo But there's only one set, so what ever you watch Well, you know i gotta watch it too Say, give it up, give it up, television's taking its toll That's enought, that's enough, gimme the remote controll I been nice, i been good, please don't do this to me Turn it off, turn it off, i don't want to have to see The brady bunch Not the brady bunch Well, the brady bunch Yeah, the brady bunch It's the story of a lovely lady, Who was bringing up three very lovely girls. All of them had hair of gold, Like their mother, The youngest one in curls. It's the story of a man named Brady Who was busy with three boys of his own. They were four men living all together, A-yeah, but they were all alone. Till then one day, A-one day, When the lady met this fellow And they knew, And they knew It was much more than a hunch That the group, A-this group Must somehow form a family. That's the way, That's the way, That's the way they all became the Brady Bunch. Well, the Brady Bunch, Yeah, the Brady Bunch, Well, the Brady Bunch. Oh, it's the Brady Bu-unch

Why not let Orton take over the group, and bring Christian & Trish into the fold. Plus, a feud between Eddie vs. HHH would've been cool.

WWF Superstars "Mean" Gene in the ring with the Hart Alliance and asks them about what happened last monday on RAW. Owen tells Gene that last monday was "highway robbery", and that Pretty Wonderful, nor the 4 Horsemen are gonna get away with it. Bret Hart told Gene that he and the rest of the family are sick and tired of the Horsemen, and they want to put an end to it all at Survivor Series in WAR GAMES! Gene was shocked as he questioned Bret's sanity in actually asking for this match. Bret says that he doesn't care how dangerous the match is. He, his brother, and his brother in laws are now more determined than ever to rid the WWF of the 4 Horsemen stench, and this may be the only way to do it. Suddenly, the Four Horsemen appeared on the video wall, and they're live via sattellite from Las Vegas at a casino with a bevey of beautiful ladies. Flair calls the Hart Alliance "crazy & stupid", but he accepts their challenge at Survivor Series for War Games, and says that San Antonio will be the final resting place for the Hart Family Dinasty, and ended the promo with a WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Bret Hart ended the segment by telling Flair that he won't be saying that after Survivor Series, because he & his Horsemen are gonna suffer a real severe Hart Attack inside the 2-ring, double cage WARGAMES! I know, very short.

Correction! There's also Booker T, RVD, Charlie Haas, Rico, Spike Dudley, and others. Finally, there's someone who agrees with me that HHH should've remained on Smackdown after the draft lottery.

Hey guys, I just dl'ed Kazaa Reserrection, just got my hands on a real cool Ric Flair tribute video, played to "I'm Going To Carolina" by James Taylor. Really good stuff.

The nest night on Monday Night RAW, all 4 members of the Hart Alliance were in the ring with Gene Okerlund, who announced to the world that Bret Hart would defend his WWF Title against Ric Flair, next week on RAW. But first, he asked Owen about feelings of being shafted out of the title, last night on the Action Zone. Owen says that he CURSES the Horsemen for what they did, last night. He then issues a challenge to Pretty Wonderful to a tag team match, next week, and they'll put their Tag Team Titles on the line. Bret told Ric Flair that it was now personal that he & his Horsemen would actually target his family. He said that the Harts were a very proud family, and they won't take this crap, anymore. He tells Flair that he WILL get "Excellently Executed", next week. He says that he & the Bulldog will watch Owen & Neidhart's backs, and they, along with the Bulldog will watch his back when he meets Ric Flair, next week. Later, Monsoon & Heenan have the WWF TV cameras up in the Four Horsemen's personal skybox, as always with a bevey of beautiful women. Heenan gives out a Whoooooooooooooooo, and Monsson says, "Will you stop". Gorilla asks Flair about his long-awaited rematch with Bret Hart for the WWF Title, and Flair says that he can't wait, because he had been waiting for 2 years to get payback. He says that after he gets the title back, he & The Horsemen, especially Pretty Wonderful when they win the WWF Tag Team Titles, next week from Owen & The Anvil, will be up all night partying with all the girls. "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The next week on RAW. WWF Championship Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair with help from The Anvil. The Horsemen tried interferring, but the Hart Alliance stopped them in their tracks, and brawled with them on the outside. Meanwhile, Flair was about to get the victory by using brass knucks, but The Anvil killed all that noise real quick when he stopped Flair from throwing the punch, and removed the knucks. Bret tried rolling him up, but got a two count. Owen distracted the ref, while Neidhart picked up Flair by his legs, and hoisted him up on his shoulders while Bret helped him execute the HART ATTACK! As Neidhart slid out of the ring, Bret made the cover, and the ref made the 3 count, giving The Hitman the victory. WWF Tag Team Championship Pretty Wonderful defeated Owen Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart when Flair slid into the ring, and low-blowed The Anvil, setting him up for the Pretty Wonderful Spike Piledriver that gave The Horsemen the victory, and the tag team titles. Bret & Davey Boy were their to fend off Flair & Anderson, despite that fact that even if they evened up the odds, they couldn't stop The Horsemen from getting the last laugh.

