Re-booking the WWF expansion plus years

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I have always been curious how Vince Mcmahon could have done things different when he took over the company in 1982. I've always had it outlined anyways. I got some free time here, so here it goes.

 

I would have moved up the first WrestleMania and put it on FREE television or at least pay tv MTV. I would have used WM instead of the Brawl to Settle it all. The reason I would put this on free tv would be for impact and show the world that there is a new pro wrestling arriving on the scene called sports entertainment. This would also play off the heat of Hogan coming from the AWA and being in Rocky III with Mr. T.

 

March 1984

WrestleMania

Madison Square Garden

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Special referee: Muhammad Ali

The Iron Sheik vs. "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan with Mr. T

Winner: same match as the January 23, 1984 one

 

WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Title Match

"Magnificent" Don Muraco vs. Tito Santana

winner: new champion Tito Santana (same kind of match that happened at BG)

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

The American Express vs. The Destroyers

Winner: The Destroyers

 

WWF World Woman's Title Match

"Fabulous" Moolah vs. Wendi Richter

Winner: Wendi Richter ends the multi-year reign of Moolah

 

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

Special referee: Lou Thesz

winner: Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

 

Retirement Match

Bruno Sammartino vs. Bob Backlund

Winner: Bruno Sammartino

 

$15,000 Bodyslam Match

Andre "The Giant" Rousimoff vs. Big John Studd

winner: Andre The Giant

 

"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Winner: Paul Orndorff

 

Junkyard Dog vs. The Executioner

Winner: JYD to start up the show

 

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March 1985

WrestleMania II

Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Hulk Hogan vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

winner: Hulk Hogan

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

Tito Santana vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Winner: new champion Greg Valentine

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

American Express vs. Shiek/Volkoff

winner: new tag champion Sheik/Volkoff

 

Andre "The Giant" vs. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

Heel turn to give Snuka something worthwhile in 1985

Who wouldn't want to the see the superfly done on Andre?

Winner: Andre The Giant after kicking out of the superfly

 

Father vs. Son match

Bruno Sammartino vs. David Sammartino

winner: David becomes the new "living legend" destroying his father

 

"Magnificent" Muraco vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

Winner: Steamboat by dq

 

King Kong Bundy/Big John Studd vs. S.D. Jones/Executioner

Winner: squash match with Bundy/Studd

 

"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton

Winner: Bob Orton with interference from Piper

 

WWF Woman's Title Match

Wendi Richter vs. Lelani Kai

Same as went down

 

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April 1986

WrestleMania III

Chicago Rosemount Horizon

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

winner: Hulk Hogan (the match that happened at Big Event)

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

Tito Santana vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

winner: new champion Savage(BG match)

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

The Dream Team vs. The British Bulldogs

winner: New champs (same as what happened)

 

WWF Woman's Title Match

Fabolous Moolah vs. Velvet McIntyre

same as happened

 

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

winner: Steamboat by DQ (the match where he got ddt'ed on concrete)

 

I would still do NFL/WWF battle royal and added Mr. T

winner: Andre The Giant

 

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Junkyard Dog

Winner: Roddy Piper

 

The Islanders vs. Hoss and Terry Funk

 

Hercules vs. George "The Animal" Steele

 

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WrestleMania IV

March 1987

Pontiac Michigan

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant

as is

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

as is

 

WWF Tag Team Title Match

2 out of 3 falls

British Bulldogs vs. The Hart Foundation

same as SNME match

 

Hair vs. Hair match

Piper vs. Adrian Adonis

 

Detroit street fight

Tito Santana vs. "Dangerous" Danny Davis

winner: Tito Santana in a squash

 

Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules

as is

 

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. King Kong Bundy

as the snme match from Joe Louis Arena

 

Can-Am Connection vs. Orton/Muraco

as is

 

The HTM/midgets vs. midgets/Hillbilly Jim

comedy match since that was HTM's character

 

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I would cut down on the actual tournament to prevent boredom that's for sure.

WrestleMania V

March 1988

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Tournament

Quarter Finals

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant

Hogan wins

 

Ted Dibase vs. Muraco

as is

 

Bam Bam vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude

winner: Rick Rude

 

Savage vs. Steamboat

Savage avenges loss from prior year

 

Semi-Finals

Hogan vs. Dibase

winner: Dibase

 

Savage vs. Rude

winner: Savage

 

Finals

Savage vs. Dibase

as is

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

The HTM vs. Ultimate Warrior

as SS match went down

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match Fatal Fourway

Demolition vs. The British Bulldogs vs. The Hart Foundation vs. The Islanders

winner: Demolition

 

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WrestleMania VI

April 1989

Toronto SkyDome

Yes, I move the event to SkyDome this year

WWF World Heavyweight Title Match

"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan

as is

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

"Ravishing" Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior

as is, then again the slam match was much better

Piper returns as a surprise

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

Demolition vs. The BrainBusters

winner: BrainBusters as from snme match

 

Strike Force vs. The Powers of Pain

winner: POP with storyline from Busters match

 

Mr. Perfect vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

winner: Perfect

 

Million Dollar Belt

Owen Hart vs. Ted Dibase

winner: Dibase

 

The Rockers vs. The Rogeaus

winner: Rockers

Ko Ko B. Ware vs. Red Rooster

winner: Rooster in the battle of the birdmen

 

Brutus Beefcake vs. Haku

winner: not too fond of this match, but they were over

 

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WrestleMania 7

April 1990

Los Angeles, California

100,000 fans make a record as I believe this is the only match that could have done it.

Champion vs. Champion/Title for Title

Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior

winner: as is

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Triple Threat

Hart Foundation vs. Demolition vs. The Rockers

winner: Rockers win, but Demo regain titles to lead to match-up with LOD at SummerSlam

 

Retirement Match

Andre "The Giant" vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

winner: Andre The Giant

I would turn Piper heel and make him go up against Warrior post Mania 6 for the title

 

"Ravishing" Rick Rude vs. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka

winner: Rick Rude

 

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ted Dibase

winner: as is

 

Tito Santana vs. Bad News Brown

winner: Bad News Brown to gear him up to contend against Warrior as well

I believe the wwe did not build up strong contenders for Warrior as champ which caused him not to draw as well as Hogan as champion.

 

"The Model" Rick Martel vs. Brutus Beefcake

battle of the beefcakes Beefcake was over back then.

 

Mr. Perfect vs. Hercules

winner: Mr. Perfect

 

The Orient Express vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Dino Bravo

just something to fill out 9 match card and have Bravo/Duggan as a Can-Am Connection

 

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WrestleMania 8

March/April 1991

HoosierDome

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Ultimate Warrior vs. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan

yes, I would turn Hogan heel with something similar to his heel turn in wcw. This way Vince prevents the eventual big turn in 1996 although it's impossible for him to forsee that. Anyways, Hogan turning heel would have been montrous back then.

winner: Hogan regains the championship and walks out the first heel to win title at Mania. This would rejuvenate Warrior's popularity and have Hogan fresh.

 

WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight hampionship Title Match

Mr. Perfect vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart

winner: as slam match later in the year

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

Demolition vs. Legion Of Doom

winner: LOD win straps and later in the year turn heel with the appearance of Ric Flair and Kerry Von Erich in the wwf version of the Four Horsemen in a NWA type invasion.

 

"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. The Undertaker

winner: take a guess

 

The British Bulldog vs. Sgt. Slaughter

winner: British Bulldog

play Britain vs. heel turn American Slaughter

 

The Rockers vs. Haku/Barbarian

winner: as is

 

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "The Model" Rick Martel

without the gimmick

 

The Nasty Boys vs. Power and Glory

 

Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich vs. Ted Dibase

 

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WrestleMania 9

March 1992

The DREAM MATCH

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan

Flair enters the wwf in 1991 and runs rampant with an Invasion from the NWA. Hogan who was heel turns back face to save the wwf from the attack of the NWA's greatest champion in Ric Flair.

winner: Hulk Hogan defeats Ric Flair and becomes champ for fourth time

Ric Flair being the dirtiest player in the game injures Hulk Hogan during the posedown celebration and the championship is held up for grabs for television. This way you keep fans still interested and try to cut the spiral of interest that happened in 1992. This is where Ultimate Warrior does his surprise run-in.

