WWF: circa 1995

[Guest hitman1296]

This will be the final installment before I begin my Monday Night Wars series. I will begin posting the results from Raws and pay-per-view beginning in a few days. This way we can all see how the Monday Night Wars could've been different. I'm wanting feedback from everyone. If you have any ideas that you would like to see, then just let me know. Now on to the booking.

 

Just prior to the Royal Rumble, Diesel and Shawn Michaels split as team on an episode of WWF Raw. They were teaming together facing Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith. Shawn Michaels ?accidentally? super kicked Diesel, costing them the match. Once the match was over, Diesel then attacked Michaels, turning baby face in the process.

 

1995 ROYAL RUMBLE

1) Jeff Jarrett defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Razor Ramon (20:12) to win the title. *** Not much of a backstory. Jeff Jarrett was named #1 Contender in late-December.

2) Lex Luger defeated Tatanka (10:48) by submission with the Torture Rack. *¾ Just after SummerSlam, Tatanka challenged Lex Luger to a match on WWF Superstars. He claimed the Luger had ?sold out? to the Million Dollar Corporation. During the course of the match, Ted DiBiase came to ringside and helped Tatanka win the match. He then turned heel and joined the Million Dollar Corporation.

3) The Smoking Gunns defeated WWF tag team champions Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart (11:34) to win the title. **½ The night after Survivor Series, Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart defeated The Headshrinkers to win the WWF tag titles.

4) Diesel won the 30-man Royal Rumble (63:57) to earn a WWF title match at WrestleMania XI. ***¾ Order of Elimination: Samu, Aldo Montoya, Dr. Tom Pritchard, Irwin R. Schyster, Jim Neidhart, Bob Holly, Crush, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon, Jacob Blu, The 1-2-3 Kid, Tatanka, Mo, King Kong Bundy, Fatu, Adam Bomb, Jimmy Del Ray, Mabel, Billy Gunn, Jeff Jarrett, Eli Blu, Bam Bam Bigelow, Hakushi, Bart Gunn, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels & Lex Luger.

5) WWF Champion Bret Hart defeated Mr. Bob Backlund (36:18) in an ?I Quit? match. **** Bret Hart defeated Bob Backlund in mid-July the previous year, and Backlund snapped after the match by attacking Bret and turning heel. Over the course of the next few months, Backlund continuously challenged Bret to a rematch, and finally received it here.

 

WRESTLEMANIA XI

1) Hakushi defeated The 1-2-3 Kid. (10:42). ***

2) Jacob and Eli Blu defeated The Headshrinkers (8:21) in a No-DQ match. ¾*

3) The Undertaker defeated King Kong Bundy (7:56). * Undertaker eliminated Bundy from the Royal Rumble match, and immediately attacked Taker.

4) Tatanka defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (10:04). *½ During a tag team title match on Raw in early-March, Bam Bam Bigelow was pinned by Billy Gunn. After the match, Tatanka and the rest of the Corporation attacked Bigelow for losing the match and kicking him out of the Corporation.

5) Owen Hart & Yokozuna defeated WWF tag team champions The Smoking Gunns (12:32) to win the titles. ** The Smoking Gunns defeated Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart at the Royal Rumble for the tag titles. Owen wanted a rematch, but with a mystery partner. The champions accepted.

6) Davey Boy Smith defeated Mr. Bob Backlund (10:47). **½ Davey Boy saved Bret Hart from an attacked from Bob Backlund a few weeks after the Royal Rumble.

7) WWF Intercontinental champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Razor Ramon (18:33) in a Ladder match. **** Jarrett won the WWF Intercontinental title from Ramon at the Royal Rumble, and Ramon wanted a rematch. Razor challenged Jarrett to a Ladder match here.

8) Shawn Michaels defeated Lex Luger (15:51). ***½ Lex Luger eliminated Shawn Michaels at the Royal Rumble. Michaels then distracted Luger and helped Diesel to eliminate him. Over the next few weeks, Michaels began interfering in Luger?s matches. After costing Luger several matches, he challenged Michaels to a match at WrestleMania.

