The Official "What If" Thread

[IndianBird]

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I think the Blue Blazer gimmick would've been done away with pretty fast and he'd probably have a long and storied career. And we'd probably be seeing him at reunion shows even today.

I think Bret wouldn't have been gone 13 years.

[Segagendude]

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I think Bret wouldn't have been gone 13 years.

That too. Forgot about that.

[AirJordanFan93]

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What if Owen Hart didn't die in that tragic accident, how would the rest of his career turned out

Well if history plays out the way it does excluding his death. He continues to tag with Jarrett through the Summer until they break up and they have a blow off so Jarrett can have his IC title run and he still leaves in October. Owen goes back to singles work by this time Jericho is in the company so Owen/Jericho. A few months later Benoit,Eddie & Malenko come in so there is more stuff for Owen mainly a Benoit program. By 2001 I think hes gone.

[WWF80sKid]

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What if Lesnar had never left. He was already a natural in the ring, and was getting better through his feuds with Angle and Eddie. Give him a few more years to perfect his craft. He would easily have 14 or so title reigns.


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Everyone would hate him instead of Cena? Lol

[Chrisksaint]

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Idk tough to say, cause even if he stays he still probably just gets burnt out again and leaves but at a slightly later date.

[Paul Heyman Guy]

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What if Wade Barrett beat Orton at Survivor Series 2010 (I feel this was one of the biggest booking mistakes WWE has made)?

I have always felt the same way. While yes Wrestlemania 27 was one of the worst Manias in recent history, I've always felt that in terms of the WWE Title picture that everything stayed the way it was us, except Barrett replaces Miz. Barrett would have most certainly became a big star, top heel without a doubt. Had Cena vs Barrett for the title, plus it would have been an accumulation of everything that happened since Summer of 2010. Then of course you have The Rock cost Cena to set up his match that turned into two matches, but yeah Barrett wouldn't be in this Bad News Barrett(even though I love this gimmick) gimmick, he would have been made a top heel and a new star would have been made.

Here's a what if, What if Ryback had won the Royal Rumble in 2013 and Vince didn't restart the match between Rock/Punk, would Ryback had ended CM Punk's long title reign at Mania 29?

[ubernoob]

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Here's a what if, What if Ryback had won the Royal Rumble in 2013 and Vince didn't restart the match between Rock/Punk, would Ryback had ended CM Punk's long title reign at Mania 29?

Never in a million years would Ryback have ended it.

The only reason Punk kept the title as long as he did was because he was over with the fans and the higher ups could use that to keep the title off of Cena. Ever since the Rock came back, Punk was just literally keeping that thing warm for him.

He would have, sadly, lost it long before that if there was no Rock/Cena in the works.

[Majingir]

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What if Triple H had never married Stephanie? Would he have had as successful of a career?

I think he would've still been a main event/star, but the stuff later in his career(like after 2006) I think probably helped due to being married to Steph. Not in a politics type of way, in a whole, WWE can trust him to do what he's doing since they know he'll be 100% dedicated to WWE and will always be around the WWE family for rest of his life. I could've seen him fully retiring around same time as HBK though,and obviously wouldn't have gotten any sort of backstage role in WWE.

What if Owen Hart didn't die in that tragic accident, how would the rest of his career turned out

Unfortunately, I don't think much would've changed. He'd basically still be in similar position as Christian was before he won the world title. Just mid card/tag titles and they'd never push him to the top. Maybe he'd get his shot around 2003-2004 when they started having guys like Eddie and Benoit pushed(and would've chosen Owen instead of those guys since Owen was the WWF guy while Eddie/Benoit were previously in WCW). And then he'd probably have just retired around 04-06. Though who knows, maybe Bret/Owen would've continued the Hart Dungeon after their dad died(or at the very least,maybe just a wrestling school somewhere else), cause the screwjob,wcw stuff and owen dying seemed like it destroyed alot of Brets interest in the wrestling business.

Also,regarding the screwjob:

The whole "what if" regarding Bret Hart/screwjob I'm still mad at that. So much of what happens still doesn't make much sense to me. How could he have gone to WCW with the belt? He was under contract with WWF for like 3 more weeks! If he appeared on Nitro the next night(with or without the belt),him and WCW/Turner would get sued big time.

