Feuds You Wish Would Have Been Longer or Shorter

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Originally Posted by justtxyank

Storyline that I think was way too short in WCW was Goldberg v Sting. There was money to be made there. After that Nitro match I would have built back to a Sting Goldberg match. Even if you had Goldberg win, I would have it come across as "barely" making it look like Sting was the man who had it in him to beat him. You could have extended that out over several months, mixing in smaller feuds for each man to keep them busy.

Yes, Sting Vs Goldberg should have been huge. If you watch their first encounter on Monday Nitro it was amazing (And mind you I am NO fan of Goldberg). The audience was chanting Goldberg over and over again, but something happened durring that match. The tide slowly started to turn. The more Sting made Goldberg look like a dominant monster the better it made Sting look for fighting on against an unstopable monster. This actually turned to tide of who the fans were cheering for. By the middle of the match you could see and even feel that the crowd wanted Sting to beat Goldberg. By the time Sting locked in the Scorpion Deathlock the audience was pretty much on the side of Sting. Sadly we got that botched finish thanks to Hogan's (real life) ego. I think that the reason that WCW didn't have follow up matches between the two right away is because Sting was so loved by the WCW fans that they knew that given time that Goldberg would eventually have been booed out of the building. Fans do not boo Sting. It's why Sting heel turns do not work. By the time WCW got back to this feud Goldberg had completely cooled off and was just another guy on the roster and as good as their short match at Slamboree 1999 over who the franchise of WCW was it was too late. The fans weren't chanting Golberg anymore. As a matter of fact there was a guy in the front row chanting Goldberg, but it wasn't a good chant. It was a lets heckle this guy chant. So, this potentially HUGE money making feud was blown because of Hogan's ego
IMO If WCW had done A Goldberg Vs Sting fued at the right time it could have taken up much of 1998. I would have had a few matches between the two headlining PPVs that were two or three months apart. Sting would come close each time, but somehow he would lose. This "losing streak" would consume Sting so much that at Halloween Havoc he would come out and cut a promo saying that he is the franchise of WCW and how he has held every title and beat everyone on the roster... except for one guy and that guy is the Heavyweight champion of the world. This would set up to their final match at Starrcade where Sting would finally win. I really think this would have been MUCH better than Nash Vs Goldberg... :/

Another angle that I wish would have gone on longer was the West Texas Rednecks! These guys were so over that their song "Rap Is Crap" actually got airplay on country radio stations! Why WCW didn't push this group to the moon is beyond me! They were all talented wrestlers, were funny as hell and got way over with the fans. Instead of pushing them WCW burried them. It made no sense whatsoever!

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One Major Feud I would had loved to be longer was the Punk-Jericho feud from last year.
A Big feud with Major Potential. Had 2 amazing matches. One more at Over The Limit would had been great.

Another one would be the recent Orton and Del Rio Feud. That feud was terribly boring. WWE should have made it big and do something with it, and had at least ended it in TLC.

Christian and The Miz had a brief feud last years summer. That would have been an awesome feud if the WWE let it to last much longer, and actually had promos.

Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio. Del Rio took out mysterio twice in Major injuries, and not one big major match did they have. WWE should give it one more chance at this years wrestlemania.

John Morrison and R Truth, Two Best Friends who had one steal the other's opportunity at the WWE title at EXtreme Rules 2011, leading Truth to turn heel, and taking Morrison to the hospital. Everyone thought they would have their "Big Match" at summerslam with Morrison finally getting revenge, but no. It all ended on an episode of RAW, which I thought was terrible.

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I wish that the Undertaker vs Triple H feud leading to Wrestlemania X7 would have lasted longer, not the most recent ones, but that one was really great, the promos, the fights and everything that hapenned during that time was fantastic, to me that was one of those things that i wish it would have lasted much longer, another one i really enjoyed also had to do with Triple H and Taker, it was the one between the Two Man Powertrip vs The Brothers of Destruction, i remember that the intensity between those 4 guys was awesome, and i also loved the one between Stone Cold and triple H leading to the 3 stages of hell match, i also wish it would have lasted a little longer, as for the one i wish it was shorter, it was the one between DX vs the Spirit Squad, to me that was just ridiculous........

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I don't know if it should've went longer, but I feel that the Randy Savage/Jake Roberts feud, with being such an awesome feud should've had a grander ending. I hate to ruin the classic Savage/Flair match at Wrestlemania VIII, but if they had went with Hogan/Flair instead, than the Savage/Roberts feud should've definitely been stretched out to Wrestlemania VIII for the conclusion, perhaps in a Steel Cage match, or a No DQ match (they had already had one at Summerslam 91 between LOD and the Nasty Boys, so it was realistic).

