Fifth Horseman
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A NEW dream Wrestlemania
Way back when, I think the Rick posted his fantasy Wrestlemania where a match per Wrestlemania was used to fill the card, with no duplication of
wrestlers. And I believe the idea was recently resurrected here again. Of course, after 25 Wrestlemanias, it's a pretty full card.
So try this variant on the fantasy booking: pick one wrestler (or team) from each WM to manufacture a card. I gave it a go, trying to get the Big
Three titles defended by the guy or team that actually HAD it going into the WM match, and wound up with a 10-match card. Here it is, feel free to
create your own:
Bulldogs (WM2) vs. Steiners (9) - face vs face opener to get the crowd going. Stiff, mutual respect, 15 minute draw.
Money in the Bank match, featuring Bam Bam Bigelow (4) vs. Owen Hart (10) vs. Mankind (15) vs. Eddie Guerrero (21) vs. Edge (23) vs. John Morrison
(24). Typical crazy match, won by that sneaky Edge.
Roddy Piper (8) vs. Chris Jericho (19). A little bit of science, little bit of brawling, lots of entertainment, Piper wins.
Next is the Intercontinental title match: Randy Savage (2) defends against the Rock (18). Fast and furious, Savage retains in a slight upset.
Ricky Steamboat (3) vs. Shawn Michaels (12) follow in a technical masterpiece. The Dragon graciously does the job.
Undertaker (12) vs. John Cena (25). A brawl to be sure, and the Streak remains intact.
Gotta bring the crowd back down, with a rare heel/heel match: Curt Hennig (6) vs. Triple H (22). The Game wins with an unseen sledgehammer shot.
Triple threat, no DQ, for the Tag Team titles: the Legion of Doom (7) vs. the APA (20) vs. the champs, the Dudley Boyz (17). Hawk and Animal take the
gold.
Bret Hart (11) vs. Kurt Angle (16) in a submission match. In a finale that recalls both WM 12 AND the Montreal fiasco, Angle locks Hart in the
sharpshooter, but he passes out from blood loss before submitting. Post-match handshakes, etc.
Hulk Hogan (1) vs. Steve Austin (14) for the WWE title. Hey, you didn't expect SD Jones and Aguila, did you? Arguably the two biggest draws of
the Wrestlemania era close the card. Hogan hulks up after a stunner, but Austin survives the ensuing the legdrop by getting a foot on the ropes. A
second stunner gives him the strap.
Anyone else?
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Chris Is Good517
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| posted on 8-4-2009 at 12:20 PM |
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That is an awesome card, sir. I would actually buy that for the Bulldogs vs. the Steiners alone, but adding Steamboat vs. HBK is just icing on the
cake.
I'll try my hand at this later when I'm not about to leave for work
Gee, I wish I was still alive- LuckyLopez R.I.P.
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williamssl
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A lot of those people are dead.
Don't Mess With Texas
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Chris Is Good517
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OK, I'm doing this with the stipulation that I won't crib any of Fifth Horseman's matches. That's going to be hard because
Angle-Hart and Hogan-Austin and Savage-Rock are really obvious dream matches, but I'll try to come up with my own. I'm also not going to
pick which era or WM each star is from; let's just assume that all guys are in their physical primes and peak popularity. Let's also
assume that Vince is willing and able to give us about 4 and a half hours to run this, if not split it into a 2 night event.
Pre-Show: Godfather def. Honky Tonk Man
Pre-Show 35-man Battle Royal: Vader def. Crush, Diesel, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, Sid, Taz, Marty Jannetty, Rikishi, Booker T, Doink, IRS, King Kong
Bundy, John Morrison, Rick Martel, Perry Saturn, Brutus Beefcake, Yokozuna, Earthquake, Tatanka, Texas Tornado, Ron Simmons, JBL, the Bushwackers,
A-Train, Paul Orndorf, Jim Neidhart, Goldberg, the Dudley Boyz, the New Age Outlaws, Bobby Lashley, and Umaga
Demolition w/Mr. Fuji def. The Steiner Bros.
British Bulldog def. Chris Benoit
Andre the Giant def. Big Show
Chris Jericho def. Ted DiBiase Sr.
Money in the Bank: Mr. Perfect def. Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, X-Pac, MVP, CM Punk, Christian, and Tito Santana
Kurt Angle def. Ken Shamrock
Women's Title 4-Way: Trish Stratus def. Lita, Beth Phoenix, and Melina
The Rock def. John Cena - mutual respect match with handshakes afterward
Raven def. Jake Roberts
IC Title- Ricky Steamboat def. Shelton Benjamin
Brock Lesnar def. HBK
Tag Title Match- L.O.D. def. Kane and Undertaker
Randy Savage def. Triple H
No DQ match- Edge def. Roddy Piper
Bret Hart def. Randy Orton
Ultimate Warrior def. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Hulk Hogan def. Batista
Gee, I wish I was still alive- LuckyLopez R.I.P.
