Guest Your Olympic Hero Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Let's say Austin turned into the Stone Cold persona in WCW instead of jumping to the WWF.. where would the business be now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Depends if he'd joined the nWo or fought the nWo i guess. The WWE would not have taken off so much, and WCW would have still tailed off with Bisch in charge, maybe the company's would have around the same, unless Austin had signed with the WWE around the time the Guerrero's jumped ship, both getting around 4.0 ratings is my guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted February 16, 2003 I'm sure WCW would have discovered other ways of shooting themselves in the foot and wasting Turner's money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Course they would, they'd have put Stone Cold on EVERY show doing the SAME thing. The difference is, the WWE had better storylines than WCW, so even if they did have him, they wouldn't have been able to use him, and they would have jobbed him to Meng.. EDIT ------- If they had Stone Cold, there would have been no Goldberg (or no monstor push at least). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Yes, he would start out feuding with the NWO, then join, then repeat that about 68 times until he got some helf-assed 'new' gimmick where he wore a coat or something. The big question is, who would have carried the WWF instead? And could they have been as much of a success? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted February 16, 2003 And another thing? Would I double post? Probably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 LOL i'd have said The Rock would have carried the WWE, but part of what made him big was his fued with Austin for the IC and World titles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Marc Mero, perhaps? Or perhaps not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 I know Would have been Shawn Michaels, as Austin would not have beaten him at Mania, DX would have gotten bigger and bigger, and HHH would have gotten ME status even faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ram Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Austin really doesn't fit in with WCW's main eventers. I figure he'd probably fail his push when none of his feuds got over. Hmm.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EL DANDY~! 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 You all got to realize that back in 94, when Hogan came in, he basically saw everyone and said that him and his friends would be the only ones that mattered. So Austin was jobbed to Jim FUCKING DUGGAN and he was basically fired when he went to Japan, got hurt, and failed to tell WCW about it. If Hogan hadn't have come in, there is no doubt in my mind that he would have been one of the centerpieces of that organization. Of course, we all knew how that went. Austin got himself over, and then got himself to the top of the company, and because of what happened to him in WCW, he stayed on top for as long as he could. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jobber of the Week Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Bill Goldberg decides to keep his hair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EL DANDY~! 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Anyone know if he DID shave it to look like Austin or if he always had his hair like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 There's little doubt in my mind that Austin would have become much bigger than he was in WCW had Hogan not arrived. Who was Flair originally supposed to work with at Starrcade 93 before Sid went all psycho with the scissors? Austin. The wheels were in motion to make him a main eventer. And eventhough the Starrcade bout fell through, Austin did dominate the U.S. title scene throughout 94 - fending off everyone from Ricky Steamboat to the Great Muta. Not too shabby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Your Olympic Hero Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I know Would have been Shawn Michaels, as Austin would not have beaten him at Mania, DX would have gotten bigger and bigger, and HHH would have gotten ME status even faster Except Michaels suffered his career ending injury against the Undertaker at the Royal Rumble, even before the match with Austin. He would have had to job the title to someone else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2003 IE HHH - backing up my theory of him getting ME status through ability and not... some other ability Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I thought Flair was supposed to team with Steamboat and take on the Nasty Boys. Austin taking on Dustin makes sense since they were feuding at the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2003 I thought Flair was supposed to team with Steamboat and take on the Nasty Boys. Austin taking on Dustin makes sense since they were feuding at the time Sting was to have teamed with Steamboat. Throughout November, Flair and Austin had numerous confrontations. Matter of fact, Sid Vicious' last bout before he went scissors-happy was Sid / Flair vs. Vader / Austin. Then at the Clash of the Champions which took place after the TV taping (although it was shown before), had Flair almost beating Vader. Then after the decision, guess who does the run in? Austin. 10 days after the Clash was Battlebowl. Guess what two mean are teamed up but can't quite get along? Flair and Austin. They advance to the battle royal where both are in the final four. After Havoc, Austin really had nothing to do with Rhodes. He put Pillman behind him at the Clash and was on the verge of something big with Flair. Rhodes, meanwhile, was in the middle of a feud with Paul Orndorff that also involved Dusty and the Assassin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2003 I can't believe that you guys forgot about the most interesting player, and perhaps biggest difference-maker, in this "fantasy"...Bret Hart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
