Benoit/Brock scenario could save WM!

[Guest Zack Malibu]

All right, given how this scenario makes everyone come out looking good, and actually elevates some people, it will most likely NOT be used by WWE. But fuck them and their hack writing staff, this is what I've come up with during these dark days of losing a TSM hero, Kurt Angle...

 

Angle gives up the belt next week on Smackdown, citing his injury and blaming Brock. Now, two things could happen, but either work out:

 

a)Brock is handed the belt, his right as #1 Contender

b)Mini-Tourney is started that night, finals at WM

 

Either way, start hyping the inspirational Benoit promos again. Have him talk about Brock being handed a title, while he's been working his whole life for it. If it's a tourney, have it come down to these two guys. I would go for the former scenario, as it gives Benoit some character motivation and creats a subtle heel persona going into WM, but whatever works.

 

So the match is set...Benoit/Brock for the WWE Title at WM. The Smackdown before the show, have Paul Heyman announce that he's been contacted to be ringside during the main event, and will be in one of the two corners. Which one? Watch the event and find out.

 

(Those old time fans who remember the Warrior/Savage Summerslam '92 match, it would be an offshoot of the gimmick Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect did, where both Savage and Warrior were faces, but Flair said that he'd be in one of their corners to fuck with their heads.)

 

So it's main event time at WM X9. Benoit and Brock are set to go, and put on a very good, mat-based matchup. Heyman wanders in about halfway through, and shows no emotion towards either guy...he's just observing. A few minutes later, cue the ref bump.

 

Lesnar gets the advantage during the time the ref is out, and calls for an F5 on Benoit, however Benoit's partner RHYNO~! runs in and GORE! GORE! GORE! to Lesnar. Rhyno tells Benoit to go for the pin, that the title is all his. Not wanting it to go down like that, Benoit fights Rhyno off, only to be GORED himself. The gist of this is that Heyman was fucking with both guys, and now Rhyno is in his pocket, thus turning heel.

 

Brock gets up, and is PISSED. As Rhyno turns away from Benoit, he walks right into an F5, popping the crowd like mad. Rhyno gets rolled out of the ring and is consoled by Heyman, who mouths off at Brock. Brock goes back to Benoit, but gets taken down in the Crossface. Tease a tapout, then have Brock power up while in the hold,and turn it into an F5. Cover, 3 Count, Brock wins the belt.

 

Benoit and Brock shake hands after the match, keeping both babyface. Benoit is the honorable face. Brock is the badass face. Heyman is still a thorn in Brock's side, and you have a new top heel in Rhyno, with two feuds (Benoit/Rhyno and Rhyno/Brock) to play out post-WM.

 

I realize that there are tons of threads on WM and Angle's injury. This might even be best suited for Fantasy Booking, but lets face it, no one would see it there. I feel that this is entirely plausible, it gets the belt on Brock, keeps Benoit as a strong #2 babyface, and elevates Rhyno (which he was on his way to doing before his own injury last year). Let me know what you guys think.

[Guest pochorenella]

I really like your idea, Zack. Now if only this could get to WWE ears and actually be pushed...

[Guest The Superstar]

It's great, of course, but chances?

 

Slim -> None.

[EL DANDY~! 0]

Holy fuck man...Zack, I have new respect for your booking abilities. Of course, WWE never reads these kinds of things, so yeah, uh...not gonna happen, which sucks...