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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 15, 2022 3:20:21 GMT 1
Part XXVIII: WWF Rebellion 1999
WWF Rebellion 1999
October 2nd, 1999 - National Indoor Arena - Birmingham, England
1.) WWF Hardcore Title - Triple Threat Match - Chyna (c) def. Al Snow & Shane Douglas
2.) Val Venis def. Mark Henry
3.) WWF Light Heavyweight Title - Fatal Four-Way Match - CIMA def. Christopher Daniels, Super Loco (c), & Tiger Mask
4.) WWF Women's Title - Luna Vachon def. Nicole Bass (c)
5.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Tag Team Turmoil - The Acolytes (c) def. bWo (Bluedust & Stevie Richards with Hollywood Nova & The Blue Meanie), The Forgotten (Scott Vick & Van Hammer with Ron Reese), The Holly Cousins, & The New Aged Outlaws
6.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) (c) def. WWF European Champion D-Lo Brown
7.) The British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart def. Kane & X-Pac
8.) WWF Title Tournament - Semi-Finals - No Rope Breaks - Owen Hart def. Ken Shamrock
9.) WWF Title Tournament - Semi-Finals - No DQ - Steve Austin def. Psycho Sid
10.) WWF Title Tournament - Semi-Finals - Steel Cage Match - Triple H def. The Rock
The World Wrestling Federation kicked off the month of October with a trip to England for a special Saturday Night PPV. Of course, the promotion is coming off a big PPV in the form of Unforgiven, which saw Team WWF emerge victorious over The Corporate Ministry, ending the faction for good. That victory also meant that the fate of the WWF Title would be decided by Team WWF, and that decision would ultimately fall on the shoulders of Vince McMahon. Interestingly enough, this would be the second year in a row that the WWF Title would be vacant during the month of October. Ultimately, Vince McMahon (still more of a babyface at this point, though still obviously has tensions with people like Steve Austin) to take a different approach compared to 1998. This time around, he decided that there would be a twelve person tournament to crown a new WWF Champion, with the finals being a Triple Threat Ladder Match at No Mercy (this announcement was made at the open of RAW is WAR the night after Unforgiven). The members of WWF aside from Mike Tyson (obviously not an active wrestler) would qualify, in addition to Psycho Sid and Triple H from the now-dissolved Corporate Ministry (McMahon would mention that as the man in charge of the WWF, he should make the best matches possible, even if they involve people he hates). He would also add that Billy Gunn, Kane, The Rock, and X-Pac would also qualify baed on their previous titles held or tournament wins (in the case of Mr. Ass). The 11th spot would be determined by a company wide Battle Royal, while the 12th and final spot would go to a mystery man.
The aforementioned RAW Is WAR after Unforgiven would feature the Battle Royal as well three of the six tournament matches, which were all drawn at random. Those matches were Owen Hart vs. Kane, Terry Funk vs. Triple H, and Psycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels. Owen Hart would get the victory over Kane after catching him with a flash pin (using his technical skills to keep The Big Red Machine down for the count) while Triple H would defeat Terry Funk in brutal fashion (really putting Triple H over strong). In the main event, Psycho Sid would end up defeating Shawn Michaels thanks to some help from Shane McMahon, though more on that situation once I get to No Mercy. As for the Battle Royal, The Sandman came out on top, last eliminating former rival Justin Credible. The Sandman would go on to lose to Steve Austin two laters later on SmackDown. On that same show, The Rock defeated X-Pac, while Billy Gunn got demolished at the hands of a returning Ken Shamrock, who hadn't been seen since his victory over Steve Blackman in the Lion's Den Weapons Match at SummerSlam. That set up the three matches that would take place at Rebellion, and to add on a little spice to those bouts, Vince McMahon would add stipulations to all of these matches. Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock would take place in a No Rope Breaks Match, Psycho Sid vs. Steve Austin would be a No DQ Match, and finally, The Rock vs. Triple H would take place inside a Steel Cage. Now those first two bouts went off on the PPV without issue, but in the main event, we did get some interference, which does go against the purpose of a Steel Cage, but bear with me for a moment. So a few nights before on SmackDown, Ken Shamrock would have a run with his former rival The Rock after their respective matches. There was a verbal back and forth, and (as you would expect) The Rock got the better of Shamrock. Fueled by his loss to Owen Hart earlier in the night, Shamrock would get involved in the main event. Just as The Rock was on the verge of winning, Shamrock would slam the cage door into The Rock's head. That would eventually lead to Triple H winning, while also rekindling the feud between The Rock and Ken Shamrock, thought with the babyface and heel dynamics flipped.