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

as is

 

WWF Tag Team Title Match

LOD vs. Money Inc.

as is Slam match

 

"Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

storyline would be the same as the one they did for Savage/Flair.

winner: Macho Man, but same post match theatrics as Savage/Flair

 

Sid Justice vs. The Undertaker

winner: Taker of course it's Mania

 

Tito Santana vs. Papa Shango

winner: Papa Shango

 

Owen Hart vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

winner: Owen Hart

 

Tatanka vs. Model Rick Martel

winner: Tatanka

 

Natural Disasters vs. Beverly Bros.

just stretching now to fill the card

winner: who cares?

 

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WrestleMania X

April 1993

Madison Square Garden

Best there is, best there was, and best there ever will be match for title

Hulk Hogan vs. Bret Hart

I know the chances of this were, but damn it this was the match we wanted.

winner: Bret Hart wins by SUBMISSION! to end Hulk Hogan era for now.

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker

winner: UT by disqualification

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

The Steiners vs. Money Inc.

winner: Stieners as is

 

Macho Man vs. Razor Ramone

storyline would be both men thinking they ooze machismo

winner: Macho Man

 

Mr. Perfect vs. Bob Backlund

storyline would be Perfect thinking he was the superior athlete or something

winner: Perfect

 

Yokozuna vs. Lex Luger

winner: Yokozuna

 

Doink The good Clown vs. Doink The evil Clown

winner: take your pick

 

Crush vs. Repo Man

take your winner

 

Kamala vs. Tito Santana

take your winner

 

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The second decade of WrestleMania will soon be put up. Notice this direction has Bret and Shawn on top as the respective singles champion surpassing somehow Taker and Hogan at the tenth anniversary show. I believe this was a major problem the two had. They did not go over the respective men who made WM in the first decade. Bret and Shawn are the obvious future by this point. However, Bret still had one man to go over and that was Macho.

 

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WrestleMania 11

March 1994

Birth of the New Generation

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

winner: Bret Hart and Savage's last hurrah at Mania

 

Ladder match as is

 

The same final four gimmick

Bret vs. Owen Hart

Macho Man vs. Lex Luger

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

The Quebecors vs. The Doinks

 

For all the talk about this Mania being so great I can't even remember the participants or half the damn card.

 

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WrestleMania 12

March 1995

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

winner: Shawn Michaels

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

Razor Ramone vs. Owen Hart

 

WWF Tag Team Title Match

Allied Forces vs. Smoking Gunns

 

Diesel/LT vs. Bam Bam Bigelow/123 Kid

 

It gets much harder as the years go by to remember and fill the latter cards

This is the main matches I would choose

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WrestleMania 13

March 1996

Montreal

Ironman Rematch

Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels

This sounds crazy, but what would have been if the Montreal screwjob happened at this event or a work of it? Bret did disappear for the summer and some of the fall. It is the most controversial championship match ever. Imagine Vince pulling that stunt with Bret after a 60 minute match? Woo hooo would it by funny as he would tear up Vince on live tv for sure.

 

WWF I-C Title Match

Ahmed Johnson vs. GoldDust

winner: Ahmed

 

Interim President Roddy Piper vs. Steve Austin

suppose the anti-hero stuff started here?

winner: Steve Austin sending Piper packing and then setting his eyes on another wwf legend Jake The Snake.

 

Undertaker vs. Diesel

as is

 

Undertaker vs. Triple H

same as because it's funny as hell

 

Vader vs. British Bulldog

winner: Vader

 

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WrestleMania 14

March 1997

WWF World Heavyweight Championship Title Match

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin

as is

Bret had returned to the wwf and his stock had risen from the Montreal screwjob type finish.

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

Undertaker/Sid vs. LOD

 

Again, the rest of the card and players are pretty weak here. These two matches should help the drawing power though.

 

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WM 14

March 1998

pretty much as is

 

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WM 15

March 1999

WWF World Heavyweight Championship

The Rock vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match

Triple H vs. Mankind

 

WWF World Tag Team Title Match

Jarrett/Owen vs. Hardys

 

The Undertaker vs. Big Show

winner: UT

 

Again, I can't even remember the undercard really.

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WM 16

March 2000

WWF World Heavyweight Championship

Actual Backlash main event

Actually the whole Backlash card should have been WM 2000

 

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WM 17

as is

 

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Already went through the last few Manias in other threads