The Cornette Call: A Pro Wrestling Timeline

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Rebellion 1999

15000 in Birmingham's National Indoor Arena for a loaded WWF show, the first of four PPVs to cover for the month of October, so get ready, folks. October is a big update. Nine matches on tonight's card.

  1. Edge & Christian d. The Holly Cousins. E&C get a win in the opener. They are just dripping with awesomeness and beat the Holly Cousins.
  2. WWF Women's: Ivory d. Jacqueline d. Luna Vachon d. Tori in a Four Corners Match. Same match from OTL.
  3. Lance Storm d. Val Venis. Just to get Val on the card and give Lance a win. Canadian Mapleleaf puts away Venis.
  4. WWF European: Al Snow d. Gangrel. Snow keeps the European Title here against Gangrel. Snowplow fall.
  5. Kane d. Paul Wight. And Wight begins to take some losses as his heat starts to simmer. But hey, this is some good old giant fighting. Kane wins with the Chokeslam and the Tombstone.
  6. Bret Hart d. Jeff Jarrett. Okay, I lied. We get one more Jarrett match on PPV, putting over Bret on his way out. Sharpshooter sends Jarrett out of the company, for real this time.
  7. WWF Tag: Deadman Inc. d. Ron Simmons/Bradshaw. It's a big hoss battle, the two teams brawling it out. Deadman Inc keep their tag titles.
  8. WWF IC: Chris Candido d. D'Lo Brown (w/Mark Henry) Candido continues his reign with a Blonde Bombshell to D'Lo. Just some good wrestling to warm up for the main event.
  9. WWF World: The Rock d. The British Bulldog in a Steel Cage Match. Because of course the Bulldog gets the main event in England. He's going for another run at the world title, but you cannot stop the People's Champion. Rock Bottom gets it for Rocky.
 
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Heroes of Wrestling

10000 fill Madison Square Garden, only a half, but certainly a change in venue from OTL. Curious? Well, there's a reason why.

  1. The Samoan Swat Team (Samu/Tama) d. Marty Jannetty/Brother Brutus. Ed Leslie takes Tommy Rogers' place here, but the outcome remains the same. Most of the card is the OTL card, announce team is the same and all (maybe have Jimmy Hart on commentary with Rosenbloom and Mantel for extra fun)
  2. Greg Valentine (w/Sensational Sherri) d. George Steele.
  3. 2 Cold Scorpio d. Julio Fantastico.
  4. Tully Blanchard d. Stan Lane.
  5. Abdullah the Butcher (w/Honest John Cheatum) vs. One Man Gang (Double Count-Out)
  6. King Kong Bundy d. John Tenta. A new match for TTL's version of the show and it's a fat guy fight. These two pools of blubber slap each other around for several minutes before Bundy finally beats Tenta with the splash.
  7. The Nasty Boys (w/Jimmy Hart) d. The Bushwhackers. And in place of Sheik and Volkoff, we bring in the Nastys for an absolutely terrible match. It's certainly faster paced than OTL's match, but it's the sloppiest hot garbage you've ever seen and it ends with the Nastys winning.
  8. Jimmy Snuka (w/Captain Lou Albano) d. Bob Orton, Jr.
  9. Hulk Hogan (w/Horace) d. The Warrior. And here is why they were able to do half in MSG. This show was funded heavily by Hulk Hogan, using a good chunk of his WCW and WWF contracts. And we get this match from OTL's Halloween Havoc 1998, only now a year later so it's even worse. Like, Hogan might be in better condition due to a lightened schedule in WWF (he didn't work house shows and barely did TV if he wasn't gonna be on PPV that month) but Warrior's terrible and in place of "Wanna play 21?" we get a hilarously insane Warrior promo ITTL where he rambles about the stars aligning for the first time in a decade and that the Heroes of Wrestling shall met And it suuuuucks. Not that it matters to Hogan, who finally gets his win back in a ludicrous match where Hogan somehow manages to burn his own goddamn eyebrows during a flash paper spot. Legdrop wins it for Hogan, but I think we all lose after this show.
 
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No Mercy 1999

19000 in the Gund Arena in Cleveland for WWF's big show in the US. Eight matches on the card.

