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Post by aries on Aug 4, 2019 20:23:47 GMT -5
![]()  The Fall and Rise of World Wrestling FederationJune 1996
The history of wrestling dates back some fifteen thousand years, traversing the continent of Europe, settling in the United Kingdom, and finally making its way across the Atlantic to the United States. Freaks, circus performers, pantomime characters, these were the features of the wrestling variety shows that populated the early carnival’s. It wasn’t until the turn of the twentieth century that professional wrestling really started to become legitimate, largely due in part to the work of Frank Gotch, Georg Hackendschmidt, and Martin ‘Farmer’ Burns, who brought the sport in to the first ‘golden age’. This survived until the 1920’s, when the idea of ‘worked performances’ started to split the two camps of wrestlers, and the seeds of sports-entertainment were slowly formed. Audiences and the media began to question the legitimacy of wrestling, and combined with the loss of Gotch, Hackendschmidt, and the other stars of the sport, thirty years would go by before another ‘golden age’ would come around. This time it was not just confined to the states as Japan, Mexico, and the UK, all found themselves in a strong market with strong characters to lead it.
Something that cannot go unmentioned about the dark age of the 1920’s through to the 1940’s was the introduction of wrestling cartels. Many know of the National Wrestling Alliance, formed in 1948, and designed to maintain the status quo, and to better protect the promoters and bookers in their respective regions. New promotions couldn’t get in, and blacklisted workers would find it very tough to get any sort of work across the country. This built on the ideas of Ed Lewis, Billy Sandow, and Toots Mondt, known as the Gold Dust Trio, who believed that a more cemented roster of regular workers would be more profitable than always using local talent when taking the show on the road. They formed in the 1920’s, and introduced new concepts such as tag-team wrestling, involvement of the referee as a distraction mechanism, signature wrestling finishing moves, and due to the nature of a travelling stable of wrestlers, were able to develop storylines, feuds, and found it much easier to hold on to their stars. In the UK, Joint Promotions did a similar thing as they controlled the territories, drove down costs for using workers, and established a stranglehold on the wrestling business across the country.
We will come back to the National Wrestling Alliance shortly, but it is crucial to note their influence in the shaping of the second golden age of wrestling – or the first golden age of sports entertainment, as everyone wants to be the first of something. The biggest story of this golden age is that of any economic bubble, and the biggest problem any of them face is overexposure. The introduction of cable television in the fifties saw major television broadcasters get in on the action and ride the crest of the wave until it all came crashing down by the end of the decade. Obviously wrestling promoters would learn from this mistake and definitely never make it again. Warning: Don’t oversaturate your product.
Moving back to the National Wrestling Alliance. This loose collection of regional promotions went through their own tumultuous periods as companies broke away, returned, and fought for access to the shares championship. The NWA World Heavyweight Title was the most credible wrestling belt in the world, featuring sustained prominence across the states, and also being defended abroad. However, politics around the title threatened the existence of the NWA as a powerhouse in wrestling. In 1957 two champions were paraded around due to differing opinions of a title change featuring Lou Thesz and Edouard Carpentier. In 1960, Greg Gagne withdrew from the alliance after an unsuccessful attempt to convince NWA directors he should be the next champion. However, the biggest blow would come at the start of the 1980’s when WWWF, previously Capitol Wrestling Federation, ceded from the alliance permanently after the establishment of their own national network coverage, and moved into prominence at the top of the sports-entertainment (nee-wrestling) industry.
The change in the way fans consumed wrestling caused big problems for a territory system that had relied far too heavily on the same storylines going on tour across the different regional promotions, and it also exposed the inconsistencies across said companies. The NWA had become outdated, and Vincent K. McMahon’s newly dubbed World Wrestling Federation skyrocketed. Spearheaded by Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant, McMahon hosted the wrestling equivalent of the SuperBowl; WrestleMania. As Vince McMahon strengthened his hold on wrestling through ambitious expansion with network television, big-money advertisement, celebrity endorsements, and the biggest names in wrestling. It didn’t take long for the NWA to begin to fade in to the background, and by the early nineties it had ceased to exist in any purposeful manner. World Championship Wrestling had been created by Ted Turner after the purchase of Jim Crocket Promotions and NWA territories he had purchased before going bankrupt. Eastern Championship Wrestling had gone extreme and thrown down the NWA title before going their own way, and finally the NWA realised their time had gone.