As for the rest of the show, we got FIVE different title matches to discuss opening the show was a Triple Threat Match for the WWF Hardcore Title, with Chyna entering as the defending champion. So what happened here was that Shane Douglas was still salty about losing to Al Snow at Unforgiven, and on Smackdown, he got involved in Al Snow's title defense against Chyna. Douglas helped Chyna win, but Chyna wasn't too happy with this, so a Triple Threat was set up. The next title bout would be a Fatal Four-Way for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title, with Super Loco entering the match as champion. Back on the RAW Is WAR after Unforgiven, Christopher Daniels would barge into Vince McMahon's office to complain about the end of The Corporate Ministry. Vince, seeing Daniels as a loose end that needed to be tied up, responded by saying that he was going to have Christopher Daniels defend his WWF Light Heavyweight Title in a Ladder Match on SmackDown.....against everyone he faced at Unforgiven. So yes, a nine person Ladder Match. Ultimately, Super Loco would emerge victorious, putting an end to the lengthy title reign of Daniels. A Fatal Four-Way was made for this show featuring Super Loco and Christopher Daniels as well as CIMA and Tiger Mask. In the end, neither Daniels or Logo would leave with the title, as CIMA would emerge victorious after pinning Daniels. For the remainder of 1999, the WWF Light Heavyweight Title would stay with CIMA as he returned to the Toryumon promotion in Japan.
The third of five title matches would see Luna Vachon capture the WWF Women's Title from Nicole Bass, ending her lengthy run with the WWF Women's Title. The basic story here was that Bass had been boasting about how nobody was brave enough or crazy enough to face her, and a returning Luna Vachon stepped up. Pretty simple stuff there. Following that was a tag team turmoil match that would see The Acolytes successfully defend the titles in a Tag Team Turmoil. The match would start with bWo members Bluedust and Stevie Richards facing The Forgotten. They had their respective seconds at ringside, and it devolved into a wild brawl, leading to the referee ruling that they were both eliminated via No Contest. The Holly Cousins and The New Aged Outlaws would come out to continue the gauntlet, and The Holly Cousins would win before being beating by The Acolytes. The final of the five title bouts would see Jeff Jarrett retain his WWF Intercontinental Title over the WWF European Champion, D-Lo Brown.
Two other matches would fill out the card. Val Venis would beat Mark Henry (a match from the same PPV in OTL) while The British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart would pick up a surprising win over Kane and X-Pac. The latter result was done mainly to sow the seeds of dissension between Kane and X-Pac, as they're not on a bit of a skid.
That's all for Rebellion 1999! Tune in next time, as the WWF holds its second No Mercy event of the year.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Apr 13, 2022 3:52:24 GMT 1
Part XXIX: WWF No Mercy 1999
WWF No Mercy 1999
October 17th, 1999 - Gund Arena - Cleveland, Ohio
1.) WWF Six-Man Tag Team Tiles - Four-Way Trios Match - The Forgotten (Ron Reese, Scott Vick, & Van Hammer) def. bWo (Big Stevie Cool, Bluedust, & Hollywood Nova with The Blue Meanie) (c), Justin Credible & The New Aged Outlaws, and The Extreme Alliance (Al Snow, Mikey Whipwreck, & Terry Funk)
2.) Val Venis def. Christopher Daniels
3.) WWF European Title - The British Bulldog def. D-Lo Brown (c)
4.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Jeff Jarrett (with Debra & Miss Kitty) (c) def. Chyna
5.) Last Man Standing Match - Ken Shamrock vs. The Rock - Draw via Double Knockout
6.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - The Acolytes def. The Holly Cousins (c)
7.) Four-Way Elimination Match - X-Pac def. Kane, Psycho Sid, & The Sandman
8.) Texas Bullrope Match - Shawn Michaels def. Shane McMahon
9.) WWF Title - Triple Threat Ladder Match - Triple H def. Owen Hart & Steve Austin
After the first edition of No Mercy took place in the UK earlier in the year, the PPV name moved both to the states and to the month of October. Always found it weird that there were two No Mercy PPVs in 1999, but the bottom line is that it's now in the point of the year that we've traditionally known No Mercy to take place in.
