What If They Lived

[Jack-Hammer]

Brian Pillman was never going to be a big time, main event star in WWE because he just didn't really have it in the ring anymore by the time he got to WWE. I don't recall exactly, but I think all the bones in one of his ankle were fused together? Pillman was a high flyer and an athletic guy in his prime but he lost a a great deal of that by the time he was in WWE. I don't think Pillman would have been as big as Austin. Austin was just the right character with the right look at the right time.

Eddie Guerrero would probably have a few more World Championship reigns under his belt in WWE. It's entirely possible that he might even still be in the ring today either in WWE or TNA.

I think Chris Benoit would be someone that spent much of his time in the upper mid-card scene, making occasional trips into the main event picture. I'd say he'd have had at least 1 more World Championship run in WWE. For some reason, I think Benoit would have left WWE at some point and wound up in TNA.

When Curt Hennig passed away, his best years were well behind him. He's already accomplished all he was going to. Hennig is one of the best to have never been WWE Champion. By now, Hennig would either be long since retired from the ring, wrestling in TNA, working behind the scenes or on commentary in TNA, working behind the scenes or commentary in WWE or just out of wrestling altogether.

When it comes to Owen Hart, I think he would have eventually been WWE Champion at least once. I think he'd be someone like Chris Jericho in which he'd be in the upper mid-card and main event scenes frequently. If he were still alive, I think he'd still be involved in wrestling somehow.

[TheBottomLine]

Personally, the way the Owen Hart character was going at the time of his death could mean he was winding down, but I could be wrong, he could have had an IC title run ir two left in him, I don't really think he would have won the WWF title tbh.

Pillman could have been great, his feud with Austin, especially the 'Pillman's got a gun' side to it was excellent, although a bit soap opera-y. But as people said, after the crash, messing up his ankle definitely took away from him and his in-ring ability.

I haven't got much to say about Mr.Perfect, he was past it when he died, he wasn't going anywhere when he died.

Now Eddie and Benoit, these two could have had another title run or two left, Benoit was on the ECW brand at the time, maybe there to help push stars along, who knows, and as I think it has been said already, he was billed to win the ECW title that night. Eddie could still be going now, I could still see him fitting in this era atm. Benoit too, it's shame how mentally unstable people become after years and years of wrestling.