What if Stephanie had won?

[Trill Co$by]

Event: Monday Night Raw
Date: March 25, 2002
Big Event: First ever WWF Draft.

Hidden Gem: Triple H defends the Undisputed Championship against "Y2J" Chris Jericho and the Billion Dollar Princess Stephanie McMahon.

Now obviously, Triple H won the match and retained the champonship... but what would have become of the WWF Undisputed Championship had she won the title? Sure, there are those saying that it wouldn't have made much sense considering she'd be a woman holding a male title, but wouldn't that be what would've made it work? Wouldn't having her with even a quick two week reign before HHH regained it in a rematch have helped the WWF get more fans and open more possibilities? Furthermore, what would that make of today's wrestling world? Would we see more Kharma type women wrestlers inserted into the men's division?

What do you think?

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

Event: Monday Night Raw
Date: March 25, 2002
Big Event: First ever WWF Draft.

Hidden Gem: Triple H defends the Undisputed Championship against "Y2J" Chris Jericho and the Billion Dollar Princess Stephanie McMahon.

Now obviously, Triple H won the match and retained the champonship... but what would have become of the WWF Undisputed Championship had she won the title? Sure, there are those saying that it wouldn't have made much sense considering she'd be a woman holding a male title, but wouldn't that be what would've made it work? Wouldn't having her with even a quick two week reign before HHH regained it in a rematch have helped the WWF get more fans and open more possibilities? Furthermore, what would that make of today's wrestling world? Would we see more Kharma type women wrestlers inserted into the men's division?

What do you think?

Uhhh...wut?

Are you proposing Stephanie hold THE WWF title?!

No it wouldn't have helped garner any fans (really,wait are you just trolling?), It would devalue the shit out that title. No, Stephanie winning the title would have nothing to do with Awesome Kong's body of work. Just an all round stupid idea.

 

[Pedigree1]

Sorry OP not a good thread! Had Stephanie won the title it would have devalued the shit out of the title. What do you think of that joker David Arquette holding the WCW title for a quick stint did to the title?

It did not bring in new fans,all it did was devalue the title and IMO the WHC is still trying to recover from that atrocity.

 

[TheHitMark-SirJoseOle]

No absolutely not, it was questionable enough when Triple H's feel good reign was dashed by Hogan winning the title from him at Backlash, although the match with marred with controversy to begin with as Jericho and Taker both interfered in the contest on Triple H and Hogan's behalves respectively. The storyline moves that went into that title change were unfortunate considering that so much was happening at once, i.e. Triple H coming back from his near-career ending injury and Hogan's nostalgia run. In between all of that, if you were to add Stephanie winning the Undisputed Championship that would have been chaotic and awful all at the same time.

I don't want to slam you on this man, but I have to question the merit behind this thread OP. The title was getting hot potatoed enough during this timeframe, adding this in would have been insult to injury.

 

[mlp420]

If Steph had won, it would have gotten a lot of heat, and then when she lost it would be over with. That's pretty much it. It wouldn't have devalued the title one bit. And it sure as hell wouldn't have paved the way for any other woman down the road.

 

[JoeyJoeJoe]

Vince winning the World Title at Royal Rumble made some sense...it was a way to fan the flames, and there was a definite pay off: We got the great cage match between Austin and Vince as a result.

What possible pay off could come from Stephanie McMahon winning the title? It's really in the same area as David Arquette. It's very very rare that a non-wrestler can have a positive impact like that. Andy Kauffman would've been a comparable situation to Vince McMahon.

To answer your question: Stephanie McMahon winning the title would've had people rolling their eyes, some would've turned off the channel for a weeks, and it would've had no positive impact on the WWE.

 

[Swarles Barkley]

Vince winning the World Title at Royal Rumble made some sense...it was a way to fan the flames, and there was a definite pay off: We got the great cage match between Austin and Vince as a result.

