Good Ol JR Saves the day: Collaborative WCW Survives Storyline

July 1992: WCW promotes Jim Ross to head talent relations and booking in the company. Jim Ross would also take over from Schiavone as main play-by-play commentator (as liason officor for tv production). One of the first things JR would do is hire Jim Cornette as head advisor for booking and talent relations, Cornette would retain his position in Smokey Mountain Wrestling for the time being. Bill Shaw would also take over as head of financials for WCW. Jim Ross would also hire Jerry 'The King' Lawler as a part time wrestler as well as be a colour commentator.



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Finally it's here, but we have one problem. Bill Watts got let go at the start of 1993 and both Bill Shaw and Eric were appointed at that point.

Also here's the rosters for each company at the start of 1993.
WCW
"Beautiful" Bobby Eaton,
Sting, Michael "P.S." Hayes, "The All-American" Ron Simmons, "Fly'in" Brian
Pillman, "The Z-Man" Tom Zenk, Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Barry Windham,
Big Van Vader, Vinnie Vegas, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd,
"Stunning" Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, "Heavy Metal" Van Hammer, "Ravishing"
Rick Rude, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marcus
Alexander Bagwell, The Barbarian, Scotty Flamingo, Eric Watts, Johnny Gunn,
Shane Douglas, Tex Slazenger, Shanghi Pierce, Kensuke Sasaki, Masahiro
Chono, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, 2 Cold Scorpio, Steve Regal, Chris
Benoit, Max Pain, Rage, Pain

WWF
Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana,
"The Brooklyn Steve Lombardi, Brett "Hitman" Hart, Randy "Macho Man"
Savage, Jim Powers, "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware, "The Model" Rick Martell,
The Repo Man, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, Virgil, "Hacksaw" Jim
Duggin, Shawn Michaels, The Big Boss Man, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, Luke
Williams, Butch Miller, Typhoon, Earthquake, Paul "Kato" Diamond, The
Undertaker, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, "The Mountie" Jauques Rougeau, "The
Berzerker" John Nord, Mike "I.R.S." Rotundo, Beau Beverly, Blake Beverly,
"Skinner" Steve Keirn, "Tatanka" Chris Chavis, "The Rocket" Owen Hart,
Barry Horowitz, Papa Shango, Crush, Fatu, Samu, Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall,
Bob Backlund, Yokozuna, Matt "Doink the Clown" Borne, "Terrific" Terry
Taylor, Damian Demento, Marty Jannette, Bam-Bam Bigelow, Rick Steiner,
Scott Steiner, Jerry "The King" Lawler, "The Narcissist" Lex Luger, The
Giant Gonzales
 
Finally it's here, but we have one problem. Bill Watts got let go at the start of 1993 and both Bill Shaw and Eric were appointed at that point.

Also here's the rosters for each company at the start of 1993.

We could do it at 93. I thought Bischoff only got the head gig in late 94?
 
So, just need to update the rosters. This'll be right before the WWF has its big overhaul in the wake of the steroid scandal as well.
 
I think it works. I'm not sure about Lawlers inclusion though. Did he have a relationship with JR prior to him working for the WWE?
Not sure about that one. You can hand-wave though, as Lawler was a major figure due to controlling Memphis for decades and its place in the wrestling landscape and JR was a drummer for Watts during the Mid South days, going TV station to TV station, selling the Mid South syndicated show. He would have dealt with Lawler one way or another if he made any attempt to broach South Indiana or other peripheries of Memphis TV in that era.

P.S., if Lawler does not work out, may I suggested Johnny "Raven/Scotty the Body" Polo? JR and Polo on commentary at the peak of both men's mental powers, minus the drug use and the health issues later would be pretty awesome.

Also, may I request a vignette of Tony S. in a toga at Mania IX?
 
So, just need to update the rosters. This'll be right before the WWF has its big overhaul in the wake of the steroid scandal as well.

Ask and you shall receive.