Ted Turner had a profound effect on the wrestling world. Backed by network television and a large cheque book, it wasn’t long before two juggernauts of wrestling would come head to head. The Monday Night Wars are a fabled period in the history of wrestling, and in July of 1996 - seizing on the opportunity presented by a stagnating product within WWF – Hulk Hogan became the infamous third man and established the New World Order, brother. Hogan had joined in 1994 at the behest of Eric Bischoff and had legitimised WCW as an alternate option to the WWF. Along with other WWF acquisitions such as Randy Savage, Lex Luger, and then in early 1996 they took Razor Ramon and Diesel and repackaged them as Outsiders who had come from the WWF to wage war on Bischoff and the WCW.
By going against the WWF on Monday Night’s, Eric’s plan to weaken the competition and take the number one spot worked perfectly. Backed by Billionaire Ted and the creative freedom that the NWO storyline had afforded him, Easy E was on a roll. Vince McMahon was still clinging to the old ideas of the eighties, with colourful characters and variety show gimmicks, whereas WCW was moving in to the next era with the blurring of the lines between what makes a good guy or a bad guy. The industry needed to adapt and change with the times, and there was a huge question mark over the WWF’s ability, and willingness, to do it.
We arrive in June 1996 just before the King of the Ring tournament which should have crowned Hunter Hearst Helmsley as the winner before he went on to the main event, but the Curtain Call incident meant that Stone Cold Steve Austin would win it and look to make his mark on the World Wrestling Federation. How would he get on? Let’s find out…
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Post by aries on Aug 4, 2019 21:15:41 GMT -5
![]() World Wrestling Federation 1996 Roster WWF World Heavyweight Title
Holder: 'The Heartbreak Kid' Shawn Michaels WWF Intercontinental Title
Holder: Ahmed Johnson WWF World Tag Team Titles
Holders: The Smoking Gunns'The Heartbreak Kid' Shawn Michaels The Undertaker
Ahmed Johnson British Bulldog Goldust Jake 'The Snake' Roberts Mankind Owen Hart Vader
'Loose Canoon' Brian Pillman
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Jerry 'The King' Lawler
'Wildman' Marc Mero
Marty Jannetty
'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
Alex Porteau Barry Horowitz Bart Gunn Billy Gunn Bob Holly
Brian Christopher Brooklyn Brawler Bushwacker Butch Bushwacker Luke Faarooq Henry O. Godwinn Justin Hawk Bradshaw Leif Cassidy Mosh
Phineas I. Godwin Savio Vega
Scott Taylor Skip
Thrasher Zip
Tag Teams
Camp Cornette (Owen Hart & British Bulldog)
The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip)
The Bushwackers (Butch and Luke)
The Godwinns (Henry & Phineas Godwin)
The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher)
The New Rockers (Leif Cassidy & Marty Jannetty)
Smoking Gunns (Bart & Billy)
Too Much (Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor)
USWA RosterAldo MontoyaAmy LeeBilly KidmanBull BuchananChad FortuneChynaD'Lo BrownErin O' GradyFlex KavanaGlen JacobsJamie NobleJesse James ArmstrongLance StormMark Henry Steve BlackmanThe Sultan Vic Grimes |
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Post by aries on Aug 4, 2019 21:16:36 GMT -5
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Post by DTP. on Aug 5, 2019 8:26:32 GMT -5
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Post by aries on Aug 5, 2019 11:53:50 GMT -5
Chapter One: A Paper Crown
Week 1 – It’s Time!
June 24th 1996.
Camp Cornette bounced back from a disappointing pay-per-view, and made short work of Savio Vega, Aldo Montoya, and Barry Horowitz. Vader quickly dispatched of Montoya with a Vader Bomb before tagging in Owen Hart, who applies the Sharpshooter and taps him out! Later in the week on WWF Superstars, the Mastodon was impressive again, defeating young developmental star Balls Mahoney with the Vader Bomb. Cornette took the time to tell Shawn Michaels that they were coming for him and his WWF title. He better watch his back, because Vader will break it. A premium-line number flashed up on-screen during Monday Night Raw which allowed you to call and find out that at International Incident, Camp Cornette would find themselves in a six-man tag team match!
