What If: Goldberg's Kick to Bret Hart Didn't End His Career

[Deadd2009]

Saw this on Twitter and the questioned is proposed to you all



I feel like he would have signed and stayed with TNA on one yea deals like Sting did up until Hogan got there and then jumped ship to WWE.

 

[Hoss]

I figure there's a decent chance he just retires when WCW closes. I'm assuming he had a Time Warner contract that woulda paid him to stay home anyways? If so, I definitely could see him just riding that out and then having the occasional match/appearance... definitely still coming back to WWE at some point or another to bury the hatchet and get a nice final payday.

 

[Cwalker]

Would’ve probably forgiven Vince sooner than he did.

Wrestles at Mania 22 or 23 against Angle

 

[Deezy]

He wouldn't have had a stroke that's for sure.

 

[Deadd2009]

Would’ve probably forgiven Vince sooner than he did.

Wrestles at Mania 22 or 23 against Angle

Angle was in TNA when Mania 23 rolled around.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

An alternate thought.

Bret, like Jeff Jarrett, can't run with WWE since Vince has a vendetta against both, so Bret actually becomes Jarrett's business partner for TNA and both run it as a pretty successful company without Russo.

Would almost be a universally better timeline than what really happened.

 

[Cwalker]

Angle was in TNA when Mania 23 rolled around.

So 22 it is

 

[Cwalker]

I just want a reality where I get my Bret/Kurt match

 

[Deezy]

An alternate thought.

Bret, like Jeff Jarrett, can't run with WWE since Vince has a vendetta against both, so Bret actually becomes Jarrett's business partner for TNA and both run it as a pretty successful company without Russo.

Would almost be a universally better timeline than what really happened.

Bret isn't dumb enough to be a promoter or booker.

 

[RDT]

Perhaps the XWF gets somewhere building around Bret Hart?

 

[Deadd2009]

Perhaps the XWF gets somewhere building around Bret Hart?

They were trying to build around Hogan so I doubt it.

 

[RDT]

They were trying to build around Hogan so I doubt it.

But Hogan didn't stick around.

 

[Deezy]

But Hogan didn't stick around.

Neither did the XWF.

 

[RDT]

Neither did the XWF.

Yes, I didn't think I'd have to spell this out but there's a sweetspot there between Hogan not going with it and them not lasting where they could have tried to build it around Bret Hart.

 

[Deezy]

Yes, I didn't think I'd have to spell this out but there's a sweetspot there between Hogan not going with it and them not lasting where they could have tried to build it around Bret Hart.

That year had wat too many marks trying to be start ups.