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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 16, 2021 16:10:32 GMT 1
WWF Women's Title
Jacqueline WWF RAW Is War September 21st, 1998 55 Days Defeated Sable to win the vacant title.
SableWWF Survivor Series 1998November 15th, 199846 Days+Shane McMahon was the Special Guest Referee.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 16, 2021 16:15:42 GMT 1
WWF Hardcore Title
Mankind WWF RAW Is War November 2nd, 1998 28 Days WWF Chairman Vince McMahon awards Mankind the title.
Bam Bam BigelowWWF RAW Is War November 30th, 1998 9 Days This was a Ladder Match.
The SandmanWWF SmackDown! December 9th, 1998 22 Days+
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 16, 2021 16:30:42 GMT 1
No belt image for this one, unfortunately....
WWF Six-Man Tag Team Titles
The Hell Raisers (The Legion Of Doom & Power Warrior) WWF Breakdown: In Your House September 27th, 1998 8 Days Defeated The Nation (D-Lo Brown, Mark Henry, & The Godfather) in a Tournament Final.
The Triple Threat (Bam Bam Bigelow, Chris Candido, & Shane Douglas) WWF RAW Is War October 5th, 1998 13 Days
Al Snow, Taz, & The Sandman WWF Judgment Day: In Your House October 18th, 1998 17 Days This was a Chicago Street Fight.
D-Lo Brown, Mark Henry, & The Godfather WWF SmackDown! November 4th, 1998 12 Days
The Corporation (Psycho Sid, Shane McMahon, & Shawn Michaels) WWF RAW Is War November 16th, 1998 45 Days+
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Post by dhk1989 on Dec 16, 2021 17:18:14 GMT 1
Still weird how Smackdown becomes a show a year earlier in this timeline. Not only was it weird, but in my EWR game (I call it SmackDown! for the purposes of this thread, but the game named it something else), it does just as well in the ratings as RAW, sometimes even a tad better!Is it still on UPN?
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 19, 2021 6:16:07 GMT 1
Not only was it weird, but in my EWR game (I call it SmackDown! for the purposes of this thread, but the game named it something else), it does just as well in the ratings as RAW, sometimes even a tad better! Is it still on UPN? Yep. It's on Prime Time on UPN.
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Post by dhk1989 on Dec 19, 2021 16:13:51 GMT 1
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 20, 2021 5:55:38 GMT 1
Part XVIII: WWF Royal Rumble 1999
WWF Royal Rumble 1999 January 24th, 1999 - Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim - Anaheim, California
Sunday Night Heat
1.) "Dr. Death" Steve Williams def. Mikey Whipwreck 2.) The J.O.B. Squad (Al Snow & Bob Holly) def. Too Much (Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor) 3.) WWF Champion Mankind def. Mabel via DQ
PPV
1.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Ken Shamrock (c) def. Power Warrior 2.) Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart def. The New Aged Outlaws 3.) WWF European Title - X-Pac (c) def. Gangrel 4.) The Sandman def. Jerry "The King" Lawler 5.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Ken Shamrock & Vader def. The Road Warriors (c) 6.) WWF Women's Title - Strap Match - Sable (c) def. Luna Vachon 7.) WWF Title - I Quit Match - The Rock def. Mankind (c) 8.) Royal Rumble Match - Winner: Vince McMahon
We're here at the first WWF PPV of 1999, which is....of course....headlined by the annual Royal Rumble Match. Now in terms of my version of the PPV vs. the PPV we see in OTL, the major picture items haven't really changed. Steve Austin and Vince McMahon are still going at it (obviously), and the main story of the Royal Rumble is unchanged. Austin and McMahon are the first in, and after some heel shenanigans from The Corporation, McMahon ultimately eliminated Austin to win the match. Meanwhile, the entire storyline with The Rock and Mankind remains unchanged, as Mankind wins the WWF Title from The Rock on the January 4th, 1999 episode of RAW Is War, with some variances in the people who are in the two men's corners (though I've already gone over the slight differences in The Corporation's membership). As for the infamous Tony Schiavone "butts in seats" line....honestly not sure whether that one still happens or not. If I was running WCW for real (and not in Extreme Warfare Revenge), with the benefit of hindsight, I don't know I would've allowed it....but if I didn't know the outcome of saying that line? Who knows, maybe I would've been ok with it. Regardless, the story with The Rock and Mankind plays out exactly the same, and it leads to the I Quit Match on this PPV, which is beat-for-beat the same match (the insane number of chair shots, The Rock using the taped audio of Mankind saying "I Quit" for the finish). So again, when it comes to the major items on this show....no real changes.