  1. Heat: Ron Simmons/Bradshw d. The Holly Cousins.
  2. The Hardy Boyz d. Edge & Christian in a Ladder Match. We move this match from OTL, but we make it for a shot at the tag titles rather than having Terri as a manager. The outcome remains the same, however. The Hardyz are heading to Survivor Series!
  3. WWF Women's: Ivory d. The Fabulous Moolah (w/Mae Young) And Ivory keeps here because Moolah doesn't need a title in 1999.
  4. WWF European: Al Snow d. Lance Storm. Lance tries to claim the European title, but he just can't beat out crazy ass Al Snow. Snowplow wins it for the Snowman.
  5. Kane (w/Tori) d. Val Venis (w/The Godfather) Val comes back to his old slezy pornographer ways, releasing his new hit NoTORIous to get under the skin of the Big Red Monster. He gets demolished by Kane, just a load of Chokeslams before the Tombstone to win it.
  6. Bret Hart (w/Anvil) d. Owen Hart (w/Bulldog) The winner gets a shot at the World Title, the loser faces Candido tonight for the IC title. We spare Neidhart the indignity of being on Heroes of Wrestling by having him in Bret's corner. The two put on a great match for the Ohio crowd, Bret winning and getting a future shot at the world champ.
  7. WWF Tag: Deadman Inc. d. The New Age Outlaws. The Outlaws come back together to take the titles, but they get destroyed by Deadman Inc. Crush and Chainz are tearing up the tag division. Deadmen Walking!
  8. WWF IC: Chris Candido d. Owen Hart (w/Bulldog) Owen wrestles twice in one night with little rest thanks to the Outlaws getting squashed. Candido's a functional Intercontinental Champion, nothing special on the mic but a great worker. He and Owen put on a great in-ring performance, ending with a Blonde Bombshell to the exhausted Owen.
  9. WWF World: The Rock vs. Mankind in an Anything Goes Match. So, there is the positive that this TL didn't see poor Foley's brain get scrambled by ten succesive chairshots, but going without a Rock/Foley match would be a horrible mistake. The two just brawl all around, dipping into the plunder. Mick may never get big gold around his waist, but I will be damned if he doesn't have a memorable career highlighted with great matches. Rock Bottom through a table wins it for the Rock as his run continues.
 
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Halloween Havoc 1999

10000 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a nine-match card.

  1. The Revolution (Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn) d. Rick Steiner/Brad Armstrong. A tune-up match for the Revolution, just tearing apart Steiner and Armstrong before they meet the Jersey Triad in the title match.
  2. WCW Cruiserweight: Billy Kidman d. Lash LeRoux. Lash tries, but Kidman outclasses him and keeps with the Shooting Star Press.
  3. WCW TV: Vampiro d. Alex Wright (w/Disco Inferno) Wright, despite being something of a joke throughout his career in WCW, comes in as an underdog against the brooding Vampiro. However, all changes after he loses. Disco tries to console him, Wright snaps and beats him up before walking off with a sneer on his face.
  4. Sid Vicious d. Hugh Morrus. Quick squash. Sorry, Bill.
  5. The Total Package d. Sting. Alright, we see the return of Lex Luger... as the Total Package. He and Sting have themselves a slice of nostalgia as the two just never stop feuding. He gets Sting in the Torture Rack. The Total Package is back!
  6. Chris Jericho d. Triple H (w/Joanie Lee) And they go 2-2 with a Liontamer winning it for Y2J, the two brawling it out and being separated by the officials.
  7. WCW Tag: The Revolution (Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn) d. The Jersey Triad (Bam Bam Bigelow/Chris Kanyon) And the Revolution take their first set of belts, Saturn catching Bam Bam with the Death Valley Driver for the win.
  8. WCW US: Chris Benoit d. Booker T (w/Stevie Ray) d. Eddie Guerrero. We get two triple threats in the main here, first for the United States Title. Benoit wins by catching Guerrero in the Crossface, forcing him to tap out.
  9. WCW World: Diamond Dallas Page/Goldberg d. Shane Douglas. Now, you may notice the formatting here of Page and Goldberg having a slash. This is because the two both pin Douglas at the same time. Both men get the fall, but who gets the title. Well, it gets held up! Wait, hold on... something's weird here. We don't have a defintive winner in this TL? The title is getting held up? Alex Wright's making an out of nowhere heel turn? The Total Package? ...Wait, no. No. No no. It can't be....

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Ace Venom

Megafighter3 said:
Halloween Havoc 1999

10000 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a nine-match card.

