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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 18, 2021 1:27:51 GMT 1
So for those of you who've been following my "An Alternate History Of WCW - 1998 and Beyond" Thread in the Real World Diaries/Wrestling Booking Sims thread, this thread is exactly what it says in the title....a spinoff, of sorts. Essentially what I decided to do (as a fun experiment) was to try and book the WWF PPVs through the Attitude Era, with what their roster is/was in my Extreme Warfare Revenge scenario, as well as any other available wrestlers in the game who are available to throw in there, while additionally allowing myself more free reign, in terms of the number of matches on a given PPV card, match situations, and so on. I also tried to stick with some of the things that occurred in the scenario with WWF, but altering it the best I can to make more sense.
Again, to be clear on the distinction (since this is the "Without Using Computer Games" thread), I'm merely using the general outline of some of the circumstances that occurred with WWF in my EWR scenario, and then going crazy with full-on, regular, non-video game fantasy booking.
The way this is going to work is similar to how I handle my aforementioned WCW thread, where I go through the monthly PPVs. However, the main difference here is that I'm going to list the PPV cards, and then go over the changes compared to the real life PPVs, my thought process, and so on and so forth. A lot of the early PPVs will essentially remain unchanged, but you'll slowly start to creep in my fantasy booking changes as the Attitude Era progresses.
I also think I'm going to touch on ECW briefly. In my EWR scenario, ECW suddenly closed down in the middle of 1998. This is one of those cases where I'm going to take a circumstance that occurred in my EWR scenario, and fantasy book around it to help it make sense within the context of everything going on.
I hope you all enjoy this spinoff! |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 18, 2021 1:52:18 GMT 1
Part I: WWF Royal Rumble 1998
WWF Royal Rumble 1998
January 18th, 1998 - San Jose Arena - San Jose, California
1.) Vader def. TAFKA Goldust (with Luna)
2.) Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie def. The Headbangers
3.) WWF European Title - Fatal Four-Way Match - Triple H (with Chyna) (c) def. D-Lo Brown, Jeff Jarret, & Owen Hart
4.) WWF Intercontinental Title - The Rock (c) def. Ken Shamrock by DQ
5.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - The Legion Of Doom def. The New Aged Outlaws (c) by DQ
6.) WWF Title - Casket Match - Shawn Michaels (c) def. The Undertaker
7.) Royal Rumble Match - Winner: Steve Austin
So starting off this thread is Royal Rumble 1998, and while the majority of the card that we saw in OTL remained intact, I did make a few alterations. I completely scrapped the mini's match from the card, and replaced them with two more suitable undercard bouts. Firstly, I through in a showcase match for the new Cactus Jack/Chainsaw Charlie tag team, as they scored a win over The Headbangers. Meanwhile, I was originally going to have a Triple H vs. Owen Hart singles match for the WWF European Title, which would end in a Double Count Out to continue the feud. However, after seeing that two other title bouts on this show ended in DQ's, I decided to scrap that idea. Instead, I went with a Fatal Four-Way Match by throwing D-Lo Brown and Jeff Jarrett into the mix. The idea here is that I can continue the Triple H/Owen Hart program, without either guy having to take a fall.
The Royal Rumble Match itself goes off pretty much as it does in real life (with Steve Austin winning), but the biggest change occurs in the semi-main event. For the purposes of this scenario thread, the infamous Shawn Michaels back injury when he got dropped on the casket either never happens at all (the spot goes as, I guess, originally planned), or it does still happen, but the injury is not as severe as it actually turned out to be in OTL, and his time on the shelf is significantly smaller (I do plan on keeping him away for a few months after WrestleMania, so maybe you can go with the latter). Obviously interjecting HBK into the Attitude Era should lead to some.....interesting outcomes.
