The Cornette Call: A Pro Wrestling Timeline

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WWF Spring Cleaning 1998

The WWF release Ron and Don Harris (known as DoA members 8-Ball and Skull) from the company. Mero was a loss away from the chopping block, but these two had a way worse loss record. The DoA will continue with Brian Adams (Crush, no longer leaving due to the Screwjob) and Brian Lee (Chainz)
 
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Spring Stampede 1998

10000 in the Denver Coliseum with ten matches on the card. WCW has to keep up with the WWF now coming off their huge WrestleMania.

  1. Dark: La Parka d. Prince Iaukea
  2. Rick Steiner/Lex Luger d. Scott Steiner/Buff Bagwell. Opening up with the follow-up to the Steiner breakup, with Rick and his tag partner Lex beating out the team of Steiner and Bagwell. Winners of the match meet the Outsiders later tonight.
  3. Ultimo Dragon d. Chavo Guerrero Jr..
  4. WCW Cruiserweight: Chris Jericho d. Juventud Guerrera/Psychosis in a Triple Threat Match. Jericho reclaims his title through sneaky tactics, tossing Juvie aside while he pins Psychosis. Good match and gets Jericho his Cruiserweight title back.
  5. WCW TV: Booker T d. Chris Benoit.
  6. Goldberg d. Perry Saturn.
  7. Triple H d. Curt Hennig. We feed Hennig to Triple H here to get him some momentum back. Pedigree to Hennig finishes it, but then Triple H is suddenly blindsided by an incoming Superkick by a man in a leather jacket. He flips off his hood to reveal... Sean Waltman! The Lightning Kid has returned!
  8. Randy Savage d. Roddy Piper in a Baseball Bat on a Pole Match. This is most likely not a good match, but it gives Savage something for his last year. Just working with what we've got here.
  9. WCW Tag: The Outsiders (Kevin Nash/Scott Hall) d. Rick Steiner/Lex Luger. The Outsiders outpower Rick and Lex here, Scott taking Shawn's place thanks to Outsider Rules. Edge to Rick, Jacknife to Luger.
  10. WCW US: Raven d. Diamond Dallas Page in a Raven's Rules Match. Same match as OTL.
  11. WCW World: Shawn Michaels d. Sting. And Michaels reclaims the World Title, hitting Sweet Chin Music on Sting. The two put on a clinic to usher in the second reign of the Heartbreak Kid.
 
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Unforgiven: In Your House

21000 in the Greensboro Coliseum, a move that might rattle the good folks down south.

  1. NWA Tag: Lance Storm/Chris Candido (w/Jim Cornette) d. The Rock 'n' Roll Express. Ricky and Robert are sick of these young punks holding the NWA title. They're sick of Cornette running his mouth about how they're the new face of the NWA, so they go up against Storm and Candido. They go in as spirited veteran babyfaces against the cocky young heels, but they get beaten by the youngstersin the opener.
  2. Marc Mero (w/Sable) d. Steve Blackman. Mero gets a win here against karate man Blackman, hitting the Kiss That Don't Miss (God, some of the things wrestling forces me to type) to transition into the TKO. Gotta give Mero something.
  3. The British Bulldog d. Ron Simmons. Bulldog gets him a tidy win against Simmons, get him some heat back, battle of the Running Powerslams really. You know wanna see that sequence.
  4. WWF European: Ken Shamrock d. Dustin Rhodes (w/Jeff Jarrett) And Dustin takes a lost here, but shows a surprising amount of energy that he was lacking in the later Goldust run. Jarrett's still got his NWA North American belt and occasionally taunts Shamrock with it. "I've got a real belt, you Ultimate Fighting sumbitch! That belt ain't worth s__t!" Dustin taps to the Ankle Lock and Shamrock and Jarrett go to blows.
  5. The Undertaker d. Kane in an Inferno Match. Keep this match from OTL.
  6. WWF Tag: The Nation (D'Lo Brown/Kama Mustafa) d. Cactus Jack/Chainshaw Charlie. The Nation take the tag titles here, Kama mixing it up with the crazed Hardcore Legends with D'Lo taking the lumps. Charlie takes the Death Valley Driver into the Lo Down.
  7. WWF IC: The Rock (w/Mark Henry) d. Owen Hart (w/Jim Neidhart) Rock/Owen starts really heating up here, tells a good story really. Owen keeps taking titles from the Rock and promises to do it again tonight. Anvil in Owen's corner to try and neutralize the presence of Mark Henry on the outside. It works as the two can do some brawling outside, but D'Lo and Kama rush out to double team Owen outside and soften him up for Rocky. Rock Bottom to Owen.
  8. WWF World: Steve Austin d. Bret Hart (DQ) Bret's really become something else. He's been a desperate heel to keep his belt, but now he's desperate to try and stop Austin because Austin is a poison. He's a poison for young minds who used to cheer good men. Good men like Hogan. Good men like Bret. Now they rally behind a beer-swilling, ill-tempered redneck who flips people off and has no respect for authority? This is the hero of the people now? He starts getting more violent in the ring, and when he finds that Austin can meet him on the mat, he brawls harder. Austin can meet him there too, so Bret eventually takes a chair to him, drawing a DQ. He just keeps going, putting the chair on his leg and dropping an elbow on it to try and Pillmanize Austin (Hey, I can't keep doing Austin neck spots forever, gotta mix it up)
 