You got your history wrong, mate. Vince won the Rumble, not the title, at the 1999 Rumble and went on to fight Austin in the cage match in February for the No. 1 Contendership, not the WWF championship.

Vince won the title from Triple H on Smackdown later in 1999, in September, and vacated the title, which Triple H won back at Unforgiven. Vince winning the belt from Hunter was done as a way to bring Vince back to TV after Taker lost to Austin in July at Fully Loaded. The stip for that match was if Taker won, Austin could never wrestle for the title again and if Austin won, Vince could never be on TV again.

As far as Steph winning the title in 2002, I don't think it would have been a good idea. It wouldn't have made much sense and wouldn't have brought in fans or anything.

 

[LSN80]

Now obviously, Triple H won the match and retained the champonship... but what would have become of the WWF Undisputed Championship had she won the title?

Here's the thing: Chris Jericho won the first ever Undisputed Championship. The title was taken from him by HHH. Then, the idea would be to put it on Stephanie? WCW went out of business by doing things such as this for the shock value of it, that's all this would have been.

It would have said 'A female who's not a trained wrestler won the title, who isn't deserving of a shot?' And it would have devalued the belt to epic proportions. It would have taken some time to recover.

Sure, there are those saying that it wouldn't have made much sense considering she'd be a woman holding a male title, but wouldn't that be what would've made it work?

No, that's what would have made it fail. Not only is Steph a 115 lb woman, but she's not a trained wrestler. Chyna was believable for a short time in the mid-card scene because she could wrestle with the men. Stephanie had neither the acumen, size, or strength to be a title-holder.

Wouldn't having her with even a quick two week reign before HHH regained it in a rematch have helped the WWF get more fans and open more possibilities?

No, it would have turned wrestling into a bigger joke and turned viewers away even more-so. Besides, having her in the men's division as champion for two weeks, as suggested, wouldn't open any possibilities.

Furthermore, what would that make of today's wrestling world? Would we see more Kharma type women wrestlers inserted into the men's division?

The WWE is having enough trouble filling out their female division, so why would that open up doors to insert them into the men's? I didn't mind a Beth Phoenix in the Royal Rumble, it was fun, she got her two minutes, an elimination, and she was dumped.

Putting women into the men's division is a recipe for disaster. Female wrestlers aren't big draws, no offense intended, and putting them into the men's division would just dilude it. Men should wrestle men, and women their female counterparts.

With the size difference between men and women, as well as general muscle mass, it's just not a believable proposition. Thankfully, this never happened.

 

[tvcolosi]

I am pretty sure they mentioned of TV that if Steph pinned HHH, Y2J would have won the title. So this post is mute... but so I am not trolling.

They wouldn't have done that, it would have killed any realism in the angle.

 

[zhaff2004]

wasn't it something like if Steph got the pin fall then Y2J got the strap and that Y2J couldn't pin steph? I could be wrong here as it was a while back but I have a vague memory of this match being more of a 2 on 1 match than an actual 3 way dance

 

[HBsam31]

Yeah I think Y2J would have won the belt had Steph won. I don't think we would have wanted to see what would have happened with Steph carrying the WWF title around. It would have devalued the belt for sure, and it's probably a good thing that this wasn't going to happen or did happen.

 

[InsomniaMusic]

No that would have been horrible and tarnished the belt
If Y2k got the belt and the did a gimmick of the fact she got the pin but dont let her be the champ

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I think it would have been a terrible move by the WWF to put THE only current World Title in US wrestling on the boss's daughter, even for a day. It would have been on the same level as Vince Russo or David Arquette winning the belt, possibly even more so. I was ok with Chyna holding the IC title as she looked big enough and strong enough to hang with the men but Steph being the WORLD CHAMPION would have been a joke.

It would have not paved the way for other women as the only way she would have won the belt is by a screwjob or massive interferance, it wouldnt have brought in other fans- who is going to be attracted to watch RAW because of that, and it would more than likely have turned off alot of fans who would have felt insulted.

It would have been one of the worst decisions in wrestling history.