The WCW roster for August 1992 was as follows: "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton,
Sting, "The All-American" Ron Simmons, "The Dog-Faced Gremlin" Rick
Steiner, Michael "P.S." Hayes, Scott Steiner, "Fly'in" Brian Pillman, "The
Z-Man" Tom Zenk, Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Barry Windham, Big Van
Vader, Vinnie Vegas, "Dangerous" Dan Spivey, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes,
Johnny B. Badd, "Stunning" Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, "Heavy Metal" Van
Hammer, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, "Diamond"
Dallas Page, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Gregg "The Hammer" Valentine, "The
Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff, "The Super Invader" Ray Hernandez, "Dr.
Death" Steve Williams, Terry "Bam-Bam" Gordy, The Barbarian, Scotty
Flamingo, "DIrty" Dick Slaytor, Eric Watts, Jake "The Snake" Roberts



The WWF roster for August 1992 was as follows: Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana,
"The Brooklyn Steve Lombardi, Brett "Hitman" Hart, Randy "Macho Man"
Savage, Jim Powers, "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware, "The Model" Rick Martell,
The Repo Man, The Ultimate Warrior, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase,
Virgil, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggin, Shawn Michaels, The Big Boss Man, "Mr.
Perfect" Curt Hennig, Luke Williams, Butch Miller, Typhoon, Earthquake,
Paul "Kato" Diamond, Sgt. Slaughter, Hawk, Animal, "The British Bulldog"
Davey Boy Smith, The Undertaker, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, "The Mountie"
Jauques Rougeau, "The Berzerker" John Nord, Mike "I.R.S." Rotundo, Beau
Beverly, Blake Beverly, "Skinner" Steve Keirn, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair,
"Tatanka" Chris Chavis, "The Rocket" Owen Hart, Barry Horowitz, Papa
Shango, Kevin "Nailz" Kelly, Crush, Fatu, Samu, Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall
 
Not sure about that one. You can hand-wave though, as Lawler was a major figure due to controlling Memphis for decades and its place in the wrestling landscape and JR was a drummer for Watts during the Mid South days, going TV station to TV station, selling the Mid South syndicated show. He would have dealt with Lawler one way or another if he made any attempt to broach South Indiana or other peripheries of Memphis TV in that era.

P.S., if Lawler does not work out, may I suggested Johnny "Raven/Scotty the Body" Polo? JR and Polo on commentary at the peak of both men's mental powers, minus the drug use and the health issues later would be pretty awesome.

Also, may I request a vignette of Tony S. in a toga at Mania IX?

that was kind of my idea with it. I was thinking due to him being a huge figure out of Memphis and Southern Wrestling in general, that he could be brought in. Same reason why i like the idea of Cornette in. I want to give the promotion a real southern feel in a way.

Also as for Raven, I got an idea for guys like him, Austin and Pillman (that and a working relationship with ECW).
 
October 1992: At Halloween Havoc, Jake 'The Snake' Roberts would shock the world, with the help of Damien, by pinning Big Van Vader to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Before Damien could do any more damage to Vader, Sting would come out and make the unlikely save. Sting would face down Roberts and the show would end with both men holding their respective belts in the air.

Other notable events included Sting pinning Masahiro Chono to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship after a classic match. Both men would shake hands after the matchup.

Ron Simmons would also pin 'The Franchise' Shane Douglas to retain the United States Championship.

Going into Starrcade on Dec 28, 1992. The matches are thus far.

Main Event: Champion vs Champion - Sting (NWA World Champ) vs Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (WCW Champ).

Both titles are on the line, whoever wins will be the NWA and WCW World Champ.

Semi Main Event: (US Championship) Ron Simmons vs Dr Death Steve Williams

Dr Death has already challenged, and Simmons has accepted a matchpu against Dr Death for the US Championship at Starracade.

Tag Team match: The Great Muta and Riki Chosu vs Shinya Hashimoto and Masahiro Chono

Both teams would face each other before the Tokyo Dome show where Muta would defend the IWGP world title against Hashimoto and Chono would face off against Chosu in a singles matchup at the Dome.
 
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that was kind of my idea with it. I was thinking due to him being a huge figure out of Memphis and Southern Wrestling in general, that he could be brought in. Same reason why i like the idea of Cornette in. I want to give the promotion a real southern feel in a way.