Nothing else much to say about things beyond that. Again, these first few months of 1998 are going to see only minor changes, but the differences will start to become more profound as 1998 rolls on.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 18, 2021 2:23:56 GMT 1
Part II: WWF No Way Out Of Texas: In Your House
WWF No Way Out Of Texas: In Your House
February 15, 1998 - Compaq Center - Houston, Texas
1.) The Headbangers def. TAFKA Goldust & Marc Mero (with Luna and Sable)
2.) WWF Light Heavyweight Title - Taka Michinoku (c) def. Sho Funaki
3.) The Godwinns (Henry O. Godwinn & Phineas I. Godwinn) def. The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre)
4.) NWA North American Heavyweight Title - Justin Bradshaw def. Jeff Jarrett (with Jim Cornette) (c) via DQ
5.) War Of Attrition Match - Ahmed Johnson, Ken Shamrock, & The Disciples Of The Apocalypse (8-Ball, Chainz, & Skull) def. The Nation Of Domination (The Rock, Faarooq, D-Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, & Mark Henry)
6.) Kane (with Paul Bearer) def. Vader
7.) Non-Sanctioned Eight-Man Tag - Steve Austin, WWF European Champion Owen Hart, Cactus Jack, & Chainsaw Charlie def. WWF Champion Shawn Michaels, WWF World Tag Team Champions The New Aged Outlaws, & Triple H (with Chyna)
Much like the Royal Rumble, this No Way Out Of Texas PPV also sees very little changes compared to OTL. The only notable changes are the inclusion of Shawn Michaels in the main event (as was originally intended), and Sho Funaki challenging Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title. These first few posts are going to be relatively boring, but again, the changes won't really become apparent until we get deeper into 1998.
Up next, I'll be touching on ECW's first 1998 PPV, where we won't see changes immediately there either, but we'll start to feel the effects of some of those WCW signings. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 18, 2021 3:56:03 GMT 1
Part III: ECW Living Dangerously 1998
ECW Living Dangerously 1998
March 1st, 1998 - Asbury Park Convention Hall - Asbury Park, New Jersey
1.) Jerry Lynn & Chris Chetti def. The FBI (Little Guido & Tracy Smothers with Tommy Rich)
2.) Masato Tanaka def. Doug Furnas (with Lance Wright)
3.) Jushin Thunder Liger def. 2 Cold Scorpio
4.) Three-Way Dance - New Jack & Spike Dudley def. The Dudley Boyz (with Joel Gertner, Big Dick Dudley, & Sign Guy Dudley), & The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten)
5.) Three-Way Dance - Tommy Dreamer def. Justin Credible (with Jason and Nicole Bass) & The Sandman
6.) Non-Title - NWA World Tag Team Champions Rob Van Dam & Sabu (with Bill Alfonso) def. Public Enemy
7.) ECW World TV Title - Bam Bam Bigelow def. Taz (c)
8.) Al Snow & Lance Storm (with Tammy Lynn Sytch) def. Shane Douglas & Chris Candido (with Francine)
As I mentioned in the initial post in this thread, I felt it necessary that I talked about the final few ECW PPVs before the promotion's closure in the summer of 1998. The mass signing that WCW at the start of 1998 of notable ECW acts (Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Jerry Lynn, Mike Awesome, and the FBI) certainly left a huge hole in ECW's roster, though in this alternate timeline, those wrestlers would still be allowed to work ECW events as long as they did not clash with WCW PPVs, or WCW television. While that all sounds well and good, there was one particular caveat, at least in the original terms of these deals. When it came to ECW PPVs like this....talents contracted to WCW could only work other WCW wrestlers (always drama between ECW and WCW it seems). To make up for that deficiency, WCW allowed additional talents to work PPVs such as Living Dangerously 1998. In this case, Public Enemy (who made their name in ECW) returned for a tag team match against Rob Van Dam and Sabu, although their NWA World Tag Team Titles were not on the line (still a bit of bad blood between ECW and the NWA for obvious reasons).
Meanwhile, Jushin Thunder Liger was also loaned out to ECW for this card, as he wrestled 2 Cold Scorpio in an international dream match. The Sandman was really the only one who go lost in the shuffle a little bit with the card changes, so I just inserted him into the Justin Credible/Tommy Dreamer match, and made it a three-way dance (though the result was still the same as it was in OTL). Outside of those changes, the rest of the card remained as it was in real life, with the same results and outcomes.
