Wrestlemania - Rebook

[BC1978]

If you could go back in time and rebook a WM or WM's what would you rebook and why.

The WMania's I would rebook would be 7, 8, 19, & 20....

Slaughter was a weak Champion and the WWF pulled a crappy move putting the title on him while we were at WAR. I would have kept the title on Warrior until WM then I'd have the Warrior face Hogan in a return match. I really think WM7 with Hogan vs. Warrior 2 could have sold out the LA Coliseum. Too much money left on the table....

The rest of my card would have looked like this.

WWF Title
Warrior (c) vs. Hogan

Tag Team Title Match
The Hart Foundation (c) vs. The Rockers - the Rocker win the titles

Cage Match
Legion of Doom vs. Demolition - LOD destroys Demolition

IC Title Match
Curt Hennig vs. Jake Roberts (I'd scrap the whole Model blinding Jake angle and finally give Jake a title shot)

The Warlord vs. Kerry Von Erich

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Tito Santana - Slaughter is pissed that Tito is illegal.

Ted Dibiase vs. Roddy Pipper - Virgil was a joke.

The Nasty Boys vs. Tenryu & Kitano

The Bulldog vs. Dino Bravo

Haku vs. The Bossman

Undertaker vs. Randy Savage - giving the Undertaker a big Win of Savage would be a lot more impressive looking back at things now.


Onto WM8 i really cant believe that VKM blew Hogan vs. Flair.... Here is how I would have done it.

Background of the Main Event

I would have had Flair challenge Hogan on day 1 on his arrival to the WWF. Hogan would have accepted and then Jack Tunney would come out and spoil it. Announcing that Hogans title was not on the line because Flair had to earn a title shot in the WWF.

Hogan would then tell Flair they could do it without the titles... Flair tells Hogan No Chance.... During this time the WWF starts releasing a poll of its top 10 contenders and we see Flair start climbing the poll.

Hogan wrestles Undertaker at SS and loses the belt after Flair gets involved. Flair then boasts how he has Hogans number and he knows how to beat him.

During the rematch of Hogan vs. Undertaker... Flair just sits back and watches while Hogan regains his title.

When the Royal Rumble comes around Hogan is still the Champ and he faces the Undertaker in a rematch. Flair wins the Royal Rumble and becomes the number 1 contender and Hogan beats Undertaker to retain. After the match Flair beats down Hogan and Jack Tunney announces that Flair is the number 1 contender and will get a match at Mania. Flair even agrees to put his title on the line in a unification match.

Hulk Hogan (WWF Champion) vs. Ric Flair (World Champion) w/ Curt Hennig & Bobby Hennan

Hogan wins both titles unifying them and showing that the WWF is better than the NWA/WCW. During the ME - Lugar would come out during the ME and would try to get involved in the match only to be beaten down by the returning Warrior.

After the match Flair would create the WWF version of the Horsemen with Flair, Lugar, Dibiase, & Rotundo (if available Arn Anderson replacing Rotundo) during the corse of the Horsemen/Hennan Family they'd constantly go through a 4th or 5th guy... Lugar, Sid, Perfect, and HBK.

As for all you Flair fans... I'd book a rematch where Hogan once again defeats Flair on a SNME. Then Flair would get a 3rd rematch at KOTR (debuting 1 year early) and he'd beat Hogan for the title after the Special Guest Ref. and newest Horseman Sid Justice Power bombs Hogan and puts him out of action until Summerslam.

Now back to Wrestlemania 8...

Roddy Piper (IC Title) vs. Bret Hart - Hitman wins.

No 1 Contender Match
Sid Justice vs. Randy Savage - Savage wins by Countout after Papa Shango attacks both men

Money Inc. (Champions) w/ Curt Hennig & Bobby Hennan vs. Legion of Doom & Paul Ellering - LOD wins the titles in there return match.

Jake Roberts vs. Undertaker - Taker with the W.

HBK vs. Tito Santana - HBK

Owen Hart & Bulldog vs. Skinner & Berzerker - The Harts get the W

The Natural Disasters vs. The Nasty Boys - Disasters.