Another great feud from that time period that I feel was way too short was Undertaker and Jake Roberts. You're talking about two of the most psychologically brilliant characters (both kayfabe and for real) ever conceived by WWE. The two wrestlers that were better at playing mind games with other wrestlers than anyone in history (though Goldust is up there too). This could've been a real epic feud. It started off awesome, with what I feel is one of the most overlooked face turns in WWE history with Undertaker. But it only lasted about a month and a half, before Taker basically squashed Jake at Wrestlemania VIII. A lot of this had to do with Jake leaving, which was a shame. But if he hadn't left, I certainly would've loved to have seen the Taker/Jake feud continue, maybe up to Summerslam 92. It would've been much better than Taker/Kamala, that's for sure. What if Taker and Jake had the first Casket match? That would've been awesome.

I have to agree with a previous poster discussing Mr. Perfect and Hulk Hogan. That was definitely a feud that should've lasted much longer. If there had been more ppv's back then like now, it probably would've. Unfortunately that feud was taking place in late 1989/early 1990's, when the ppvs in that period (mainly Royal Rumble 90 and Wrestlemania VI) were centered around Hogan/Warrior. If the current ppv schedule was taking place back then. I could've seen Warrior winning the Rumble, Hogan and Perfect having a World Title match at the Royal Rumble, then maybe another rematch between Hogan and Perfect at the February ppv before Wrestlemania ending the feud to make way for Hogan/Warrior. But alas, it wasn't meant to be.

I would've liked to have seen Bret Hart and Bam Bam Bigelow have a long, serious feud. They had quite a few matches against one another in 1993, and there was a bit of a rivalry going on, but at the same time, not really a clear, drawn out, full-fledged feud. Bret and Bam Bam would've been much better than Bret/Yoko.

Mr. Perfect and Ric Flair could've had a long, epic feud if Flair hadn't left when he did. If he had stayed, they could've had an absolute clinic.


Jumping forward a decade or so, I would've loved to have seen what would've happened in a feud with Stone Cold against Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit. They started to build towards that feud, as Austin reportedly had specifically asked to work with Eddie and Chris, but then his blowup with Vince happened and he left. That sucks, because that feud could've been outstanding. Not only for the promos (which Eddie and Stone Cold could've provided), and the matches (all three would've provided).


I'm not really gonna discuss feuds that should've been shorter. I can't really think of any off the top of my head. I can think of feuds that should've never happened, lol, but feuds that dragged on too long, can't really think of any off the top of my head.

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Edge vs. Evolution in 2004. Edge had made his return from a year long injury on RAW, vowing to take down Evolution one by one, starting with Randy Orton at Vengeance, and at Vengeance he beat Orton and took the IC Title away from him, but then like a month later they abandoned the storyline and had Edge go onto feud with Jericho and turn heel instead. This feud could've been a modern day Dusty Rhodes vs. Four Horsemen, Sting vs. nWo, Austin vs. The Hart Foundation if they have continued it and all the way to Wrestlemania 21, it could've made Edge a main eventer and a mega-star one year earlier. The way I saw this feud going down was Edge taking down Orton first at Vengeance, Edge taking down Batista at Summerslam next, then Edge taking down Ric Flair at Taboo Tuesday, but then as he would try to take down the final member, Triple H, before the end of the year he would fail in his efforts instead, until the Royal Rumble where he would go on to win the Rumble match and finally at Wrestlemania, would take down Triple H and become the World Heavyweight Champion for the first time. This could've been a great storyline for RAW if it had been given a chance.

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The Sting/Goldberg angle had a lot of potential. I did not think Goldberg was getting booed there but maybe he was and he was facing Sting....Anyway, the other one at that time was Bret Hart. That Nitro in Canada is still one of my all time favorites. But they did nothing and had two months before Owen died....I wonder what the plan was for that as Bret "quit" and was going to go on Leno and fight Nash there or something.

Anyway, I believe Goldberg was injured at this time. He got injured shortly after Slamboree and was out until July so that most likely nixed any feud with Sting.

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Orton/Kingston from 2009 is the first one that popped into my mind. I thought Kofi was doing the best promo work of his career, and then I think they had a match and it was dropped. I think they could have gotten a lot more out of Kofi from that feud. Good call on the Hogan/Hennig feud too. Even as a kid I wanted more from those two.