While WWF WrestleMania XIV is the next PPV on the slate to talk about, I will be covering the final two ECW PPVs (Wrestlepalooza & Heatwave) as well as the special events that closed out ECW's run, so look out for those in the near future. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 24, 2021 18:10:41 GMT 1
Part IV: WWF WrestleMania XIV
WWF WrestleMania XIV
March 29th, 1998 - FleetCenter - Boston, Massachusetts
1.) LOD 2000 (with Sunny) win the #1 Contender's Tag Team Battle Royal
2.) WWF Light Heavyweight Title - Taka Michinoku (c) def. Aguila
3.) WWF European Title - Triple H (with Chyna) (c) def. Owen Hart
4.) Marc Mero & Sable def. TAFKA Goldust & Luna Vachon
5.) WWF Intercontinental Title - The Rock (with The Nation Of Domination) (c) def. Ken Shamrock via DQ
6.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Dumpster Match - Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie def. The New Aged Outlaws (c)
7.) The Undertaker def. Kane (with Paul Bearer)
8.) WWF Title - Special Outside Enforcer: Mike Tyson - Steve Austin def. Shawn Michaels (c)
This is going to be a VERY short post, because there were really no changes that I made to WrestleMania XIV. Everything that happened on this show goes down exactly how it did in OTL. Steve Austin wins the WWF Title from Shawn Michaels (who still goes away, but not for four years like in OTL) with help from Mike Tyson, and we still get the "Austin Era has begun!" line from Jim Ross. Kane still gets to hit Pete Rose with the Tombstone Driver, the Dumpster Match, LOD 2000....the works. Nothing changes with this PPV. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 24, 2021 18:30:32 GMT 1
Part V: WWF Unforgiven 1998
WWF Unforgiven 1998
April 26th, 1998 - Greensboro Coliseum - Greensboro, North Carolina
1.) Six-Man Tag - Faarooq, Ken Shamrock, & Steve Blackman def. The Nation Of Domination (D-Lo Brown, Mark Henry, & WWF Intercontinental Champion The Rock)
2.) WWF European Title - Chyna In A Cage Over The Ring - Triple H (c) def. Owen Hart
3.) #1 Contender's Match - The New Midnight Express (with Jim Cornette) def. The Rock 'n' Roll Express
4.) Evening Gown Match - Luna Vachon (with TAFKA Goldust) def. Sable
5.) WWF Light Heavyweight Title - X-Pac def. Taka Michinoku (c)
6.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - The New Aged Outlaws (c) def. LOD 2000 (with Sunny)
7.) Inferno Match - The Undertaker def. Kane (with Paul Bearer)
8.) WWF Title - Dude Love def. Steve Austin (c) via DQ
Another short WWF PPV post, though I promise that things will start to pick up in the coming posts. Much like WrestleMania XIV, there really wasn't a ton to change from the real life version of this particular PPV lineup. The only thing I did add was a WWF Light Heavyweight Title bout, where X-Pac (who's wrestling his first match since injuring his neck in WCW) defeats Taka Michinoku to capture the title. I know the neck injury that X-Pac suffered kept him out a little bit longer. Since this is just a fantasy booking thread, I'll just say that his neck healed a little bit quicker than in OTL, and even with this match, they would still ease him back into regular competition (wrestling on PPVs, but not on RAW or on house shows). Aside from that one addition, everything else on this PPV happens just as it did in OTL.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on May 24, 2021 19:12:57 GMT 1
Part VI: ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
May 3rd, 1998 - Cobb County Civic Center - Marietta, Georgia
1.) The bWo (The Blue Meanie & Hollywood Nova) def. The FBI (Little Guido & Tracy Smothers with Tommy Rich)
2.) Three-Way Dance - Justin Credible (with Jason and Chastity) def. Mikey Whipwreck and Tony Mamaluke
3.) ECW World Tag Team Titles - Chris Candido & Lance Storm (with Tammy Lynn Sytch) def. The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten)
4.) Bam Bam Bigelow def. New Jack
5.) Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman (with Beulah McGillicutty) def. The Dudley Boyz (with Joel Gertner, Big Dick Dudley, & Sign Guy Dudley)
6.) Chris Benoit def. Jerry Lynn