20 Man Battle Royal with the winner getting a IC Title Shot (won by Rick Martel) - the rest of the roster.

The Mountie vs. Tatanka

 

[mral82]

I wouldn't rebook a 1 as they all had their meanings
Slaughter vs Hogan at Mania 7 was at Hogan's and Vince call as Warrior sucked big time in my books and the wanted a Iraqi sympthizer for the War that was going on go and watch the history of WrestleMania before you post anything without getting the facts straight and Hogan vs Flair woulda happen at 8 but neither side could determine a winner that's why we got the Classic Flair vs Savage feud which I thought was better than any Hogab vs Flair match.

 

[DiscipleofWrestling]

I would have rebooked WrestleMania XV. It was a terrible card all the way around with the possible exception of Austin vs. The Rock. Here's a quick rundown of how I would have booked it.

1st Match- Road Dogg vs. Al Snow vs. Hardcore Holly for the Hardcore Title- Why? Because they had only booked the match for a few weeks before Russo and others decided to pull a bait and switch with the Outlaws. I'm not saying that the match would have been great, but you book the match for a few weeks, you keep the damn match. Winner: Hardcore Holly

2nd Match: Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett vs. Edge and Christian- Why? Was there really a point in booking D'Lo Brown and Test to be a tag team after a makeshift battle royal and expecting people to actually care? At least with Edge and Christian, they were part of the Brood/Ministry and thus would have been a more logical opponent. Winners: Owen and Jeff

3rd: Big Show vs. Mankind- Special Guest Referee- I probably would have booked this the same way it was booked on the show. It added a little bit of chaos to the evening, which I think added to the build for the main event. Same thing happens with Mankind winning (change the chair spot to steel steps though), and Big Show/McMahon remaining the same afterward. Winner: Mankind

4th- Billy Gunn vs. Goldust vs. Ken Shamrock vs. Val Venis (IC Title)- Why? Because it was again built up for about a month that these four were involved in the war over the Intercontinental Championship and Ryan Shamrock. Road Dogg had NOTHING to do with the feud and the match was pretty much worthless from the get-go. Another thing I'd change is the four corners stipulation. One fall to a finish, tornado rules. Winner: Ken Shamrock.

5th- Triple H and X-Pac vs. Shane McMahon/Kane- Why? First, Kane vs. Triple H sucked to absolute hell. Might have been both men's worst match at WrestleMania. However, you need both to be involved in the show somehow. So, make the X-Pac/Shane storyline intersect with the Triple H/Kane story. The key is having Chyna switch sides during the match, without coming off as a complete ripoff of Judgment Day 98 (which is what happened at WrestleMania XV). Then, you have the big swerve at the end where Triple H turns on X-Pac and gives Shane the victory.

6th- Sable comes out and does her "This is for all the women..." speech. The end. Quick, sudden, painless. Sable is on WrestleMania. No Tori. Just Sable and awesomeness ensues.

7th- Undertaker vs. Vince McMahon- Why? The whole story going into WrestleMania was how Vince McMahon had been trying to hide from Undertaker, and Undertaker proclaiming that he owned Vince's and the WWF's soul. There was that stuff with the teddy bear being on fire and Undertaker being in Kane's outfit. So, there was a history there. Here's what I would have done: J.R. comes out to announce. Vince thinks he's coming out to referee. HBK comes out and gives his spiel on guest refereeing. But the end is "You're not done yet, McMahon..." and sets up Undertaker vs. Vince McMahon in Hell in a Cell. Stephanie is shown at ringside crying the entire time her father is being tortured by Undertaker. Tombstone later, and Undertaker finishes Vince in five minutes after bludgeoning him like a stuck pig. In a sick spot, instead of hanging Vince (which by the way, I'm one of the few who probably now rolls eyes at the Boss Man spot at that Mania), Taker takes Vince's "blood," puts it in a vile, and then proceeds to paint himself with Vince's blood right in front of Stephanie. Great idea? No. Hell of a lot better than what we got at that Mania? Hell yeah.

7th- Stone Cold vs. The Rock. It worked really well here, so there are only a few minute changes I'd make. First, have Triple H interfere. Establish Triple H as the next major star. Then have Kane chase off Triple H. Then have Shane McMahon try to interfere only to get stunnered. Austin wins similarly to how he won in the original scenario. Vince tries to run down and prevent the count, but he arrives one second too late and watches in horror like he did in the original match. Post-match celebration and stunners are the same.

