Champagne Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Sting vs. Ultimate Warrior in '98 WCW immediately comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Jumbo vs Maeda. I remember there being a mention in an old observer (1988 maybe) that Jumbo was pushing Baba to work with the UWF guys. I've never heard of this but I find it pretty intriguing. Any more info on this? Was Maeda open to working with AJ at this point? I just can't picture it. Along those lines, we missed out on Fujiwara vs Fujinami in a singles match during the UWF vs NJ feud. Inoki vs Maeda would be the big match from NJ vs UWF that should have happened but didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hansen vs. Flair would have been fucking awesome. I know that where they worked makes it seem unlikely, but what the hell we did get Hansen vs. Hogan. It was such a bizarro show but it would have been neat if they could have done more. Considering Flair did have title match tours in Japan, in a sense it's surprising to me they never seem to have crossed paths. Also, I would have been just fine with a Jumbo vs. Hogan match while we're on that theme. In a bizarro world with more to AJPW vs. WWF than the one big supershow it seems feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I think one of the big things holding these matches up is, "What's the finish?" That was certainly the case with Inoki-Maeda, and it doubtless would have been with something like Bruno-Andre as well. It's easy to book two guys together in a dream match, but the company will have to continue to make money going forward and it's not as easy to have a plan for where to go afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hansen vs. Flair would have been fucking awesome. I know that where they worked makes it seem unlikely, but what the hell we did get Hansen vs. Hogan. It was such a bizarro show but it would have been neat if they could have done more. Considering Flair did have title match tours in Japan, in a sense it's surprising to me they never seem to have crossed paths. Also, I would have been just fine with a Jumbo vs. Hogan match while we're on that theme. In a bizarro world with more to AJPW vs. WWF than the one big supershow it seems feasible. There's a photo of Hansen wrestling Flair in a recent Fighting Spirit mag, so it definitely happened. Suspect it was the Carolinas though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Fujinami seemed like a big one in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hansen vs. Flair would have been fucking awesome. I know that where they worked makes it seem unlikely, but what the hell we did get Hansen vs. Hogan. It was such a bizarro show but it would have been neat if they could have done more. Considering Flair did have title match tours in Japan, in a sense it's surprising to me they never seem to have crossed paths. Also, I would have been just fine with a Jumbo vs. Hogan match while we're on that theme. In a bizarro world with more to AJPW vs. WWF than the one big supershow it seems feasible. There's a photo of Hansen wrestling Flair in a recent Fighting Spirit mag, so it definitely happened. Suspect it was the Carolinas though. According to wrestlingdata their singles encounters happened in Georgia, including two shows at the Omni in 82 and 84 for the NWA title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Mark Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Did Stan Hansen and Arn Anderson ever worked together ? If not I would have like to seen that match . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Until after his death I had forgotten about the rumours of Lizmark considering losing his mask for a big payoff, so perhaps Lizmark vs Atlantis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Dont know how good the match would have been, but i always wanted to see Vader vs Nash in some "battle of the powerbombs" thing. I wonder if that was planned if Nash hadnt left the WWF in 1996. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 When you mention Vader, his proposed match with Rude in 94 would have been intriguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Brody vs Hogan, Gordy vs Hogan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hansen vs. Flair would have been fucking awesome. I know that where they worked makes it seem unlikely, but what the hell we did get Hansen vs. Hogan. It was such a bizarro show but it would have been neat if they could have done more. Considering Flair did have title match tours in Japan, in a sense it's surprising to me they never seem to have crossed paths. Also, I would have been just fine with a Jumbo vs. Hogan match while we're on that theme. In a bizarro world with more to AJPW vs. WWF than the one big supershow it seems feasible. There's a photo of Hansen wrestling Flair in a recent Fighting Spirit mag, so it definitely happened. Suspect