On the next episode of Monday Night RAW, the Tag Team Champions, Owen & The Anvil stood in the ring with "Mean" Gene Okerlund for an interview. Owen called out his brother, Bret, & other brother in law, the British Bulldog to the ring, because they needed to talk. Bret's music hits, and Bret & Bulldog come out to the ring to a huge pop to confront the tag champs. Bret questions Owen's sincerity, asking him why should trust Owen & Neidhart after all they've done over the course of this past year. Owen stated this wasn't out of love, but this is business. They both have a common enemy in the Four Horsemen, and he also stated that both he & Anvil give them their word that they'll watch Bret & Bulldog's backs until the end as long as Bret does Owen the simple favor of giving him a rematch against Bret for the WWF Title on the premier episode of the Action Zone. Bret tells Owen that he accepts his challenge for a rematch, and also tells Owen & Anvil that they have a deal as long as both Bulldog & Anvil stay away from ringside. Owen agrees as they shake hands, signifying their agreement. But, before anything else could be said, they were interuppted by a WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The Four Horsemen were seen sitting in a private skybox with a bevey of beauties as Ric Flair goes on to cut a blistering promo on all 4 members of the Hart Family. He told Bret that he doesn't need to give an explaination as to why they attacked him at SummerSlam. Their history tells the whole story. He then tells Owen that the reason why The Horsemen attacked him is because they bet $100,000 of The Horsemen's money on him, and he lost, and because he lost, they lost, big time, and decided to make Owen pay for letting them down. He then blasted the brother in laws for sticking their noses in their business. Bret grabs the mic, and tells The Horsemen to shut up, and come down to the ring, and get them some. Owen gets on the mic as well, and calls the 4 Horsemen, "cowards", and also tells them to come down to the ring, and fight. The show finally goes to break. Fast forward to the Action Zone. WWF Championship Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart by pinfall to retain the title when Horsemen member, Paul Roma pushed Owen off the top turnbuckle, while Paul Orndorff distracted the referee, allowing Bret to score the pinfall victory and retain his title. After the match, all 4 Horsemen jumped into the ring, and layed an uber-beatdown on the 2 brothers, just like they did at SummerSlam, until Bulldog & Anvil stormed into the ring, and evened up the odds as all 8 men ended up in an all out prison riot as the Four Horsemen brawled with the Hart Family Alliance before the show went to break. After the break, a replay was shown of what happened earlier. "Mean" Gene was backstage with the Harts as they were all furious at The Horsemen for what just happened out there, especially Owen, who blasted Paul Roma for screwing him out of the title. He & The Anvil told Pretty Wonderful that their days were now numbered. Bret told the 4 Horsemen, and especially Ric Flair, that they have now played with fire, and now they're gonna get burned.