In terms of the undercard, there are a few matches that remain unchanged. X-Pac vs. Gangrel for the WWF European Title and Sable vs. Luna Vachon in a Strap Match for the WWF Women's Title both happen on my version of the PPV, just as they do in OTL. The rest of the undercard, however, does feature some new names. I threw on Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart vs. The New Aged Outlaws as a fun undercard tag that's meant to help establish Hart and Jarrett as a team. Then, I decided to do a short feud between Jerry "The King" Lawler and The Sandman, which seems like a natural feud, for obvious reasons. Part of this feud would include Lawler costing The Sandman the WWF Hardcore Title during a match against Shane Douglas on the January 6th SmackDown! (though Douglas himself would lose the title exactly two weeks later to Road Dogg on the January 20th SmackDown!).
Finally, there's Ken Shamrock, who's pulling double duty on this night as he takes on all three members of The Hell Raisers. Now it should be noted that The Hell Raisers have had a great start to 1999. On the aforementioned January 4th, 1999 edition of RAW Is War, they managed to win HUGE in a massive trios match against Psycho Sid, Shane McMahon, and Shawn Michaels from The Corporation, thanks to some involvement from DX (who prevented Corporation interference). Not only were the WWF Six-Man Tag Team Titles on the line, but the WWF World Tag Team Titles (held by Michaels and Sid) were also on the line!! So for The Corporation, January 4th, 1999 was certainly a night that they'd like to forget. Now while Ken Shamrock isn't part of The Corporation (as I've mentioned previously), he still decided to take on these fellow babyfaces, but mainly just to prove how good he is (plus, all those guys are so hot-headed that it's not hard to imagine them coming to blows anyway). Shamrock agreed to defend the WWF Intercontinental Title against Power Warrior aka Kensuke Sasaki, while he would challenge The Road Warriors for the WWF World Tag Team Titles. The man who would end up being his partner would be the same man who Shamrock faced off against in 1997.....Vader.
In terms of Sunday Night Heat, the only difference from the same show in OTL is a third match, as "Dr. Death" Steve Williams easily dispatches of Mikey Whipwreck in a squash match. Now you might be asking....why haven't I mentioned the Brawl For All Tournament? Well, it still happens in this version of events, though it has a slightly different outcome for Williams. While he still does get knocked out by Bart Gunn, the injury he suffers in that match isn't nearly as serious as it was in real life. He does miss some time, but then he re-emerges as an enforcer for The Corporation. So throughout the latter half of 1998, he's in the background, backing up Vince McMahon and largely not being an in-ring talent. Williams does return to the ring at the start of 1999, and this match is the first since his return that isn't against a nameless jobber.
I'll go over the actual Royal Rumble Match itself in more detail in a supplementary post, so it won't be labeled as a new part.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 20, 2021 16:41:19 GMT 1
So I decided to do my recap of the actual Royal Rumble Match separately, so as not to make my original post super long. I won't go over every single entry and elimination (I do have that listed below), but what I'll basically do is go over how things played out with the new entrants. If I don't mention someone, or their elimination, then that just means what they did in this version of the 1999 Royal Rumble is the exact same as the real life version of the 1999 Royal Rumble. Kane is a great example. What he does in this version of the match is the exact same thing he does in OTL, so no real need to go over it.
