Guest Mole Report post Posted March 29, 2002 Now think about this, the WWF would be COMPLETLY different now if HHH didn't hurt himself. How would the WWF be now? Benoit probably wouldn't of gotten hurt. KoTR would of been a better PPV. The InVasion angle would of been COMPLETLY different. HHH would still be kick ass in the ring. And many more, but non that I can think of. Talk about it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted March 29, 2002 Benoit probably wouldn't of gotten hurt. Benoit didn't need surgery because of that match. He had been having chronic problems with his neck for a while, IIRC, and just chose to have the surgery after dropping the tag titles. As for everything else, the initial plan was to go with HHH vs. Austin at Wrestlemania, so I'm sure a lot of stuff would've changed. Not necessarily for the better, concerning who was booking/writing, but we'll never know now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HartFan86 Report post Posted March 29, 2002 I was thinking about this the other day and your right, Benoit wouldn't have gotten hurt. I actually think the WWF was going for a Benoit/HHH @ King of the Ring 2001, but of course, that was changed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dace59 Report post Posted March 29, 2002 I think Benoit's diving head BUTT from the top to the outside through a talbe on D-Von (I think) at TLC3 on Smackdown contributated a lot to him going out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AM The Kid Report post Posted March 29, 2002 Benoit was already hurt, he had a chronic neck problem before Triple H even went out. He had to have the sugury 2 days after the King Of The Ring because he injured his neck even more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jedisrm Report post Posted March 29, 2002 if hhh didnt tore his knee he would be still be having great matches, invasion would be a lot better, wrestlemania would be better, and austin would be a lot happier too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mystery Eskimo Report post Posted March 29, 2002 Yep, HHH being fit and having good matches would have imroved the Invasion and other angles immensly. Jericho might not have become champ though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dangerous A Report post Posted March 30, 2002 If HHH had not torn his quad, we would have been treated to Austin vs. HHH at around summerslam, since that was what they were building to except it would have been heel Austin vs face HHH. I would think that scenario would have been better for HHH getting face heat because he would have a plausible reason for fighting Austin. The two didn't really get along in the first place, what with them just a month removed from a bitter feud. Plus they were going with a selling point of how HHH beat Austin right before Mania, therefore making him a more viable and credible threat. That little tidbit goes for all those who were bitching about HHH going over Austin at No Way Out on the HHH jobbing- a comparitive study. Bottom line is this-HHH winning at No Way Out had a long term purpose and it wasn't just HHH stroking his political cock like some of you seem to think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest X-Factor Corperation Report post Posted March 30, 2002 If HHH had not torn his quad, we would have been treated to Austin vs. HHH at around summerslam, since that was what they were building to except it would have been heel Austin vs face HHH. I think the plan was HHH vs Austin at Wrestlemania. I wonder if The Rock would have won at Summerslam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zero_Cool Report post Posted March 30, 2002 The only good thing about HHH going down for eight months, was that Steph was off our TVs for about two months...amazing how TV was better when she was out. What with Austin, Benoit, and Jericho having awesome matches right and left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jericholic82 Report post Posted March 30, 2002 Well for one, H would have been in the slot Kurt Angle was in in the Invasion and maybe Kurt woulda turned wcw earlier. I dont think it would have changed how sad the invasion was. Kurt filled the spot nicely and had some great matches with austin (summerslam for ex) I think he coulda been more over as a face if he stayed face before and after survivor series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Brian Report post Posted March 30, 2002 We were headed towards Jericho/Austin and HHH/Benoit with a Austin/HHH program eminent and Benoit going on the shelf. We were headed towards Rock/Austin at Survivor Series (which became SummerSlam when he got injured, than thanks to the Invasion got pushed back), IIRC, but they kept on pushing that back as long as they had room. I doubt Angle would have turned as they preferred having him as a heel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites