A possible storyline

[Drury37 0]

I was just thinking looking back to 1991 and going into the Royal Rumble a storyline the WWF could have used. Start that year where the winner of the rumble match gets a title match at WrestleMania. So you have Hulk Hogan who is feuding with Sgt. Slaughter at this point and the Macho King Randy Savage feuding with the Ultimate Warrior. Hogan and Savage are both in the rumble so those two are the favorites and Warrior Vs. Slaughter for the WWF Title. The Rumble goes just like it went with Savage interfering and Warrior losing the title and then Hogan wins the rumble. However if you remember if you remember Savage never showed up for the Rumble match. They could have said that Savage never showed up because he didn't want to win and not have a shot at Warrior and have to face Slaughter so he just forfeited his spot. Thus WrestleMania is set up like it is but you have Savage with the do anything type of attitude. He would forfeit a shot at the WWF Title and put his very own career on the line just to face Warrior. What do you guy's think about that? I know it is not that much different but just an idea.

Thanks.

[Bruce Blank 0]

Erm... so instead of having Warrior Vs Savage "Career on the line" and Slaughter Vs Hogan for the title your booking has

 

Warrior Vs Savage "Career on the line" and Slaughter Vs Hogan for the title

 

riiiiiiiiiiight

[Drury37 0]

No I said it would be the same thing but just a different maybe more unique way of getting there.

Thanks.

[Dandy 0]

You're welcome.

[Drury37 0]

Oh I love people who hate me and my tag line.

Thanks.

[Drury37 0]

Let me add to this. They could have also had the rumble match first like they did this year (I know they would never do it back then) and have Hogan win so you go into the title match with Hogan Vs. Warrior II a possibility (Especially with it being at the L.A. Coliseum you would need a huge main event) and you would still have the whole where the hell is Randy Savage factor and then the same way I said it would be played out originally when I first mentioned it.

Thanks.

[Bruce Blank 0]

Ah so for a month he'd be shown as "Unpredictable" and built up as dangerous and all that and then retired

 

Yeah thanks, but no thanks

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

Did Savage ever get a match with Slaughter post-Royal Rumble 1991? I know he interefered in the title match to get a title shot since Warrior said no but did it ever translate into something?

 

Also, does anyone agree with me that Rick Martel should've been the final guy in the ring w/Hogan @ that Royal Rumble considering how he was setting the record, the crowd was reacting well to him, and he was in there against Hogan/Bulldog/Knobbs/Earthquake as the final five? I just think they dropped the ball big time on Martel from January 1991 onward.

[Hawk 34 0]

Did Savage ever get a match with Slaughter post-Royal Rumble 1991? I know he interefered in the title match to get a title shot since Warrior said no but did it ever translate into something?

 

Also, does anyone agree with me that Rick Martel should've been the final guy in the ring w/Hogan @ that Royal Rumble considering how he was setting the record, the crowd was reacting well to him, and he was in there against Hogan/Bulldog/Knobbs/Earthquake as the final five? I just think they dropped the ball big time on Martel from January 1991 onward.

 

Well, Earthquake and Hogan will just at the end of their deal so it's understandable for Hogan to last eliminate his nemesis, who also happens to be a fat blob. I guess it made it more "incredible" to clothesline/boot Earthquake over the ropes.

 

The Knobbs thing, was just Hogan giving his buddy a cushy spot. The 1991 rumble really had alot of good performences.

 

You have ELEVEN guys near or over 20 minutes, Undertaker looked imposing and it took the greatest tag team ever to eliminate him....

 

Really underated show, with a hot tag opener, the great Virgil/Dibiase moment and solid rumble.

[Drury37 0]

Ah so for a month he'd be shown as "Unpredictable" and built up as dangerous and all that and then retired

 

Yeah thanks, but no thanks

Yeah but does it really matter he was back in a month regardless. You could also build it up that he gave everything to take on the Warrior and took a huge chance and it did not pay off. I think it could have worked.

Thanks.

[Darth Vader 0]

Try Thank You

It sounds more professional and it will remind people of the garbage bins at McDonalds.

[Drury37 0]

How about no.

Thanks.

[Guest]

The Knobbs thing, was just Hogan giving his buddy a cushy spot. The 1991 rumble really had alot of good performences.

 

You have ELEVEN guys near or over 20 minutes, Undertaker looked imposing and it took the greatest tag team ever to eliminate him....

 

Really underated show, with a hot tag opener, the great Virgil/Dibiase moment and solid rumble.

I've seen that show about 100 times, so I always like when people talk about it. The tag match was great, as was the Rumble. The whole Warrior/Slaughter/Savage/Sherri spectacle was pure shit. Especially the match.

[Darth Vader 0]

How about no.

Thanks.

 

Just thought I'd help.

Skanks.

[Bruce Blank 0]

Ah so for a month he'd be shown as "Unpredictable" and built up as dangerous and all that and then retired

 

Yeah thanks, but no thanks

Yeah but does it really matter he was back in a month regardless. You could also build it up that he gave everything to take on the Warrior and took a huge chance and it did not pay off. I think it could have worked.

Thanks.

So he returns in an angle TOTALLY UNRELATED to the Warrior (who was gone) and then we're reminded that he was a HUMONGOUS idiot for putting his career on the line?

 

And each time he's back in the ring the announces can go "You know he put everything on the line and lost... oh watch him kick ass!"

 

Remind the fans that they totally renegged over the stipulation every time he's in the ring?? his "loss" doesn't seem so big when he's already back in the ring, it's just remind people that Savage had a 4 month vacation for "putting everything on the line"

 

Your idea was supposed to HELP Savage right?

 

No thanks

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

I actually didn't mind the Slaughter-Warrior match considering the awesome commentary by Monsoon & Piper (who is irate and crazy the entire match) and the awesome ambush Savage gave the Warrior when he was chasing Sherri back to the locker room. The camera angle for it was awesome and Savage hit the Warrior with a damn spotlight which at the time was insane. Sure, the match may not have been that great but the crowd, Savage/Sherri, and the commentary more than made up for it.

 

Plus, I would've rather seen Slaughter-Hogan @ Mania (which turned out to be a pretty entertaining match) vs. Warrior-Hogan II.

[Drury37 0]

Ah so for a month he'd be shown as "Unpredictable" and built up as dangerous and all that and then retired

 

Yeah thanks, but no thanks

Yeah but does it really matter he was back in a month regardless. You could also build it up that he gave everything to take on the Warrior and took a huge chance and it did not pay off. I think it could have worked.

Thanks.

So he returns in an angle TOTALLY UNRELATED to the Warrior (who was gone) and then we're reminded that he was a HUMONGOUS idiot for putting his career on the line?

 

And each time he's back in the ring the announces can go "You know he put everything on the line and lost... oh watch him kick ass!"

 

Remind the fans that they totally renegged over the stipulation every time he's in the ring?? his "loss" doesn't seem so big when he's already back in the ring, it's just remind people that Savage had a 4 month vacation for "putting everything on the line"

 

Your idea was supposed to HELP Savage right?

 

No thanks

Did anyone think about his loss to the Warrior when he was back?!?! No. So nobody would have thought about that. This was WWF early '90s when you lived for the moment and never talked about it again. You would not think about it months down the road but the heat leading up to WrestleMania VII would have been incredible. I think that at the moment it would have just been much better. Maybe in the long run fans who rip apart everything the WWF would have done would have realized that it was not a good idea but most fans would have enjoyed it and took it for what it was.

Thanks.