That's what I would have changed about that WrestleMania. That and bribe God to prevent J.R. from having Bell's Palsy in December. J.R.'s announcing would have made that show better than Michael "And we will talk to the new WWF Champion..." Cole.

 

[BC1978]

Do you just make this stuff up????
Flair wouldnt do the job for Hogan but he would do the job for Savage? Flair has laid down for Hulkster 100 times... including on day one of Hogans arrival in WCW.

Here is the real story. Hogan was going over Flair at Mania 8 and then VKM went to trail for the Roids... VKM new Hogan would be called to testify and the last thing he wanted to do is having Mr. Train, Say your Prayers, and take your Vitamins getting outted in Court for sticking needles in his butt.

Hence the Hogan retirement angle.

In my opinion they still should have given the fans the match and hot shotted the title off Hogan the next month.

I wouldn't rebook a 1 as they all had their meanings
Slaughter vs Hogan at Mania 7 was at Hogan's and Vince call as Warrior sucked big time in my books and the wanted a Iraqi sympthizer for the War that was going on go and watch the history of WrestleMania before you post anything without getting the facts straight and Hogan vs Flair woulda happen at 8 but neither side could determine a winner that's why we got the Classic Flair vs Savage feud which I thought was better than any Hogab vs Flair match.

 

[BC1978]

I'd also rebook WM19....

WWE Championship
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar

World Heavyweight Championship
HHH (c) vs. Booker T

HBK vs. Jericho

Hulk Hogan vs. Steve Austin - Austin gets the W and after the match VKM interfears and attacks Hogan. Austin & Hogan beat down VKM.

Cruiserweight Title
Matt Hardy vs. Rey Mistero - Rey would have got the W

WWE Tag Titles
The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (C) over Los Guerreros vs. Benoit & Rhyno

World Tag Team Champions
Lance Storm and Sean Morley over Kane and RVD

Undertaker over The Big Show


Flair over Scott Steiner

Womens title
Trish over Victoria and Jazz

Trish

 

[KingBuddha]

Wrestlemania 2000. I just thought it was a boring card.
The Godfather, D'Lo Brown Vs The Big Bossman, Bull Buchanan
Hardcore Brawl
Head Cheese Vs T and A
THOSE DAMN DUDLEY'S! vs. Hardys vs E & C(this is the only match on the card in my opinion that was actually worth watching..along with their WM17 match)
Terri Vs The Cat (Cat Fight)-- I mean come on... obviously a piss break match..(ok)
The Radicals Vs Too Cool, Chyna.
Chris Jericho (challenger) Vs Kurt Angle (champion) Vs Chris Benoit (challenger) (WWF
Three Way - Intercontinental - European Title Match)---Ok this was good match I can't deny.
The Road Dogg, X-Pac Vs Kane, Rikishi
The Rock vs. HHH vs. Big Show vs. Mick Foley... boring match not main event quality in my opinion.. excellent storyline tho

 

[richunclescrooge]

I would rebook wrestlemania 27

actual card:
Dark Matches:
US Title - Sheamus (c) defeated Daniel Bryan via no-contest Lumberjack match
Battle Royal: Khali wins
1) World Title Edge (c) (with Christian) defeated Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez and Brodus Clay)
2) Cody Rhodes defeated Rey Mysterio
3) Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella, and Kofi Kingston defeated The Corre
4) Randy Orton defeated CM Punk
5) Michael Cole (with Jack Swagger) defeated Jerry Lawler via DQ with special guest referee Steve Austin
6) The Undertaker defeated Triple H via Submission, No Holds Barred match
7) Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Trish Stratus, and John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler and LayCool (with Vickie Guerrero)
8) The Miz (c) (with Alex Riley) defeated John Cena


Revisions:
Sheamus vs. Bryan should have been on the PPV, instead of stupid vignettes and The Rock talking for half an hour to open the show. This also would have given the 8 man tag more than a minute and a half.

King vs. Cole should have been a lot shorter it went close to 15 minutes when all they needed was 5, Cole beating on King just looked awkward. And King should have won and that should have ended the feud.

Maybe give another minute or two to the mixed tag, but it was fine the way it was.