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Slamboree 1998

12000 in the Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts for a ten-match show. Not featured: Eric Bischoff challenging Vince McMahon and getting nothing.

  1. Eddie Guerrero/Psychosis d. Chavo Guerrero/Juventud Guerrera. Lucha tag action as Chavo tags up with Juvie to a losing effort against Eddie and Psychosis.
  2. WCW Cruiserweight: “Ciclope” d. Chris Jericho. We get this match, where Jericho gets upset by the masked Ciclope, who takes his mask and wait, what? That's not Ciclope! That's Dean Malenko! Malenko snuck away with the Cruiserweight TItle, continuing Jericho's conspiracy rambling.
  3. WCW TV: Booker T d. Fit Finlay. Booker keeps against Finlay. Book End finish as the TV champ keeps rolling.
  4. Billy Kidman (w/Lenny Lane) d. Ultimo Dragon. And the Flock get some matches, Kidman getting a win off the Seven-Year Itch.
  5. Goldberg d. Perry Saturn. But Saturn once again falls to Goldberg. Saturn bring some of the toughest fights to Goldberg.
  6. Sean Waltman d. Triple H. Waltman makes his return from injury by beating his former running buddy Triple H. Catches Trips with a Superkick.
  7. Randy Savage d. The Giant. We're almost at the halfway point of the Savage Retirement Tour, Savage getting a win over the Giant. Giant brings the power, but Savage is a wily veteran and manages to land the elbow drop.
  8. WCW Tag: Sting/Lex Luger d. The Outsiders (Scott Hall/Kevin Nash) Luger and Sting manage to make up (Sting's been betrayed plenty of times, this is nothing new to him) and the two beat the Outsiders for the tag titles, helped by Waltman running in and diving onto Scott Hall, giving enough of a distraction for Lex to clock Nash with a forearm (did he still have the metal plate at this point?) and tag in Sting for the Deathlock.
  9. WCW US: Diamond Dallas Page d. Raven in a Bowery Death Match. We take their OTL match, but keep it for the United States Title. Sorry, Bill. DDP reclaims the US Title here.
  10. WCW World: Shawn Michaels d. Chris Benoit. And we get another Michaels/Benoit, putting on a four-star match and Benoit taking the Sweet Chin Music. Not much story going in, it's really just the match itself and maybe Shawn wanting to send a few more shots across to Bret by beating up a Canadian again.
 

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Slamboree 1998

12000 in the Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts for a ten-match show. Not featured: Eric Bischoff challenging Vince McMahon and getting nothing.
  1. WCW Cruiserweight: “Ciclope” d. Chris Jericho. We get this match, where Jericho gets upset by the masked Ciclope, who takes his mask and wait, what? That's not Ciclope! That's Dean Malenko! Malenko snuck away with the Cruiserweight TItle, continuing Jericho's conspiracy rambling.
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  1. Please let either this match or a match with Rey be Jericho's graduation. While I love Jericho's conspiracy victim thing, I could not stand the crusierweight hot potato throughout the Summer.
  2. [*]WCW US: Diamond Dallas Page d. Raven in a Bowery Death Match. We take their OTL match, but keep it for the United States Title. Sorry, Bill. DDP reclaims the US Title here.
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    Goldberg vs. The Flock would be good for ratings for a bit anyway.
 
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Over the Edge: In Your House

10000 in the Wisconsin Center Arena in... well, take a guess. Eight matches on the card.