I also forgot to mention this detail, but Paul Heyman made is on-screen debut as the new WWF Commissioner at the tail end of 1998. So he's the babyface authority figure that is opposing Vince McMahon and The Corporation (plus he does have the pre-existing relationship with Steve Austin). At this point in early 1999, he's in the role that Shawn Michaels was in OTL, and he's the one who puts McMahon as the #2 Entrant in the Royal Rumble.
Of course, the match starts with Steve Austin and Vince McMahon, and they have the same opening exchange. Chris Candido is the 3rd Entrant (in Golga's spot), but he's almost immediately eliminated by Austin. When Austin and McMahon go brawling all over the arena, Shane Douglas is the 4th Entrant (in the spot that Droz was in), and he's alone in the ring until Taz....his old rival from ECW....comes out as the 5th Entrant, and the two reignite their rivalry. Taz is in Edge's role, and does score an elimination when he tosses out the 6th Entrant, Gillberg. At this point, the ring starts to fill up with the people that Mabel would eventually eliminate, though right before Mabel himself would come out, Douglas and Taz would simultaneously eliminate each other (setting up a program between the two). Mabel would go on a tear with a series of eliminations before the angle takes place with The Ministry Of Darkness that leads to his elimination. The only thing I would tweak about this is that, besides Bradshaw, Faarooq, and Mideon, there would be a fourth man out at ringside (in a hood), who would lead the group back to The Undertaker. This man would later be revealed (a few short weeks later) to be none other than Christopher Daniels, aka The Fallen Angel.
The middle portion of the match sees no real changes with the participants or eliminations, with the only noticeable change being Big Stevie Cool taking Kurrgan's spot as the 14th Entrant. Where things do start to change is the first half of the final third of the match (if that makes sense). This is where we start to see members of The Corporation joining the fray, with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Shawn Michaels, and Psycho Sid entering the match in the 19th, 21st, and 22nd spots respectively. All the entrants from Triple H onward are the exact same order as in OTL, though I did change around the elimination order. A few guys (D-Lo Brown and Val Venis) go out a little earlier, so that we can get more Corporation members in with the final bunch. To sum up the final series of eliminations, Dr. Death and Chyna are both eliminated by Steve Austin. Triple H gets a bit of revenge on Shawn Michaels by dumping him out, but then Triple H is almost immediately eliminated by Psycho Sid. X-Pac lasts a little longer in this version of the match, but he suffers the same fate as Triple H.....being eliminated by Sid. So the final four were Owen Hart, Psycho Sid, Steve Austin, and Vince McMahon. Austin manages to eliminate Hart, and then Sid, before we get the exact same finish as OTL, with The Rock distracting Austin, which leads to McMahon eliminating him for the win.
1.) [29] Steve Austin - Eliminated by Vince McMahon 2.) [WINNER] Vince McMahon 3.) [1] Chris Candido - Eliminated by Steve Austin 4.) [3] Shane Douglas - Eliminated by Taz 5.) [4] Taz - Eliminated by Shane Douglas 6.) [2] Gillberg - Eliminated by Taz 7.) [6] Steve Blackman - Eliminated by Mabel 8.) [5] Dan Severn - Eliminated by Mabel 9.) [7] Tiger Ali Singh - Eliminated by Mabel 10.) [8] The Blue Meanie - Eliminated by Mabel 11.) [9] Mabel - Eliminated by Bradshaw, Faarooq, & Mideon 12.) [12] Road Dogg - Eliminated by Kane 13.) [10] Gangrel - Eliminated by Road Dogg 14.) [13] Big Stevie Cool - Eliminated by Kane 15.) [11] Al Snow - Eliminated by Road Dogg 16.) [15] Bluedust - Eliminated by Kane 17.) [14] The Godfather - Eliminated by Kane 18.) [16] Kane - Eliminated by Himself 19.) [22] "Dr. Death" Steve Williams - Eliminated by Steve Austin 20.) [17] Billy Gunn - Eliminated by "Dr. Death" Steve Williams 21.) [24] Shawn Michaels - Eliminated by Triple H 22.) [28] Psycho Sid - Eliminated by Steve Austin 23.) [25] Triple H - Eliminated by Psycho Sid 24.) [20] Val Venis - Eliminated by Shawn Michaels 25.) [26] X-Pac - Eliminated by Psycho Sid 26.) [19] Mark Henry - Eliminated by Chyna 27.) [18] Jeff Jarrett - Eliminated by Triple H 28.) [21] D-Lo Brown - Eliminated by "Dr. Death" Steve Williams 29.) [27] Owen Hart - Eliminated by Steve Austin 30.) [23] Chyna - Eliminated by Steve Austin
That completes my recap of the 1999 Royal Rumble. Tune in next time when I go over St. Valentine's Day Massacre!