Ahmed Johnson continued his impressive run-in after picking up the Intercontinental Championship from Goldust. He dealt with Hunter Hearst Helmsley as if it was just another day at the office, hitting the Pearl River Plunge, and telling the crowd he would be a good champion. He would be their champion. The people’s champion! Goldust aired a vignette from Shattered Dreams Productions, telling Ahmed that he had finally seen a monster, but that they would have to get back together ‘before he could be a star’. Elsewhere saw problems between The Bodydonnas’ new manager Cloudy and Sunny, the latter of which was at ringside on commentary. The Smoking Gunn’s came out after the match as things got heated, but Sunny hightailed it after Cloudy swung for her. The Smoking Gunns pointed and gestured as Sunny got on a microphone and said they would regret replacing her, and disrespecting her, with that, that, thing! Cloudy posed and strutted around the ring. Even Lawler wasn’t biting.
Although Ultimate Warrior defeated Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler at King of the Ring, his time with the company was cut incredibly short, being suspended for ninety days after failing to show up at several house shows. Jerry Lawler then set his sights on the reformed Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, insulting him on commentary and implying that he had fallen off the wagon. Jake joined Lawler at ringside on RAW to commentate Stone Cold against The Undertaker, with the two almost coming to blows after some of Lawler’s comments. Jake said that Lawler was just the kind of person who puts another man down when he has worked hard to be a better person, to see the light at the end of the tunnel and to reach for it. Lawler continued to rile Roberts up, and Roberts said maybe his friends should come and help Lawler, because his attitude is rotten to the core! Roberts left the booth early and walked to the back as McMahon apologised to Jake and to the audience whilst Lawler cackled.
Steve Austin’s victory and subsequent victory speech put ‘Stone Cold’ on the map, as he made it known to the world that he meant business, and would stop at nothing to reach the top. He followed up the King of the Ring victory with a win over The Undertaker the following night, albeit in controversial fashion. The two traded blows and Austin came close to a victory with the Stunner, but Undertaker kicked out. Undertaker fought back into the match and went for the Chokeslam, only for Goldust to make an appearance and throw glitter in the deadmans eyes. He might be dead, but if he can’t see, he’s just like you and me! Goldust was out to continue his feud with the Deadman and further stirred the pot with Paul Bearer, stressing the strained relationship between father and son. The show went off the air to Paul Bearer comforting the Undertaker, with a worried look in his eye.
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Post by aries on Aug 5, 2019 18:20:21 GMT -5
Week 2 - The Third Man
July 1st, 1996.
Monday Night RAW opened to Vince McMahon and Jim Ross, back on Raw, promoting International Incident, only two weeks away! Camp Cornette’s opponents in the six-man tag team match will be none other than the WWF Champion Shawn Michaels, WWF Intercontinental Champion Ahmed Johnson, and a mystery opponent. Oooohh. Cornette comes out with Vader and tells Vince that although he loves a surprise as much as anyone, he is sorry to have to ruin this one. He and everybody else knows exactly who the third man is! He brings out Scott Taylor, who Vader proceeds to destroy. Body Slam. Lariat. Vader Bomb. Cornette continues to put Vader over at ringside and stays with the commentary team for the rest of the show.
Sunny continued to get involved where she didn’t need to, this time on WWF Superstars, and ended up getting a bucket of slop poured over her after she tried to play mind games with Phineas after the Godwinns picked up a tag victory. The Smoking Gunns came out to save her, but the damage was already done. On RAW, Sunny came out to inform us that at International Incident, in only two weeks, the Smoking Gunns will get restore her dignity by beating down those pig farming idiots, but it isn’t for the title, they don’t deserve a free shot at the prestigious titles that the Gunn’s acquired through sweat and hard work, just because they attacked a woman with pig s-.
Goldust continued to harass the Undertaker, telling him he knows a secret about the Undertaker. Everyone in Hollywood talks you see, and he knew something that would change his world. That’s what he’s willing to put on the line so they can get together. The Dead One and the Golden One, finally coming together to make magic. ‘Undertaker, the sparks will fly. We need each other Undertaker. This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime.’ He then fought, and defeated, Marc Mero, who was much too busy being distracted by the antics of Marlena at ringside. After his loss, Mero blamed Sable causing her to walk off without him. The crowd cheered for that one and Mero gestured wildly. How fitting.
