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Hi there, my name is Mega and I've decided to try my hand at Alternate History (despite not being one for history back in high school, ironically) and since I'm new to this, I figured I'd do better with more experienced posters join in. So, what is this timeline? Well, simply taking every PPV from Wrestlemanias 1-30 and writing out alternate results for them. For rules, I'd say only use people who were available (so Brody can't show up at Wrestlemania 1) and if a worker's going to be unable to make the next PPV (injuries/departures/retirements/suspensions/etc.) then that worker can't walk out of a PPV with a title. Basically, if you've read Jim Jividen's "What if Steamboat Beat Hogan?" blog, like that, but without the structure restrictions and an allowance for people who were available but not booked.

I'll answer any questions you got and I'll be open to ideas for the TL if you got them. Without further adieu.

Wrestlemania I
Venue: Madison Square Garden. New York City, New York.
Announce Team: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura.

Match #1: David Sammartino/Junkyard Dog (w/Bruno) d. Brutus Beefcake/Buddy Rose (w/Jimmy Hart)


Not much with the first Wrestlemania will be changed since it's an otherwise okay show, the matches might not be the greatest presentations of wrestling in the world, but for a starting institution, it's alright. This match is one of them. In the build to Mania, the feud between David and Beefcake comes to a boil when Jimmy Hart brings in Playboy Buddy Rose to attack David, JYD coming for the save and building up to this match.

Junkyard Dog's a good opening man, get the crowd going. Have David be the face in peril and take the beating from Brutus and Buddy, then JYD gets the hot tag, hit the Thump on Beefcake and we get a babyface celebration to start things off.

Match #2: King Kong Bundy d. SD Jones
Match #3: Ricky Steamboat d. Matt Borne
Match #4: Andre the Giant d. Big John Studd (w/Brain) in a $15,000 Body Slam Challenge

These matches remain the same, maybe give more time to Steamboat/Borne to let Steamboat show off his stuff.

Match #5: Leilani Kai (w/Moolah) d. Wendi Richter (w/Cyndi Lauper) for the Women's Championship

One little difference for the show is that the flying crossbody that Kai missed and got rolled up on connected and Leilani Kai keeps the belt. We give Richter and Lauper a shot at revenge so the crowd isn't fully disappointed as we move on to the last three matches.

Match #6: Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff (w/Blassie) d. The US Express (w/Captain Lou) for the Tag Team Championships

Match stays the same as in OTL. Flagshot pinfall, new champions.

Match #7: Tito Santana d. Greg Valentine (w/Jimmy Hart) for the Intercontinental Championship

And another title change on this show, with Tito and Valentine putting on 10 minutes of classic mat wrestling before the main event, Tito locking in the Figure-Four and reclaiming the IC title as we head to the main event.

Match #8: Hulk Hogan (w/Mr. T) d. Roddy Piper (w/Paul Orndorff) for the World Championship

The main event is changed in the build from a tag match to a single with Mr. T getting attacked on the Way to Wrestlemania, whether it be a simple piledriver from Orndorff or a backstage attack with make-up effects if Mr. T isn't willing to take the bump. Orndorff is banned from competing at the show but is allowed at ringside, with Mr. T in Hogan's corner (Snuka and Orton either getting bumped to the dark match or being an additional five-minute match with the Cowboy winning)

The match keeps its 13-minute length and plays like Hogan/Piper matches for the time, with occasional interferences and distractions from Mr. Wonderful. Mr. T eventually bodyslams Orndorff on the outside before the Hulk Up, and then we ge the Hulk Up, the Big Boot and the Legdrop. Hogan wins, the crowd goes wild and Wrestlemania is a huge success for the WWF as in OTL.

Now, with that starting PPV, we go to the next: The Wrestling Classic!
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