Who knows how diff everything might have been without the screwjob. If Vince didn't want Bret going to WCW, what would've happened to WWF financially(since the main reason Bret went to WCW was cause Vince couldn't afford the 20 year contract), the product itself might have been diff(specifically the evil Mr.McMahon character not happening,which eliminates the big rivalary which helped Raw in the MNW). Though if WWF won, how long might have Bret continued wrestling for, and what would he be doing in WWE right now(since his contract would run till 2016), might he be a writer or something?


Or at the very least, what if the screwjob didn't happen,but Bret still went to WCW. If they just let him drop the belt the way he said he would, gets a proper sendoff from WWF and goes to WCW, things obviously would be diff in the wrestling business still

[DJ]

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Here's a what if, What if Ryback had won the Royal Rumble in 2013 and Vince didn't restart the match between Rock/Punk, would Ryback had ended CM Punk's long title reign at Mania 29?

I always argued that Ryback should've beaten Punk for the title at Hell In A Cell, then won the triple-threat with Punk and Cena at Survivor Series. He'd keep the belt until the TLC match on the first RAW of 2013, where Punk would win the belt back to set up the Punk-Rock match at Royal Rumble.

WWE killed off all of Ryback's momentum by having him lose all those PPV matches, and all for a Punk title reign that really didn't mean much in the grand scheme outside of it being the longest in post-Hogan WWE.

If you have Ryback win the belt and retain for 1-2 PPV's, that opens up a lot of doors for him. But, WWE went the other way and by the time he was done losing, they had no clue what to do with him.

The fact that Ryback lost to Mark Henry at WM 29 still makes me laugh because that had no business going that direction.

[woody2goody]

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I always argued that Ryback should've beaten Punk for the title at Hell In A Cell, then won the triple-threat with Punk and Cena at Survivor Series. He'd keep the belt until the TLC match on the first RAW of 2013, where Punk would win the belt back to set up the Punk-Rock match at Royal Rumble.

WWE killed off all of Ryback's momentum by having him lose all those PPV matches, and all for a Punk title reign that really didn't mean much in the grand scheme outside of it being the longest in post-Hogan WWE.

If you have Ryback win the belt and retain for 1-2 PPV's, that opens up a lot of doors for him. But, WWE went the other way and by the time he was done losing, they had no clue what to do with him.

The fact that Ryback lost to Mark Henry at WM 29 still makes me laugh because that had no business going that direction.

They really booked themselves into a corner with Punk and Ryback.

I think Ryback should have won the HIAC match. No question. If only for the fact that it would have cemented him.

[jmillhimes]

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What if Ken Kennedy didnt lose his job and bail to TNA. Would he have been a superstar in the WWE or a mid carder?

[DJ]

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What if Ken Kennedy didnt lose his job and bail to TNA. Would he have been a superstar in the WWE or a mid carder?

I was never a big fan of Kennedy, so I'm apt to say that he would've just been a mid-card guy.

What if Daniel Bryan didn't need surgery after Extreme Rules? What would he be doing currently in WWE?

[Majingir]

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What if Ken Kennedy didnt lose his job and bail to TNA. Would he have been a superstar in the WWE or a mid carder?

He was supposed to be a main eventer in WWE soon(storyline planned out for him and all), but he had horrible attitude backstage supposedly, not to mention, injured multiple TOP superstars. So if it wasn't for the attitude/injuries,he'd have been given a main event shot. Don't think he'd have lasted, maybe ended up in main event as long as Miz was.

What if Daniel Bryan didn't need surgery after Extreme Rules? What would he be doing currently in WWE?

He'd probably have been the one feuding with Seth Rollins at some point. Maybe even getting in the middle of the Brie-Nikki feud as well. Probably Nikki,Seth vs Brie,Bryan at some point. As for the WWE title...I think he would've lost it at MITB. No way Summerslam isn't Cena-Lesnar for the title.

[WWF80sKid]

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Why is it that WWE makes stars and then kills them. So many times it seems like they go, "oh yeah, this guy is becoming good, the crowd is loving him, oh yeah, wait, no, we don't like him anymore, make him suck"

[StevenSD]

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What if Daniel Bryan didn't need surgery after Extreme Rules? What would he be doing currently in WWE?

He would've probably had another feud with Orton after Batista left leading up to Summerslam and getting beat by Brock. Then he'd be stuck in the Brie/Nikki feud sadly.

What if Cena actually turned heel?