Cena should have won, but not cleanly. Picture this, ref gets knocked out, turns into Miz and Riley vs. Cena. Cena is able to hold them off til Miz hits Cena with a chair. That prompts rock to come down to the ring while trash talking Miz and Riley. Rock comes down, cleans house, hits rock bottom, hits peoples elbow, picks Miz up, feeds him to Cena, Cena gets him on his shoulders, plays to the crowd for a bit while Rock wakes the ref, Cena hits the AA, covers and wins. Crowd goes nuts. Cena and Rock celebrate in ring. As Rock does his trademark pose on the turnbuckle, Cena grabs the chair that Miz used on Cena and hits Rock in the back with it. Then Cena hits the Rock with the AA and quickly applies the STF. Cena has a look of intense rage on his face and he's almost foaming at the mouth as the referees and security struggle to pry him off. Cena keeps it locked on til Rock passes out. Cena gets up with his eyes plastered on Rock. Cena slowly backs away and exits the ring, eyes locked the whole time with a look of pent up rage on his face. He slowly backs up the ramp as Rock is laying motionless in the ring. PPV ends.

This leads to Cena's promo the next night on raw about how everyone loves The Rock even though he left the WWE, and that Cena busts his ass everynight and gets booed. Cena also says he didn't need The Rock to help him win at mania and now the match will forever have an asterisk for Cena's win. Cena tells the crowd that he's given them every chance but if they aren't going to repect him, he will not respect them, nor the superstars they cheer for. Since Cena can't legally put his hands on the crowd he'll take his frustration out on their favorite wrestlers. Miz eventually has his rematch that night but Cena just attacks Miz with a chair and loses, but does not lose the belt.

Have anyone but Khali win the battle royale.

 

[spaldoni]

If you could go back in time and rebook a WM or WM's what would you rebook and why.

The WMania's I would rebook would be 7, 8, 19, & 20....

Slaughter was a weak Champion and the WWF pulled a crappy move putting the title on him while we were at WAR. I would have kept the title on Warrior until WM then I'd have the Warrior face Hogan in a return match. I really think WM7 with Hogan vs. Warrior 2 could have sold out the LA Coliseum. Too much money left on the table....

The rest of my card would have looked like this.

WWF Title
Warrior (c) vs. Hogan

Tag Team Title Match
The Hart Foundation (c) vs. The Rockers - the Rocker win the titles

Cage Match
Legion of Doom vs. Demolition - LOD destroys Demolition

IC Title Match
Curt Hennig vs. Jake Roberts (I'd scrap the whole Model blinding Jake angle and finally give Jake a title shot)

The Warlord vs. Kerry Von Erich

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Tito Santana - Slaughter is pissed that Tito is illegal.

Ted Dibiase vs. Roddy Pipper - Virgil was a joke.

The Nasty Boys vs. Tenryu & Kitano

The Bulldog vs. Dino Bravo

Haku vs. The Bossman

Undertaker vs. Randy Savage - giving the Undertaker a big Win of Savage would be a lot more impressive looking back at things now.


Onto WM8 i really cant believe that VKM blew Hogan vs. Flair.... Here is how I would have done it.

Background of the Main Event

I would have had Flair challenge Hogan on day 1 on his arrival to the WWF. Hogan would have accepted and then Jack Tunney would come out and spoil it. Announcing that Hogans title was not on the line because Flair had to earn a title shot in the WWF.

Hogan would then tell Flair they could do it without the titles... Flair tells Hogan No Chance.... During this time the WWF starts releasing a poll of its top 10 contenders and we see Flair start climbing the poll.

Hogan wrestles Undertaker at SS and loses the belt after Flair gets involved. Flair then boasts how he has Hogans number and he knows how to beat him.

During the rematch of Hogan vs. Undertaker... Flair just sits back and watches while Hogan regains his title.

When the Royal Rumble comes around Hogan is still the Champ and he faces the Undertaker in a rematch. Flair wins the Royal Rumble and becomes the number 1 contender and Hogan beats Undertaker to retain. After the match Flair beats down Hogan and Jack Tunney announces that Flair is the number 1 contender and will get a match at Mania. Flair even agrees to put his title on the line in a unification match.

