humanoid92 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2003 I believe the best way to build to a major card like Wrestlemania is to plan out your desired card first and then work backwards to set it up. So here's what I'd do, starting from now, to make Wrestlemania XX something special. (Note: I did this soon after the Unforgiven PPV so there are a few things I don't address like the Goldberg/bounty hunter storyline and the recent IC Title change. Given some more thought, I could incorporate those in, but these were my thoughts on what to do from right after Unforgiven. Also, I know injuries, singings, debuts, and everything else could easily screw up plans, but I can't plan for those, so here is what I would do with the current roster.) Following Unforgiven on Raw, with HHH out of action, lots of different heels try to take out Goldberg. Evolution (Orton and Flair) continues their feud with him. On a Raw in late October, Flair challenges Goldberg for the Title in the main event of Raw. Earlier in the show, Maven is cutting a promo backstage, and Orton interrupts him to talk about Flair's match instead. Orton verbally punks Maven out and cuts a promo on Goldberg, prompting Goldberg to jump Orton. A brawl erupts, and Flair comes out of nowhere and takes out Goldberg's knee with a lead pipe. Goldberg is left laid out- he can barely walk. Later on, in the match, Goldberg is able to overpower Flair, but it's clear his knee is shot. Flair and Orton blatantly cheat at every possible opportunity (think old school Flair-Hennig type cheating), and Flair eventually gets the Figure Four on Godlberg. After a long struggle, Goldberg is finally about to grab the bottom rope- and Orton pulls it away. Maven comes out with a steel chair, and the crowd pops crazy- finally someone is going to put an end to the cheating. Maven and Orton get into a shoving match on the floor and the ref goes to separate them. Goldberg is now holding the rope. The ref moves Orton out of the way, and behind his back, Maven turns heel and waffles Goldberg on the head with the chair. Goldberg is now out cold. Flair maintains the Figure Four. Orton tells the ref to get back in the ring, and Flair pins Goldberg (still in the Figure Four) to win the Heavyweight Title. Massive screwjob. Maven has now joined up with Orton and Flair. Meanwhile, Smackdown presents No Mercy in October. Brock will defend his new World Title against the Undertaker, and Benoit will settle his feud with Rhyno in an I Quit Match. Eddie Guerrero will pull double duty, defending the US Title against John Cena, and the Tag Titles with Chavo against Haas & Benjamin. Here are the No Mercy results: Cruiserweight Title: Tajiri defeats Rey Mysterio (14:09) Tag Titles: Los Guerreros defeat Haas & Benjamin (18:43) Matt Hardy defeats Jamie Noble (9:56) Benoit defeats Rhyno in an I Quit Match (19:12) Angle defeats A-Train (11:05) US Title: Eddie Guerrero defeats Cena (15:02) WWE Title: Lesnar defeats Undertaker (21:20) So Brock retains the Title, and Eddie retains both of his belts, cheating in the Tag Title match, and having Chavo aid him in the US Title match. A new Cruiserweight Champion is crowned, Benoit picks up a big singles win, as does Matt Hardy, and Angle is rebuilt after his job to Lesnar, by beating the massive A-Train. Back on Raw, Goldberg is out of action for a few weeks following the beating he took. Flair is enjoying a final run as Champion. The announcers speculate on how HHH will react to this when he returns. HHH comes back for to appear on Raw two weeks before Survivor Series, where Evolution is set to take on the team of Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner. HHH congratulates Flair on his win, but tells him to just remember who the leader of the group still is. Flair starts to take offense, but before anything can happen, Orton plays peacemaker. (Note: Some reports have HHH out until November- others till the end of the year. Either way, I figure he can appear on this one Raw and Survivor Series- two dates shouldn't be that hard to work out.) On Smackdown, Brock and Angle are set to do battle on opposite Survivor Series teams. Brock recruits Haas & Benjamin, former Angle proteges, to go against Kurt. So Angle counters with the team who beat them for their Titles, Eddie & Chavo Guerrero. John Cena develops a beef with Angle and joins team Brock, so Angle ends up finding someone from Brock's past- someone he's wronged in the past: Zach Gowen, who Brock pushed down the stairs in the summer. The Survivor Series main events are set. Also, the beginnings of a Taker/Vince feud go down, as it seems inevitable, and gives Taker something to do away from the main event scene. Survivor Series: RVD, Hurricane, Goldust & Val Venis vs. Jericho, Christian, Storm & Test Hurricane d. Test (7:57) Jericho d. Val (10:25) Goldust d. Storm (15:11) RVD d. Jericho (20:54) IC Champion Christian, left one against three, decides to take the countout (22:31) Survivors: RVD, Hurricane, Goldust Undertaker, Bradshaw, Faarooq & Rikishi vs. Big Show, A-Train, Sean O'Haire & Vince McMahon *Note: If Rikishi isn't back, use Funaki Show d. Faarooq (2:10) Train d. Rikishi (4:32) Train d. Bradshaw (6:20) Taker d. O'Haire (8:19) Taker d. Train (11:40) Vince d. Taker (14:16) (Show chokeslams Taker and presses Vince on top of him) Survivors: Show, Vince Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Nash, Steiner vs. HHH, Flair, Orton & Maven HHH d. Steiner (5:22) Orton d. Nash (7:15) Goldberg d. Maven (8:06) Shawn d. Orton (13:17) Goldberg d. HHH (18:50) Shawn d. Flair (21:16) Survivors: Goldberg, Shawn Benoit, Rey, Kidman & Noble vs. Rhyno, Matt, Moore & Tajiri Noble d. Tajiri (4:18) Moore d. Kidman (6:31) Matt d. Noble (8:45) Rey d. Moore (11:16) Benoit d. Rhyno (15:58) Matt d. Rey (19:33) Benoit d. Matt (22:42) Survivor: Benoit Angle, Eddie, Chavo & Gowen vs. Brock, Haas, Benjamin & Cena Brock d. Chavo (7:09) Angle d. Brock (12:49) (in a shocker, the Champ is eliminated early by Angle. Brock is pissed.) Cena d. Eddie (18:01) Brock comes back out in a rage and takes his frustrations out on Angle, then Gowen. He beats down Gowen viciously and F5's him. Cena joins the beatdown, and when officials come to escort Brock back to the locker room, Cena is DQ'ed and forced to go with him. It's now down to essentially a tag match between Angle & Gowen and Haas & Benjamin, but it looks like Gowen is messed up pretty badly. Angle d. Haas (28:06) Gowen d. Benjamin (30:24) Survivors: Angle, Gowen Angle is able to take a pounding, but catch Haas in a german suplex and pin him. Gowen then gets the hot tag, and Benjamin gets the better of him, but Gowen outsmarts him with a rollup and scores the winning fall. So Angle and Gowen survive. I know a lot of people would be against that, but it doesn't hurt anyone. It really helps Gowen- winning the main event of a major PPV alongside Angle is just the kind of thing they need to really get people behind him. Angle's win helps him get back on top after losing the Title to Brock- and Brock's elimination doesn't hurt him because he's still the Champ and he and Angle have traded victories lots of times before so it's no big deal if Angle beats him. Cena gets a win over Eddie, and is protected by being DQ'ed. This also makes Haas & Benjamin look very good, as they last all the way until the end. I think this is my favorite bit of booking thus far. Armageddon looks like this: Intercontinental Title: Hurricane d. Christian (19:41) (Jericho botches interference and Christian loses) Tag Titles: Dudley Boys d. La Resistance (11:50) Kane d. Nash (9:04) Goldberg d. Orton (10:52) Women's Title: I don't book the women's division, but I will give them time (5:47) RVD d. Jericho (21:12) (Christian returns the favor and intentionally costs Jericho the match) World Title: Ric Flair d. Shawn Michaels (24:03) This begins the start of a face turn for Jericho. For the next month he becomes kind of a tweener- then just when the fans can't hold back anymore, he becomes a full-fledged face again. HHH returns in early January, and this time things between he and Flair blow up. Flair is turned face and tells HHH what he really thinks of him. They feud, leading up to HHH getting a Title shot at the Royal Rumble. Orton and Maven side with HHH in the matter, and Flair is ostracized from the group, but that doesn't matter now, because he has the fans on his side, not to mention the World Title. So at the Rumble, HHH is looking to win the Title, Orton is looking to win the Rumble, and Maven has an IC Title shot against Hurricane. How will things turn out for Evolution? Over on Smackdown, Eddie Guerrero decides he wants to be greedy and get ALL the gold there is... so he challenges Brock Lesnar to a Title match at the Royal Rumble. They start to feud and the match is made. But on the first Smackdown of the year, the new exciting team of Spanky and Paul London upset Los Guerreros for the Tag Titles. It just happens to come on a night where Eddie again pulled double duty and defended his US Title earlier in the night. Chavo accuses Eddie of not having his priorities straight and over the next several weeks, tries to cost Eddie the US Title to his various opponents. But Eddie, expecting the cheating, always one-ups him, and retains it. The week before the Rumble, Chavo finally challenges Eddie to a match on Smackdown, and out-cheats his way to victory. Now Eddie has no gold and realizes he's spent all this time worrying about the other gold when he has a World Title shot coming up on PPV. He vows to beat Lesnar at the Rumble. Taker and Vince continue to feud, and will have a match at the Rumble. The participants for the Rumble match are as follows: Raw: Goldberg, Michaels, Kane, Jericho, RVD, Nash, Orton, Booker (if healthy, otherwise Dreamer), Christian, Goldust, Test, Steiner, Storm, Goldust, Spike... Smackdown: Angle, Cena, Gowen, Big Show, A-Train, Benoit, Haas, Benjamin, Rikishi, Rey, Rhyno, Matt Hardy, Chavo, Tajiri, O'Haire Royal Rumble: Intercontinental Title: Hurricane d. Maven (7:42) WWE Title: Lesnar d. Guerrero (23:38) Taker d. Vince (14:25) World Title: HHH d. Flair (18:33) Rumble Match: 1) Goldust, 2) Chavo, 3) Benjamin, 4) Spike, 5) Benoit, 6) Booker, 7) Rhyno, 8) Storm, 9) Rikishi, 10) RVD, 11) Tajiri, 12) Angle, 13) Orton, 14) Val, 15) Jericho, 16) O'Haire, 17) Michaels, 18) Rey, 19) Christian, 20) Kane, 21) Cena, 22) Test, 23) Matt, 24) Goldberg, 25) Haas, 26) Show, 27) Steiner, 28) Nash, 29) A-Train, 30) Gowen The last eleven remaining are, in order of entrance, Benoit, RVD, Angle, Jericho, Shawn, Christian, Kane, Cena, Goldberg, Show, Gowen. Benoit goes first, then Goldberg dumps Show. Kane and Goldberg take care of each other, then