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 21, 2021 5:46:54 GMT 1
Part XIX: WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House February 14th, 1999 - Memphis Pyramid - Memphis, Tennessee
Sunday Night Heat
1.) Vader def. Too Cold Scorpio 2.) The Acolytes vs. The Harris Brothers - No Contest via Double DQ
PPV
1.) WWF Hardcore Title - Hardcore Invitational - Bob Holly def. Al Snow, Axl Rotten, Balls Mahoney, Big Stevie Cool, WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Justin Credible, Road Dogg (c), Terry Funk, The Godfather, & The Sandman 2.) FTW Title - Taz (c) def. Shane Douglas 3.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Three-Way Tag Team Match - Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart (with Debra) (c) def. D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams & Johnny Ace 4.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Special Guest Referee: Billy Gunn - Val Venis (with Ryan Shamrock) def. Ken Shamrock (c) 5.) Psycho Sid vs. The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) - No Contest via Double Count Out 6.) The Corporation (Chyna & Kane) def. D-Generation X (Triple H & WWF European Champion X-Pac) 7.) WWF Title - Last Man Standing Match - Mankind (c) vs. The Rock - Draw 8.) #1 Contender's Steel Cage Match - Steve Austin def. Vince McMahon
Much like the majority of the PPVs that I've done through this spinoff thread thus far, there's a mix of similarities and differences between my version of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre card, and the version we actually see in OTL. Of course, the main events of this PPV remain largely unchanged. Steve Austin still faces Vince McMahon in a Steel Cage Match in the main event, while Mankind (who won the WWF Title from The Rock in an Empty Arena Match on Halftime Heat) would face off with The Rock in a Last Man Standing Match. The latter remains pretty much the exact same match, but the former does see a notable change. So obviously, I still have The Giant in WCW, so he doesn't debut in the main event of this PPV on the side of The Corporation. Instead, McMahon ends up losing the bout thanks to some miscommunication between himself and Shawn Michaels. Basically, the idea is that there's been simmering dissension between Shawn Michaels and the rest of The Corporation. Michaels inadvertently costing McMahon the match just furthers that eventual split.
Elsewhere, other bouts that remain unchanged are Chyna and Kane vs. the DX duo of Triple H and X-Pac, as well as Ken Shamrock vs. Val Venis for the WWF Intercontinental Title with Billy Gunn as the Special Guest Referee. Whatever happened with these matches in OTL remains unchanged in my version of events.
I'll just throw in here that love that they did a PPV with this name, and I love the theme song lol.
From there, we have a lot of different changes. The opening match on the PPV itself sees a Hardcore Invitational for the WWF Hardcore Title with ten participants, including the WWF Hardcore Champion, Road Dogg. I see this working the same way as the Hardcore Battle Royal from WrestleMania 2000 in OTL. There's a set time limit for the title, the title can change hands at any point during the match, and whoever holds the title by the end of the time limit is declared the WWF Hardcore Champion. When the dust settled, Bob Holly would emerge with the title. Another title match followed, though it was an unofficial title match, as Taz successfully defended his FTW Title against Shane Douglas. As I mentioned in my Royal Rumble post, the two would come to blows during the Rumble match itself, and that would lead to a feud between the two, and during this feud, Taz would reintroduce the FTW Title. So for now, that title is in play in the WWF.