Also as for Raven, I got an idea for guys like him, Austin and Pillman (that and a working relationship with ECW).

I'm in.

Cornette wanted to stay, by the way. He just could not handle Herd, and the rest, and Ole finally made him snap.

ECW in this timeline would be... interesting. We're still Eastern at this point, or it is in the planning stages, and Todd is being cautious and Paul Heyman is not yet who he became and is years from achieving that kind of thought process, though of course he might disagree.

Still holding out hope for Tony in a toga.

Good luck with this timeline. Have fun!
 
I'm in.

Cornette wanted to stay, by the way. He just could not handle Herd, and the rest, and Ole finally made him snap.

ECW in this timeline would be... interesting. We're still Eastern at this point, or it is in the planning stages, and Todd is being cautious and Paul Heyman is not yet who he became and is years from achieving that kind of thought process, though of course he might disagree.

Still holding out hope for Tony in a toga.

Good luck with this timeline. Have fun!

ECW going extreme is fine to be honest and going as per OTL. However, the only difference I was thinking of was that WCW and ECW have a working relationship (where lets say, younger wrestlers go to develop, such as Stone Cold, Brian Pillman, Raven, Cactus Jack etc) in order to get character and then come back. Honestly by 96-98 I wouldn't mind seeing all of those guys (including maybe Owen Hart) in the main event scene or there about along with some big names.

The ECW stuff though obviously would be still at least a couple years away at least. The stuff with Corny and the other promoters would be more immediate, in fact depending on what everyone else wants to go about it, maybe he can still go out and do his thing with Smokey Mountain for the time being and let that also be a place where talent goes and works with.
 
Clash of the Champions XXI
November 18, 1992

Main event: Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes (c) for both the NWA and WCW tag team championships. Barry leaves Dustin to be pinned after an implant ddt.

Also on the card, Brian Pillman defeats Brian Armstrong to win the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship after a punch with brass knuckles. He has a interview demanding better competition.

Sting and Ron Simmons vs. Rick Rude and Dr. Death Steve Williams go to a no contest after Vader and Jake make a run in and it descends into a brawl.

Scotty Flamingo defeats johnny b. badd by tko after ddp and vinnie vegas (kevin nash) splash water in Badd's face. Same as otl.

Arn Anderson defeats Kensuke Sasaki in a barn burner of a match. A rematch is scheduled for Starrcade

Ron Simmons and 2 cold scorpio vs. Tony Atlas, The Barbarian, and Cactus Jack. Same as otl except for the post match, as per usual. Jack maims both the barbarian and Atlas.



Main Event: Champion vs Champion - Sting (NWA World Champ) vs Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (WCW Champ).

Both titles are on the line, whoever wins will be the NWA and WCW World Champ.

Semi Main Event: (US Championship) Ron Simmons vs Dr Death Steve Williams

Dr Death has already challenged, and Simmons has accepted a matchup against Dr Death for the US Championship at Starrcade.

Arn Anderson vs. Kensuke Sasaki

Barry Windham vs. Dustin Rhodes in a grudge match


Tag Team match: The Great Muta and Riki Chosu vs Shinya Hashimoto and Masahiro Chono

Both teams would face each other before the Tokyo Dome show where Muta would defend the IWGP world title against Hashimoto and Chono would face off against Chosu in a singles matchup at the Dome.

Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas vs. Brian Pillman and a mystery partner.

Pillman attacks both men and justifies it by saying "I wanted better competition, but not from the light heavyweight division if you can call it that."

TV Title match: Scott Steiner (w/Rick Steiner) vs. Beautiful Bobby Eaton.

With Bill Watts gone, the Steiners negotiate a better contract, thus no tv title reign for vacant. Instead Eaton wins a shot after beating Rick on Saturday night.

Rick Rude vs. Vader.
Both men feel they need to get back on track to get back at the winner of Sting/Jake. So here we go, consider this a #1 contender match for Superbrawl.

So, ATH faithful thoughts on either card?
 
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