Christian and RVD get tossed, followed by Gowen. Now it's Angle, Jericho, Shawn, and Cena. Will Wrestlemania be Angle/Brock, Cena/Brock, Jericho/HHH, or Shawn/HHH? Shawn is next to be eliminated, and Cena takes care of Angle, leaving Jericho and Cena... Jericho is finally able to get the win, earning a shot at HHH's Title at Wrestlemania XX. Now that the Rumble is over, Wrestlemania begins to take shape. On the Raw side, Jericho having just turned face, is hotter than ever. HHH, having just returned and regaining his Title is determined to keep it. They are the clear-cut top two guys on Raw. With all their back history, it's easy to build a feud here. Now that Flair has lost the Title, he remains a face, but has no gold and no stable. He starts to feud with Randy Orton, who is still a heel but has kind of branched off from HHH. Orton vs. Flair is booked for Wrestlemania, as Orton attempts to polish off one more legend. The Rock returns in time for his annual appearance and tragets the man he faced last time he was in the ring- Goldberg. Rock gets over as a face this time, and Rock/Goldberg is heavily promoted for Wrestlemania. (I'm thinking about making this a Career Match, since it would be the only such Career Match that would be unpredictable; neither is old, but neither will really be around very long. But Wrestlemania will draw well no matter what, so a match like this might be better served for a separate PPV. Also, Rocky still has the potential to put over a lot of other midcarders to build new stars.) Elsewhere on Raw, Christian wants Jericho (ever since their split at Armageddon), but Y2J is already in the Title match, so Christian does the next best thing and targets Shawn Michaels. Michaels vs. Christian is booked for Wrestlemania as well. Intercontinental Champion, The Hurricane, begins feuding with Lance Storm, and RVD and Kane renew their rivalry, since it was never really blown off the first time around. Kane has already ran through everyone else, including working a mini-program with Goldberg for a short time after the Rumble. Over on Smackdown, things are less clear, as Brock has no immediate challenger for Wrestlemania. (Note: I would have kept the Title on Angle from Summerslam through Wrestlemania XX, but since it's on Brock now, I think it should remain on him until Wrestlemania. So who should he face? If the Champ were Angle, I'd make the main event Angle/Cena, but Brock/Cena wouldn't be good because both are being pushed as heels. Also, it bombed the first time. So who should Brock face? Brock/Angle is played out.) Stephanie books a one night eight-man single elimination tournament for No Way Out to determine Brock’s Wrestlemania challenger. With King Of The Ring no longer existing, it would be cool to have a one-time tournament PPV like this. It could have an old school feel to it. And Smackdown has a roster with enough talent (workrate-wise) to pull it off. Here’s No Way Out: First Round: Kurt Angle d. Eddie Guerrero (13:31) (Chavo interferes) First Round: The Undertaker d. John Cena (12:10) First Round: Chris Benoit d. Matt Hardy (14:39) (Almost reaches the 15 min time limit) First Round: Rhyno d. Zach Gowen (8:04) Semifinals: Kurt Angle d. The Undertaker (11:38) Semifinals: Chris Benoit d. Rhyno (10:05) Cruiserweight Title: Tajiri d. Jamie Noble & Rey Mysterio (8:39) (Backstage, Angle and Benoit are jumped separately by Haas & Benjamin (hired by Lesnar to soften up both guys before their match) Tag Team Titles: Paul London & Spanky d. Big Show & A-Train (12:10) Finals: Chris Benoit d. Kurt Angle (20:57) So there it is: Brock vs. Benoit at Wrestlemania. Something fresh. Other Smackdown Wrestlemania matches include Angle vs. Cena, Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy, Undertaker vs. Rhyno, Rey Mysterio vs. (US Champion) Chavo Guerrero, and Haas & Benjamin vs. Paul London & Spanky (Tag Champions). Two weeks before the PPV, Rey defeats Tajiri on Smackdown to win the Cruiserweight Title, so his Wrestlemania match with Chavo becomes title for title. Wrestlemania XX: Intercontinental Title: Hurricane d. Lance Storm (8:44) Cruiserweight/US Title: Rey Mysterio d. Chavo Guerrero (9:38) Eddie Guerrero d. Matt Hardy (11:39) Randy Orton d. Ric Flair (9:44) No DQ: RVD d. Kane (8:40) WWE Title: Chris Benoit d. Brock Lesnar (20:52) -Intermission- Christian d. Shawn Michaels (17:14) Women’s Title: I don’t book the women’s division (2:17) Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Spanky & London (11:30) The Undertaker d. Rhyno (7:05) John Cena d. Kurt Angle (12:51) Rock d. Goldberg (11:45) World Title: Chris Jericho d. HHH (20:05) Wrestlemania should be a stacked card, and I think this is fitting. Jericho finally becomes THE guy on Raw, and a classic wrestler in Benoit is finally rewarded with his big win on the biggest stage of them all (a la Bret at Wrestlemania X). The Rock picks up a huge win against Goldberg (with Goldberg on his way out of the company, it makes sense to build up the Rock again so that when he puts over other people it means something). John Cena and Christian are taken to the next level with clean wins over Angle and Shawn respectively. Following Wrestlemania, there’s a solid list of main eventers and upper midcarders set for 2004: Brock, Angle, Edge, Benoit, Cena, Eddie, Jericho, HHH, Christian, Orton, Michaels, RVD, Matt Hardy, Rey, Rhyno, Benjamin, Haas, Kane, Hurricane, Storm. That’s not a bad top 20 list. There’s lots of new matches to try out at or near the top: Jericho vs. Orton, Jericho vs. Christian, Rock vs. Christian, Jericho vs. RVD, HHH vs. Orton, Benoit vs. Cena, Benoit vs. Edge, Edge vs. Brock, Benoit vs. Eddie, Edge vs. Cena. With this top twenty, 2004 should be a significant improvement over 2003. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humanoid92 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2003 Despite the fact that none of you care, I've decided to continue this for my own amusement. The first post was fairly realistic, but this is booking six months/a year in advance so there's a greater chance that the rosters will be very different and various injuries will occur. But I'm just gonna continue with the current roster and push new guys accordingly. First, here are guys listed on the current roster that I don't anticipate being around after Wrestlemania: Goldberg, Nash, Steiner, Regal, Al Snow (though I'd keep him around as a manager of one of my new tag teams), Rock (he'll be around for that month after WM and then disappear again), Austin (keep him on TV if you must but he's obviously not going to be wrestling), Ric Flair (after his face turn I don't see much for him to do on-screen and I don't think his contract lasts all that much longer anyway), Bill DeMott, Nathan Jones (obvious reasons), Rikishi, Billy Gunn, and Faarooq (they're all old and not worth it). The night after Wrestlemania, HHH comes out and makes no excuses; he lost the Title to Jericho fair and square. Orton comes out and confronts HHH (a la HHH's own anti-HBK "dropped the ball" promo after WM 14) and says that he got the job done last night by taking care of Flair. HHH was in the biggest match of the year and choked. Orton insinuates that maybe it's time that HHH step aside and let Orton become the new leader of their group. He calls HHH washed up. HHH starts to respond and they get in each other's faces. Batista plays peacekeeper... but as HHH backs away, Batista nails him, and he and Orton do a massive beatdown. To the surprise of everyone, HBK comes out and makes the save. The next week, when HBK is asked why he saved his former friend, Shawn is candid. He says that he can relate to Hunter now. There comes a time when you're not gonna be the #1 guy anymore. Maybe his best days are behind him and maybe they're not; but either way his career his far from over. Batista and Orton jump Shawn, as revenge for last week, and this time it's HHH that saves Shawn. After they clear the ring together, Shawn and HHH have a staredown and then shake hands as Raw goes off the air. A week later, Shawn & HHH vs. Orton & Batista is booked for Backlash. Elsewhere on Raw, Jericho says it's about time he's the Champion. He knows how it feels to be shafted out of Title shots and says he'll take on all comers. This brings out a bitter, heelish Booker T, who is upset at not only never receiving Title shots, but insulted at being left off the Wrestlemania card. Jericho makes fun of him for being left off the card but offers him a Title shot as he said he would. This brings out Rob Van Dam, who claims no one has been shafted as much as he has. This all leads to a triple threat match for the Title at Backlash. Meanwhile, Christian does an edition of the "Peep Show" and has The Rock on as a guest. Christian brags about how the Rock called him his favorite wrestler last year and the Rock of course takes it all back, leading Christian to lay him out with a steel chair. This would be a great feud promo-wise. After Evolution imploded, Maven decided to form a team with his old Tough Enough buddy Chris Nowinski. They get off to a hot start as a tag team, winning their first several matches. Backlash looks like this: Tag Team Titles: Maven & Nowinski d. The Dudley Boys to win the Titles (11:31) Kanyon d. Goldust (9:23) Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (5:02) Intercontinental Title: Lance Storm d. Hurricane to win the Title (16:37) HHH & HBK d. Orton & Batista (17:17) (HHH pins Orton) Christian d. The Rock (22:06) World Title: Jericho d. RVD and Booker T in a Triple Threat match (22:55) The night after the show, HHH & HBK mention talk about how they're pretty damn good as a team. HBK says there's more to life after losing the World Title; you have to find new things to accomplish... and one thing they have never done is win the Tag Titles together. Maven & Nowinski, feeling mighty good about themselves, are more than willing to put their new Titles on the line, and HHH & HBK end up beating them in the main event that night. The next week, Snow and Nowinski realize they're gonna need some help, and where better to turn than to their old mentor, Al Snow. They take on Al as their new manager. ---- After Wrestlemania on Smackdown, Eddie Guerrero was the first one to congratulate Chris Benoit on winning the Title. One of them finally won the big one. But Eddie gets increasingly jealous of Benoit, and the two start feuding leading up to Judgment Day. The Angle/Cena feud continues. Edge makes his triumphant return and guns for Brock Lesnar, who he was supposed to face in tag action the day of his big injury. Taker and Rhyno continue their rivalry, and Rey Rey is set defend his US Title against Matt Hardy at the PPV. Zach Gowen decides