So the main event serves as the conclusion of the tournament to crown a new WWF Champion after the title was vacated back in September. After what took place at Rebellion, the three finalists were Owen Hart, Steve Austin, and Triple H. Of course, all three of these men have had their respective run-ins with each other over the years, but now everything is coming to a head in the main event of this PPV. The WWF Title would be literally hanging in the balance, as the new champion would be crowned in a Triple Threat Ladder Match. The finish here would see Triple H win the WWF Title after some involvement from The New Aged Outlaws. This would set the stage for D-Generation X getting back together as a heel faction, just as they did in OTL. A pretty self-explanatory match.
Two notable matches on this card involve a pair of feuds and some stipulation matches. The first of those sees Shawn Michaels going up against Shane McMahon in a Texas Bullrope Match (no touching the corners here, just one fall to a finish, anything goes). This bout came about after Shane-O-Mac cost Michaels his match in the WWF Title Tournament. I basically see this as being similar to the BJ Whitmer vs. Necro Butcher Barbed Wire Match from ROH in 2006, where it was basically an epilogue of sorts to the ROH vs. CZW feud. This match with Shawn Michaels and Shane McMahon is an epilogue to the feud between The Corporate Ministry and Team WWF that wrapped up at Unforgiven. Just an unresolved issue that getting....well....solved. The other notable gimmick match sees Ken Shamrock going up against The Rock in a Last Man Standing Match. Now this is a feud that was very prominent in the first-half of 1998, when these two fought over the WWF Intercontinental Title. This time, things are different. The Rock is a main event player now, and Shamrock is now in the heel role, while The Rock is the babyface. This particular match would end in a draw after both men were unable to answer the ten count. Since there weren't any titles on the line, this was truly an inconclusive finish that was meant to keep the rivalry going (and there will be a lot more going on with this feud in the months to come).
The rest of the card contained four title matches. First, there was the WWF Tag Team Title bout, as The Acolytes regained the titles from The Holly Cousins. Hardcore Holly and his cousin, Crash Holly, came up short in the Tag Team Turmoil Match at Rebellion, but they managed to win the titles in a straight two-on-two encounter (thanks to some cheating) on the October 4th RAW Is WAR. This is the rematch, and when the dust settled, The Acolytes were able to regain the titles. Then, The British Bulldog won the WWF European Title from D-Lo Brown, just like he did in OTL (but on a different show). Next, the WWF Intercontinental Title was up for grabs, as Jeff Jarrett (with Debra and Miss Kitty) managed to defeat Chyna. Of course, the No Mercy 1999 from OTL featured the infamous Good Housekeeping Match that was Jarrett's last in the WWF before jumping to WCW. Circumstances are much different in this alternate reality. This bout is just the start of the feud between these two, and...a slight teaser....this version of the feud will go on for MUCH longer. Finally, the opener sees the WWF Six-Man Tag Team Titles on the line in a Four-Way Trios Match. The defending champions going into the bout were the bWo, who won the titles from Justin Credible and The New Aged Outlaws on the October 6th edition of SmackDown. Those two teams would be involved in this bout, as would The Forgotten and The Extreme Alliance which, in this case, consisted of Al Snow, Mikey Whipwreck, and Terry Funk (Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney are also part of the stable). The Forgotten would emerge victorious to win the WWF Six-Man Tag Team Titles for the first time.
Rounding out the card was a singles match between Christopher Daniels and Val Venis, along with a Four-Way Elimination Match involving Kane, Psycho Sid, The Sandman, and X-Pac. The former would see Venis get the win, which continues a storyline of Daniels being on a losing streak since the breakup of The Corporate Ministry. X-Pac would score the victory in the latter as the cracks in his team with Kane continue to come to the surface.
The only title change that I haven't touched on yet involves the WWF Hardcore Title. Chyna would lose the title to Shane Douglas on the October 6th SmackDown to Shane Douglas after Jeff Jarrett got involved (which helps to set up the aforementioned bout on the PPV).
