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^ Just wanted to point out that Summerslam wasnt around in 1987, though I suppose you could just have the title change on an episode of SNME.

As for Austin, I can't see them just letting him sit at home, the WWF would likely come up with some type of role that doesnt require any physical contact, like a color commentator (he would be GREAT in that role) or even a road agent. Heck, he could even, as he said in his own book, "tie up Pillman and force him into rehab" (though to be fair, if he didnt do that when he had the chance, there's no guarantee that he'd do it in this alternate universe).

These What If threads are interesting, so here's one I came up with. What if after the Summerslam 97 piledriver incident, Austin was never cleared by the doctors and was pretty much forced to retire? What would happen then? I could see them hastily turning Bret babyface somehow (maybe the rest of the Hart Foundation become more of a gang, which causes Bret to decide to break ties with them (possibly leading to a Bret beatdown), and he can apologize for the whole anti-American stuff) and definitely not getting rid of him (maybe he lets Shawn go, but thats a topic someone else already did). I cant see the WWF overtaking WCW if that happens though, at best they'd be at the level TNA is now.

Since this means Bulldog and Neidhart likely would have stayed too, what role would they play?

I wonder if the Razor/Jarrett title switches from 1995 (Razor beat Jarrett for the IC title in a ladder match, but Jarrett got it back days later) exists on tape. That would be an interesting little tidbit to see.

The WCW Keith Hart IIRC is not the same one as the one from Stampede, he was just a regular jobber.

Too late-Bret Hart vs Sting in 1998. Would have been a dream match in the late 80s/early 90s.

Six-Man matches are now being referred to as "six-person", even if all the wrestlers in the ring are the same gender.

I wouldnt mind seeing Confidential return with new episodes, actually.

Were the New Breed really R&R clones? Their whole premise was that they were from the future, not that they were pretty boy rock fans.

Didnt ICW have The New York Rockers? And one could argue that the Rock N Rave Inflection was a modern-day R&R Express clone.

Steiners vs Harts is on the Hart and Soul dvd.

I'd like to see them throw out some of the ppv dark matches. Yeah, most of them were jobber squashes, but there were still some interesting sounding ones there like Public Enemy vs Smoking Gunns (Survivor Series 95) or Adam Bomb vs Kwang (Summerslam 94).

There's a lot of older docs that arent on there: Hulk Still Rules, The Stone Cold Truth, The Four Horsemen, Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, McMahon, etc. Also, they recently uploaded the Scott Hall doc, but i've heard it's an edited version and doesnt contain the full documentary from the dvd. Can anyone confirm that?

I noticed that on my computer, the chapter stops dont have any captions under the thumbnails. Is this happening for anyone else?

HOF on Saturday Afternoon right before Mania wouldnt work at all. The speeches would have to be cut short to under 10 minutes to avoid an overrun (to say nothing of the inductors speeches), and it would have to be held in the same building as WM. Plus, none of the current roster (at least not the ones competing on night 1) would be able to attend as they'd be too busy getting ready for their matches that night. The only option I could see working is holding it on Friday morning and making it part of Axxess.

Strangely, the WWE Youtube channel includes content not available on the network, including the 1989 Hacksaw Jim Duggan home video (yeah, it pretty much sucks, but the fact remains that they uploaded a Coliseum video to youtube but not the network).

Intergender Match: Alundra Blayze vs the Purple Haze

Dustin Runnels, during his "preacher" run didnt have music either.

Am I the only one who'd like to see ECW (the WWE version) and the early years of NXT uploaded?

So if the spoiler list is accurate, who inducts them? My guess: DDP: Jake and Hall Rude: Austin or Heyman (i'd like to see Jesse Ventura, but i dont think WWE trusts him with a live mic) Christian: Edge Natural Disasters: Jimmy Hart IRS: Dibiase Regal: Not sure who could induct him. It'd be nice to have whoever the current NXT champion is by that time to induct him as a tie-in to NXT. Heck, if push comes to shove, they could even get Bill Dundee (who managed him in WCW) to do it.

If it means we can get "Take Me Home" for SNME again then I'd be all for Phil (You'd have to go through Philip Bailey for Easy Lover and WM1 though). Wonder who owns the rights to that music video he did with Warrior. But seriously (no pun intended), I think this is the year they finally get Cyndi Lauper.

Also, if they had to, I could see them pulling off DDP as a headliner. He has lots of goodwill among wrestling fans for how he helped Hall and Jake, and he's even pretty mainstream (DDP Yoga was mentioned in non-wrestling magazines, and I mean as a legit fitness program, not just some novelty story about an ex-wrestler having his own Yoga program).

Not to beat a dead horse, but Motorhead, though possibly a known name, never really crossed over into the mainstream (at least in the US). Outside of satellite/Internet radio and specialty metal shows on radio stations, they never got radio airplay, and even back in the 80s, werent being played on MTV outside of Headbanger's Ball. Plus, lets be honest, while HHH could talk about what Motorhead meant to him, the band members who show up to a HOF may not know enough about wrestling to tell stories about that (they probably saw it as just another gig).

Sunny also briefly had a talk show segment in 1997 that was exclusive to Shotgun called "Undercover with Sunny" where Sunny would be in a bed on top of the ramp and interview wrestlers from the bed.