  1. Legion of Doom (Hawk/Animal) (w/Droz) d. The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush/Chainz) As you can see, the DoA is now a tag team of the better half, not that they fare any better booking wise. I dunno, I might turn around on this booking, but let's say Droz makes the save by stopping Crush while Chainz takes the Doomsday Device.
  2. WWF Light Heavyweight: Sho Funaki (w/Dick Togo and Men's Teioh) d. Taka Michonoku. And we have the PPV Debut of Kaientai DX (and hey, they get to use that DX this time!) as they look to take down Taka for becoming Americanized. This is no doubt a good match and Funaki takes the Light Heavyweight title thanks to numbers game.
  3. NWA North American: Jeff Jarrett (w/Dustin Rhodes) d. Ron Simmons. Jarrett keeps here against Simmons thanks to interference from Dustin. Gets Simmons with the Stroke.
  4. Marc Mero (w/Sable) d. Justin Bradshaw. And Mero gets a win as well, beating Bradshaw with the right hand into the TKO.
  5. Kane (w/Paul Bearer) d. Vader in a Mask vs. Mask Match. Same match as OTL.
  6. WWF Tag: The Nation (Kama Mustafa/D'Lo Brown) d. The New Age Outlaws. The Nation retain the tag titles, the Outlaws doing some of that real risky racial stuff in the build (it's the Attitude Era, I'm not gonna pretend it wasn't full of awkward shit) and the match is a good bit of tag team action, ending with a Death Valley Driver to Billy Gunn, followed by a Lo Down. The Nation stand tall with the belts, heading off to see if their leader can keep his Intercontinental Title in the Nation as well.
  7. WWF IC: Owen Hart (w/British Bulldog) d. The Rock (w/Mark Henry) But this time it goes to Owen. Bulldog is more than a match for Mark Henry on the outside and Owen is as determined as Rocky to have that IC strap around his waist, rolling up on a Rock Bottom to win the title.
  8. WWF World: Stone Cold Steve Austin d. Dude Love in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. Same match as OTL, though without the guest referee stip. Ted DiBiase is another who doesn't like Austin being champion. He's an uncouth type, all cheap beers and middle fingers, in his little black boots, little back vest, little black trunks and his bald head. We get corporate heel Dude Love here, propped up in all his goofiness as real champion material and Foley is spurned on by the feeling that the crowd no longer appreciates the sacrifices he goes through because all they care about is Stone Cold. Austin does have a bad leg from Bret (who was kayfabe suspended for his attack on Austin) but he fights through it and hits the Stunner, beating Love.
 
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Great American Bash 1998

13000 in the Baltimore Arena for a ten match card.

  1. The Giant d. Juventud Guerrera/Chavo Guerrero Jr. We got a handicap tag with two brave luchadors getting tossed around by the towering Giant. Just getting ragdolled around to start things off. Chavo gets chokeslammed onto Juvie.
  2. WCW Cruiserweight: Eddie Guerrero d. Dean Malenko. Eddie takes the Cruiserweight title here. Just another notch in the belt of good cruiserweight action.
  3. Goldberg d. Fit Finlay. a quick match, bit of brawling followed by a Spear and a Jackhammer. Then Raven comes out, sending in his monster Reese. He's here to try and take out Goldberg.
  4. Goldberg d. Reese. Another squash, Goldberg's Streak continues to build.
  5. WCW TV: Booker T d. Chris Benoit. The culmination of a Best of Seven between both men, Booker T winning after two Harlem Sidekicks. It's the OTL match from the show, but now jsut straight for the television title.
  6. Randy Savage d. Konnan. Randy continues his run of beating guys on the way to Starrcade, brawling it out with Konnan and finishing with the elbow.
  7. Sean Waltman d. Scott Hall. Waltman goes up against Scott Hall, the two putting on a classic reminiscent of their work in 1993, Waltman catching him with a cradle.
  8. WCW Tag: The Flock (Perry Saturn/Chris Kanyon) (w/Raven) d. Sting/Lex Luger. The Flock take the tag titles thanks to interference by Raven, who takes out Sting and leaves Luger to take the fall. Kanyon and Saturn then join in beating on Sting.
  9. WCW US: Diamond Dallas Page d. Kevin Nash. Big Sexy looks to claim the United States Title for the Outsiders, but DDP catches him with the Diamond Cutter, stopping their plans short.
  10. WCW World: Shawn Michaels d. Chris Jericho. Jericho, in a sort of tweener role, continues raving about conspiracies and how everyone is keeping him from showing his greatness, how even Michaels is hiding behind his Outsiders buddies to keep him from being World Champion. This sets up the build where Jericho has to beat all the other Outsiders to get this shot. He gets Triple H clean on a Nitro, then beats Hall thanks to interference by Waltman and while Nash does get close to stopping him, Jericho spits in his face and sets him off, eventually resulting in him taking a chair to the Lionheart, thus causing a DQ victory for Jericho. As for this match, well it's Jericho vs. Michaels, what more do you need? It's a good match, ending with a Sweet Chin Music that Jericho almost holds out against, only for Triple H to run in and hit the Pedigree, putting Jericho away for Shawn. Shawn retains and is as cocky as ever.
 