Bachmann: "I haven't had a gaffe... when it comes to the best Republican who take
on Barack Obama and not have any clunker in my record to be able to take him on, it's me."
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the goon
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| posted on 8-5-2009 at 01:38 AM |
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Great cards so far. Chris, I didn't see a WWE title match on yours, did you leave it off by accident (or was it supposed to be
Hogan/Batista?).
And I'll semi play by the rules here...I'll pick one wrestler/tag team from each WrestleMania, but that doesn't necessarily mean I
want that exact era of said wrestler to appear on the dream card. Like Chris said, let's just assume each wrestler is at the peak of their
career and/or in-ring ability here.
WWE Tag Team Titles Match: Demolition (7) vs. The Hardy Boyz (17)
Randy Savage (2) vs. CM Punk (24)
Hardcore Match: Cactus Jack (14) vs. Sabu (23)
Edge (22) vs. Kevin Nash (11)
IC Title Match: Curt Hennig (5) vs. Shelton Benjamin (21) vs. Owen Hart (10)
Kurt Angle (16) vs. Ric Flair (8)
Triple H (13) vs. Andre the Giant (3)
The Undertaker (9) vs. Goldberg (20)
Bret Hart (4) vs. Brock Lesnar (19)
John Cena (25) vs. Hulk Hogan (1)
Steve Austin (12) vs. Chris Jericho (18)
WWE title match: The Rock (15) vs. Shawn Michaels (6).
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MayhemNX
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I'll try not to copy any of the matches, but damned if there aren't some good ones on there...also, I figured as long as I didn't
dupe wrestlers, using from the same WM is fine..
Colossal Connection (6) v. Chris Jericho and Big Show (I realize they haven't teamed together on a WM yet, but they have individually appeared
at many. Call it 24) - Two huge guys on either side, and Haku could always put on a decent show, I'm sure he'd do fine with Jericho.
I'd give it to the Connection after egos tear apart Show and Jericho.
Chris Benoit (20) v. Dynamite Kid (2) - Do I really need to explain why? 15 minute time limit draw, false finishes all around.
IC Title Match - Ricky Steamboat (3) v. Edge (25) - Edge wins after goading Steamboat out of the ring and threatening his family, though doesn't
win the title, leading to an Edge hissy fit.
Women's Title Match - Sensational Sherri(6) v. Trish Stratus( 19) - Perfect match up, Sherri could easily do a good heel match against Stratus
as a face. Stratus takes it home.
Mister Perfect (6) v. CM Punk (24) - Straight edge v the Perfect One, the interviews alone are priceless. Give it to Henning here, no one escapes the
Perfect Plex.
Terry Funk (2) v. Mankind (15) Hell in a Cell Match - Funk at his prime in a match against Mankind in the most violent environment. Give it to Funk,
mainly cause I doubt Mick would do the job to Funk in this kind of match.
Unified Tag Titles Elimination Match - Hardy Boyz (2000) v. New Age Outlaws (14) v. Steiner Brothers (9) v. Demolition (4) - Some of the most popular,
and best teams from history. My money says Hardys take it from Demolition by a squeaker, than Bobby The Brain comes down and says he managed to get
his team, The Brain Busters (5), added at the last minute. Spike Piledriver, new champs.
The Rock v. The Ultimate Warrior - Much like Hogan Rock, full on crowd pleaser. I'd say Rock takes it after 3 or 4 rock bottoms, a kick out,
than one final one.
Randy Savage v. Kurt Angle - Randy and Steamboat had one of the greatest matches ever, so I'd love to see Savage against one of the best of the
new generation. Savage picks up the win with a small package from the ankle lock.
Ric Flair v. Steve Austin - The classiest player versus beer drinking hell raising. Austin takes this one.
Hulk Hogan v. Bret Hart - the match that SHOULD have happened at a big name PPV in WWF/E finally headlines WM for the title. I'd be rooting for
Bret, but Hogan takes the win after a Hulk up.
Quantum Fetish Mechanics: The act of thinking up a new type of fetish causes that fetish to exist. Someone probably has a website dedicated to it.
Schrodinger's cat is not only neither dead nor alive, but might also be sexually aroused by peanut butter and elbows.
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Chris Is Good517
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quote:
Originally posted by MayhemNX
IC Title Match - Ricky Steamboat (3) v. Edge (25)
Mister Perfect (6) v. CM Punk (24)
Randy Savage v. Kurt Angle
If you could promise me each of these matches would get at least 20 minutes, I would cheerfully pay $100 for this.