Another interesting title bout on this card is for the WWF World Tag Team Titles. Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart got a win over The New Aged Outlaws on the Royal Rumble PPV, and that would lead to them getting a title. This would end up happening on the February 3rd edition of SmackDown!, as they put an abrupt end to the reign of Ken Shamrock and Vader. They would defend their newly won titles in a Three-Way Tag Team Titles, and while the first team has been a regular WWF team (D-Lo Brown and Mark Henry), the third team was one that made it's name is All Japan. Yes, you read the results of this PPV correctly. Corporation member "Dr. Death" Steve Williams teamed with his old All Japan tag team partner Johnny Ace. Certainly a sight to behold, that's for sure. In this alternate history, WWF has developed some minor ties to All Japan to counter WCW's partnership with New Japan.
Only three more matches left to discuss, and two of them tie together. On Sunday Night Heat, The Acolytes faced off against The Harris Brothers, who recently made their return after the DOA broke up. The Harris Brothers aren't official members of The Corporation, but they were brought in by Psycho Sid to be his backup, as The Ministry Of Darkness started to gain strength. The Acolytes and The Harris Twins would brawl to a Double DQ, and that would sort of serve as a tease for what would happen on the main PPV card. The matchup between Psycho Sid and The Undertaker would end in a Double Count Out, and in the ensuing brawl, both The Acolytes and The Harris Twins would get involving. This would just further set things up for a bigger match at WrestleMania between the two sides.
The last match left on the card to discuss is the second bout on Sunday Night Heat between Vader and Too Cold Scorpio. What I'm going for with the story here is that while Vader picks up the win, Too Cold Scorpio puts up a valiant effort, which impresses Vader. Afterwards, Vader would suggest that he and Scorpio should form a tag team, and they would go on to do just that. This actually parallels real life, as Vader would actually team with Too Cold Scorpio in the early years of Pro Wrestling NOAH.
In terms of title changes that I haven't gone over, there really isn't anything else to mention. Sable is still your WWF Women's Champion, and The Hell Raisers are still the holders of the WWF Six-Man Tag Team Champions. That's all for St. Valentine's Day Massacre! Please tune in next time for WrestleMania XV....The Ragin' Climax (I can't believe that was the tagline lmfao)!
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Dec 28, 2021 3:10:14 GMT 1
Part XX: WWF WrestleMania XV
WWF WrestleMania XV March 28th, 1999 - First Union Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sunday Night Heat
1.) "Dr. Death" Steve Williams def. Big Stevie Cool 2.) #1 Contender's Tag Team Battle Royal - Super Loco & Too Cold Scorpio def. Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney, bWo (The Blue Meanie & Hollywood Nova), Dan Severn & Steve Blackman, D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry, Droz & Prince Albert, Kai En Tai (Sho Funaki & Taka Michinoku), Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo & Miguel Perez Jr. with Jose Estrada), Pantera & Papi Chulo, Shane Douglas & Chris Candido (with Francine & Sunny), Terry Funk & Mikey Whipwreck, The Legion Of Doom, The Ministry Of Darkness (Gangrel & Viscera), The West Texas Renegades (Barry Windham & Kendall Windham with Tully Blanchard), and Too Much (Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor)
PPV
1.) WWF Hardcore Title - Triple Threat Match - Hardcore Holly def. Billy Gunn (c) & Al Snow (with Head) 2.) WWF Light Heavyweight Title - Christopher Daniels (with Gangrel) def. Justin Credible (with Jason, Nicole Bass, & Chastity) (c) 3.) WWF World Tag Team Titles - Taz & The Sandman def. Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) (c) 4.) Winner Becomes Special Guest Referee for the Main Event - Mankind def. Shawn Michaels 5.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Four-Way Elimination Match - The Road Dogg (c) def. Bluedust (with The Blue Meanie), Ken Shamrock, & Val Venis 6.) Kane (with Chyna) def. Triple H via DQ 7.) WWF Women's Title - Sable (c) def. Tori 8.) WWF European Title - Shane McMahon (with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams) (c) def. X-Pac 9.) Hell In A Cell Match - The Ministry Of Darkness (The Undertaker & The Acolytes with Paul Bearer) def. Psycho Sid & Harris Brothers Security 10.) WWF Title - No DQ Match - Special Guest Referee: Mankind - Steve Austin def. The Rock (c)
IT'S THE RAGIN' CLIMAX!! That's right, it's time for WrestleMania XV from the City of Brother Love!! We're still dealing with a lot of similarities and differences with OTL of events in the WWF vs. my version of events (again, based on who's with WWF and who's left over in my EWR/WCW game). A lot of the major events from this show remain exactly the same. The main event goes off exactly as it does in real life, though with Paul Heyman in the role as WWF Commissioner instead of Shawn Michaels (as I think I mentioned in one of my previous posts). In fact, the majority of this card is very similar to the actual card from WrestleMania XV in OTL. Some of them are exactly the same, while others feature some minor tweaks, such as "Dr. Death" Steve Williams being in the corner of Shane McMahon instead of Test.