  1. The Revolution (Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn) d. Rick Steiner/Brad Armstrong. A tune-up match for the Revolution, just tearing apart Steiner and Armstrong before they meet the Jersey Triad in the title match.
  2. WCW Cruiserweight: Billy Kidman d. Lash LeRoux. Lash tries, but Kidman outclasses him and keeps with the Shooting Star Press.
  3. WCW TV: Vampiro d. Alex Wright (w/Disco Inferno) Wright, despite being something of a joke throughout his career in WCW, comes in as an underdog against the brooding Vampiro. However, all changes after he loses. Disco tries to console him, Wright snaps and beats him up before walking off with a sneer on his face.
  4. Sid Vicious d. Hugh Morrus. Quick squash. Sorry, Bill.
  5. The Total Package d. Sting. Alright, we see the return of Lex Luger... as the Total Package. He and Sting have themselves a slice of nostalgia as the two just never stop feuding. He gets Sting in the Torture Rack. The Total Package is back!
  6. Chris Jericho d. Triple H (w/Joanie Lee) And they go 2-2 with a Liontamer winning it for Y2J, the two brawling it out and being separated by the officials.
  7. WCW Tag: The Revolution (Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn) d. The Jersey Triad (Bam Bam Bigelow/Chris Kanyon) And the Revolution take their first set of belts, Saturn catching Bam Bam with the Death Valley Driver for the win.
  8. WCW US: Chris Benoit d. Booker T (w/Stevie Ray) d. Eddie Guerrero. We get two triple threats in the main here, first for the United States Title. Benoit wins by catching Guerrero in the Crossface, forcing him to tap out.
  9. WCW World: Diamond Dallas Page/Goldberg d. Shane Douglas. Now, you may notice the formatting here of Page and Goldberg having a slash. This is because the two both pin Douglas at the same time. Both men get the fall, but who gets the title. Well, it gets held up! Wait, hold on... something's weird here. We don't have a defintive winner in this TL? The title is getting held up? Alex Wright's making an out of nowhere heel turn? The Total Package? ...Wait, no. No. No no. It can't be....

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Cue WCW being sold to Vince McMahon on schedule.
 
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WCW World Title Tournament

32 Entrants meet over the weeks leading into WCW's Mayhem for the World Title. Mayhem takes over for World War 3, which is met with mixed reception as the show often had a weak main event as the World War 3 battle royal rarely produced the level of excitement of the Royal Rumble, but many were hoping to see them put the title on the line in the battle royal a la Royal Rumble 1992. But for now, here's the first three rounds of the tournament.

First Round

Goldberg d. Chris Jericho. Jericho is taking Bret's OTL spot here, but the match goes way more in favor of Goldberg. Spear. Jackhammer. It's a squash.

Perry Saturn d. Eddie Guerrero. One for the Revolution.

Norman Smiley d. Bam Bam Bigelow. Yes, somehow Norman Smiley, a job guy with a lanky frame and a silly dance, outdoes the Beast of the East. This one is OTL too.

Billy Kidman d. Juventud Guerrera. Taking Konnan's spot here and Juvie's not thrilled about Russo's presence in WCW since Vinny's been making soem less than flattering comments about Mexican wrestlers.

The Total Package d. Rick Steiner.

Diamond Dallas Page vs. David Flair. YES, this somehow went to a NO CONTEST! SOMEHOW, DDP, the former champion, couldn't beat David Flair! Somehow!

Joanie Lee d. Madusa. Well, hey. We got two women facing off in the tournament... weird choice, but okay. Joanie advances to the second round after a Pedigree to Madusa.

Sting d. Violent J. We don't have Brian Knobbs, so we put a Juggalo into a world title tournament. Yeah... Vince Russo's doing great, huh?

Chris Benoit d. Dean Malenko. That's two for the Revolution.

La Parka d. Evan Karagias.

Triple H d. Sid Vicious. In OTL, this spot was held by Scott Hall, so we give it to one of his Kliq buddies. He gets Sid with the Pedigree, advancing to the second round.

Lash LeRoux d. Ernest Miller. Who the fuck- Vince, what are you doing?

Buff Bagwell d. Stevie Ray.

Vampiro d. Alex Wright. This time, Wright ustlays down for Vampiro, allowing him an easy win.

Curt Hennig d. Disco Inferno.

Jeff Jarrett d. Booker T. Welcome to WCW, Double J! He gets one of the shining matches of the first round, putting on a good match with the former US champion and securing a win with the Stroke.

Second Round

Goldberg d. Perry Saturn

Billy Kidman d. Norman Smiley

Sting d. Joanie Lee. And a contender for Worst Match of the Year is made! I cannot imagine Sting getting a good match out of Chyna at this point. It's an awkward mess.

Chris Benoit d. Madusa. AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER! Yes, Madusa gets reinserted in place of La Parka, like in OTL. Benoit advances to the third round after what is sure to be a minor trainwreck.

Triple H d. Lash LeRoux. Never in doubt with this one. Pedigree gets an easy win for Trips as he makes it to the third round.

Buff Bagwell d. Vampiro. Former TV Champ meets reigning TV Champ with Buff winning off the Blockbuster.

Jeff Jarrett d. Curt Hennig. Jarrett continues his run here, hopefully making a good impression for the WCW crowd. Being WWF Intercontinental Champion for almost a year helps his case.

