I'm not so sure either of these would drastically change history. If anything, the WWE switch gave them some national publicity in print and on the news, and gave them some new marketing angles.
Triple H was jobbed for a few months, but he did have the IC title 6 months later, and one of those jobs was to his best friend, in a Raw main event, in a early MOTY contender.
But if Im not mistaken, he was supposed to win the KOTR in '96.