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A secondary question. I am presuming that Jim Cornette ultimately has more influence post the Curtain Call Incident that previously. How does that affect the SMW alumni that he brought over in mid 1996 as gimmicked enhancement talent? By WrestleMania 14 they all were gone in the OTL. In this timeline however, was there still a place for Alex Porteau, Tony Anthony, Tom Brandi, and Tracey Smothers? Also, would Buddy Landell have received another shot after tearing his quadriceps in January 1996?
 
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A secondary question. I am presuming that Jim Cornette ultimately has more influence post the Curtain Call Incident that previously. How does that affect the SMW alumni that he brought over in mid 1996 as gimmicked enhancement talent? By WrestleMania 14 they all were gone in the OTL. In this timeline however, was there still a place for Alex Porteau, Tony Anthony, Tom Brandi, and Tracey Smothers? Also, would Buddy Landell have received another shot after tearing his quadriceps in January 1996?
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Tony Anthony probably didn't get a run due to the Godwinns going out. Brandi had about the same run, Pourteau probably lasted a bit longer but was a TV guy mainly. Buddy would get another shot, but he'd also be TV and Tracy Smothers would actually get to be Smothers. Cornette had some good calls, but he couldn't get to everyone, mainly because he's been running damage control for Russo.
 
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King of the Ring 1998 First Round and Quarterfinal Results

First Round

The Rock d. Vader

Dustin Rhodes d. Bart Gunn

Owen Hart d. 2 Cold Scorpio

Dan Severn d. D'Lo Brown

Ken Shamrock d. Kama Mustafa

Mark Henry d. Terry Funk

Jeff Jarrett d. Ron Simmons

Marc Mero d. Steve Blackman


Quarterfinals

The Rock d. Dustin Rhodes

Dan Severn d. Owen Hart

Ken Shamrock d. Mark Henry

Jeff Jarrett d. Marc Mero


So, the only real change to OTL is the addition of Dustin and Bart to replace Triple H and X-Pac, with Dustin going over thanks to Jarrett, but he loses out to the Rock. Let's see how the PPV plays out.
 
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King of the Ring 1998

17000 at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh to see who will be the next King of the Ring and of course, there's that match. We'll get to that match. Nine matches on the card tonight.

  1. Kaientai DX (Dick Togo/Men's Teioh) d. The Headbangers. And Kaientai DX get another win, the combo of Togo and Teioh being our dedicated tag guys and beating Mosh and Thrasher to kick things off.
  2. KOTR Semifinal: Ken Shamrock d. Jeff Jarrett
  3. KOTR Semifinal: The Rock d. Dan Severn
  4. Too Much d. Al Snow (w/Head) Crazy Al finally makes his return, he's got Head in his corner but that ain't gonna help him against Too Hot Scott and Too Sexy Brian. They double-team him into oblivion.
  5. WWF IC: Owen Hart d. Taka Michinoku (w/Sho Funaki) Taka joins up with K-DX after weeks of being beaten down, now going after Owen's Intercontinental Title. The two put on a great match here, but Taka falls to the Sharpshooter.
  6. KOTR Final: Ken Shamrock d. The Rock. Yeah, kept this match from OTL. I could've flipped it, but I'm such a mark for Shamrock that I gotta give him a second King of the Ring win. Maybe next time, Rocky. Maybe next time.
  7. WWF Tag: The Nation (D'Lo Brown/Kama Mustafa) d. Bart Gunn/Bob Holly. The weird mix of cowboy boxer and former racer turned tough sumbitch try to beat the Nation, but Bart takes the DVD and the Lo Down. Quick and easy for this one.
  8. The Undertaker d. Mankind in a Hell in a Cell Match. Because how could I not have this match? There is no timeline I will ever do that will not have the time in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.
  9. WWF World: Steve Austin d. Kane in a Last Man Standing Match. Because why the fuck would you have a First Blood Match with a guy who is covered full-body and a mask? Why in the hell would- anyway! We do Last Man Standing and Austin wins, keeping his World Title.
 