7.) ECW World TV Title - Four-Way Dance - Rob Van Dam (c) def. Sabu, Chris Jericho, & Dean Malenko
8.) ECW World Title - Shane Douglas (with Francine) (c) def. Al Snow
Once again, with these ECW PPV's, it been a little tricky to rework them a little bit, since I signed a number of their talents at the start of 1998 to be part of WCW. As I mentioned in my previous post on ECW, the story I'm going with is that WCW is allowing the ECW talents they just signed to continue to work for ECW. I don't think I gave a time frame in the previous post, so let's just say the grace period for these talents is about eight months or so. What makes the waters even muddier is that the WWF still has a bit of a working relationship with ECW as well, but with WCW signing away a number of key talent, it's going to become increasingly harder (even with the WWF's help) to keep ECW afloat. The assumption I'm going with is that, in my Extreme Warfare Revenge game, me signing the likes of RVD, Sabu, Mike Awesome, and a few other undercard guys, expedited ECW's decline, to the point that even the WWF (even with more money starting to come in thanks to Steve Austin) can't save it.
I decided to throw in a very young Tony Mamaluke into an undercard bout here, just to get him some experience and exposure (though the result of that match...Justin Credible winning...doesn't change). Later in the card, I added a Chris Benoit vs. Jerry Lynn singles bout (again...two guys contracted to WCW) wrestling each other, while the original ECW World TV Title match from this card (a thirty minute time limit draw between Rob Van Dam and Sabu) is turned into a Four-Way Dance, with the additions of Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko, who are feuding in my EWR scenario at this point. Again, all four of those guys are contracted WCW talents, but WCW is allowing them to use Rob Van Dam and Sabu while also letting them borrow Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko (two more ECW alums) for the PPV. As for the ECW World TV Title, I decided that Rob Van Dam is still holding the title in this scenario, having won it from Bam Bam Bigelow in early April. Aside from those changes, the rest of the bouts go down exactly as they did on the real life PPV. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Jun 2, 2021 5:22:29 GMT 1
Part VII: WWF Over The Edge: In Your House
WWF Over The Edge: In Your House
May 31st, 1998 - Wisconsin Center Arena - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1.) The Hell Raisers (The Legion Of Doom & Power Warrior with Sunny) def. Jeff Jarrett & The New Midnight Express (with Jim Cornette)
2.) Loser Leaves Town Match - Marc Mero def. Sable
3.) Vader def. Bradshaw
4.) WWF Light Heavyweight Title - Fatal Four-Way Match - X-Pac (c) def. Sho Funaki, Taka Michinoku, & Too Cold Scorpio
5.) Kane (with Paul Bearer) def. Steve Blackman
6.) WWF Intercontinental Title - The Rock (c) def. Faarooq
7.) Six-Man Tag - The Nation (D-Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, & Owen Hart with Mark Henry) def. D-Generation X (WWF European Champion Triple H, & WWF World Tag Team Champions The New Aged Outlaws with Chyna)
8.) WWF Title - No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere Match - Special Guest Referee: Vince McMahon - Steve Austin (c) def. Dude Love
This is the first WWF PPV in this alternate timeline to feature truly noticeable changes. Of course, the main parts of the card are still the same as they are in OTL (the top three matches). However, the bulk of the changes can be seen in the undercard. One talent that WWF signed in my Extreme Warfare Revenge game a few months in that really surprised me was....Kensuke Sasaki. Now in trying to put this scenario together, I really wasn't sure how to use him. Eventually, I settled on putting him with the Legion Of Doom (which reunites Sasaki with Hawk) to form the WWF version of The Hell Raisers. With this, I also decided to change Sasaki's name to Power Warrior. Not only did he use this name during the original Hell Raisers run, but I feel like if he did go to WWF at this time, they would decided to use the Power Warrior name instead. It's just easier....and cooler.