That's pretty much all I've got for No Mercy 1999! Tune in next time when I cover Survivor Series 1999! |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Apr 23, 2022 18:14:59 GMT 1
Part XXX: WWF Survivor Series 1999
WWF Survivor Series 1999
November 14, 1999 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, Michigan
1.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Motor City Street Fight - Steve Austin & The Sandman (c) def. The New Age Outlaws
2.) Rikishi def. Christopher Daniels
3.) Five-On-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match - The Acolytes, Balls Mahoney, Mikey Whipwreck, & Terry Funk def. The Forgotten (Ron Reese, Scott Vick, & Van Hammer) & The West Texas Renegades (Barry Windham & Kendall Windham with Tully Blanchard)
4.) Eight-Woman Tag - WWF Women's Champion Luna Vachon, The Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, & Tori def. Francine, Nicole Bass, Sunny, & Terri Runnels
5.) Kane def. X-Pac via DQ
6.) Five-On-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match - Chyna & bWo (Big Stevie Cool, Bluedust, Hollywood Nova, & The Blue Meanine) def. WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett, Chris Candido, Shane Douglas, & Harris Brothers Security (with Debra)
7.) WWF Hardcore Title - Mystery Box Challenge - Psycho Sid def. Al Snow (c)
8.) Five-On-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match - D-Lo Brown, Mark Henry, Steve Blackman, The Godfather, & Val Venis def. WWF European Champion The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, & The Mean Street Posse
9.) Superkick To Win - Shawn Michaels def. Justin Credible
10.) WWF Title - Four-Way Elimination Match - Owen Hart def. Triple H (c), The Rock, & Ken Shamrock
We're in the month of November, which can only mean one thing.....Survivor Series! Yes, the WWF is in Detroit, Michigan for their annual November extravaganza, and just like the same version of this PPV in OTL, my version had some pretty significant developments involving both the WWF Title and Stone Cold Steve Austin. I guess I'll go in chronological order and start with Steve Austin. After The New Age Outlaws got involved in the WWF Title Ladder Match at No Mercy, Austin was looking to get some revenge. After The New Age Outlaws captured the WWF World Tag Team Titles from The Acolytes (who had just won them the night before at No Mercy) in a Three-Way Match that also involved The Holly Cousins, Austin decided that the best way to get revenge (aside from just generally kicking their asses) was to get a tag team partner and take the titles from them. Well, he found pretty much the perfect partner in the form of The Sandman. The beer drinking duo would capture the WWF World Tag Team Titles in Washington, D.C. on the November 1st RAW Is WAR. This would set up a rematch at Survivor Series, which would end up being a Motor City Street Fight. This match opened the show, and the champions retained.
Later on in the night, Kane wrestled X-Pac in a singles match, following the breakup of their team a few weeks earlier that saw X-Pac turn heel and reunite with D-Generation X. Kane won the match via DQ when Triple H hit him with the WWF Title belt. The New Age Outlaws came out, and it was a four-on-one beatdown until Owen Hart (who was part of the main event), The Sandman, and Steve Austin came out to even the odds. Everyone paired off as they brawled into the crowd and backstage, with the notable pair being Austin and Triple H. The two eventually ended up in the backstage parking lot area, and this is where we get the infamous angle where Austin gets run over by a car. The immediate aftermath is the same, with Vince McMahon confronting Triple H and the rest of D-Generation X, who claimed they had nothing to do with Austin getting run down. As you all know, this was the angle that wrote Steve Austin out for nearly a year, as he had to deal with a spinal surgery to help repair the damage he sustained at SummerSlam 1997. So the same end result, but my version of events has things playing out a little differently before the car angle. Another big difference was that Austin wasn't scheduled for the main event, so their was no late replacement like in OTL.
The other major change (as alluded to earlier) involves the WWF Title. Now, just like in OTL, we do get a title change here. Instead of The Big Show, however, the person who walks out of Detroit with the WWF Title is Owen Hart. Yes, you read that right. Just two years after the Montreal Screwjob, a member of the Hart Family is the WWF Champion once again. The whole last few months was pretty much built to this moment, with Owen going up against Vince McMahon at SummerSlam, being part of Team WWF at Unforgiven, and just coming up short in the main event of No Mercy. Fitting with the Survivor Series theme, the title bout is a Four-Way Elimination Match. The Rock and Ken Shamrock were also involved, as they continue with their issues. In this instance, The Rock would eliminate Shamrock first, but Shamrock would attack him shortly thereafter, leaving him vulnerable to Triple H, who managed to eliminate him. It came down to Owen Hart vs. Triple H (harkening back to their feud in the first third of 1998) and, in the end, Owen emerged victorious. Him winning the title here was also (in part) due to the fact that his contract with the WWF was coming up, and Vince McMahon was trying to make him happy enough that he would sign a new deal.
