30 Years of WWF/E on PPV: A Collaborative Alternate History.

Well here's one situatuon where i wish I knew how well this show drew at the gate, because wpb is my hometown. Until NXT came around, the last wwf show in wpb was during eddiesploitation iotl.
 
Royal Rumble 1997:
Venue: Alamo Dome, San Antonio, Texas.
Announcers: Jim Ross and Jim Cornette

Match #1: Blue Demon Jr./Mil Mascaras/Perro Aguayo Jr./Octagon defeat Heavy Metal/Cibernetico/Histeria/Pierroth
Something different to start with, as lucha libre comes to the WWF.

Match #2: Fatu defeats Crush
These two have been feuding on tv, and now they finally get a chance to settle it.

Match #3: Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) beats Terry Funk in a Casket Match to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
Funk comes back, and challenges Undertaker to a match on Raw, only for Kane to wipe 'Taker out during it. (Funk revealed as the mysterious cloaked man who has been mentoring Kane). In this match, Funk brings everything he can, but gets chokeslammed, tombstoned and rolled in the Casket. Undertaker screams for Kane to show himself.

Match #4: Bret and Owen Hart defeat Shawn Michaels and Hunter Hearst Helmsley to retain the Tag Team Championship.

Shawn cuts a huge promo, talking about coming back to his hometown, how he's not just going to get the Tag Team gold, but win the Rumble and get the World Title back for the WWF at Wrestlemania. After a classic match, Shawn winds up submitting to Bret's sharpshooter. He walks off, completely dejected.

Match #5: Stone Cold Steve Austin defeats Ahmed Johnson to retain the World Championship.

Johnson gets his chance for revenge, and overpowers Austin, but Austin outwrestles him and pins him clean to keep the title.

Match #6: Cactus Jack wins the Royal Rumble.
After losing gold last month, Invasion has been kept out of title matches: here, they team up and dominate the Rumble. The Harts, Bulldog, Undertaker, Sid all get tossed. (Kane never shows up, and Michaels, despite promising to win, doesn't return either: Number 30 is Brian Pillman, coming out to Shawn's music, in his ring get up, doing all the poses). The full Invasion roster is there at the end: Pillman, Rhodes, Simmons, Mero, Cactus and Vader all shake hands before going. Pillman goes first (have to protect him physically), then Mero, then Rhodes, then while Vader's going to toss Simmons, Cactus (who was almost eliminated earlier, but held on and has been biding his time on the ring apron) springs into action, clotheslining them both so they both get eliminated. Austin comes to the ring after, and all seven men stare at each other: is Invasion going to be able to survive this?
 
In Your House 13: Elimination

Arena:
UTC Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Commentators: Jim Ross and Jim Cornette

Match 1: Al Snow and Scorpio defeats The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher)

We get introduced to the Headbangers who lose here to the young team of Snow and Scorpio.

Match 2: Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon defeats Mark Canterbury and Tex Slazenger

Furnas and LaFon get a solid victory over the tag team of Canterbury and Slazenger to build them up for a shot at the Tag Belts.

Match 3: Rocky Maivia defeats Savio Vega

Rocky keeps his winning ways which pisses the fans a lot as they are chanting "Die Rocky Die" to the newcomer.

Match 4: Triple H defeats Marc Mero (w Sable)

The rivalry between HHH and Mero heats up more. Hunter Hearst Helmsley who is now going by the name Triple H keeps looking for revenge on the Invasion who have "injured" Shawn Michaels. After a competitive match HHH nails him with the Pedigree to win the match.

Main Event: Stone Cold Steve Austin, Vader, Ron Simmons and the Natural Dustin Rhodes defeat Bret Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog and The Undertaker in a 8-Man Elimination Match

To go with the theme of the IYH we go with another 8-Man Elimination Match remnescent of last year. The Invasion is still doing great but tensions are starting to flare up as Cactus Jack is being cheered by the fans and he is starting to act more as a babyface. Pillman is also slowly getting the fans behind him. On the other side the faces want to really take the title off the Invasion. The order of elimination in this match is as follows:

Undertaker eliminates Simmons
Dustin Rhodes eliminates Undertaker after a distraction by Kane and Funk
Bulldog eliminates Rhodes
Vader eliminates Bulldog
Vader eliminates Owen Hart
Bret Hart eliminates Vader
Austin eliminates Bret

Post-Match you see Austin and Jack having a staredown.
 