Jake Roberts joins Vince and JR on commentary for Mankinds match against Duke Droese, Duke’s final match for the company. Lawler is conspicuous in his absence, and Vince apologises for King’s actions last week. Jake says it’s not McMahon’s problem, but it will soon be Lawler’s problem when he gets his hands on him. Mankind defeats Droese with ease, and post-match attacks Roberts until officials get involved and Mankind begins tearing his hair out and screeching as he scuttles away into the back. Lawler hosted WWF Superstars this week with Todd Pettengill and used the show to mock Jake for being a ‘washed up, pissed-up, has-been’. At the end of the show Lawler challenged Roberts to a match on Monday Night Raw! Oh my!
Just before the main event of the show, Ahmed Johnson gave his best shot at a promo backstage wishing Shawn luck, and saying the two of them would stomp dirt in to those idiots from Camp Cornette. But with their third man? It will be a bloodbath! The cameras cut back to the action as The Rockers face off against one another, one more time. Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Janetty with the Rocker Dropper after a largely bland affair between the former teammates. After the match Shawn then turned his attention to Cornette, at ringside on commentary. ‘Our third man will be here in due time, don’t you worry Jimmy’. ‘And when he is, even that big brute the masterbater, will find himself powerless.’ Cornette tried to jump Shawn with the tennis racket but got a big right hook from Lothario for his trouble. Shawn celebrated with the title and mocked Janetty before leaving the ring as Raw went off the air.
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Post by aries on Aug 6, 2019 6:33:07 GMT -5
Week 3 - Sidnificant Consequences
July 8th, 1996.
A video package opened Raw this week, with WWF President Gorilla Monsoon saying that after the actions of Jim Cornette and Jose Lothario last week, both are banned from ringside for the match at International Incident. He apologises to Shawn and Jose, but says Cornette’s constant interference had gone unopposed for far too long. ‘This was wrestling, not no holds barred fighting!’ I may be paraphrasing good ol’ Gorilla Monsoon here but it’s definitely in the same spirit. Monsoon was looking forward to the third man teaching Camp Cornette a lesson. At this, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog make their way to the ring. Owen laughs off Monsoon, saying that his jealousy of the next generation of stars is tragic. Same old. Same old. ‘Hold us down, put us in a box, we will get back up, break out, and smash that little glass ceiling you try so desperately to protect.’ Owen takes Cornette’s recent position at ringside and stays to call the action.
Later in the week, on WWF Superstars, Cornette admitted that he was wrong to believe reports that Vader’s victim last week was the third man, but he knows a guy who knows a guy who knows stuff. COrnette joins Sunny and Todd at ringside as we are introduced to ‘The Penultimate Warrior’ - the third man. Vader, once again, destroys him with a Vader Bomb. That's all she wrote. Vader and Cornette took so long to leave after the match that Dan Jesser attempted to come out for his match with Hunter Hearst Helmsley, only to get a Vader Bomb on the entrance way knocking him out cold. Brian Pillman was at ringside as Helmsley came out for the match, laughing at the visibly angered HHH. Pillman was a menace throughout Superstars, later being removed from ringside by security, continuing his loose cannon attitude. On commentary, Sunny said she loved to see that confidence and that she might make him an offer he can't refuse. Todd Pettingill thought all that Brian was doing was painting a bullseye on his back, and asking to be put in his place. Sunny, combining her announcer role on Superstars with a managerial role on Raw, saw her tag champions defeat the newest tag team to come up from USWA, The Headbangers. Mosh and Thrasher worked over Bart with their high-flying antics, but Gunn dropped Mosh with a rocker dropper and took the opportunity to promote their tag match at International Incident against The Bodydonnas.
Jake Roberts entered alone without a partner and said that he had scoured every piece of God’s own country for someone who wanted a piece of Jerry Lawler and by God’s grace the call was answered. Hundreds of calls were answered. ‘Lord knows I’ve done the very best I can to rise above remarks around my sobriety, but enough is enough. So I called one of those numbers back. With the almighty as my witness I will teach you a lesson in manners. You taught me your lesson Jerry, now let me teach you mine.’ Out comes ‘The World’s Strongest Man’ Mark Henry, who is set to attend the Summer Olympics later this month. Lawler is sheepish but Mankind is more than happy to get involved. They isolate Roberts from Henry and use every trick in the book to work him over. When Henry finally gets involved he press slams Mankind over the top rope to the outside before grinding down Lawler with a bear hug. Henry releases Lawler and throws him on to Mankind, and Lawler holds Mankind back from getting back in the ring, telling him to leave it. The referee counts them out and Lawler laughs it off leaving Jake in the ring, furious that he didn’t get his hands on The King.
