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Yeah that was meant to be a big program following WrestleMania VIII, kickstarted by the post-match at Mania. Cagematch reckons they only worked twice - on the same day, as well.

Warrior spinning off into softball, running the bases for a homer, as his 1996 pyro went off, sounds ace, tbh.

There would have never been the need for an Attitude Era if we got Ultimate Ahmed. Imagine Vince doing the Mania VI intro for Warrior vs Big Tone at Mania XIII. Bischoff and Paul E. coming down at the end, putting their blazers down in the middle of the ring.

I'd like to think it's Paul Vault of NWA Hammerlock.

With the nature of their characters, he'd have quite possibly ended up working Mankind at some point. A program I've never really contemplated before. Unless you do the heel turn against Shawn and he's on the other side of the fence. Mankind, with all the steam of the Undertaker feud, vs Warrior... 🤔

They've tended to go through themed weeks, so maybe we're due a New Generation week or 80s house show week, or whatever. Saw they uploaded a Headshrinkers vs Michaels and Diesel tag title match recently, which was interesting as had never seen them work. And... it doesn't, really. I'm not sure Michaels wanted to be there. Seems a Coliseum Video match that got scrapped.

I went back to catch up with Part 1 of this and - I don't typically go for these fantasy booker things - your ideas for the Souled Out 98 and SuperBrawl main event scenarios are excellent. Fun listen, cheers men!

I quite liked them as well, would typically pump out good TV matches. The 'Bottom'-style silhouette entrance was fun as well. Here's another cool gang o' lads.

Junior. Where do you rank him, among the greats? As alluded to in another thread, his longevity has been incredible and he can still go today, 30-odd years after his breakthrough. Perhaps the most synonymous masked wrestler, following more than two decades with WWE. Obviously his in-ring work was revolutionary for its time and his ability to still hit some of those highs is insane. Add into that his influence and the sheer number of good to great Mysterio matches that must be out there, from TVs, PPVs, fucking ECW fan cams... I don't think he has the catalogue of main event matches a Bret Hart or a Shawn Michaels or a Steve Austin has. But his quality of output, week to week, month to month, year to year, decade to decade... who else ever has been that good for that long on a major stage? You can argue he didn't really work heel, beyond the WCW 2000 stuff and that may go against him. And he wasn't a promo guy as such. I don't think focusing on either massively suited his persona anyway. He was typically used to his strengths. Was he involved in enough great programmes, issues, angles? Would he have worked earlier in the time line, even like three years earlier, when it comes to the WWE run? Was some of his success encouraged by the move to a more in-ring, 'action' style... or was he that good that he drove wrestling towards becoming that style? This is a guy you could plug into the opener, the tag title scene or a main event challenge and it'd work. For years and years and years. Interested in thoughts about Mysterio and where he sits among the top lads.

Yeah, literally a character on US wrestling TV before the nWo formed!

If he isn't booked, ask for it!

Ah, I never twigged with Regal... I remember he was Stephen/Steven William Regal for like, a week.

This is fantastic.

Seeing that RnRs match made me think of how it was odd for the time that 'The Rock and Roll Express' was a thing in WWF at the same time as 'The Rock'. I know they changed Rocco Rock to just 'Rocco' a bit later on, but seemed quite unlike Vince for that to slip through the net. Never got that 'Roll Express' singles run.

He's a worker, right?