JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 What if #1: It's Wrestlemania 21, and it's main event time. HHH is defending against the winner of the Royal Rumble, Randy Orton. The match starts, and two minutes into the match Orton tears his ACL. He tries to continue for about a minute before realizing it's a lost cause. There are 25 minutes left in the pay per view originally devoted to the match. You're Vince MacMahon, and backstage you're shitting yourself. You've built this match up for months, and now Orton is out, and you have to give the fans a main event worth of Wrestlemania! What do you do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest curry_man2002 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 Have the anouncer tell everyone that because orton cannot compete he will be replaced by shawn micheals since HHH and HBK have such good chemistry then they should have a decent match even at such short notice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
natey2k4 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 Shawn Michaels would of probably already had a match.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 I think everyone except for Steven Richards and Rodney Mack will have already had a match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 If the original plan was to put the title on Orton, do you put the belt on his replacement, whether it be HBK or someone else so you can send the crowd home happy? Or does HHH retain? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 If the original plan was to put the title on Orton, do you put the belt on his replacement, whether it be HBK or someone else so you can send the crowd home happy? Or does HHH retain? Traditional WWE booking sees the replacement go over, so as to make the fans feel that WWE went out of their way to make things up to them. It would probably happen here, if for no other reason than to allow 3H to get the belt back so he can break Flair's record. I would send a top face out to check up on Orton, and get word to 3H to goad the face into a title match, which would then end with the title changing hands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 I would send a face, preferably one who lost a high profile match earlier in the night, out. That way HHH can start belittling him as he comes out, and that way it would really get the face over as an underdog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 Okay, well done guys. Now here is today's "What if" #2: -What if HBK had never hurt his back in that casket match with the Undertaker at the 1998 Royal Rumble? Clearly he was going to drop the title to Austin at Wrestlemania anyways. But what would he have done after that? Give a general booking plan for HBK from post-WM 14 to Wrestlemania 15 and tell us what feuds and stories HBK would have been in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