Elsewhere, Shawn and Ahmed Johnson push the appearance of their third man. Turns out it wasn’t ‘The Penultimate Warrior’ after all. Who could it be!? Find out next week, on Monday Night RAW!
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Post by aries on Aug 8, 2019 6:36:42 GMT -5
Week 4 - Let's All Go, Psycho!July 15th, 1996.
Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler welcome us to Monday Night Raw from Green Bay, Wisconsin. They tell us that Camp Cornette are outside the building awaiting the arrival of Shawn Michaels’ and Ahmed Johnson’s mysterious friend to complete their People’s Posse. Shawn Michaels would definitely be here though as he would defend the title against Billy Gunn, of all people. Equally implausible is that his brother, Bart, will face off against Ahmed Johnson for the Intercontinental Title. But first, they introduce the newest tag team to enter the WWF – hot on the heels of the Headbangers – The Hardy Boyz. Matt and Jeff from North Carolina have been impressing audiences back home and in the USWA, and they got their chance here against The New Rockers. The four put on a pretty exciting match for the five minutes they were given. As the younger Hardy, Jeff, goes to the top rope, he gets caught and hit with a Rocker Dropper from Cassidy, and Marty follows up with a top rope flying fist drop. A fun opener.
‘Wildman’ Marc Mero comes out for his match against Helmsley without Sable, possibly a throwback to the issues the three had back in March, or ‘maybe because Mero and Sable have had an argument’, suggests Lawler. King says he will be back, and heads backstage to probably go comfort Sable. What a dog. Anyway, HHH comes out and finds himself on the end of a savage beating from Mero. Hunter manages a couple of shots but gets thrown from pillar to post and then put away with The Kiss That Doesn’t Miss. In another quick-fire bout, Ahmed Johnson takes out Bart Gunn with ease. Sunny tried to be a distraction, but we all know Johnson doesn’t care about women! He’s all about the people! Cloudy comes out after the match and yanks Sunny off of the apron and leaves her on the floor, with the warning not to get involved in the tag match at 'International Incident'.
Goldust appears in a vignette, talking about the long lost secret that The Undertaker has never let the world know. Maybe even Undertaker has forgotten, but someone hasn’t, and that someone will be coming soon to turn Undertaker’s life upside down. But before all of that? ‘At International Incident, Undertaker, I am going to rebuild you in my own image. Hollywood has been waiting for you.’ Goldust then proceeds to come to the ring with Marlena, beat the hell out of Bob Holly, and then drop him with the Curtain Call. The lights cut out as the referee looks to raise Goldust’s hand and Undertaker’s music hits! At the top of the ramp stands Paul Bearer. He tells Goldust that he has asked for more than he may wish he had. The Undertaker cannot be stopped, and when Goldust takes his last breath before surrendering to his earthy grave, he hopes he will be able to finally rest in peace.
In the main event of the evening, Shawn Michaels comes out through the crowd with Jose Lothario – something he won’t be able to do on Sunday, as both Cornette and Lothario are banned from ringside. Billy comes out with Sunny and Bart, who is sporting a shiner on his right eye. The match is fairly competitive, with Billy getting in some ‘Big Man Offence’ (trademark) and working over Shawn’s knee. He can’t kick you in the chops if his knee hurts after all! Skipping to the end, Shawn eventually managed to drop Billy with his own version of the Rocker Dropper before climbing the turnbuckle at the slowest pace known to man – his knee hurts remember. As he does, Sunny gets on the apron and tries to woo Shawn. He thinks about it, but decides against it. Only, it’s too late! Billy is back up and he tosses Shawn off the top. Ahmed Johnson then heads to ringside to deal with Bart and Sunny, which obviously triggers Camp Cornette to get involved. The referee rings the bell for a DQ and hightails it as chaos ensues. Shawn and Ahmed lay out the Smoking Gunns, but the four of Camp Cornette are too much for them and they get overwhelmed.
Just as all hope looks to be lost, a big heap of muscles comes flying down the ring ready to deal out deranged punishment. IT’S SID! PSYCHO SID! He does some crazy shouting and screaming and then lays everyone out from Camp Cornette except Vader! Vader takes one, two, three punches and stands firm. Cornette on the outside shouts at Vader to either take them down or get the hell out of there! He isn’t sure which is best! Owen holds his cast and Bulldog is tending to Sunny. Vader looks at all three men and smiles before quickly ducking out of the ring and leaving with Cornette. On commentary Jim Ross cannot get over Vader or Psycho Sid and shouts that the battle between these two behemoths is only just getting started. ‘How will it end? Find out this Sunday at International Incident, IN YOUR HOUSE!’