9) Diesel defeated WWF Champion Bret Hart (31:25) to win the title. ****½ Diesel won the Royal Rumble match to earn a WWF title shot here.

 

The aftermath: After Shawn Michaels and Diesel split as a team, Shawn Michaels decided to find a new bodyguard. He introduced Psycho Sid 3 weeks prior to WrestleMania. The night after WrestleMania, Lex Luger came out and challenged Shawn Michaels and Psycho Sid to a tag team match against himself and Davey Boy Smith the following week. Shawn agreed. During the course of the match, Shawn Michaels attempted to tag in Sid, but he refused. Luger and Smith eventually got the win. Immediately after the match, Michaels attempted to confront Sid and was attacked by Luger, Smith and Sid. Diesel and Razor Ramon eventually made the save for HBK. The next week on Raw, Sid, Luger and Smith revealed that they had been working together for quite some time, and then introduced Jim Cornette as their manager. The trio challenged Diesel, Michaels and Ramon to a six man tag team match at the first-ever In You House PPV.

 

IN YOUR HOUSE

1) The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly defeated Jeff Jarrett & The Roadie (13:42) when the Kid pinned Roadie.*** During a title match on Raw between The 1-2-3 Kid and Jarrett, The Roadie interfered and they double teamed The Kid. Bob Holly came out to make the save and they challenged Jarrett and Roadie to a tag match.

2) WWF tag team champions Owen Hart & Yokozuna defeated The Headshrinkers (6:21) when Yokozuna pinned Samu. ¾*

3) Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Adam Bomb (9:54). *¾ This is Hunter Hearst Helmsley?s debut match.

4) The Smoking Gunns defeated Men on a Mission (8:31). * Men on a Mission turned heel just prior to WrestleMania. The Smoking Gunns defeated them in a WWF tag title match and they attacked the champions afterwards.

5) Bret Hart defeated Hakushi (14:19). *** No much of a backstory. Hakushi challenged Bret to a match, and he accepted.

6) Psycho Sid, Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith defeated Diesel, Shawn Michaels & Razor Ramon (23:45) when Sid pinned Diesel. *** See aftermath above.

 

1995 KING OF THE RING

1) King of the Ring Tournament 1st Round: Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Razor Ramon (7:42). **¾ Shawn Michaels defeated Davey Boy Smith (10:24). *** The Undertaker defeated Mabel (6:11). ¼* Jeff Jarrett defeated Savio Vega (7:35). *½

2) King of the Ring Tournament Semi-Finals: Shawn Michaels defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (14:58). ***¼ Jeff Jarrett defeated The Undertaker (9:05) after Kama interfered. *½

3) King of the Ring Finals: Shawn Michaels defeated Jeff Jarrett (17:42) to win the King of the Ring Tournament. ***¾

4) WWF tag team champions Owen Hart & Yokozuna defeated The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly. ** The Kid and Bob Holly defeated Owen Hart and Yokozuna in a 6-man tag team match.

5) Bret Hart defeated Hakushi & Jerry Lawler in a Handicap match. After the match, Hunter Hearst Helmsley attacked the Hitman and challenged his to a match at the next In Your House PPV. ***¼ This is basically a rematch from In Your House.

6) WWF Champion Diesel defeated Psycho Sid by disqualification. *¼ Psycho Sid pinned Diesel in a 6-man tag team match at the previous PPV. He was later named the #1 Contender.

 

IN YOUR HOUSE 2

1) WWF Intercontinental champion Jeff Jarrett defeated The 1-2-3 Kid  (13:27) by submission. ***¼ The Kid defeated Jarrett in a non-title match on WWF Superstars several weeks prior to this PPV.

2) Skip defeated Aldo Montoya (4:51). *½ This is Skip?s debut match.

3) Razor Ramon & Savio Vega defeated Men on a Mission (9:38). * This is a match to determine the #1 Contenders to the WWF tag team titles.