he finally wants to gain some gold, and starts trying out different tag team partners, in hopes of challenging Haas and Benjamin. He finally clicks with another underdog of sorts in Jamie Noble. The Big Show and A-Train start to feud as well. Here's Judgment Day: Spanky, London & Kidman d. Tajiri, Chavo & Moore (9:59) US Title: Matt Hardy d. Mysterio to win the Title (14:00) Rhyno d. The Undertaker (11:25) Cena d. Angle (16:06) Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Gowen & Noble (12:44) The Big Show d. A-Train (6:33) Lesnar d. Edge (17:28) World Title: Benoit d. Guerrero (23:11) During the main event, Eddie shifts into full heel mode, but after Benoit's victory, they shake hands to end the show. The Tag Title match is largely blown by Gowen, who can't make the hot tag to Noble before submitting. Noble is pissed about the loss and turns on him (think similar to Bret & Owen at the '94 Rumble), thus turning him into a big heel right away. Cena has Angle's number and gets another win, and Rhyno gets his job from Wrestlemania back. Edge falls just short against Brock in his big return to PPV, and Matt Hardy becomes the new US Champion in a great match against Rey Rey. ----- Meanwhile, on the Raw side of things, the long-brewing Jericho/Christian feud finally heats up, with Christian set to get his first ever World Title shot at Badd Blood. A lot of solid midcarders are elevated including Scott Taylor, Rico, Kanyon, Hurricane, Val Venis, Goldust, etc. The Dudleys start to have issues when instead of making another run for the Tag Titles, Bubba instead decides to go after singles glory. Over the course of several weeks, Bubba first finds singles success, but then loses several matches clean to IC Champion Lance Storm. D'Von turns to Spike, and the duo finds success of their own with several victories. Randy Orton, fresh off losing a big TV main event to World Champion Chris Jericho, is targeted by Shawn Morely, who feels Orton has a big ego, and he should be the one getting Title shots. So Jericho gives Morely a Title shot, and after Jericho wins, Orton jumps Morely for disrespecting him. This leads to a tag team main event the next week of Orton and Christian vs. Morely and Jericho, as well as an Orton/Morely match on PPV. RVD & Booker T blame each other for losing their match against Jericho at Backlash, but Christian is already booked for the Title match at Bad Blood. RVD and Booker don't like each other but they decide that if they're ever going to gain any respect, they have to make a name for themselves by taking out big names themselves... so they jump HHH & HBK leading to a tag team feud. Bad Blood: Rico d. Hurricane (9:31) Intercontinental Title: Storm d. Goldust (15:12) 4 Team Elimination Match: D'Von & Spike d. Rosey & Henry (4:14) Maven & Nowinski d. Cade & Jindrak (8:53) Maven & Nowinski d. D'Von & Spike (11:35) Scotty d. Kanyon (8:10) Tag Team Title: RVD & Booker d. HHH & HBK to win the Titles (RVD pins Shawn) (19:32) Orton d. Morely (13:26) Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (2:58) Kane d. Batista (9:40) World Title: Jericho d. Christian (23:04) The night after, HHH & HBK are given a rematch in the main event, in which they regain the Titles when Shawn pins Booker after a superkick. In the weeks that follow, Orton and Batista challenge for the Titles again and are defeated. Orton and HHH particularly get into a bitter feud stemming from their past, during which HHH constantly reminds Orton that he's never beaten him. RVD and Booker blame each other for their loss and start to feud. Christian keeps on antagonizing Chris Jericho, saying that he'll never quit until he's Champion. Christian receives a rematch at Summerslam. Competition heats up in the IC division, with lots of challengers including Val, Test, Bubba, Kanyon, Hurricane, Rico, and Scotty all gunning for Storm's Title. ----- Over on Smackdown, John Cena brags about his many victories over Kurt Angle and decides it's his time to win the Championship. He's Benoit's next challenger. Angle is paired off in a feud with Rhyno. The Edge/Brock feud continues. Jamie Noble refuses to apologize for his actions at Judgment Day and assualts Gowen's good leg, putting him out of action for a few weeks. A-Train and Big Show decide to put aside their differences and beat Rey & Kidman in a tag match. Afterwards they beat down Rey Rey, and Undertaker makes the save. Vengeance: US Title: Matt Hardy d. Ultimo Dragon (13:57) Eddie d. Chavo (14:34) A-Train & Big Show d. Undertaker & Rey (10:25) Gowen d. Noble (8:13) Angle d. Rhyno (11:39) Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Bashams (8:20) Edge d. Brock (21:04) World Title: Benoit d. Cena (22:21) Now the build to Summerslam- the first duel-PPV since Wrestlemania- begins. After Wrestlemania, much was made of how two guys with similar histories- two former hated enemies and tag team partners- both won the two biggest matches at the event to become their show's new Champion. This was mentioned many times, and Jericho and Benoit began to take sporadic, subtle cheap shots at one another during their promos on their respective shows. As the weeks and months went on, the announcers emphasized more and more how their show's Champion was the real Champion, and made references to how their guy is "the best Canadian Champion there is in the WWE today". After Bad Blood, Jericho went one step further and made direct reference to how much more impressive his reign has been, unlike "the guy on the other show". Jericho says he takes nothing away from Benoit, but he feels he has more serious threats to his belt on Raw (ie Raw is a better show than Smackdown). On Smackdown, GM Paul Heyman is the one that takes offense to this, as Benoit takes the high road and more or less ignores the comments. But Heyman is livid and responds by going off on a pseudo-shoot interview about how all the guys on Raw are either washed up has-beens (HHH, HBK) or underacheiving never-weres (RVD, Christian, Orton). That bothers Bischoff, and he and Jericho continue the verbal wars. After Benoit retains against Cena at No Mercy, he talks about how he's always enjoyed competition. And one of the guys he's enjoyed competing against the most in his career is Chris Jericho. Benoit says that Jericho talks a good game; but now that they are both finally on top of their game- both World Champions- he's dying to find out who is truly better. Benoit talks about Summerslam and says that he'll be there and Jericho will be there. Why not have a straight-up wrestling match between the two Champions, so the world can find out who truly is the better wrestler. The next week on Raw, Chris Jericho accepts, and says that he'll put his Title on the line. Bischoff comes out and says he'd love to see the match but puts his foot down and absolutely does not allow the Title to be on the line. If Jericho loses the belt to the other show, Raw will be ruined. They'll never recover from that. Besides, Bischoff admits he doesn't have all the confidence in the world in Jericho. Heyman says the same thing on Smackdown, and Bischoff comes to Smackdown for one show to sign a contract with Heyman, sanctioning their two stars to wrestle in a non-Title match at Summerslam. Lost in all this, is Christian, who was previously promised a Title shot at Summerslam, which Bischoff now postpones. He apologizes and says Christian will get a Title shot at the following PPV, but Christian has his heart set on Summerslam. He throws a tantrum and eventually decides to boycott Summerslam. He tries to get others to boycott it as well, to no avail, but is adamant about not going himself, as a protest to getting screwed over. Bischoff is more concerned with the Benoit/Jericho match, and tells all his guys in the locker room, that love him or hate him, they should have Jericho's back, because he is THEIR guy, and this is the most important match of the year because they are going up against their competition. If Jericho wins, everyone will see Raw as the better product, and they'll all benefit from that. Heyman gives a similar speech to his Smackdown guys. Other Summerslam build up includes: RVD vs. Booker, HHH vs. Orton, a huge 6 man tag of Edge, Angle, and Eddie vs. Brock, Cena & Rhyno, Rey vs. Big Show, Scotty vs. Storm, and Gowen challenging Matt Hardy for the US Title. Summerslam: Rey d. Big Show (8:12) (Rey has the match won, when A-Train tries to interfere, but Undertaker prevents him, and Rey finishes off Show with the 619) Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Chavo & Moore (10:30) Intercontinental Title: Storm d. Scotty (10:05) Edge, Angle & Eddie d. Brock, Cena & Rhyno (17:27) (Edge pins Rhyno) Orton d. HHH (14:52) (Shawn and Batista both interfere) US Title: Gowen d. Matt Hardy (11:46) (The underdog has finally done it, winning singles gold) RVD d. Booker (13:39) Champion vs. Champion: Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit (25:28) A classic back and forth match is ruined when Christian, who is supposed to be boycotting the event, runs in out of nowhere and defies Bischoff by beating the crap out of Jericho while he has Benoit in the Walls. Christian, jealous that he is not in this match as he was originally promised, beats down Jericho, and gives Benoit a bunch of cheap shots as well for good measure. Security gets him out of there, and the ref declares a DQ win for Jericho. Bischoff and Heyman come out to protest, and Heyman demands the match be restarted; it's not his fault some idiot Raw guy ruined it. Bischoff argues that would be unfair because Jericho was brutally attacked, thus giving Benoit an advantage. But Jericho shows his guts, grabs the mic and tells them to restart the match. So they go at it for another five minutes, trading near falls, and Christian again runs in, having broken free from security, and does a number on Jericho AND Benoit. The ref rings the bell for a double DQ. Christian continues his assault, so a bunch of Raw guys including HHH, HBK and RVD come into take out Christian, but while there, also decide to lay a beatdown on their rival show's Champion, Benoit (Bischoff has put this idea in their heads). This brings out Edge, Angle, Cena, and Brock of all people (opponents just hours earlier) to jump the Raw guys. Jericho and Benoit are out cold, and Brock/Christian, Cena/RVD, HHH/Edge, and HBK/Angle all end up having a wild four-way brawl at ringside, as time runs out and the show goes off the air. So now the bad blood is established. The top Raw guys and Raw Smackdown guys hate each other. Heyman is incensed, because in his mind Raw started the whole thing, though Bischoff points out it was Benoit who issued the challenge in the first place. The verbal war