- I imagine Vince would, as he did with Owen in 99, try to make the show go on, and it would only be Austin and Kane outright refusing to do so that would stop the broadcast. And it's not the death that kills WWF's prestige, it's when that news comes out, that Vince seemingly had a callous attitude towards the wrestlers' lives.
- As a result of the above, USA cancels all WWF programming, advertisers drop out, and several wrestlers request their release.
- ECW Hardcore TV is dead too, and ECW is done by 1999.
- The only wrestling left on TV is WCW, but it retreats into more family-friendly programming (including by turning Hogan back babyface). Hardcore fans start to lose interest but WCW enters the new millennium as the only wrestling promotion on TV.
- Vince and his WWF spends most of its 1999 in a costly, lengthy trial that will eventually find them guilty of negligence on behalf of the performers. Vince goes to jail, and Linda shuts WWF down in mid-2000, not having run a show since King of the Ring.
- The Undertaker and Terry Funk (who came up with the big bump) both blame themselves for Foley's death, and leave the business right away. Mark Calaway is not seen in public in 15 years.