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Post by DTP. on Aug 8, 2019 14:33:16 GMT -5
You're adopting a very unique method to how you go about writing this. It's unique, and I think I've only ever seen this format used for a NJPW diary once or twice. It reads well and your knowledge of the period comes across in your writing style. So far there is no clear sign of you deriving from the shackles of what actually happened in June/July 1996, other than a few instances. I'm intrigued by the prospect of Sid and Vader, and could see that as a viable SummerSlam match. There are twists such as the managers being banned from the six-man tag team main event, and signs of taking Goldust's character in a more serious direction via a short-term feud with the Undertaker. Nevertheless, there is always a somewhat stagnant start to a diary as you have to rely on what happened in reality. Where I think your work will truly shine will be when you get past In Your House, and start getting more creative in your booking plans.
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Post by aries on Aug 8, 2019 16:35:21 GMT -5
You're adopting a very unique method to how you go about writing this. It's unique, and I think I've only ever seen this format used for a NJPW diary once or twice. It reads well and your knowledge of the period comes across in your writing style. So far there is no clear sign of you deriving from the shackles of what actually happened in June/July 1996, other than a few instances. I'm intrigued by the prospect of Sid and Vader, and could see that as a viable SummerSlam match. There are twists such as the managers being banned from the six-man tag team main event, and signs of taking Goldust's character in a more serious direction via a short-term feud with the Undertaker. Nevertheless, there is always a somewhat stagnant start to a diary as you have to rely on what happened in reality. Where I think your work will truly shine will be when you get past In Your House, and start getting more creative in your booking plans. I dont know if its frowned upon to reply to feedback, but I'm going to do it, and I want to thank you for your feedback! You're pretty much spot on the money. I have gone in to this knowing that things aren't going to be great for WWF for a little while, so let's have a bit of fun with it! Yet, I think that changes should be organic and come about natutrally rather than just "Righto, Day one, Undertaker is gonna be WWF Champ (even though it makes zero sense for his character as the deadman) and Steve Austin is now a main eventer because he did one good speech on pay per view!". I wanted the weeklies to read a little bit like round-ups because back then RAW and Superstars didn't have the focus we have now (3 hours, jesus, the audience would have lost their minds if Vince tried a 3 hour RAW in 1996!). I hope it works, and I'm glad you've enjoyed it. It means a lot to hear it. From In Your House, things start to get a little bit different and the further we get the more it's going to be a whole different WWF than we got in real life (although I cannot promise that Flex Kavana will never become The Rock, because The Rock is god damn awesome.) Anyway, International Incident Card coming up. Anyone reading feel free to do that whole prediction contest stuff (although I'd love a reason why someone will win and what it might lead to!) If nobody enters, that's cool man. But if one or more enter, I will have a winner to announce and said winner will get a chance to Vince Russo my booking team. "Oh hey aries, let's have Judy Bagwell on a pole?" I would love to veto that decision but just like Ahmed Johnson, I'm all about the people. So yeah, the winner will get a chance to book a segment on a show building up to the next pay per view and I'll weave it in to the storyline. (Unless you have me bring back Hulk Hogan and then I'll be forced to ban you for unoriginality!). Anyway, thanks for the feedback DTP (Down To Partayyyy? Penetrate? Perambulate?), I appreciate it. |
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Post by aries on Aug 8, 2019 16:43:15 GMT -5
World Wrestling Federation Presents In Your House: International Incident 1996
Two Hours of Hard-Hitting, High-Flying, Heart-Stopping, Piledriving Action!
The Peoples Posse (Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, Psycho Sid) vs. Camp Cornette (Vader, British Bulldog, Owen Hart)
James E. Cornette and Jose Lothario are banned from ringside.
Open Grave Match: The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) vs. Goldust (w/ Marlena)
Steve Austin vs. Marc Mero (w/ Sable)
The Smoking Gunns (w/ Sunny) vs. The Bodydonnas (w/ Cloudy)
Henry O Godwin vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Jake Roberts vs. Mankind
Free For All: The Headbangers vs. The Hardy Boyz
Tickets are sold out, but catch us LIVE, IN YOUR HOUSE, this Sunday! |
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