continues, but before the next joint-PPV, each show has their own. In mid-September, both GM's agree this must be settled. So the Survivor Series main event will be a 5 on 5 tag team match between Raw and Smackdown. By the first week of November, each GM must deicde on his team. So the wrestlers have until then to prove themselves as being worthy of the main event. On Raw, Bischoff is pissed off at Christian for ruining Summerslam, but Christian blames him for screwing him out of the Title shot; he then reminds him that he said he could have the next PPV Title shot, so it's Jericho vs. Christian at Unforgiven. Jericho hates both of them, as Bischoff had little faith in him from the beginning and he's been feuding with Christian for months now (not to mention that Christian cost him what could have been the biggest win of his career). D'Von & Spike challenge HHH & HBK for the Tag Titles. Orton sucks up to Bischoff for a spot on his Survivor Series team. RVD takes offense to this and takes the more passive approach. He does question where Orton was when he and Shawn and HHH went out there to fight for their show. Bischoff decides on an easy way to see who's more worthy of being on his team: they'll wrestle at Unforgiven with everyone barred from ringside. Whoever wins will earn a spot on the team. Test feuds with Booker. Veteran, Scott Taylor upsets Lance Storm for the IC Title on Raw. Kane and Batista continue their on-again, off-again feud. Unforgiven: Kanyon d. Morely (9:13) Maven & Nowinski d. Cade & Jindrak (9:54) Intercontinental Title: Scotty d. Storm (12:47) Test d. Booker (9:25) Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (3:36) Batista d. Kane (10:51) Tag Team Titles: HHH & HBK d. D'Von & Spike (14:19) RVD d. Orton (15:01) World Title: Christian d. Jericho to win the World Title (24:43) So Christian finally becomes World Champion, thus angering everyone, and RVD wins a spot on the team. ----- On the Smackdown side of things, Benoit wants to thank the Smackdown guys for coming out to his defense, but reminds them that he can still beat any of them. But to show his gratitude, he offers them all Title shots in consecutive weeks. Benoit says he'll run through them all. First up: John Cena, who Benoit edges out a win against. The next week: Kurt Angle. Back and forth match that ends up in a time limit draw, as Smackdown goes off the air. Angle is visibly disappointed, as he had the advantage late in the match. Edge gets his shot next week against a very fatigued Benoit, who has been defending the Title at an unheard of pace. Angle is asked who he thinks will win before the match, as the announcers note Benoit's fatigue (thanks in large part to Angle), and Kurt says he'd be disappointed if anyone won because of the damage he did to Benoit. He says, "I don't think Edge wants to be the World Champion because of a beating that Kurt Angle laid on Chris Benoit a week ago." Angle does guest commentary on the match, as Benoit and Edge wrestle a grueling contest. The ref gets bumped and Brock Lesnar comes out to soften up both men- one of which will be his opponent the next week. He F-5's both Benoit and Edge, and leaves. The ref starts to stir... Edge gets to his feet... and Angle runs in and turns heel, nailing Edge with a spear, then Angle Slams him. Benoit, unaware of the events that have transpired, hits the flying headbutt and pins Edge for the win. Heyman says Brock's blatant interference was wrong and suspends him next week- when he was supposed to get the Title shot. Edge is injured- out of action for a week- and Benoit is angry at Kurt because he doesn't need Angle to retain his Title for him. Angle wrestles Benoit the next week and finally gets the better of him, becoming the new World Champion. When Edge returns, he's furious at his buddy that betrayed him, and the two feud. Benoit feuds with Brock, who never got the Title shot he was promised. In other action, Zach Gowen enjoys his US Title run for a month, surviving several close calls. The Big Show challenges him, figuring it will be a piece of cake, and Gowen outsmarts him, eventually leading to a countout victory. Show is pissed, and absolutely annihalates him after the match, severly injuring him. Heyman suspends him for a month. Gowen is too injured to defend the Title is stripped. A tournament is booked to determine a new Champion: First Ruond: Rey d. Matt, Benjamin d. Chavo, Haas d. Kidman, Dragon d. Tajiri; Second Round: Benjamin d. Rey, Dragon d. Haas... meaning the finals at No Mercy will be Ultimo Dragon vs. Shelton Benjamin. Of course, two weeks prior to the tournament, Haas & Benjamin lost the Tag Titles to upset kings, Spanky & Paul London. Haas and Benjamin are still buddies but decided to give the US Title Tourney a shot, and now it's Benjamin, and not Haas, that has reached the finals. No Mercy: Noble, Tajiri & Bashams d. Kidman, Orlando Jordan, Palumbo & Stamboli (7:19) Rey d. Rhyno (8:24) US Title Tournament Final: Shelton Benjamin d. Ultimo Dragon to win the US Title (12:48) Cena d. O'Haire (5:55) Matt Hardy d. Eddie Guerrero (15:08) Tag Team Titles: Chavo & Shannon Moore d. Spanky & London to win the Tag Titles (11:27) Brock d. Benoit (17:10) Undertaker d. A-Train (13:41) World Title: Angle d. Edge (21:19) Angle barely edges out a win against Edge in a match with tons of false finishes. After the hard-fought Taker/Train match, A-Train took out Taker with the hammer from the ring bell, leaving Taker bloodied and unconscious. MFers Chavo and Moore (Chavo became an MFer right after Summerslam, when Matt decided he needed more support after losing to Gowen) win the Tag Titles. Matt gets back on track with a big win over Eddie. Brock finally gets his WM XX job back from Benoit. Cena, quickly becoming a babyface, picks up a win over O'Haire, and Rey Rey upsets Rhyno. Benjamin is the new US Champion. ----- Survivor Series is finally right around the corner. Bischoff has picked his guys: HHH, HBK, RVD, Jericho, and his Champion, Christian. Heyman has selected his top stars: his Champion Angle, Edge, Brock, Benoit, and Cena. It's an interesting dynamic because each team hates the other team but hates a lot of people within itself. Jericho and Christian hate each other, and Jericho has had issues with everyone else. Pretty much everyone on the Smackdown team despises one another. Other matches include: Eddie, Spanky, London, Ultimo Dragon & Gowen vs. Benjamin, Haas, Chavo, Moore & Matt Hardy; Taker, Rey, Bradshaw, Kidman & O. Jordan vs. Show, A-Train, Rhyno, Noble & Tajiri; Bubba, Hurricane, Scotty, Test & Morely vs. Storm, Orton, Batista, Kanyon & Rico; Kane, D'Von, Spike, Cade & Jindrak vs. Booker, Goldust, Maven, Nowinski & Richards Survivor Series: Eddie, Spanky, London, Ultimo Dragon & Gowen vs. Benjamin, Haas, Chavo, Moore & Matt Hardy Matt d. Spanky (6:02) Chavo d. Gowen (8:16) Eddie d. Matt (11:10) London d. Moore (13:55) Dragon d. Chavo (16:42) Benjamin d. Dragon (17:23) Haas d. London (21:40) Eddie d. Benjamin (23:51) Haas d. Eddie (25:11) Survivor: Haas Bubba, Hurricane, Scotty, Test & Morely vs. Storm, Orton, Batista, Kanyon & Rico Batista d. Bubba (2:32) Orton d. Scotty (4:25) Hurricane d. Storm (7:03) Morely d. Kanyon (9:00) Batista d. Test (11:18) Batista d. Hurricane (12:37) Rico d. Morely (13:42) Survivors: Batista, Orton, Rico Undertaker, Rey, Bradshaw, Kidman & O. Jordan vs. Show, A-Train, Rhyno, Noble & Tajiri Kidman d. Tajiri (4:04) Rhyno d. Jordan (5:11) Taker d. Show (7:50) Rey d. Rhyno (11:16) A-Train d. Bradshaw (12:35) A-Train d. Kidman (13:33) Taker & A-Train brawl to a double DQ (15:54) Rey d. Noble (17:59) Survivor: Rey Kane, D'Von, Spike, Cade & Jindrak vs. Booker, Goldust, Maven, Nowinski & Richards Spike d. Nowinski (0:49) Maven d. Cade (2:50) Kane d. Richards (3:38) Jindrak d. Maven (5:21) Goldust d. Jindrak (7:14) Booker d. D'Von (12:02) Goldust d. Spike (14:29) Booker d. Kane (16:45) Survivors: Booker & Goldust Main Event (Raw vs. Smackdown): Angle, Benoit, Brock, Edge, Cena vs. Christian, Jericho, HHH, HBK, RVD HHH d. Cena (11:09) Brock d. RVD (16:36) Edge d. HBK (22:57) Christian d. Edge (29:00) Angle d. Christian (34:35) Jericho d. Angle (36:12) Jericho & Benoit pin each other (german-suplex spot) (40:08) HHH d. 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humanoid92 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 There are a few things I didn't mention pertaining to Survivor Series, so here they are: Eddie, Spanky, London, Ultimo Dragon & Gowen vs. Benjamin, Haas, Chavo, Moore & Matt Hardy Matt d. Spanky (6:02) Chavo d. Gowen (8:16) Eddie d. Matt (11:10) London d. Moore (13:55) Dragon d. Chavo (16:42) Benjamin d. Dragon (17:23) Haas d. London (21:40) Eddie d. Benjamin (23:51) Haas d. Eddie (25:11) Survivor: Haas The setup: A ton of talent in this match. And it makes sense, as Eddie has feuded with Chavo, Matt, and (in tag teams) Haas & Benjamin. Spanky & London have feuded with Haas & Benjamin, and recently loss the Tag Titles to the MFers, Chavo & Moore. Dragon lost to Benjamin in the US Tourney Finals and Gowen and Matt Hardy met at Summerslam. The results: Gowen is eliminated early, as he's done squat since losing the US Title in early October. Matt Hardy gets in a token elimination before being defeated by Eddie. This doesn't hurt him much since it's Eddie that pins him, but Matt is eliminated before his buddies Chavo & Moore. Haas ends up winning the thing, his final pinfall coming against Eddie, to create symmetry with Benjamin. Benjamin may be US Champion, but Haas just became the sole survivor in their big PPV match. Bubba, Hurricane, Scotty, Test & Morely vs. Storm, Orton, Batista, Kanyon & Rico Batista d. Bubba (2:32) Orton d. Scotty (4:25) Hurricane d. Storm (7:03) Morely d. Kanyon (9:00) Batista d. Test (11:18) Batista d. Hurricane (12:37) Rico d. Morely (13:42) Survivors: Batista, Orton, Rico The setup: Orton and Batista have been flirting with the main event, but not enough to be in tonight's Raw vs. Smackdown main event. Orton has had an issue with Morely, and Batista and Test have been feuding. Hurricane and Scot Taylor have feuded with Storm for the better part of the year, and Bubba has challenged him several times. A few weeks prior to Survivor Series, on Raw, Kanyon defeated Scotty in a 13 minute match to become the new Intercontinental Champion. The results: Batista is made to look like a monster, Orton gets another PPV win, and Rico is along for the ride. Hurricane and Morely are made to look good on the face side. Morely's pinfall over IC Champ Kanyon gives them a side issue to have a few IC Title matches on Raw. Undertaker, Rey, Bradshaw, Kidman & O. Jordan vs. Show, A-Train, Rhyno, Noble & Tajiri Kidman d. Tajiri (4:04) Rhyno d. Jordan (5:11) Taker d. Show (7:50) Rey d. Rhyno (11:16) A-Train d. Bradshaw (12:35) A-Train d. Kidman (13:33) Taker & A-Train brawl to a double DQ (15:54) Rey d. Noble (17:59) Survivor: Rey The setup: Taker and A-Train have been in a hot feud that has escalated a lot since the summer. Show and Train are buddies again, after opposing each other briefly earlier in the year. Taker enlists Bradshaw's help to oppose the monsters. Rey upest Rhyno at No Mercy, and Noble & Tajiri and Kidman & Jordan are there to round out the teams. The results: Taker and A-Train both look strong and end up taking each other out of it, leaving an unlikely pair of Rey and Noble to go 1 on 1 to finish the match. Kane, D'Von, Spike, Cade & Jindrak vs. Booker, Goldust, Maven, Nowinski & Richards Spike d. Nowinski (0:49) Maven d. Cade (2:50) Kane d. Richards (3:38) Jindrak d. Maven (5:21) Goldust d. Jindrak (7:14) Booker d. D'Von (12:02) Goldust d. Spike (14:29) Booker d. Kane (16:45) Survivors: Booker & Goldust The setup: Booker T, now in full heel mode, and Kane have started a mini-feud of sorts. Book has convinced Goldust to join his team, resulting in a creepier heelish version of their original team. Spike & D'Von, Cade & Jindrak, and Maven & Nowinski are three major Raw tag teams. Richards is more or less of a lackey for Booker and Goldust, as Goldust seems to be able to manipulate him into doing their dirty work for them. The results: Spike's quick pin on Nowinski is a fluke. Kane is made to look strong, but the real stars are Booker and Goldust, who go through Jindrak, D'Von, Spike, and then Kane (via cheating) to get the win. Main Event (Raw vs. Smackdown): Angle, Benoit, Brock, Edge, Cena vs. Christian, Jericho, HHH, HBK, RVD HHH d. Cena (11:09) Brock d. RVD (16:36) Edge d. HBK (22:57) Christian d. Edge (29:00) Angle d. Christian (34:35) Jericho d. Angle (36:12) Jericho & Benoit pin each other (german-suplex spot) (40:08) HHH d. Brock (46:54) Survivor: HHH The setup: I've explained this one already. Jericho and Benoit wrestled at Summerslam, when Christian's interference sparked a 4 on 4 brawl between the rest of the participants. Angle and Christian are their brand's current Champions. The results: The start of the match sees quick tags, and lots of different quick match-ups. When a 5 on 5 brawl erupts, HHH pedigrees Cena and pins him (think the first elimination in the Series '91 opener). The same thing happens a bit later and Brock evens the score with the F5 and pin on RVD. Edge picks up a big win over Shawn Michaels, but the Raw team capitalizes him and won't let him get a hot tag, and Christian is able to eliminate him. We then get the Champ vs. Champ face off and Smackdown gets a huge boost as their Champ, Angle, beats Raw's Champ, Christian with the anklelock in the middle of the ring. Former Raw Champ, Jericho evens the score with a huge victory over Kurt. So now it's a tag match. Jericho & HHH (WM XX main event opponents) vs. Benoit & Brock (WM XX main event opponents). Jericho and Benoit go tooth and nail, and both pin each other in the infamous german suplex spot where both men's shoulders are down. This leaves HHH and Brock to go one on one, and after several attempts at their finishers, HHH finally Pedigrees Brock Lesnar to survive a greuling match and pick up a huge win for Raw. Now, the fallout from the show... On Raw, the mood is a good one because their team was victroious. As Raw's Champion, Christian takes a lot of the credit himself, even though he submitted to Kurt Angle during the match, and HHH and Jericho were the last two guys around on the Raw team. HHH takes exception to this since he's the guy that ended up winning the match. Bischoff rewards HHH with a Title shot against Christian at Armageddon. Other mini-programs that are started include RVD and Batista, Jericho and Orton (two cocky personalities), Morley and Booker, and a four-way IC Title match between Kanyon, Scotty, Storm, and Hurricane. Shawn and HHH wrestle a Tag Title main event against Booker & Goldust, and Christian interferes and knocks HHH out cold on the floor, leaving Shawn alone against two opponents. His comeback falls short, and they drop the Titles, thanks to Christian. Shawn and Goldust are now set to wrestle at the PPV. Meanwhile, on Smackdown, the post-Survivor Series shows were not as happy, as Paul Heyman flipped out on everyone for losing, especially Brock Lesnar, for getting beat by HHH. Paul sees HHH as the epitome of Raw; HHH stands for everything he hates about that show, and Brock lost to him. Heyman tells Brock to shape up; he needs him to be a huge part of Smackdown if they're going to be successful. The next joint PPV isn't until January's Royal Rumble, and Brock guarantees victory. Heyman says guarantees mean nothing... he has to DO something to help Smackdown. Actions speak louder than words. Brock pauses and lets that sink in... Here's Raw's Armageddon: Morley d. Booker (10:40) Kane d. Richards (3:03) Intercontinental Title: Storm d. Scotty (6:54) Hurricane d. Storm (10:12) Kanyon d. Hurricane (12:51) RVD d. Batista (10:25) Cade & Jindrak d. Maven & Nowinski (9:59) Shawn d. Goldust (15:44) Jericho d. Orton (13:39) Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (4:12) World Title: Christian d. HHH (23:07) In the main event, the ref is bumped late in the match, and HHH pedigrees Christian. He covers for would should be the Championship-winning pinfall, when Brock Lesnar comes out of the crowd out of nowhere and yanks HHH out of the ring. He gives him a ringpost F5 on the floor, thus knocking HHH out cold. Brock throws him back in the ring, and Christian crawls up, drops an elbow and pins HHH with a slow count to retain the Title. Brock has tarnished Raw's PPV. Actions speak louder than words. The next night, Bischoff is livid that a Smackdown wrestler interfered at a Raw brand PPV. He promises revenge. HHH is pissed at Brock for costing him the Title, and can't wait to get his hands on him at the Rumble. The Raw participants in the Rumble include: HHH, HBK, RVD, Orton, Batista, Booker, Goldust, Kane, Kanyon, Storm, Morely, Test, Rico, Scotty, and Hurricane. Christian will defend the Title in a rematch against Chris Jericho. The Smackdown participants will be: Brock, Benoit, Taker, Edge, Eddie, A-Train, Big Show, Haas, Matt Hardy, Rhyno, Gowen, Noble, Spanky, London, and O'Haire. Other developments on Smackdown since November: Cena, rapidly becoming very popular, has pretty much completed his face turn. In a Smackdown main event tag match, he and Edge beat Angle and Brock when Cena pinned Angle. Cena has beaten Angle every single time they've faced, and Angle knows it. Cena challenges him for the gold at the Royal Rumble, but Angle plays the cowardly heel and refuses until Bischoff forces him into it. Zach Gowen's losing streak continues, and he starts to become whiny, complaining about his handicap. He can't get his revenge against the Big Show for putting him out of action because every time they wrestle, Show squashes him. Gowen eventually wants no more and says he can't do this anymore. Gowen, only 21, is going to retire from the wrestling business. Kidman, also an underdog in the business, befriends Gowen and tells him not to give up. He convinces Gowen to try one more match and see what he's made of. So the match is made for Smackdown: Gowen vs. Tajiri.... and Tajiri wins clean. Kidman tries to congratulate Zach on a hard fought match, but Gowen will have none of it, and turns on Kidman, beating him down with his own prosthetic leg. Kidman wants revenge when he returns two weeks later, but from now on, Gowen says, he'll have someone else fight his battles for him. He has recruited Sean O'Haire to be his "bodyguard", and refuses to wrestle Kidman, having O'Haire do all the work instead. Chavo Guerrero & Shannon Moore keep rubbing their gold in Matt Hardy's face, as they're enjoying success as Tag Team Champions and Matt hasn't done much since losing his US Title at Summerslam. Matt finally gets a shot against Shelton Benjamin and tells the MFers he wants to do it alone, yet they come down to try to help anyway. They botch interference and cost Matt the match. Matt has had enough and officially relieves the MFers of their services (fires them), telling them that the only reason he ever had them around in the first place was because he needed someone stupid enough to take his orders. But he's through giving orders now. His whole life he's had people around him; first his brother Jeff, then Shannon and Chavo. That was fine, but it's his time alone now. He has one goal and that's to be a singles Champion and he wants to do that on his own. So now Matt is a huge face, though still very confident in his abilities. Taker and A-Train continue their heated feud, that's been going on for some time now. It's becoming apparent there will have to be some drastic measures taken to settle it. It's finally time for the Royal Rumble: Cade & Jindrak d. Maven & Nowinski (10:11) US Title: Benjamin d. Eddie Guerrero (12:34) World Title: Angle d. Cena (18:26) World Title: Jericho d. Christian (21:40) Royal Rumble Match (order of entrance): 1) Benoit, 2) RVD, 3) Storm, 4) Gowen, 5) O'Haire, 6) Scotty, 7) Test, 8) London, 9) A-Train, 10) Noble, 11) Kanyon, 12) Undertaker, 13) Rico, 14) Edge, 15) Orton, 16) Haas, 17) Hurricane, 18) Rey, 19) Kane, 20) Big Show, 21) HHH, 22) Booker, 23) Brock, 24) Goldust, 25) Michaels, 26) Rhyno, 27) Matt, 28) Batista, 29) Spanky, 30) Morely The last four men in the ring are RVD, Edge, HHH, and Brock. Edge is eliminated by HHH, and RVD by Brock. It's now HHH and Brock, left one on one, just like at the end of Survivor Series. They brawl for a few minutes, each coming within a hair of eliminating each other. Brock goes for the F5, but HHH punches his way out, and ends up standing on the ring apron. Brock nails him, and runs off the ropes to send him flying off the apron, but when he charges, HHH pulls down the top rope. They collide, and both men go tumbling to the floor at the same time. The Rumble, for the first time since 1994, has co-winners. Now there is controversy. According to the rules, it would seem the Wrestlemania main events should be Brock vs. Angle and HHH vs. Jericho. But neither HHH nor Brock really WON the Rumble. Besides, they want to wrestle each other more than they want any Title shot. The blood is getting bad between Bischoff and Heyman. Wrestlemania is the next joint-PPV, and they decide to make the entire card consist of Raw vs. Smackdown matches. (Note: Now if they want to end the brand extension, this Wrestlemania XXI scenario is the ideal way to do it. There will be 11 matches. Whichever brand wins more, will win. The two brands will be merged into