No HBK though?
Gee, I wish I was still alive- LuckyLopez R.I.P.
Bachmann: "I haven't had a gaffe... when it comes to the best Republican who take
on Barack Obama and not have any clunker in my record to be able to take him on, it's me."
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OORick
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This is an interesting take on the "Dream Mania" concept...
What's even more interesting is that when I quickly jotted down a few ideas (purposely trying to avoid match-ups that had already been listed
here, but otherwise just booking my own Absolute Coolest Best Case Scenarios), I came up with a Dream Mania card that required only one substitution
to fit the rules of "one wrestler/team from each Mania." There was a spot in the MitB Match where I wanted Lesnar, but had to sub in Diesel to get
somebody from WM11 on the show.
Then, like any good National League Manager, I double-switched when I saw an opportunity, and pulled Michaels from a tag match, replaced him with
Nash, and put HBK in MitB. Which makes for an all-around more awesome show, and also inspired another bit of Fantasy Genius regarding how I'd
use Michaels on the event.
For now, I'll just quickly supply you with the outline/card I planned out... but be forewarned: I'll write up the actual
finishes/stories/play-by-play in the next day or so (it's actually about one-third done already, and I have ideas in place for everything else).
The Rick's Solemn Vow to anybody who ever reads his Fantasy Booking: if you like how it sounds "on paper," I will ALWAYS make sure it's
even better when you let me show it to you in Long-Form Prose (just like I would if I ever got to be a Free Range Writer Monkey and got to show it to
you in reality).
So while you will have to wait and see just why the fuck I picked an "obvious" and "possibly sucky and lame" Hogan/Flair main event, and how I
intend to use it to blow your effing minds, I'll just give you the match-listing for now, and fill in the blanks before the weekend:
ONE HOUR INTERNET PRE-SHOW
The one-wrestler-per-Mania rule does not apply, and this is basically just my catch-all, crowd-pleasing, everybody-works-and-everybody-gets-paid
hacky way to bust out every single substantial superstar of the past 25 years, even if in abbreviated throwaway matches
LADIES FIRST
A 20-woman Bra-and-Panties Battle Royale, where the last woman-clothed wins and advances to a Women's Title Match against Trish Stratus later on
during the pre-show.
BFF SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN
An old school tag team Survivor Series Elimination Match pitting 5 popular tandems against their 5 heel dopplegangers.
BEST OF THE REST RAPID RUMBLE
A 30-man Rumble-style match where entries happen every 30-seconds. The winner is awarded a Very Special Trophy by the Ghost of Jack Tunney to assuage
his shame at not being good enough to appear on the Actual PPV.
WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH (Last Woman Standing Rules, Fabulous Moolah as Guest Time Keeper)
Trish Stratus vs. Clothed Winner of Preceeding Battle Royal (SPOILER: said winner is Ivory, rocking the RTC gimmick, and accompanied by
Stevie/Godfather/Val to ratchet up the heat here)
ULTIMATE WRESTLEMANIA: THE EXCELLENT ADVENTURE EDITION
If I could time-travel and do a "Bill and Ted" style mega-class-presentation, THIS is what I would do, peoples. The "one participant per Mania"
rule is now in effect for all Active Participants (and the number of the Mania I assigned to them is in Parentheses); but does NOT apply to
non-wrestler participation like Piper's Pit or guest ref/run-ins/etc. Enjoy.
BROTHERLY LOVE MATCH (Tornado-style 4-way Tag Match, with Special Guest Ring Announcer Brother Love)
Bret/Owen Hart (3/14) vs. The Hardy Boyz (16) vs. Edge/Christian (17) vs. The Dudleys (18)
INTERLUDE: PIPER'S PIT
Roddy Piper and his rapier-like wit host the inimitable Mr. T in an homage to the original WM. Other, unannounced, guests will also get involved.