Hulk Hogan (WWF Champion) vs. Ric Flair (World Champion) w/ Curt Hennig & Bobby Hennan

Hogan wins both titles unifying them and showing that the WWF is better than the NWA/WCW. During the ME - Lugar would come out during the ME and would try to get involved in the match only to be beaten down by the returning Warrior.

After the match Flair would create the WWF version of the Horsemen with Flair, Lugar, Dibiase, & Rotundo (if available Arn Anderson replacing Rotundo) during the corse of the Horsemen/Hennan Family they'd constantly go through a 4th or 5th guy... Lugar, Sid, Perfect, and HBK.

As for all you Flair fans... I'd book a rematch where Hogan once again defeats Flair on a SNME. Then Flair would get a 3rd rematch at KOTR (debuting 1 year early) and he'd beat Hogan for the title after the Special Guest Ref. and newest Horseman Sid Justice Power bombs Hogan and puts him out of action until Summerslam.

Now back to Wrestlemania 8...

Roddy Piper (IC Title) vs. Bret Hart - Hitman wins.

No 1 Contender Match
Sid Justice vs. Randy Savage - Savage wins by Countout after Papa Shango attacks both men

Money Inc. (Champions) w/ Curt Hennig & Bobby Hennan vs. Legion of Doom & Paul Ellering - LOD wins the titles in there return match.

Jake Roberts vs. Undertaker - Taker with the W.

HBK vs. Tito Santana - HBK

Owen Hart & Bulldog vs. Skinner & Berzerker - The Harts get the W

The Natural Disasters vs. The Nasty Boys - Disasters.

20 Man Battle Royal with the winner getting a IC Title Shot (won by Rick Martel) - the rest of the roster.

The Mountie vs. Tatanka

I agree with you on Mania 7. It should of been Hogan/Warrior 2. With that rematch the WWF would of had a great shot at packing 100,000 fans in Los Angeles. I think Piper was injured at the time but he's healthy on my card lol. So here it is,

Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan- World Title Bout
Randy Savage vs Roddy Piper
Mr. Perfect vs British Bulldog- IC Title Bout
Sgt. Slaughter vs Hacksaw Duggan- Bootcamp Match
Hart Foundation vs Power and Glory- Tag Title Bout
LOD vs Demolition
Undertaker vs Kerry Von Erich
The Mountie vs Big Bossman
The Rockers vs Orient Express
Snuka/Santana/Valentine vs Earthquake/Bravo/Warlord
Ted Dibiase vs Virgil
Jake the Snake vs Rick Martel
Haku w/Barbarian vs Koko B Ware
Nasty Boys vs Bushwhackers

 

[NotoriousMEAT]

Hey now, imagine if WrestleMania 2 was just ONE event instead of separate shows spread out over 3 venues. Here's a hindsight card.

WWF Championship
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (C) vs Hulk Hogan
-The World Wrestling Federation's second Pay-Per-View came in November of 1985. "The Wrestling Classic" it was called. At this show I'd have Piper defeat Hogan for the title following interference by 'Cowboy' Bob Orton. This would set up a return match at WrestleMania 2 with Hogan regaining the championship. Not the longest title reign for Hot Rod, but better than no title run. It'd also be a much better main event for both men opposed to King Kong Bundy and Mr. T as their opponents.

WWF Intercontinental Championship
"Macho Man" Randy Savage (C) vs George "The Animal" Steele
-Just keep original feud

WWF Tag Team Championships
Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (C) vs The British Bulldogs
-A crowning moment for the Bulldogs, the only thing I'd change about this is their opponents.

Bret Hart vs Ricky Steamboat
-According to the Hitman, this was the original plans for WrestleMania 2, but they wrapped it up early instead. Their blow off match has been acknowledged as one of Bret's favorites. Imagine the classic these two could of had under the WrestleMania banner had the Federation been just a bit more patient.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs The Junkyard Dog
-I really like the clash in dynamic characters here.

Andre The Giant win 20 Man Battle Royal
-Handling a group of former NFL Players is a new feat for Andre, and impressive one at that.

"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs "The Magnificent" Muraco
-Better finish to this match than a double count out.


Then there are still plenty of names like Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy, Greg Valentine, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, among others who could help fill out the undercard.