one, with no guarantees that the winning brand will sign all the wrestlers from the losing brand. Which means, in every match, each wrestler is more or less fighting for his job. If they don't want to end the brand extension, the unique card can still be done; it just won't have the same huge repercussions.) But before Wrestlemania, Smackdown still has one more PPV, No Way Out. Wrestlers on both brands have been trying to talk their GM's into letting them onto the card, and on Smackdown, The Undertaker figures he's the best guy for Heyman to go with. He is, after all, undefeated at Wrestlemanias. Put him in the main event, and he tells Heyman he will not let him down. Paul is skeptical... he's been seeing the Undertaker's age. Taker says he's still on top of his game. So Heyman makes him prove it. At No Way Out, The Undertaker will settle his long feud with A-Train in a Hell In A Cell Match. If Taker wins, Paul will put him in the Wrestlemania main event. But if A-Train beats him... The Undertaker must retire. Taker accepts the stipulations. (Note: Now I know this sounds familiar; it's very similar to the HHH/Foley Title vs. Career, No Way Out, Hell In A Cell scenario. But this makes a lot of sense within the storyline, as A-Train has been feuding with Taker for six months now, and a match like this can finally make him into the legitimate big man star they've wanted him to be. And you have to remember, at this point it will have been five years since that HHH/Mick match. Five years is a long time.) Also at No Way Out, which is to take place relatively early in the month of February, only three weeks after the Rumble, Angle will defend his Title against Benoit and Rey Mysterio in a triple threat match (This was on TV in 2002 and I've always wanted to see the rematch). Rey has earned this shot, with wins at Summerslam, No Mercy, and Survivor Series. At first it seemed these wins were upsets, but he's been doing consistently well for six months now. The fans are behind him as the underdog. Benoit gets his rematch, and says the first thing he wants to do after he regains the Title is face Raw Champion Chris Jericho in a rematch at Wrestlemania to finally settle what should have been finished at Summerslam. The rest of the card is going to help Heyman evaluate who he should use in what roles at Wrestlemania. New babyface John Cena will be wrestling Brock Lesnar, Matt Hardy will be going against Rhyno, and Edge is set to face the Big Show. Spanky & London are set to wrestle the Bashams, but the Smackdown before the PPV, they beat Chavo & Moore to regain the Tag Titles. Since the match was signed before Spanky & London won the gold, the PPV match remains non-Title. Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin are set to go at it for the US Title. Neither has turned on the other; Haas simply wants to prove he can outwrestle his partner and win the belt. In a minor angle, Tajiri turns face after teaming with Jamie Noble for a few weeks and finally tiring of Jamie bossing him around. Over on Raw, the major Rumble fallout, aside from Jericho regaining the Title, deals with HHH and his tie with Brock. HHH stresses that he wants Brock, he's beaten him once (Survivor Series), and he'll beat him again. Brock has never beaten him, but he did piss him off by costing him his match at Armageddon. HHH makes some not-so-subtle implications that he intends to show up at No Way Out and return the favor. He says that one way or another, he will get his revenge on Brock... No Way Out: Tajiri d. Noble (7:38) Big Show d. Edge (9:16) US Title Match: Benjamin and Haas wrestle to a time limit draw (20:00) Bashams d. Spanky & London (9:27) Matt d. Rhyno (10:34) Cena d. Lesnar (14:49) (More on this later) World Title: Angle d. Benoit and Rey in a Triple Threat Match (16:18) Hell In A Cell (Taker's career on the line): A-Train d. Undertaker (20:26) What No Way Out accomplishes: The Big Show is built up again (for his Wrestlemania role) with a win over Edge, but Edge is kept strong as it takes three chokeslams during the course of the match to put him away (with would be academic for anyone). Matt Hardy gets a big win to establish him as an upper card babyface. The Bashams earn a shot at the Tag Titles. Haas and Benjamin prove to be equals, as they go the distance in a partially mat-based encounter. This leaves the door open to another Haas Title shot down the line. Angle retrains in a classic triple threat match. He will remain Champion headed into Wrestlemania. The Undertaker is retired at the hands of A-Train. He had a good run- this is February 2005- it's his time to call it quits. The A-Train feud had been going on since the summer. They had traded wins, brawled constantly, etc. It was a very bitter rivalry, and A-Train put it all to an end here. It puts A-Train over huge, as the big star they want him to be. There are enough big monsters in the company between Big Show, Kane, Batista, and now A-Train. Train has established himself as a top level big man. The end of the show is all Undertaker, as he says a few brief words about thanking the fans for a hell of a career as the show goes off the air. WWE says goodbye to one of its legends... As for the Brock match... Throughout the PPV, the announcers speculated if and when HHH was going to show up to confront Lesnar. Just before Brock's match, during his ring entrance, HHH was shown making his way into the building (apparently having roughed up a few security guards in the process). HHH is shown being restrained by security and several officials, as the match gets underway. Brock and Cena have a hell of a match, with Brock periodically checking the big screen for updates on the HHH situation (first he's restrained,:during the next clip Heyman is seen giving orders for them to take HHH off the premises). The announcers constantly speculate about what's happening backstage as the match progresses. Cena mounts an offense, but Brock hits him with a chair on the outside. The ref warns Brock about a DQ, but Brock nails him again, almost daring the ref to DQ him, but the ref wants to see them finish the match in the ring. Brock stands in the ring and the ref begins the count on Cena, but the attention of both men is interuppted when the big screen shows police with HHH in handcuffs, stuffing up into the back of a police car. Brock takes this chance to watch and stands there pointing and laughing at HHH. Brock continues to watch the cop car pull away, as all of a sudden the crowd goes crazy... Shawn Michaels runs in out of the crowd, slides in the ring, and Brock walks right into an HBK superkick. Caught him right on the jaw. Brock is out. The ref saw the whole thing, but lets it go since Brock cheated himself earlier. Cena is back in the ring by now, and covers Brock for the 3 count. (No, it's not a clean win for Cena, but it still makes him look good... this is better than losing. And HHH has now gotten his revenge on Lesnar... he's one up on him. Furthermore, this has brought Shawn Michaels into the ordeal.) When Lesnar comes to, he's livid. So now Wrestlemania is about seven weeks away and Bischoff and Heyman have already agreed to make it entirely an interpromotional card. It's apparent that the Brock/HHH & HBK issue must be settled. Bischoff, HHH & HBK propose a tag team match at Wrestlemania with Brock and a partner of his choosing. Heyman is quick to make his decision for Brock; he convinces Brock that as GM of Smackdown, he wants the best available partner for Brock; someone he knows very well. And who's better than the current World Champion? Heyman proposes that Kurt Angle be Brock's partner. Angle and Brock are both skeptical, but Heyman convinces them to do it, and both agree that they are Smackdown's top two guys... Chris Benoit has previously challenged Chris Jericho, and even though Jericho is Raw Champion and Benoit is not Smackdown Champion, it's all the same to Y2J. Jericho accepts, and the Summerslam rematch is made for Wrestlemania... On Raw, Christian taunts Edge about how Edge must be so jealous that he has been World Champion, and Edge still hasn't been able to win it. Christian also beat Edge at Survivor Series. With all their history, it's easy to book an Edge vs. Christian Wrestlemania match as well... RVD and John Cena, the remaining Survivor Series team members, as well as two of the hottest faces on either show, are paired together for a match as well... Kane goes to Bischoff and requests a match with A-Train, the man that retired his brother just a month ago. Kane hates Train because Kane wanted to be the one to do that to Taker someday... The Big Show, having established himself as a force again, is eager to take on anyone on Raw. He says it doesn't matter who because he's bigger and stronger than anyone. Batista jumps on this one and accepts Show's open challenge... Heyman wants to use Haas & Benjamin as a tag team at Wrestlemania, calling them the best tag team he's seen in years, and they are willing to oblige despite being in heated competition over the US Title. Bischoff responds with Cade & Jindrak... Booker & Goldust volunteer their services as a team, and Heyman wants to counter with Spanky & London, but an injury to Spanky is going to keep them off the show. Heyman goes to Eddie Guerrero, one of his most valuable guys, who does not have a match yet. Eddie obliges, but London refuses to be in a tag team match without his partner. He thinks that would be wrong. So Eddie needs a tag team partner. Heyman pulls a miracle and somehow convinces Eddie and Chavo, who were one of the best tag teams to ever compete on Smackdown, to team up one more time just for this one night. He has to promise a bonus to Chavo in order to get him to accept, but Eddie will do it for free... Randy Orton and Matt Hardy both have something in common; they're both young, hungry, and on the verge of becoming superstars. They both have something to prove. So the GM's agree on a match between them... Heyman wants Rey Mysterio to represent Smackdown in a match, so he has Bischoff pick out his best high-flying wrestler. Bischoff responds by selecting The Hurricane... This leaves ten matches, an even number. They need an odd number in case both sides end up with the same number of victories. Lots of wrestlers from each roster approach them about wanting to partake in the show, so Bischoff and Heyman agree on a Battle Royale to round out the card. This would be an exciting few weeks of television. And those that normally only watch one show would have to watch both in order to follow along and see how each show responds to the other. Though there would be different guys on each show, the storyline involves both, so it would almost feel like one long string of the same show. The final week before the PPV, the Smackdown guys could find a way to break into Raw and a major roster vs. roster brawl could erupt. So now the time has finally come... Wrestlemania XXI... which brand will win more matches? (Note: As far as setting goes, I'd like to see two entrances on opposite sides of the arena for the two different locker rooms. I think that would be cool. And remember, this is Wrestlemania, so we get a four hour show, which is enough time for eleven matches of a solid length.) Wrestlemania XXI: - Hurricane vs. Rey Mysterio High-flying match, as expected. After a lot of pinfalls are traded, Rey hits the 6-1-9 to score the pin at 9:09. 