Elsewhere on the card, we've got two unique stipulation matches. The first sees Al Snow defending his WWF Hardcore Title (Snow won the title from Shane Douglas in a Steel Cage Match on the October 27th SmackDown to finish off their rivalry) against Psycho Sid in a Mystery Box Challenge. If you're wondering "what the hell is the Mystery Box Challenge?", it's basically the San Francisco 49ers Match that was famously featured in WCW in 2000 (of course, in this timeline, Vince Russo is still working for the WWF). There are four boxes on poles in each corner, with one box containing the WWF Hardcore Title, while the other three contain a random assortment of items. Since Al Snow is in this match, I presume one of the boxes would more than likely contain Head. Anyway, it's a silly stipulation, but it's something that'd certainly be more tolerable in something like the WWF Hardcore Title picture, as opposed to the World Title picture. Sid would end up winning the match in the end to capture the WWF Hardcore Title.
The other special stipulation is a Superkick To Win Match, where (and you might've guessed by the title), the only way to win is via a superkick. It's a battle between Shawn Michaels and Justin Credible. After beating Shane McMahon in a Texas Bullrope Match at No Mercy, Shawn Michaels earned himself a shot at the WWF Title on the October 25th RAW Is WAR. Michaels came very close in that match against his former friend Triple H, but Justin Credible ended up coming to the ring late and whacking HBK with a Kendo Stick to cost him the match. Credible then bragged in the ensuing weeks about having a better superkick than Michaels, which helped set up the stipulation. Michaels would ultimately win the bout, but afterwards, he was attacked by Albert, who is now aligned with Justin Credible as his new heavy. So the feud between Credible and Michaels will continue.
Of course, with this being Survivor Series, the rest of the card was made up of the traditional elimination matches. The first of those would see The Acolytes emerge as the sole survivors in a match that saw them team up with ECW alumni Balls Mahoney, Mikey Whipwreck, and Terry Funk to take on The Forgotten and The West Texas Renegades. The second would serve as the continuation of the feud between Chyna and Jeff Jarrett, with the former having the bWo on her team, while Jarrett was backed up by Chris Candido, Shane Douglas, and Harris Brothers Security. It came down to Chyna and Jarrett, and Chyna managed to eliminated Jarrett to win the match for her side. There was a lot on the line here for Chyna, as if she won (which she did), she would earn another shot at the WWF Intercontinental Title. The third and final elimination match would see D-Lo Brown and Val Venis be the sole survivors in a match that saw them team up with Mark Henry, The Godfather, and Steve Blackman to take on The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, and The Mean Street Posse.
Elsewhere on the card, there was a eight woman tag, as well as a singles match with Christopher Daniels and Rikishi. The latter basically continues the downward spiral for Daniels (as he wouldn't be in the company for much longer), as he puts over Rikishi to continue his losing streak storyline. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Apr 23, 2022 18:33:51 GMT 1
Something else I forgot to add. On the October 27th SmackDown, The Acolytes defeated The Holly Cousins in a Tag Team Falls Count Anywhere Match, which would end up being the final appearance in the WWF for The Holly Cousins, at least for the time being. Unbeknownst to some of the WWF higher ups, their contracts were actually expiring at the end of October, and they didn't realize it until the last minute. By that point, The Holly Cousins had agreed to a short-term deal with WCW, and officially made the jump a few days later on an edition of WCW Saturday Night.
To give some context to this, I did actually sign The Holly Cousins at this point in 1999 when they became available in my EWR game, but I really couldn't find a use for them in the end. I ended up letting them go after their six month deals ran up in (I think) April or May of 2000.