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WWF World: Steve Austin d. Kane in a Last Man Standing Match. Because why the fuck would you have a First Blood Match with a guy who is covered full-body and a mask? Why in the hell would- anyway! We do Last Man Standing and Austin wins, keeping his World Title.
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Why? Vince Rousso that's why.
 
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Bash at the Beach

12000 fill the Cox Arena in San Diego to see Goldberg, named the #1 Contender by WCW President JJ Dillon, meet the WCW World Champion Shawn Michaels. Nine matches on the card.

  1. Dark: Disco Inferno d. Kevin Greene
  2. Damien/Ciclope d. Los Villanos
  3. WCW Cruiserweight: Eddie Guerrero d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a Title vs. Hair Match. Chavo, slowly losing it as he did OTL, offers his hair to get a shot at Eddie's Cruiserweight belt. The two put on a Guerrero classic, with Eddie winning and shaving his nephew in front of the crowd.
  4. Rey Misterio Jr. d. Chris Jericho d. Juventud Guerrera d. Billy Kidman. These four-way matches really help me get everyone a spot on the card, just a good slice of cruiserweight action. Jericho may soon get his moment, but the top is still so full of talent that it's hard to get up the ladder. Misterio wins it after pinning Kidman while Jericho has Juvie in a Liontamer. He's still rocking that conspiracy story. He almost had the World title, but then Triple H screwed him and now he's here, losing because the referee has a bias against him. Everyone is out to get him!
  5. The Giant d. Konnan. Just a thing to do. Chokeslam to Konnan. I doubt Giant's gonna be sticking around ITTL, so we'll probably give him one send-off match around Starrcade. For now, he beats Konnan.
  6. WCW TV: Booker T (w/Stevie Ray) d. Curt Hennig. Booker's still rolling as Television champion, Book End to Hennig. Can you dig it?
  7. Sean Waltman d. Kevin Nash. The Lightning Kid's battle against the Outsiders continues with another David vs. Goliath bout, Nash tossing the Kid around. Match ends when Nash does a Jacknife, then another, but Kid kicks out of both. Big Sexy goes for a third and gets rolled up.
  8. WCW Tag: The Outsiders (Triple H/Scott Hall) d. The Flock (Chris Kanyon/Perry Saturn) And the Outsiders get back their tag titles, this time it's Hunter and Hall, becoming tweeners I guess, as the Flock targets Hall for his personal demons (yeah, they still play to this angle) but Trips is good to keep his buddy Scott on track. Pedigree to Kanyon gets them tag gold.
  9. WCW US: Raven d. Diamond Dallas Page in a Raven's Rules Match. And the title switches back to Raven after another wild brawl between him and Page. Evenflow to DDP after Flock interference gives Raven another run with the US belt.
  10. WCW World: Goldberg d. Shawn Michaels. And we have this match. We fill 12000 seats in six days just on this match. Goldberg, the dominant and destructive force, meets the talented and cocky Michaels. He can get Goldberg to a good competitive match because that's what Shawn does, netting a four-star peformance through his selling alone. Goldberg fights of Sweet Chin Music, gets the Spear and the Jackhammer. Your new WCW World Heavyweight Champion. GOLDBERG~ GOLDBERG~
 
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Fully Loaded: In Your House

10000 in the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. We're almost to SummerSlam, friends.