Quarterfinals

Goldberg d. Billy Kidman.

Sting d. The Total Package.

Triple H d. Chris Benoit.

Jeff Jarrett d. Buff Bagwell.

So, at Mayhem we will have the following Quarterfinals.

Goldberg vs. Sting

Triple H vs. Jeff Jarrett.

Who's gonna be the new WCW World Champion?
 
volantredx

volantredx

Megafighter3 said:
You didn't think I wasn't gonna show up, did ya, bro?
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Umm...why? Like given that WCW isn't in total chaos and Bischoff seems to be doing pretty good why the hell would they hire Russo? Better question, why would Russo jump ship? He only did that ITTL because he was told he'd get nearly total control over storylines. Here Bischoff still would have power over him. Hell on that note why the hell is Russo even someone anyone would give the time of day? He has had very little impact on the WWF it seems, Cornette, a man who has threatened to kill Russo if he ever meets him again, has had Vince's ear for several years at this point. The Attitude Era was totally different and his contributions would be nearly zero. It doesn't really make sense.
 
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Megafighter3

volantredx said:
Umm...why? Like given that WCW isn't in total chaos and Bischoff seems to be doing pretty good why the hell would they hire Russo? Better question, why would Russo jump ship? He only did that ITTL because he was told he'd get nearly total control over storylines. Here Bischoff still would have power over him. Hell on that note why the hell is Russo even someone anyone would give the time of day? He has had very little impact on the WWF it seems, Cornette, a man who has threatened to kill Russo if he ever meets him again, has had Vince's ear for several years at this point. The Attitude Era was totally different and his contributions would be nearly zero. It doesn't really make sense.
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Well, because while WCW isn't in total chaos, it is currently losing the ratings battle to WWF. Turner sees that second place as cause for alarm and are looking for a new booker to take the reins because they think Bischoff is losing touch. It's a bit flimsy, but these aren't wrestling people, they're TV people. They're impatient folk who don't like hearing that even four weeks have gone by without improved ratings, much less four months.

And yeah, Russo's impact on the WWF was minimal, but ask yourself this; would it be out of character for Vince Russo to lie about contributing to the success of TTL's Attitude Era? He'd probably take credit for everything to big himself up to Turner executives as the Golden Boy of WWF's creative team. As for Russo jumping ship? Well, considering he spent three years on the creative team with his scripts and proposals constantly filtered out by Vince, Brisco, Patterson and of course, Cornette. And Cornette is considered the real genius here and while Russo has managed a few ideas to get through, a lot of his really bad ideas got completely shut down. Russo wanted a place where he could have way more creative freedom.
 

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Yeah, this is going to go about as well as when Joseph Hazelwood decided to have the Exxon Valdez crash into that island...
 

eldandythedoubter

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Well, because while WCW isn't in total chaos, it is currently losing the ratings battle to WWF. Turner sees that second place as cause for alarm and are looking for a new booker to take the reins because they think Bischoff is losing touch. It's a bit flimsy, but these aren't wrestling people, they're TV people. They're impatient folk who don't like hearing that even four weeks have gone by without improved ratings, much less four months.

And yeah, Russo's impact on the WWF was minimal, but ask yourself this; would it be out of character for Vince Russo to lie about contributing to the success of TTL's Attitude Era? He'd probably take credit for everything to big himself up to Turner executives as the Golden Boy of WWF's creative team. As for Russo jumping ship? Well, considering he spent three years on the creative team with his scripts and proposals constantly filtered out by Vince, Brisco, Patterson and of course, Cornette. And Cornette is considered the real genius here and while Russo has managed a few ideas to get through, a lot of his really bad ideas got completely shut down. Russo wanted a place where he could have way more creative freedom.
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No it isn't that farfetched. Hell, you could write it so that he manages to convince someone better than him to write his storylines who's not good at presenting it to people.
 

Jearom

eldandythedoubter said:
No it isn't that farfetched. Hell, you could write it so that he manages to convince someone better than him to write his storylines who's not good at presenting it to people.
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If you watch some of Cornette's shoot interviews on You Tube he maintains that this is true even OTL, that Russo did not have nearly the influence or control over the WWF booking committee as he "pretended." And considering how secretive everyone was back then who's to say what was going on behind the scene ITL?
 
GrayJ12

GrayJ12

I’m hoping that it’ll be Goldberg vs. HHH for the title. It would be nice for Hunter to win the title in the memory of Scott.
 

Cyniclone

I wonder how fans are reacting to Triple H here. Do they give him the sympathy pop for losing a close friend and having another's career end? Or do they get that out of their system early? Does he react to it, or does he just do a "you people didn't care about me and Scott before, why the hell should I care about you now?" promo and short-circuit it?
 
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