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Post by dhk1989 on Apr 23, 2022 19:33:16 GMT 1
Steve Austin opening a PPV in 1999? That's....different.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Apr 23, 2022 22:20:49 GMT 1
Steve Austin opening a PPV in 1999? That's....different. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 11, 2022 2:44:37 GMT 1
Part XXXI: WWF Armageddon 1999
WWF Armageddon 1999
December 12, 1999 - National Car Rental Center - Sunrise, Florida
Sunday Night Heat
1.) WWF World Tag Team Title Tournament - Tag Team Battle Royal Qualifier - Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay & Scotty 2 Hotty) def. Al Snow & Head, bWo A Team (Big Stevie Cool & Bluedust), bWo B Team (Hollywood Nova & The Blue Meanie), Danny Doring & Roadkill, Gangrel & Viscera, Harris Brothers Security, Johnny Ace & Johnny Smith, Kai En Tai (Funaki & Taka Michinoku), Mikey Whipwreck & Terry Funk, Public Enemy, Shane Douglas & Chris Candido, Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger, The Forgotten (Ron Reese & Savio Vega), The Forgotten (Scott Vick & Van Hammer), The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney), The Headbangers, The Pitbulls, The Mean Street Posse (Joey Abs & Pete Gas with Rodney), and The West Texas Renegades (Barry Windham & Kendall Windham with Tully Blanchard)
PPV
1.) WWF World Tag Team Title Tournament - Qualifying Match - The Acolytes def. Mark Henry & The Godfather
2.) WWF World Tag Team Title Tournament - Qualifying Match - Ken Shamrock & The Rock def. The Legion Of Doom
3.) WWF Women's Title - Triple Threat Match - Luna Vachon (c) def. Francine (with Shane Douglas) & Sunny (with Chris Candido)
4.) WWF Hardcore Title - Dumpster Match - Psycho Sid (c) def. The Sandman
5.) WWF European Title - Triple Threat Match - Val Venis def. The British Bulldog (c) & D-Lo Brown
6.) Shawn Michaels def. Albert (with Justin Credible)
7.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Good Housekeeping Match - Chyna def. Jeff Jarrett (with Miss Kitty) (c)
8.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match - Ken Shamrock & The Rock def. The Acolytes, The New Age Outlaws, & Too Cool
9.) Steel Cage Match - Kane (with Tori) def. X-Pac
10.) Tag Team No Holds Barred Match - Shane McMahon & Triple H def. WWF Champion Owen Hart & Vince McMahon
1999 is about to come to a close, but WWF still has one more PPV left on it's docket. The biggest story going into the inaugural Armageddon PPV involved the WWF World Tag Team Titles. With Steve Austin taken out of action via the hit and run angle at Survivor Series (the storyline reason to cover up for Austin taking time off to get work done on his previously injured neck), the WWF World Tag Team Titles had to be vacated. It was decided that a one night tournament would be help to determine the new champions. The actual title bout itself would be a Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match, with qualifying bouts taking place earlier in the night to determine three of the four teams. Why only three of the four? Well, thanks to some political maneuvering from Triple H, The New Age Outlaws were granted an automatic bid into the Four-Way. As for the three other teams, two of them would come from qualifying matches on the PPV, while the final team would come from a massive Twenty Team Battle Royal on Sunday Night Heat. Too Cool ultimately emerged victorious after last eliminating The Forgotten team of Ron Reese.....and the returning Savio Vega, the newest addition to The Forgotten. In addition to featuring teams who've been on the roster, the match also featured some relatively new additions (Danny Doring and Roadkill, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger, The Pitbulls, Public Enemy), the oddball team of Al Snow and Head, as well as a visiting team in the form of All Japan Pro Wrestling's Johnny Ace and Johnny Smith.
In terms of the rest of the tournament, The Acolytes defeated Mark Henry and The Godfather to kick off the PPV, while Ken Shamrock and The Rock (a makeshift team of heated rivals that was put together at the behest of Vince McMahon) managed to beat a mystery team....who wound up being the returning Legion Of Doom. Ultimately, the uneasy duo would go on to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles later in the night in the Four-Way, last eliminating The New Age Outlaws. Don't worry, this title reign for Shamrock and The Rock won't last long. This is just a way to extend their feud a little bit as we go into the year 2000.
Something that was interesting about this card, and how it came together, is that there are actually some matches on this show that either took place on the same show in OTL, or took place earlier in OTL. Of course, my version of the show contains both Kane vs. X-Pace in a Steel Cage Match (this storyline from OTL remains largely unchanged) and the Triple Threat for the WWF European Title. There was also the Good Housekeeping Match between Jeff Jarrett and Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental Title. It's essentially the same story as OTL, just pushed back a few months. There was a match for the WWF Intercontinental Title the night after Survivor Series between the two, which ended with the decision (Chyna winning the title) getting reversed after Debra turned on Jarrett by hitting him with a guitar (also from OTL, but again, a few months later). No contract disputes with Jarrett in this alternate history, as he's in WWF for the long haul (teaser....he will have a big 2000).