WrestleMania XIII

Venue:
Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illonois

Announcers: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler & Jim Cornette

Match #1: The Headbangers defeat Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon, Ignition (Savio Vega & Bob Holly) and Southern Comfort (Mark Canterbury and Tex Slazenger) for number one contendership of the Tag Team Championships
After a their debut, the Headbangers promised to plough through the competition and become the next Tag Team Champions. The team that won at WrestleMania XIII's opening match would get the slot as contenders and it was The Headbangers who did so.

Match #2: Crush defeats Rocky Maivia
Still keeping up the infuriating attitude that had turned the crowd against him, Rocky had also gotten on the bad side of Crush who was playing up his prison background. Claiming that Rocky would never survive in a prison enviroment, Crush went on a winning streak before getting Rocky at WrestleMania where he managed to overpower and defeat the smaller star. After the match, Crush said that this was a wrestling match and if Rocky actually wanted to fight it prison style, Crush would be waiting for him.

Match #3: Legion of Doom defeat Bret & Owen Hart for the Tag Team Championships
After returning on Monday Night Raw, the Legion of Doom demanded a shot at the gold which the Hart Brothers were more than happy to give. What followed was a contrast in styles as the power and brawling skills of LOD was countered by the technical abilities of the Harts. In the end though, the more experienced tag team came out on top with Owen getting a Doomsday Device and then a pin for his troubles, Bret glowering at his brother after the loss.

Match #4:
Jason Alvarez & Al Snow defeat Ron Simmons & Dustin Rhodes
After being ignored constantly during his quest to avenge Chris Candido, Alvarez and Snow worked together as they humiliated and provoked the Invasion anyway they could, spray painting their cars, wrecking their locker rooms and harrassing them anyway they could. Finally, Simmons and Rhodes decided to teach the punks a lesson, only to get the tables turned when they lost their big match with Rhodes getting pinned after a leg drop/moonsault combination. After the match, dissension was teased between the two Invasion members.

Match #5:
British Bulldog, Ahmed Johnson and Triple H defeat Brian Pillman, Marc Mero and Vader in a Chicago Street Brawl (Special guest referee Ken Shamrock)
Looking to hit a major blow against the Invasion, the WWF stars traded ever growing violent brawls with the group as WrestleMania got close with no officla wanting to watch over the actual match, especially with no DQ conditions. To that end, the World's Most Dangerous Man was given the role of referee and oversaw a match which soon saw all six men bleeding due to the damage they were doing to each other. After a Spike Piledriver on a chair onto Brian Pillman thanks to Bulldog and Helmsley, the WWF stars emerged victorious. After the match, Mero and Vader started to attack their ally for his loss, only for Shamrock to step in and knock both men back with a chair, establishing his role in the WWF.

Match #6: Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) defeats Kane for the Intercontinental Championship
After months of Kane holding control over the Undertaker, the Phenom finally worked up the power to challenge his brother. In a hard hitting match, the Undertaker managed to finally overcome his brother's influence. After a rough start with Kane manhandling the Undertaker, the Dead Man, encouraged by Paul Bearer, fought back, gaining momentum before putting Kane down with a Tombstone Piledriver. Despite the victory, the question lingered for both men, what next?

Match #7: Cactus Jack defeats Steve Austin for the WWF Championship
At the start of the match, Austin demands that Jack make his choice, whether to stay with the Invasion and do them good by laying down in the middle of the ring, or end his career by going against them. A punch to the face from Jack summed up his response. The two brawled around the ring, putting each other through Hell as the commentary commented on both men's toughness. After a gruelling battle, Jack came out on top with a double armed DDT in the middle of the ring to win the Championship. Standing in victory with the crowd cheering him, Jack seemed as if he had finally put the lid on the Invasion.
 
In Your House 14: Cold Day in New York

Arena
: Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, New York

Announcers: Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler

Dark Matches: Fatu Squashes the Honky Tonk Man; Triple H defeats Savio Vega; The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg Jessie James and Bad Ass Billy Gunn) defeats Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon and Mark Canterbury and Tex Slazenger.

Match 1: Legion of Doom (c) defeats The Headbangers to retain the WWF Tag Team Championships

In the end despite there best efforts The Headbangers just fall short as they lose to the legendary L.O.D in a real solid competitive tag match.