  1. The DoA (Crush/Chainz) d. The Legion of Doom (w/Paul Ellering) This time the match goes to the DoA, but the Road Warriors still have Ellering, who is becoming concerned with Hawk's ability to keep things together. Hawk takes the fall here and Ellering walks off, shaking his head in thought.
  2. NWA North American: Jeff Jarrett (w/Dustin Rhodes) d. Terry Funk (w/Bradshaw) As with before, we have a veteran of the NWA looking to reclaim the gold from the disrespectful punk. Terry's a mad Texas bastard and he brings the brawl, but Jarrett wins, locking Funk in the Figure Four while Dustin takes care of Bradshaw on the outside.
  3. WWF European: Val Venis d. Ken Shamrock. And we have a surprise win by arriving heel Val Venis. Yes, he's still a pornstar, but now he's a heel pornstar. Basically, he's a 90s Rick Rude. It's a shame we couldn't keep Rick here to manage him, but he jumped last year to manage Hennig. So, Rick's thing is being just the sleaziest man in wrestling and he makes adult films to get under his opponents skin. Around the time Shamrock wins the European title, he's accompanied to matches by his girlfriend Alicia Webb (not his sister because I know Vince wanted the incest angle, I know and I refuse.) and Val shows footage from his newest film, Caught in her Webb. He pisses Shamrock off and this leads him to lose focus, falling for things he would've caught if he wasn't full of blind fury because he is going to try and kill this man. Venis gets him down, hits the Money Shot and is now the new European champion.
  4. Marc Mero (w/Sable) d. Bart Gunn. Just giving Mero some more wins, TKO victory.
  5. Mark Henry d. Vader. Same match from OTL, get Henry over using Vader.
  6. WWF Tag: The Nation (Kama Mustafa/D'Lo Brown) d. Ron Simmons/2 Cold Scorpio. Simmons comes after the Nation again, this time with fellow WCW alumnus 2 Cold Scorpio. The two try to beat back the Nation, but they're not called the Nation of Domination for nothing and Henry puts Simmons through a barricade to make it a handicap match. DVD and Lo Down to 2 Cold ends the match with Nation holding gold.
  7. WWF IC: The Rock vs. Owen Hart in a Two out of a Three Falls Match (Time Limit Draw) Both men get a fall, Rock getting it with the Rock Bottom, Owen getting his fall with with a Sunset Flip. The Rock looks to take it with another Rock Bottom, Owen rolls him up, Rocky kicks out at the last possible second and the match goes to a draw. Owen retains, but both men wear each other out.
  8. WWF World: Steve Austin d. The Undertaker d. Kane d. Mankind. DiBiase's efforts to get the belt off Austin continue, putting him at only a 25% chance of winning, but while the brothers fight amongst themselves, Austin manages to catch Foley with the Stunner, keeping his belt once more.
 
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Road Wild 1998

Back to Sturgis again, we just can't get enough this fucking rally, huh Uncle Eric? Now, you may notice that this and the Bash at the Beach card didn't have celebrity involvement. See, Michaels and Nash don't really like the celebrities coming in after the Lawrence Taylor thing, so they've nixed the celebrities showing up on either show (plus Rodman was more of a Hogan call anyway) so that should save us a bit of cash on the WCW side.

  1. The Public Enemy d. The Dancing Fools (Alex Wright/Disco Inferno) (w/Tokyo Magnum)
  2. Rey Misterio Jr. d. Psychosis.
  3. WCW Cruiserweight: Juventud Guerrera (w/Konnan) d. Eddie Guerrero. Juvie wins the belt thanks to interference by Konnan. Gotta get Konnan on the card somewhere.
  4. Scott Norton d. The Giant in a Biker Chain Match. They chain up both men and it's just hoss vs. hoss. Norton manages to get the Giant up and hits him with a powerbomb, going on to the win the match.
  5. WCW TV: Booker T (w/Stevie Ray) d. Chavo Guerrero Jr (w/Eddie Guerrero) Eddie abandons Chavo as he starts losing, leaving him to eat the Book End. Chavo's mental state is continuing to crack under all this pressure.
  6. Lex Luger d. Sting. And Luger turns on Sting again. The two have a tidy match, ending with Sting getting locked in the Torture Rack and tapping out.
  7. Shawn Michaels d. Sean Waltman. And Waltman's battle against Outsiders ends in a loss because Michaels needs a win. But goddamn if this isn't a good match. Waltman's skills started to decline here, but Michaels is in top shape (though his back is also starting to bother him a lot) so he can get him to a three star match and the story is still good, the crowd still behind Waltman (and unlikely to turn on him any time soon) as Michaels finish with Sweet Chin Music.
  8. WCW Tag: The Flock (Perry Saturn/Chris Kanyon) d. The Outsiders (Triple H/Scott Hall) in a Raven's Rules Match. And the titles flip back to the Flock as Saturn and Kanyon go hardcore on Triple H and Scott Hall. Hall's personal demons have caught him well this time as he ends up taking out while Kanyon hits the Flatliner on Triple H to reclaim the tag titles. Triple H shakes his head at Scott, walking off without him.
  9. WCW US: Chris Jericho d. Raven. Raven targets Jericho at this point, mocking him that the only one after Jericho is Jericho himself, that he's his own worst enemy. Jericho decides he's had enough of Raven's bog mouth and decides to deal with him. Jericho wins the United States title, hitting the Lionsault after fighting off the Flock for as long as he can. Jericho rushes out before the Flock have a chance to jump him post match.
  10. WCW World: Goldberg d. Diamond Dallas Page. Nothing like Goldberg/DDP to finish things off. The two put on some great matches and this is no exception. DDP actually comes close to beating the Streak, but gets put away. Spear. Jackhammer. It's all over as WCW has a new top dog.
 