4) Shawn Michaels & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith (14:19) by disqualification after Luger hit Michaels with a chair. ** Michaels had been feuding with Luger and Davey Boy for several months. Two weeks prior to this, Bigelow saved Michaels from a double-team by Luger and Smith.

5) Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Bret Hart (17:54). ***¾ This match was setup what Helmsley attacked Bret after his match at the King of the Ring.

6) WWF Champion Diesel defeated Psycho Sid (15:07) in a Steel Cage match. *½ Sid pinned Diesel in a tag team match at the first In Your House. He then received a title match at King of the Ring and was disqualified for outside interference from Lex Luger and Davey Boy Smith. Diesel then challenged Sid to a Steel Cage match in order to not see the same result.

 

SUMMERSLAM ?95

1) The Roadie defeated The 1-2-3 Kid (12:47). *** The Roadie interfered in the Kid?s Intercontinental title match at the previous PPV, and he wanted revenge.

2) The Smoking Gunns defeated Jacob & Eli Blu (5:28). ½*No backstory to this one.

3) Dean Douglas defeated Fatu (7:58). ** This is the debut of Dean Douglas.

4) WWF tag team champions Owen Hart & Yokozuna defeated Razor Ramon & Savio Vega (10:39) after Dean Douglas interfered and attacked Ramon. *¾ Ramon and Vega won a #1 Contenders match at the lat PPV to earn a title shot here.

5) Barry Horowitz defeated Skip (7:14). * Barry Horowitz scored an upset victory over Skip on WWF Superstars. Skip challenged him to a rematch the following week, which Horowitz won as well.

6) Psycho Sid defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (8:20). ¼* Not much of a backstory to this one.

7)Shawn Michaels defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Jeff Jarrett (26:31) to win the title. ***** Shawn Michaels defeated Jeff Jarrett in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament. He was later declared the #1 Contender.

8) The Undertaker defeated Kama (10:02) in a Casket match. *½ Kama interfered in Undertaker?s match at the King if the Ring and cost him the match. He later cost Undertaker a title victory over Jeff Jarrett on Raw.

9) Bret Hart defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (23:14) in a 2/3 Falls match. **** Helmsley scored an upset victory over Hart at the last PPV. The next night on Raw, Bret challenged Hunter to a rematch at SummerSlam in a 2/3 Falls match.

10) WWF Champion Diesel defeated Lex Luger (18:43) after a powerbomb. **¾  After Diesel?s successful title defense against Psycho Sid at the previous PPV, Lex Luger was named the #1 Contender.

 

Remember, the Monday Night Wars are about to begin.

[Guest Risk]

Is it possible you could book an alternate third man in the nWo?  Does Bischoof have to run WCW too?  It would be better if "Easy T" Terry Taylor was running it.

[Guest hitman1296]

I'm not sure what my plans are for the NWO angle, or WCW for that matter, are yet. I plan on doing the WWF side of the war first, and then go back and do WCW from the beginning of 1994 up until 2001. It will be a while before I get to it, but I will in time. Do you have any ideas on how I could book the WWF from the point that I'm at now?

[Guest Risk]

Well, first off, my e-mail is [email protected] if you want to contact me.  I think the MINI ECW invasion of 97 should be focused on a little more.  If Austin comes over to the WWF in your booking than I would not do so many swerves when he fights McMahon, and I would MOSTLY keep the other McMahons out of it, maybe in the background.  I think Steph should start screwing Triple H instead of marrying him.  If WCW is bought by the WWFE I would like to see Smackdown! become Nitro or whatever you wanna call it.  

 

If ECW joins the WCW after the sale they should have the WCW titles, except TV and Cruiser-Tag, and the Extreme title, which is the exact same ECW belt with nothing changed on it.  Do you have a site by the way?

 

Possible nWo leaders/though it may not have to be called the nWo

 

Steve Austin

Bret Hart

Brian Pillman(but not both Austin and Pillman in the same faction)

Shane Douglas

Ric Flair