I decided to have The Hell Raisers make their debut as a trio against Jeff Jarrett and The New Midnight Express. This basically serves as an extended squash (more so of The New Midnight Express) for this new, menacing group. With Jarrett being put into that match, that meant I had to swap around some stuff on the undercard. I put Steve Blackman into a match with Kane, added a Bradshaw vs. Vader singles bout, and inserted a Fatal Four-Way for X-Pac's WWF Light Heavyweight Title. Again, just some minor changes, but the first real significant one on the WWF side of things.
To close out, I'll just reiterate (as I said earlier) that everything on my version of Over The Edge 1998 that matches the real show from OTL plays out the exact same way that it does in our timeline.
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Post by rabbitman on Jun 2, 2021 15:16:17 GMT 1
You've made me want a WWF 6 man tag team title, now that Power Warrior has joined the party.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Jun 3, 2021 2:04:06 GMT 1
Part VIII: WWF King Of The Ring 1998
WWF King Of The Ring 1998
June 28th, 1998 - Civic Arena - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1.) Six-Man Tag - The Triple Threat (Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow & Chris Candido) def. Kai En Tai (Dick Togo, Sho Funaki, & Taka Michinoku)
2.) King Of The Ring - Semi-Finals - Ken Shamrock def. Jeff Jarrett (with Tennessee Lee)
3.) King Of The Ring - Semi-Finals - WWF Intercontinental Champion The Rock def. Dan "The Beast" Severn
4.) Special Guest Referee: Jerry "The King" Lawler - Too Much (Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor) def. Al Snow & Head
5.) Non-Title - WWF Light Heavyweight Champion X-Pac (with Chyna) def. Owen Hart
6.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - The New Aged Outlaws (c) def. The Nation (Mark Henry & The Godfather)
7.) King Of The Ring - Finals - Ken Shamrock def. WWF Intercontinental Champion The Rock
8.) Hell In A Cell Match - The Undertaker def. Mankind
9.) WWF Title - First Blood Match - Kane def. Steve Austin (c)
So my version of King Of The Ring 1998 looks relatively unchanged compared to the same card from OTL. The only real change is with the opener, where Kai En Tai (featuring Taka Michinoku, who in my version of events, has joined the group a little earlier than he did in real life) have an open challenge that ends up being answered by.....The Triple Threat from ECW! Of course, this group is led by Shane Douglas, who I'm sure would've gotten a massive reaction in front of this Pittsburgh crowd, given that he's from a town not that far from Pittsburgh. At this point in the timeline, ECW is pretty much on life support, so WWF is starting to take in some of their talent that hasn't already jumped to WCW. Aside from that moment, this PPV remains unchanged from real life. Ken Shamrock still wins the 1998 King Of The Ring, the infamous Hell In A Cell match between The Undertaker and Mankind goes exactly the same way, as does Steve Austin vs. Kane for the WWF Title in a First Blood Match.
Now something peculiar that happened in my Extreme Warfare Revenge game is that, around the same time, WWF managed to get a TV show on Wednesdays. Now the game gave it some generic-ass title called WWF Wednesdays, or something like that. For the purposes of this custom scenario, I decided to just....give it the name that WWE's second show from OTL.....SmackDown! So in this alternate history scenario, SmackDown premieres on July 1st, 1998 (on UPN), and it featured a number of title matches, including Steve Austin winning the WWF Title back from Kane (so a slight shift from OTL as the rematch where Austin regains the title is moved from Raw Is War to SmackDown), as well as Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow winning the WWF World Tag Team Titles from The New Aged Outlaws (though that reign would only last just under two weeks). With Chris Candido capturing the WWF Light Heavyweight Title from X-Pac on the June 29th Raw Is War, The Triple Threat got off to a hot start. |
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