1-0 Smackdown. - Cade & Jindrak vs. Haas & Benjamin A quick, short old school tag match, kind of like a Can-Am Connection match. Lots of quick double teams. They pack a lot into a short amount of time. Both teams breifly hold an advantage, until Jindrak gets a hot (lukewarm) tag and all four men end up in there. Benjamin is cleared out of the ring with a double clothesline. Haas ends up running the ropes with Cade, and when Cade leapfrogs him, he runs right into a Jindrak belly to belly suplex. Jindrak quickly hooks the leg and Cade dropkicks Benjamin to stop him from breaking up the pin. Jindrak gets the three count at 9:26. It's now tied at 1-1. - Batista vs. Big Show The battle of the giants is next. Fast-paced power match, that sees Batista bodyslam the Big Show on his second attempt. He goes for the powerbomb, but Show is too large. Show goes for the chokeslam, but Batista elbows out, clotheslines him, and then hits the powerbomb (not sure if this is realistic or not; Nash did once powerbomb Show but he was lighter back then... if unrealistic, have him finish him off with a top rope clothesline or something...). Batista wins at 7:40, giving Raw a 2-1 advantage. - Randy Orton vs. Matt Hardy Important match, as Raw can go up 3-1 with a win. Good technical match at the beginning that turns ugly when Orton cheap shots Matt. Hardy fights back with a few hope spots but Orton controls the bulk of the match. Finish comes when Matt hits the Twist of Fate out of nowhere for the win at 10:55. 2-2 tie. - Booker T & Goldust vs. Eddie & Chavo Guerrero Great old-school extended tag match. The teams trade offense and double team moves at the start, but Eddie & Chavo work surprisingly well together, and soon they cheat to take over. They work over Goldust for the bulk of the match, until Booker finally gets the hot tag. A brawl erupts and Booker and Eddie end up fighting on the floor. In the ring, Goldust sets up Chavo for a Shattered Dreams, but the ref intervenes. Chavo coems out of the corner, and low-blows Goldust behind the ref's back. On the floor, Booker tries to whip Eddie into the post, but Guerrero reverses it and Booker goes down hard. Goldust is now down in the ring, and Eddie hops up to the top rope and hits the frog splash, giving his team the win at 16:20. 3-2 Smackdown. - Battle Royale The participants are: Maven, Nowinski, Rico, Bubba, D'Von, Scotty, Kanyon, Storm, Morley, Test, Bradshaw, London, Ultimo Dragon, Rhyno, Noble, Tajiri, Gowen, O'Haire, Kidman, Orlando Jordan Usual battle royale affair. The final four comes down to Nowinski, Storm, Morley, and Rhyno. three Raw guys vs. one Smackdown guy. The perfect opportunity for Raw to tie it up. They triple team Rhyno. Nowinski tries whipping him into a double clothesline, but Rhyno ducks it and takes them both out with a double clothesline of his own. Nowinski charges and is met with a monster gore. Rhyno gets up and tosses Morley over the top and out. Storm charges and Rhyno backdrops him out over the top, then charges Nowinski, who is just stumbling to his feet on the other side of the ring, and takes him out with a monster clothesline to win the battle royale at 8:12 and put Smackdown up 4-2. - Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit Must-win for Raw. If Jericho loses, they'll have to win every other match on the card to win. So this all hinges on their Champion, Y2J. Jericho and Benoit proceed to have a classic wrestling match in which Benoit works Jericho's shoulder and Jericho works Benoit's ribs. It ends in a complex sequence that sees Jericho playing possum and setting up a series of moves to sucker Benoit into attempting the diving headbutt off the top (on to Jericho's shoulder). Jericho moves, springs up and hits a quick Lionsault onto Benoit's injured ribs to get the win at 20:11. 4-3 Smackdown. Jericho has come through in the clutch. - Kane vs. A-Train Kane can tie it up for Raw; Train can make it so that they'd have to win their final three matches. Decent big man match. Kane finishes with a Tombstone (in tribute to Taker) to win at 8:19. 4-4 tie. - Christian vs. Edge It's now essentially a best of 3, so this match is huge. Classic match that peaks with both guys hitting all their signature moves. The story of the match is that no one knows them as well as they know each other, so they're great at anticipating the others' moves. The winner will be the one who can change their style enough to compensate for their opponent's knowledge. After a back and forth match, the end finally comes when Christian tries a sunset flip, but Edge is one step ahead of him and squats down to counter it (the Bret/Bulldog finish) for the win at 18:58. 5-4 Smackdown. - RVD vs. John Cena Cena can close it out for Smackdown here and make the result of the final match moot (a possibility since it will have heat because of the Brock/HHH issue anyway). RVD hits all his signature moves at the start of the match, but Cena takes over on offense and controls everything. RVD proves to be resilient, kicking out several times when the crowd thought it was over (for both Raw and RVD). The match looks to be in hand when RVD surprises Cena with a sharp kick to the face on the floor. RVD heads up top, in a tremendous risk. He finishes with the 5-Star Frogsplash at 11:09 to tie it up at 5-5. - Triple H & Shawn Michaels vs. Brock Lesnar & Kurt Angle This is for all the marbles. Both teams have been built up as faces. Your preference depends on personal taste and which show/team you want to win. Shawn asks HHH to let him start if off, and Angle starts for his team. When Angle and Shawn are in there, it's a ridiculously fast paced match (a la the 5/97 Shawn & Austin/Owen & Bulldog match). Brock tags into do his thing with Shawn, then Shawn slides under his legs and tags HHH. They do the staredown, and do their sequence. All four combinations tag in frequently and, as said, the pace is quick. After six or so minutes, Shawn goes up top to go for the flying elbow on Brock, but Kurt darts in, hops up, and belly-to-bellies him off the top rope. The ref gets him out of there, but the damage is done, and Shawn plays face-in-peril for quite a bit. The usual false tag spots are teased, as Brock and Kurt really work him over. Shawn finally reverses a whip on Lesnar, hits the ropes and nails him with a flying forearm. Both men crawl to their corners, and both are able to make the tag. All four men brawl, in the midst of which, the illegal man, Shawn, catches Angle with a superkick. The ref makes him get out of the ring, but HHH is still brawling with Brock. By the time the ref gets Brock out of there and HHH covers, he only gets a two count. But now Angle is the one playing Ricky Morton, as HHH and HBK go to work. Angle eventually makes the hot tag to Brock, and again a brawl breaks out. After a few minutes, Brock F5's HBK, but Shawn is the illegal man. Angle slaps the anklelock on Shawn anyway, but HHH breaks it up with a boot to the head. Angle gets up and trades shots with HHH. Angle goes for the Angle Slam, but HHH counters, landingon his feet... where he walks right into an F5 from Brock. Shawn gets a weak Superkick on Angle, and crawls over to cover him, but Brock is already covering HHH (Brock and HHH are legal anyway) and the ref counts that pin instead. Brock pins HHH at 23:52. Smackdown wins 6-5. I have an addendum to this whole thing, but I'm pressed for time now so I'll write that later. But the above is, in summary, my booking to Wrestlemania XXI. It's impossible to plan that far ahead, but I enjoyed writing it and if any of you are still actually reading it, I hope you enjoyed doing so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank Kingsley 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 Oh god, this is the greatest fantasy booking I've seen in a long, long, long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humanoid92 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2003 Just as a closing to this whole thing, I realize that generally speaking I didn't provide a ton of insight into how a lot of feuds were started (ie Wrestler A starts a feud with Wrestler B and they have a match at the PPV). Since we're talking about such a long period of time, I didn't want to prolong it any more by going into detail about every midcard feud. But I think the general design of this, as far as how to elevate a lot more guys, is good. In this little alternate universe, Christian, Edge, A-Train, Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Haas, Benjamin, Spanky, London, Benoit, Jericho, etc were all elevated (some to more of an extent than others). And I like how it all came together; it's not that HHH & HBK were relegated to a tag team all year; it proved to be important because they ended up main eventing Wrestlemania as a team. That main event also served as a defining moment for Angle (winning the WM main event), as well as a fitting ending for Shawn Michaels. At the end of this fantasy Wrestlemania 21, WWE is left with essentially a few groups: The Veterans: HHH, Jericho, Benoit, Angle, Eddie, Booker, and Goldust, all of whom have enjoyed some degree of success, and can still be used to put over the guys that are right on the verge of taking their spots. The Future (superstars/upper midcard): Lesnar (already a solidified superstar), Cena, RVD, Edge, Christian, Matt Hardy, Orton, Benjamin, Haas, Mysterio, Rhyno, Storm, Hurricane, etc. The Monsters: Big Show, Batista, Kane, A-Train The Tag Teams: Dudley Boys, Cade & Jindrak, Spanky & London, Bashams, Maven & Nowinski, Chavo & Moore The midcard: Tajiri, Ultimo Dragon, Noble, Rico, Kanyon, Scotty, O'Haire, Gowen, Test, Morley, Rob Conway, etc. That's about all I have to say, so for those of you that didn't feel like reading the whole thing, I'll provide the Cliff Notes version below. Thanks for reading. No Mercy 2003: Cruiserweight Title: Tajiri defeats Rey Mysterio (14:09) ***3/4 Tag Titles: Los Guerreros defeat Haas & Benjamin (18:43) **** Matt Hardy defeats Jamie Noble (9:56) **3/4 Benoit defeats