I’m not sure where I keep getting these ideas that are just going to put stress on me, but this also seemed like a fun idea to do as well as a challenge. But the title says it all. I’m going to attempt to book the WWE from 1993 to the present if the runner-up of every Royal Rumble Match had won that year instead and gotten the title shot at WrestleMania instead. And the challenge is that I have keep it in the same timeline. No resetting to the existing timeline when the new year starts, it has to be consistent. So I hope you’re buckled in because this is gonna be a ride.
1993
So obviously, we start at the Royal Rumble in ‘93, where Yokozuna eliminated Randy Savage to win the rumble match, but in this timeline, it’s going to be Macho Man who eliminates Yoko and he’ll be going to WrestleMania, which he should’ve won that year anyway.
So at WrestleMania, we have Bret Hart defending the WWF Championship against Randy Savage in the main event, and wow that sounds so much better than what they did in real life. Bret retains the title against Savage after a classic match and Savage shakes Bret’s hand and raises his hand. And Savage is going to be a sort of passer of the torch throughout most of the year.
After Bret beats Savage at WrestleMania, we head to King of the Ring which Savage is going to be competing in the tournament and make it to the finals, where he loses to the man he eliminated to win the Rumble, Yokozuna, who is granted a Title Match at SummerSlam for this victory. Meanwhile in the main event of this same show… is Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan for the WWF Title. And yeah, I know that Hogan left the company to avoid taking the pin to Bret. But fuck it and fuck him, this is my fantasy booking. Bret Hart defeats another legend of the previous era to retain the WWF Championship, and he heads to SummerSlam against Yokozuna.
Meanwhile lower on the card, you have Randy Savage going for the title he hasn’t held in 6 years, the Intercontinental Title, against Shawn Michaels which sounds like an amazing match for SummerSlam. Shawn retains the title with help from his bodyguard, Diesel, and Yokozuna defeats Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship.
Yokozuna beats Bret Hart in a rematch on Raw, with help from Shawn Michaels. So Bret, naturally wanting revenge forms a team consisting of Savage, Razor Ramon & his brother Owen, while Shawn gets his team of Diesel, Mr. Perfect & Bam Bam Bigelow. Owen is the only man on Bret’s team to be eliminated, planting the seed for their feud in 1994. Meanwhile in the main event, you have Yokozuna defending the title against The Undertaker in a Casket Match, and Yokozuna retains, but not with the help of every heel on the roster. On an episode of Raw in December, you have Shawn Michaels drop the Intercontinental Title to Razor Ramon, because he’s got a bigger prize on the horizon.
If you liked this, I’ll be back with my booking of 1994, where the Royal Rumble will be won by Shawn Michaels.
1993
So obviously, we start at the Royal Rumble in ‘93, where Yokozuna eliminated Randy Savage to win the rumble match, but in this timeline, it’s going to be Macho Man who eliminates Yoko and he’ll be going to WrestleMania, which he should’ve won that year anyway.
So at WrestleMania, we have Bret Hart defending the WWF Championship against Randy Savage in the main event, and wow that sounds so much better than what they did in real life. Bret retains the title against Savage after a classic match and Savage shakes Bret’s hand and raises his hand. And Savage is going to be a sort of passer of the torch throughout most of the year.
After Bret beats Savage at WrestleMania, we head to King of the Ring which Savage is going to be competing in the tournament and make it to the finals, where he loses to the man he eliminated to win the Rumble, Yokozuna, who is granted a Title Match at SummerSlam for this victory. Meanwhile in the main event of this same show… is Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan for the WWF Title. And yeah, I know that Hogan left the company to avoid taking the pin to Bret. But fuck it and fuck him, this is my fantasy booking. Bret Hart defeats another legend of the previous era to retain the WWF Championship, and he heads to SummerSlam against Yokozuna.
Meanwhile lower on the card, you have Randy Savage going for the title he hasn’t held in 6 years, the Intercontinental Title, against Shawn Michaels which sounds like an amazing match for SummerSlam. Shawn retains the title with help from his bodyguard, Diesel, and Yokozuna defeats Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship.
Yokozuna beats Bret Hart in a rematch on Raw, with help from Shawn Michaels. So Bret, naturally wanting revenge forms a team consisting of Savage, Razor Ramon & his brother Owen, while Shawn gets his team of Diesel, Mr. Perfect & Bam Bam Bigelow. Owen is the only man on Bret’s team to be eliminated, planting the seed for their feud in 1994. Meanwhile in the main event, you have Yokozuna defending the title against The Undertaker in a Casket Match, and Yokozuna retains, but not with the help of every heel on the roster. On an episode of Raw in December, you have Shawn Michaels drop the Intercontinental Title to Razor Ramon, because he’s got a bigger prize on the horizon.
If you liked this, I’ll be back with my booking of 1994, where the Royal Rumble will be won by Shawn Michaels.