One of the top matches remained similar in spirit, but with a completely different lineup. This card still saw The Undertaker in a Hell In A Cell Match against The Corporation. However, instead of a singles bout against The Big Bossman, it's a Six-Man Tag inside Hell In A Cell, as The Undertaker teamed with Bradshaw and Faarooq to go up against Psycho Sid and The Harris Brothers who, in this alternate version of events, are known as Harris Brothers Security (basically their gimmick is a Private Security firm). We still get the hanging angle following the bout, but in this case, the person that gets hanged is one of the Harris Brothers (take your pick). Christopher Daniels and Gangrel are the ones who appear at the top of the cage to send down the noose.
Most of the other notable changes are concentrated in the undercard, with the biggest being Mankind battling Shawn Michaels for the right to be the Special Guest Referee in the main event. This continues the story of dissension between Shawn Michaels and The Corporation, and in this case, Vince McMahon inadvertently costs Michaels the match (McMahon wanted to cheat/interfere, but Michaels wanted to win the match on his own). HBK wouldn't officially be removed from The Corporation on this night, but he certainly won't be in that group for much longer.
The other two significant changes on the undercard involved two title bouts. The city that helped make ECW famous was thrown a bone in the WWF World Tag Team Title bout, as former ECW World Champions Taz and The Sandman captured tag team gold after defeated Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart. Meanwhile, Christopher Daniels brought some championship gold home to The Ministry Of Darkness by picking up a win over Justin Credible. Gangrel comes out with Daniels to serve as a counter to Credible's entourage.
Aside from the main card, Sunday Night Heat sees some changes as well. The very first match of the night sees "Dr. Death" Steve Williams defeat Big Stevie Cool in a relatively short match. Then, there's a big Tag Team Battle Royal (just like WrestleMania XIV the year before) featuring fifteen teams, with the winners earning themselves a shot at the WWF World Tag Team Titles. Originally, I had planned on having Too Cold Scorpio and Vader win this, but then I realized that Vader was booked in the All Japan Champion Carnival Tournament in 1999, which started around the same time as WrestleMania XV. Obviously, with that realization, I had to change my plans a bit, so I decided to stick Super Loco with Too Cold Scorpio, and they ultimately won the battle royal.
In terms of title changes since the last PPV, there are some things to discuss. Of course, Shane McMahon won the WWF European Title from X-Pac on the February 15th edition of RAW Is War just like he did in OTL. More title changes from OTL occur just as they do in this version of events. Road Dogg wins the WWF Intercontinental Title from Val Venis on the March 15th RAW is War, while Billy Gunn won the WWF Hardcore Title from Hardcore Holly on the same show. Meanwhile, The Legion Of Doom and Power Warrior still hold the WWF Six-Man Tag Team Titles, marking the longest title reign with that particular title thus far.
That's all for WrestleMania XV!! Tune in next time, when I cover Backlash 1999!!
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