Match 2: Rocky Maivia defeats Crush in a Prison Style Rules Match

Basically a Street Fight with just a fancy name. Crush is really dominating Rocky here and it looks like he is gonna win when suddenly Ron Simmons and Scorpio jump on Crush and start beating up on him. Rocky at first is confused about all this but then gives a smirk and joins on the beatdown. All three men do there finishers with the end for Crush finally coming after Rocky does a Falling Side Slam (The Rock Bottom of course though it won't be given that name until later.) Post-Match all three men do the pose with the Black Salute. Just what the hell is going on here?

Match 3: Bret Hart defeats Owen Hart in a Submission Match to become the #1 Contender to the WWF World Heavyweight Championship

Amazing match. Bret after losing the Tag titles turns heel on his brother and in fact on all of America. Pretty much what he was doing during OTL 1997 with the added bonus of calling Owen a sellout and a traitor to Canada. These two have MOTY here as not only is pride on the line but a shot at Cactus' WWF World Championship for IYH 15. In the end Bret after a low blow behind the referee's back (When he is distracted by a masked man) locks in the Sharpshooter forcing Owen. Post-Match Bret and the Masked Man hug out before the Masked Man rips off his mask to reveal BRIAN PILLMAN!

Match 4: The Natural Dustin Rhodes defeats The Undertaker (w Paul Bearer) (c) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship

And just like this the Natural wins his second Intercontinental Championship. Following last month Kane has completely disappeared (trust us he will back later in the year). In the meantime a new number contender to Taker's IC Championship needed to be named so following a tournament held on Raw over the past month, Dustin Rhodes come out on top after beating his former partner Ron Simmons (who has really really started to cut some promos talking about the injustices of the White Men on the Black Race stating that he is no longer gonna tolerate the racism by the WWF brass towards him and his fellow brothers). As for the match itself it goes very similar to the kind of matches that The Undertaker and Rhodes had in 1996 minus him doing the Goldust mannerisms of course. In the end following a distraction by Vader who showed up on the ramp Rhodes rolled up Taker from behind to win the Championship. Post-Match we see Vader just beating the living hell out of Undertaker while shouting "Who's the Man!"

Main Event: Cactus Jack (c) defeats Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Holds Barred Match to retain the WWF World Championship

The rematch from Wrestlemania as these two went to war on each other. In the buildup we saw the breakup of the Invasion slowly come to pass as one by one everyone got fed up with Austin and the stable left (Not all would turn face mind you). Thus for the first time in a long time Austin was really alone as he set ready to face Cactus Jack who has really become embraced by the fans. It was a really bloody mess as we saw Chairs, Thumbtacks, Tables, the Steel Steps, both men bleeding like crazy but in the end Jack won with a Double Arm DDT on top of a Steel Chair to win the Match and retain his title.
 
In Your House 15: Hell Hath No Fury
Venue: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond.
Announcers: Jim Ross and Jim Cornette.

Match #1: Nation of Liberation and Self Defence* (Rocky Maivia, 2 Cold Scorpio and Ron Simmons beat Southern Comfort (Tex Slazenger, Mark Canterbury and John Bradshaw).
The new faction makes their names known, defeating Southern Comfort in a hard hitting six man match.

Match #2: The New Age Outlaws defeat The Headbangers

The Outlaws lag behind the former number one contenders for most of the match, until their new bodyguard (Chyna) shows up and interferes for them to get the win.

Match #3: Dustin Rhodes (w/Terri) and Marc Mero (w/Sable) went to a double countout. Rhodes retains the Intercontinental Championship.
Two former Invasion members battle for the title: their wives get into a fight outside the ring, and the two men get counted out trying to break it up.

Match #4:The Undertaker defeats Stone Cold Steve Austin by disqualification.
Austin and the Undertaker have one hell of a brawl, that gets called when Vader once again attacks Undertaker. Austin doesn't like this, and attacks Vader, screaming that he doesn't need anyone.

Match #5: Ken Shamrock defeats Sid the Conqueror
Shamrock's debut match on PPV is heavily hyped as he gets a huge challenge: but he's up to the task, making Sid tap out to the ankle lock.

Match #6: Bret Hart defeats Cactus Jack in an I Quit Match to win the World Championship.
Cactus goes hardcore, Bret goes scientific, but neither man can get the other to submit: until the Titantron shows Pillman holding the Foley family hostage. Jack slumps his shoulders, gets a microphone, "I Quit," as the Hitman gets his record (in this TL) third world title.

*Edited the name. Now it's a drug pun!
 
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