it was the Carolinas though. According to wrestlingdata their singles encounters happened in Georgia, including two shows at the Omni in 82 and 84 for the NWA title Would be fun to see Hansen do a gorilla press slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 See left, Parv - it looks plenty intense anyway. I see the photo was by Pete Lederberg, if Kris has him on again maybe he can inquire about any more like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Vader-Rude wouldn't have drawn a dime IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Would have been intriguing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I don't know if they would have drawn much, but I think there were a lot of potentially awesome matches left behind once Vader left WCW. He could have had real solid programs with the likes of Tenta, Meng and The Giant. And who knows what could have happened with him once the NWO got in the picture. Better than him trying to work around a dying Yokozuna, and being bitched at by Bret and Shawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Vader definitely should have stayed clear of the WWF, particularly when he did. Had he come around in say mid 92 right after dropping the belt to Simmons he might have had a chance, essentially taking the Yokozuna role albeit a few months early. With Hogan gone and the Kliq not yet around not as many political landmines. He still would have had to loosen up a lot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 If Bret went to WCW in 1992 (thanks, OJ) vs guys he faced with lesser results in 97 (Dustin, Simmons, Vader), Rude, Windham, Steamboat, Sting, Pillman, Liger, Arn, Eaton, early Austin. Fuck yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Here's a few out of left field: Bruno vs. Backlund Bruno vs. Andre Bruno vs. Pedro Pedro vs. Andre Backlund vs. Andre Backlund vs. Pedro Hogan vs. Bruno Hogan vs. Backlund Arn vs. Ole Arn vs. Tully Bockwinkel vs. Heenan Terry vs. Dory (81 match wasn't a feud) DiBiase vs. Hennig DiBiase vs. Martel DiBiase vs. Steamboat DiBiase vs. Arn DiBiase vs. Tully DiBiase vs. Rude A lot of the above didn't happen because times were different. Bruno vs Andre is a great choice. Bruno vs Morales was the first Showdown At Shea. Not much more they could come with that matchup. The Bruno-Pedro curfew draw at Shea is actually a very, very famous match, surprised JVK didn't remember about it. It was an incredibly rare babyface vs. babyface big match for WWWF at that time (72 IIRC). I've never watched it in full, but I've been lead to believe it's very boring and tedious.....and I personally don't care for matches that long. And I like both guys and their babyface formula, but I can't imagine the two of them for over an hour being watchable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Personally, I think Sabu vs. Undertaker would've been a huge match for ONS 2006 RVD vs HBK should've been a feud. Instead we had a short 9 minute match on RAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 There is no footage of Bruno vs Pedro, unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 I really wanted to see Terry Funk beat the snot out of Tommy Dreamer until Tommy is forced to fight back as payoff to their 1999 ECW feud but we never got the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Misawa-Mutoh in 1996 since one of them wanted it. Mutoh-Takada and Takada-Hash wasn't remotely as big in that stretch, and look at the business those three did. Misawa-Hash would have been bigger, but it wasn't talked about as being on the table at the period. When the chance came to make it (and it wasn't made), it wasn't as big given Hashimoto getting Ogawa'd up the tailpipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownNDirtyTN Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 How about Nikita Koloff coming into the WWF in late 1985 a roided up monster set to destroy Hulk Hogan and taking the WWF World Title back to Mother Russia? He could have slotted into the Bundy spot and made for a much more interesting encounter with Hogan at Wrestlemania II. If WCW would have taken Jericho more seriously with the Goldberg stuff I think they could have had a big PPV match instead of what we actually wound up with. Or why in the hell didn't we get a better tournament at Wrestlemania IV? Without going over the entire card and rebooking would it have been so hard for them to have booked Steamboat to beat Valentine? That way, even if it was only going to be a 7-10 minute match we could have saw Savage/Steamboat in a balls out battle. It would also have been great to see Tully Blanchard turn heel on Flair at some point and have those two work an angle. Maybe if Hurd wouldn't have screwed up Blanchard's return we could have got that down the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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