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SummerSlam 1998

21000 from the home court of the WWF, Madison Square Garden, for the Biggest Party of the Summer. Eight matches on the card. Let's get rolling.

  1. Heat: Kaientai DX (Taka Michinoku/Dick Togo/Men's Teioh) d. The Oddities (Giant Silva/Kurrgan/Golga) (w/Luna Vachon and the Insane Clown Posse)
  2. Heat: The DoA (Crush/Chainz) d. The Legion of Doom (Hawk/Animal) (w/Paul Ellering and Droz) We introduce Droz as the new blood since Hawk's been struggling with his personal demons. For now he's just learning from ringside, but the LoD take another loss.
  3. Heat: WWF Light Heavyweight: Sho Funaki (w/Taka Michinoku) d. Matt Hardy (w/Jeff Hardy) Hey look, the Hardys. Let's see if they manage to do stick around in the WWF this TL, right? Tonight, Matt gets a shot against Funaki, but takes a loss to the Rising Sun.
  4. The Brood (Gangrel/Edge) d. Too Much. And we have the arrival of the Brood. Instead of feuding, Edge joins early on as he was originally a purposeless drifter, but Gangrel gave him guidance and the two wreck our goofball jobbers.
  5. NWA North American: Jeff Jarrett (w/Dustin Rhodes) d. Bradshaw. Some classic Southern Wrasslin' I know I haven't featured the NWA Tag Champions, but that's due to the current tag division doing quite nicely. I'll get them back on PPV soon but they've been untouched on TV. Meanwhile, Jarrett's been on top with his North American Title, putting away Bradshaw with the Figure Four.
  6. WWF European: Val Venis d. Marc Mero (w/Sable) The Rick Rude of the 90s continues his sleazy ways with Taming the Wild Pussy (Man, the USA Network must've loved that title) and getting Mero riled up. Another Money Shot victory as Venis wants to prove he's not a "step down" as European champion.
  7. Mankind d. Dustin Rhodes (w/Jeff Jarrett) Just to get Mankind something on the card. Maybe Dustin wants to deal with Mankind because he's just another goofy gimmick the way he was. I probably could've given this one to Dustin, but it's no big deal to lose out Mankind. This was around when Mankind started to become more of a comedy character, so it works.
  8. The Undertaker d. Vader. Give 'Taker a win here, Vader still being put in big matches is nice. Might be able to keep him for another year.
  9. WWF Tag: The New Age Outlaws d. The Nation (D'Lo Brown/Kama Mustafa) in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. And the Outlaws reclaim the tag titles in a wild hardcore match, landing a spiked piledriver on the apron to Kama to win it.
  10. WWF IC: Owen Hart d. The Rock in a Ladder Match. And Owen finishes off his long feud with The Rock with a ladder match. I am sure these two would put on a great ladder match, especially in front of a hot MSG crowd. Owen unstraps the title after knocking the Rock onto Mark Henry, keeping the Intercontinental Title.
  11. WWF World: Ken Shamrock d. Stone Cold Steve Austin. And here we have a risky proposition and probably not a long one. I really just wanted to get this done ITTL because goddamn it, Ken Shamrock deserves a run with the big strap. He's an insanely strong dude, jacked to the gills with great skills in grappling and striking. At best, you could argue weak promo skills but he also had an intense aura that very few could match. The fact that he never got a world title run is almost a TL Crime, I'd say. So he takes it to Austin and Austin can give as well as he can take. Shamrock wins it after bridging a top rope German, no doubt getting some serious boos for taking the title from Austin, but screw them! They're New Yorkers, they're all a bunch of losers anyway! It'll never be the year of the Jets! Never!
...Where was I? Oh yeah, that's SummerSlam, folks! We have your money!
 
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