ALL-STAR MONEY IN THE BANK MATCH (Limited ONLY to participants who are also Former World-Level Champs wanting to re-ascend to that position;
also, to reflect this upgrade in talent level, this match will be elevated from Ladder Match Rules to the Rick's Very Own "Totally Loaded Cell:
TLC^3" Rules where a Cell is loaded with Tables and Ladders, and the briefcase is hung ABOVE the Cell, and the only way to win is to climb up through
a hatch in the Cell, stand on top of the cage, get the case, and then be the first man to be holding the case WITH both of your feet finally touching
the floor)
Steve Austin (13) vs. Shawn Michaels (10) vs. John Cena (25) vs. Kurt Angle (21) vs. Randy Savage (2) vs. Chris Benoit (22) vs. Eddie Guerrero (19)
vs. The Only 2-Time MitB Winner CM Punk (23)
OLD SCHOOL TAG MATCH STYLINGS (Half Freak Show, Half Wanker DreamMatch Edition)
Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase/Andre the Giant (4, they did not team on the show, but DID work together, so I'm counting it!) vs. Chris
Jericho/Big Show (24/15)
INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH (Conducted under 30-Minute Iron Man Rules, with Special Guest Referee: Honkeytonk Man)
Ricky Steamboat (1) vs. Mr. Perfect (9)
(for added early-match fun, might George Steele and The Genius be in the respective corners? meh, probably not)
SUPER FUNTIME HAPPY GOOFBALL MATCH
Team nDXo: Triple H and Kevin Nash (12/11) vs. Rock 'n' Sock Connection: The Rock and Mick Foley (20, where they DID team together)
UNSTOPPABLE FORCE MEETS THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT
Undertaker (7) vs. Ultimate Warrior (6)
OMG SUPER WWF/WCW UNIFICATION DREAM MATCH OF LEGENDS THAT TOTALLY DESERVES TO BE THE MAIN EVENT, JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, IT'LL BE
AWESOME
Hulk Hogan (5) vs. Ric Flair (8)
That's a 7-match card (plus a Piper's Pit) which should be do-able on a PPV broadcast the way I'm envisioning things. I trust the
first 4 matches sort of scratch your wankery/workrate/dream-match itch, then I took the liberty of a funtime match that I think would be entertaining
and would definitely appeal to the masses (even if not to you), and you'll just have to take my word for it that no matter how underwhelming my
last two "main events" look on paper, they are there for a reason and I have pretty gratifying "outs" for both of them that make them even more
worthy of the end of the show than the crazy ass 8-man TLC^3.
And again, not to pat myself on the back or anything: I got the card I wanted almost off the top of my head, and only requiring one substitution from
the way it was originally conceived. Hat's off to me. [And I promise I make it up to poor Lesnar on the pre-show, so it's cool from that
perspective as well.]
Rick
"He's from Mars, Officer; whiskey does not affect alien beings."
-- Venus Flytrap speaking on The Rick
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MayhemNX
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Now if we made this Vince's dream Wrestlemania, the main event would be Lawrence Taylor v. William "The Fridge" Perry in a "Special Main
Eventzorz!"
Quantum Fetish Mechanics: The act of thinking up a new type of fetish causes that fetish to exist. Someone probably has a website dedicated to it.
Schrodinger's cat is not only neither dead nor alive, but might also be sexually aroused by peanut butter and elbows.
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DKBroiler
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Rick wrote: "ALL-STAR MONEY IN THE BANK MATCH (Limited ONLY to participants who are also Former World-Level Champs wanting to re-ascend to that
position; also, to reflect this upgrade in talent level, this match will be elevated from Ladder Match Rules to the Rick's Very Own "Totally
Loaded Cell: TLC^3" Rules where a Cell is loaded with Tables and Ladders, and the briefcase is hung ABOVE the Cell, and the only way to win is to
climb up through a hatch in the Cell, stand on top of the cage, get the case, and then be the first man to be holding the case WITH both of your feet
finally touching the floor)"
Rick,
I've often wondered if they ever considered doing a ladder on a cell match. Have you ever seen or heard of anything like this ever being
discussed for a PPV?
Thanks- DK Broiler
I'm with Punk.
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atothej
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The closest thing was WCW's ill-fated triple cage. You had to ascend each level of the cage to get to the title above the third level.
Your momma's so fat, Dave Meltzer gave her struggling to put her jeans on in the morning five stars. -- FF, destroying Jeb, his momma, and
Meltzer in one fell swoop.
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Chris Is Good517
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quote:
Originally posted by atothej
The closest thing was WCW's ill-fated triple cage. You had to ascend each level of the cage to get to the title above the third level.
That was the one with the OMG SHOCKING~ David Arquette heel turn swerve, wasn't it?
Gee, I wish I was still alive- LuckyLopez R.I.P.
Bachmann: "I haven't had a gaffe... when it comes to the best Republican who take
on Barack Obama and not have any clunker in my record to be able to take him on, it's me."
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atothej
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I think so, although I really try not to remember any of the Arquette-era. I know that he was in it, and played a semi-pivotal role in the outcome,
although the details are hazy.
The sad part is that the triple cage is not an entirely bad gimmick, but it will forever be tainted with Arquette-ness.
Your momma's so fat, Dave Meltzer gave her struggling to put her jeans on in the morning five stars. -- FF, destroying Jeb, his momma, and
Meltzer in one fell swoop.
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