On the undercard, we've got a couple of title bouts and notable grudge match. Luna Vachon defends the WWF Women's Title against Francine and Sunny in a Triple Threat Match, with the story being that Francine and Sunny are having issues, but Shane Douglas and Chris Candido are trying to get them to work together so at least one of them can win the title. Vachon would end up retaining. Another title bout saw Psycho Sid successfully defend the WWF Hardcore Title against The Sandman in a Dumpster Match. The Sandman's role was greatly diminished following Survivor Series, and in fact, Sandman would end up decided not to sign a new deal with the WWF. This match was effectively his write-off, and he would jump to WCW (where he'd have a prominent role as part of Paul Heyman's Radicalz faction) in January. The aforementioned grudge match saw Shawn Michaels go one-on-one with Justin Credible's muscle, Albert. Michaels would sneak away with the win, but just like Survivor Series, he would be on the receiving end of an attack from both Albert and Credible.
Finally, the main event is a Tag Team No Holds Barred Match that sees the unlikely due of Owen Hart and Vince McMahon going up against Shane McMahon and Triple H. So this is a pretty significant change from OTL. With no Test in the picture, there's no storyline with Shane McMahon that involves a relationship between Test and Stephanie McMahon. Hence, the scene where Triple H reveals that he drugged Stephanie and got married to her in Las Vegas doesn't happen. Instead, the story here is more simple. Owen Hart and Vince McMahon have this uneasy alliance now that Owen Hart is WWF Champion, as they want to keep the title away from Triple H. Meanwhile, Shane McMahon still wants to get payback at this dad, so him teaming back up with Triple H was his chance to do that. As for Stephanie, while she had been clearly on Vince's side through the entire Corporate Ministry ordeal, her brother and Triple H had been trying to get into her head, telling her about how horrible Vince really is, and how he's just trying to use and manipulate her, so on and so forth. So part of the story here too is whether or not Stephanie will finally pick one side or the other. In the end (just like she did on the version of this show in OTL), she turns to the dark side and joins up with Triple H, helping him win this match. They would confess their love for each other the next night on RAW Is WAR, and would get married on the first RAW Is WAR of the new year.
Well....that's all for 1999! I'll be going over title histories for the year next, before diving into 2000, which definitely promises to be a wild and eventful year for the WWF! |
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Post by dhk1989 on May 11, 2022 3:18:53 GMT 1
While some things change, some things have to stay the same I guess.  |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 11, 2022 13:45:48 GMT 1
While some things change, some things have to stay the same I guess.  |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 11, 2022 14:15:13 GMT 1
WWF Title
The Rock
WWF Survivor Series 1998
November 15th, 1998
50 Days
Defeated Mankind in the Finals of the Deadly Game Tournament.
Mankind
WWF RAW Is WAR
January 4th, 1999
20 Days
This was a No DQ Match.
The Rock (2)
WWF Royal Rumble 1999
January 24th, 1999
7 Days
This was an I Quit Match.
Mankind (2)
WWF Halftime Heat
January 31st, 1999
15 Days
This was an Empty Arena Match.The Rock (3)
WWF RAW Is WAR
February 15th, 1999
41 Days
This was a Ladder Match.
Stone Cold Steve Austin (3)
WWF WrestleMania XV
March 28th, 1999
56 Days
This was a No DQ Match with Mankind as the Special Guest Referee.
The Undertaker (3)
WWF Over The Edge 1999
May 23rd, 1999
38 Days
Shane McMahon was the Special Guest Referee.
Stone Cold Steve Austin (4)
WWF SmackDown!
June 30th, 1999
53 Days
If The Undertaker had gotten himself disqualified, he would've lost the title.
Mankind (3)
WWF SummerSlam 1999
August 22nd, 1999
3 Days
This was a Triple Threat Match with Jesse "The Body" Ventura as the Special Guest Referee.
Triple H
WWF SmackDown!
August 25th, 1999
21 Days
Shane McMahon was the Special Guest Referee.Vince McMahon
WWF SmackDown!
September 15th, 1999
5 Days
Shane McMahon and Shawn Michaels were the Special Guest Enforcers.Vacated
WWF RAW Is WAR
September 20th, 1999
Vince McMahon vacated the title and declared that it's fate would be decided following the Winner Takes All Match at Unforgiven 1999.
Triple H (2)
WWF No Mercy 1999
October 17th, 1999
28 Days
This was a Triple Threat Ladder Match also involving Owen Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin.Owen Hart
WWF Survivor Series 1999
November 14th, 1999
47 Days +
This was a Four-Way Elimination Match also involving Ken Shamrock and The Rock.
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