Rhyno in an I Quit Match (19:12) ***1/4 Angle defeats A-Train (11:05) **3/4 US Title: Eddie Guerrero defeats Cena (15:02) ***1/4 WWE Title: Lesnar defeats Undertaker (21:20) **1/2 Survivor Series 2003: RVD, Hurricane, Goldust & Val Venis vs. Jericho, Christian, Storm & Test ***1/2 Hurricane d. Test (7:57) Jericho d. Val (10:25) Goldust d. Storm (15:11) RVD d. Jericho (20:54) Christian is Co'ed (22:31) Survivors: RVD, Hurricane, Goldust Undertaker, Bradshaw, Faarooq & Funaki vs. Big Show, A-Train, Sean O'Haire & Vince McMahon 3/4* Show d. Faarooq (2:10) Train d. Funaki (3:42) Train d. Bradshaw (6:20) Taker d. O'Haire (8:19) Taker d. Train (11:40) Vince d. Taker (14:16) Survivors: Show, Vince Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Nash, Steiner vs. HHH, Flair, Orton & Maven **1/2 HHH d. Steiner (5:22) Orton d. Nash (7:15) Goldberg d. Maven (8:06) Shawn d. Orton (13:17) Goldberg d. HHH (18:50) Shawn d. Flair (21:16) Survivors: Goldberg, Shawn Benoit, Rey, Kidman & Noble vs. Rhyno, Matt, Moore & Tajiri ***3/4 Noble d. Tajiri (4:18) Moore d. Kidman (6:31) Matt d. Noble (8:45) Rey d. Moore (11:16) Benoit d. Rhyno (15:58) Matt d. Rey (19:33) Benoit d. Matt (22:42) Survivor: Benoit Angle, Eddie, Chavo & Gowen vs. Brock, Haas, Benjamin & Cena ****1/4 Brock d. Chavo (7:09) Angle d. Brock (12:49) Cena d. Eddie (18:01) Cena is DQ'ed (21:30) Angle d. Haas (28:06) Gowen d. Benjamin (30:24) Survivors: Angle, Gowen Armageddon 2003: Intercontinental Title: Hurricane d. Christian (19:41) **** Tag Titles: Dudley Boys d. La Resistance (11:50) ** Kane d. Nash (9:04) 1/2* Goldberg d. Orton (10:52) *1/2 Women's Title: I don't book the women's division, but I will give them time (5:47) RVD d. Jericho (21:12) ****1/4 World Title: Ric Flair d. Shawn Michaels (24:03) **** Royal Rumble 2004: Intercontinental Title: Hurricane d. Maven (7:42) **1/4 WWE Title: Lesnar d. Guerrero (23:38) ***1/2 Taker d. Vince (14:25) * World Title: HHH d. Flair (18:33) ***1/4 Royal Rumble Match (order of entrance): 1) Goldust, 2) Chavo, 3) Benjamin, 4) Spike, 5) Benoit, 6) Booker, 7) Rhyno, 8) Storm, 9) Rikishi, 10) RVD, 11) Tajiri, 12) Angle, 13) Orton, 14) Val, 15) Jericho, 16) O'Haire, 17) Michaels, 18) Rey, 19) Christian, 20) Kane, 21) Cena, 22) Test, 23) Matt, 24) Goldberg, 25) Haas, 26) Show, 27) Steiner, 28) Nash, 29) A-Train, 30) Gowen Winner: Jericho (68:44) ****1/2 No Way Out 2004: First Round: Kurt Angle d. Eddie Guerrero (13:31) ***1/2 First Round: The Undertaker d. John Cena (12:10) **1/4 First Round: Chris Benoit d. Matt Hardy (14:39) **** First Round: Rhyno d. Zach Gowen (8:04) ** Semifinals: Kurt Angle d. The Undertaker (11:38) **1/2 Semifinals: Chris Benoit d. Rhyno (10:05) **3/4 Cruiserweight Title: Tajiri d. Jamie Noble & Rey Mysterio (8:39) ***1/4 Tag Team Titles: Paul London & Spanky d. Big Show & A-Train (12:10) *** Finals: Chris Benoit d. Kurt Angle (20:57) ****1/2 Wrestlemania XX: Intercontinental Title: Hurricane d. Lance Storm (8:44) *** Cruiserweight/US Title: Rey Mysterio d. Chavo Guerrero (9:38) ***1/4 Eddie Guerrero d. Matt Hardy (11:39) ***1/4 Randy Orton d. Ric Flair (9:44) **1/2 No DQ Match: RVD d. Kane (8:40) ** WWE Title: Chris Benoit d. Brock Lesnar (20:52) ****1/4 Christian d. Shawn Michaels (17:14) **** Women’s Title: I don’t book the women’s division (2:17) Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Spanky & London (11:30) ***3/4 The Undertaker d. Rhyno (7:05) ** John Cena d. Kurt Angle (12:51) ***1/4 Rock d. Goldberg (11:45) **1/2 World Title: Chris Jericho d. HHH (20:05) **** Backlash 2004: Tag Team Titles: Maven & Nowinski d. The Dudley Boys to win the Titles (11:31) **3/4 Kanyon d. Goldust (9:23) *** Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (5:02) Intercontinental Title: Lance Storm d. Hurricane to win the Title (16:37) **** HHH & HBK d. Orton & Batista (17:17) **1/2 Christian d. The Rock (22:06) ***1/2 World Title: Jericho d. RVD and Booker T in a Triple Threat match (22:55) ***3/4 Judgment Day 2004: Spanky, London & Kidman d. Tajiri, Chavo & Moore (9:59) ***1/2 US Title: Matt Hardy d. Mysterio to win the Title (14:00) **** Rhyno d. The Undertaker (11:25) **1/2 Cena d. Angle (16:06) ***1/2 Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Gowen & Noble (12:44) ***1/4 The Big Show d. A-Train (6:33) * Lesnar d. Edge (17:28) ***1/4 World Title: Benoit d. Guerrero (23:11) ****3/4 Bad Blood 2004: Rico d. Hurricane (9:31) *** Intercontinental Title: Storm d. Goldust (15:12) ***1/2 4 Team Elimination Match: D'Von & Spike d. Rosey & Henry (4:14) --------------------------------- Maven & Nowinski d. Cade & Jindrak (8:53) --------------------------------- Maven & Nowinski d. D'Von & Spike (11:35) **1/4 Scotty d. Kanyon (8:10) **1/2 Tag Team Titles: RVD & Booker d. HHH & HBK to win the Titles (19:32) ***1/4 Orton d. Morely (13:26) *** Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (2:58) Kane d. Batista (9:40) *1/2 World Title: Jericho d. Christian (23:04) ****1/4 Vengeance 2004: US Title: Matt Hardy d. Ultimo Dragon (13:57) ***3/4 Eddie d. Chavo (14:34) **** A-Train & Big Show d. Undertaker & Rey (10:25) ** Gowen d. Noble (8:13) **1/4 Angle d. Rhyno (11:39) ***1/4 Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Bashams (8:20) **1/2 Edge d. Brock (21:04) ***1/2 World Title: Benoit d. Cena (22:21) ***3/4 Summerslam 2004: Rey d. Big Show (8:12) **1/2 Tag Team Titles: Haas & Benjamin d. Chavo & Moore (10:30) *** Intercontinental Title: Storm d. Scotty (10:05) *** Edge, Angle & Eddie d. Brock, Cena & Rhyno (17:27) ***1/4 Orton d. HHH (14:52) **1/2 US Title: Gowen d. Matt Hardy (11:46) *** RVD d. Booker (13:39) **3/4 Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit wrestle to a double DQ (25:28) ****1/2 Unforgiven 2004: Kanyon d. Morely (9:13) *** Maven & Nowinski d. Cade & Jindrak (9:54) **1/2 Intercontinental Title: Scotty d. Storm (12:47) ***1/2 Test d. Booker (9:25) **1/4 Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (3:36) Batista d. Kane (10:51) ** Tag Team Titles: HHH & HBK d. D'Von & Spike (14:19) **3/4 RVD d. Orton (15:01) *** World Title: Christian d. Jericho to win the World Title (24:43) ****1/2 No Mercy 2004: Noble, Tajiri & Bashams d. Kidman, Orlando Jordan, Palumbo & Stamboli (7:19) **1/4 Rey d. Rhyno (8:24) *** US Title Tournament Final: Shelton Benjamin d. Ultimo Dragon to win the US Title (12:48) ***1/4 Cena d. O'Haire (5:55) *1/4 Matt Hardy d. Eddie Guerrero (15:08) ***3/4 Tag Team Titles: Chavo & Shannon Moore d. Spanky & London to win the Tag Titles (11:27) ***1/2 Brock d. Benoit (17:10) ***3/4 Undertaker d. A-Train (13:41) **1/4 World Title: Angle d. Edge (21:19) ****1/4 Survivor Series 2004: Eddie, Spanky, London, Ultimo Dragon & Gowen vs. Benjamin, Haas, Chavo, Moore & Matt Hardy **** Matt d. Spanky (6:02) Chavo d. Gowen (8:16) Eddie d. Matt (11:10) London d. Moore (13:55) Dragon d. Chavo (16:42) Benjamin d. Dragon (17:23) Haas d. London (21:40) Eddie d. Benjamin (23:51) Haas d. Eddie (25:11) Survivor: Haas Bubba, Hurricane, Scotty, Test & Morely vs. Storm, Orton, Batista, Kanyon & Rico **1/4 Batista d. Bubba (2:32) Orton d. Scotty (4:25) Hurricane d. Storm (7:03) Morely d. Kanyon (9:00) Batista d. Test (11:18) Batista d. Hurricane (12:37) Rico d. Morely (13:42) Survivors: Batista, Orton, Rico Undertaker, Rey, Bradshaw, Kidman & O. Jordan vs. Show, A-Train, Rhyno, Noble & Tajiri *** Kidman d. Tajiri (4:04) Rhyno d. Jordan (5:11) Taker d. Show (7:50) Rey d. Rhyno (11:16) A-Train d. Bradshaw (12:35) A-Train d. Kidman (13:33) Taker & A-Train brawl to a double DQ (15:54) Rey d. Noble (17:59) Survivor: Rey Kane, D'Von, Spike, Cade & Jindrak vs. Booker, Goldust, Maven, Nowinski & Richards **1/2 Spike d. Nowinski (0:49) Maven d. Cade (2:50) Kane d. Richards (3:38) Jindrak d. Maven (5:21) Goldust d. Jindrak (7:14) Booker d. D'Von (12:02) Goldust d. Spike (14:29) Booker d. Kane (16:45) Survivors: Booker & Goldust Main Event (Raw vs. Smackdown): Angle, Benoit, Brock, Edge, Cena vs. Christian, Jericho, HHH, HBK, RVD ****1/4 HHH d. Cena (11:09) Brock d. RVD (16:36) Edge d. HBK (22:57) Christian d. Edge (29:00) Angle d. Christian (34:35) Jericho d. Angle (36:12) Jericho & Benoit pin each other (german-suplex spot) (40:08) HHH d. Brock (46:54) Survivor: HHH Armageddon 2004: Morley d. Booker (10:40) *** Kane d. Richards (3:03) * Intercontinental Title: Storm d. Scotty (6:54) --------------------------- Hurricane d. Storm (10:12) --------------------------- Kanyon d. Hurricane (12:51) *** RVD d. Batista (10:25) **1/4 Cade & Jindrak d. Maven & Nowinski (9:59) *** Shawn d. Goldust (15:44) ***1/2 Jericho d. Orton (13:39) ***1/4 Women's Title: I don't book the women's division but I will give them time (4:12) World Title: Christian d. HHH (23:07) ***1/2 Royal Rumble 2005: Cade & Jindrak d. Maven & Nowinski (10:11) *** US Title: Benjamin d. Eddie Guerrero (12:34) ***1/4 World Title: Angle d. Cena (18:26) ***3/4 World Title: Jericho d. Christian (21:40) ****1/4 Royal Rumble Match (order of entrance): 1) Benoit, 2) RVD, 3) Storm, 4) Gowen, 5) O'Haire, 6) Scotty, 7) Test, 8) London, 9) A-Train, 10) Noble, 11) Kanyon, 12) Undertaker, 13) Rico, 14) Edge, 15) Orton, 16) Haas, 17) Hurricane, 18) Rey, 19) Kane, 20) Big Show, 21) HHH, 22) Booker, 23) Brock, 24) Goldust, 25) Michaels, 26) Rhyno, 27) Matt, 28) Batista, 29) Spanky, 30) Morely No Way Out 2005: Tajiri d. Noble (7:38) *** Big Show d. Edge (9:16) **1/2 US Title Match: Benjamin and Haas wrestle to a time limit draw (20:00) **** Bashams d. Spanky & London (9:27) **1/2 Matt d. Rhyno (10:34) **3/4 Cena d. Lesnar (14:49) (More on this later) ***1/4 World Title: Angle d. Benoit and Rey in a Triple Threat Match (16:18) ****1/4 Hell In A Cell (Taker's career on the line): A-Train d. Undertaker (20:26) ***1/4 Wrestlemania XXI: Rey Mysterio d. Hurricane (9:09) *** Lance Cade & Mark Jindrak d. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin (9:26) ***1/4 Dave Batista d. The Big Show (7:40) *1/2 Matt Hardy d. Randy Orton (10:55) *** Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero d. Booker T & Goldust (16:20) ***3/4 Rhyno wins a 20 Man Battle Royale (8:12) Chris Jericho d. Chris Benoit (20:11) ****3/4 Kane d. A-Train (8:19) ** Edge d. Christian (18:58) **** RVD vs. John Cena (11:09) ***1/4 Brock Lesnar & Kurt Angle d. Triple H & Shawn Michaels (23:52) ****3/4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2003 Awesome. Huge props and thanks for a great read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theintensifier 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2003 Great fantasty booking. I really enjoyed this. You did everything that I would do, and that the WWE should do. You should consider doing the NWA TNA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
