Alternate Universe - WWF Summer 1996
The Important Parts
- Everything normal happens until Spring of 1996, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall sign lucrative contracts with WCW and leave WWF.
- Slamboree 96, the main event is Sting vs The Giant (c) for the WCW World Heavyweight Title, in the match The Giant chokeslam's Sting 3 times in a row for the the victory.
- Post Slamboree 96, rumors of a blow out with Sting and upper management at WCW Slamboree, some say it was over pay.
- Kevin Nash and Scott Hall have begun their invasion of WCW and called out Bischoff and "Dubya Sea Dubya" to show up with some guys at The Great American Bash, all goes as did in our Universe except one thing, the absence of Sting.
- July 1996, WWF has set the main event for their July PPV "International Incident" HBK, Ahmed Johnson, & The Ultimate Warrior vs Vader, Owen & The Bulldog. However the Ultimate Warrior was fired for breech of contract and would need to be replaced.
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Monday Night Raw, one week away from the next In Your House PPV and Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson do not have a tag team partner to face Vader, Owen and The Bulldog.
Vince McMahon and Jim Ross start Raw with a shot of both of them sitting at their table ringside, no music no pyro.
Vince: Ladies and Gentlemen we welcome you to Monday Night Raw, and we welcome you to a night that wrestling fans all over the world will be sure to remember. As many of you know Shaen Michaels and Ahmed Johnson are lacking a tag team partner for their big six man tag matchup this Sunday at In Your House. Well ladies and gentlemen, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon has found a more than suitable replacement.
Jim Ross: Ladies and Gentlemen in just a moment I will have the privilege to introduce to the World Wrestling Federation, perhaps the single greatest athlete to never step foot inside a WWF rin----
THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN
Sid has walked into the ringside area and goes to Vince and say "Give me a mic!"
Vince McMahon is asking "What are you doing here, what do you want"?"
Sid takes the mic and goes into the ring.
"SHAWN MICHAELS.... SHAWN MICHAELS .... I'D THINK YOU'D BETTER COME OUT HERE, I THINK YOU'D BETTER COME OUT HERE SHAWN, AND I AIN'T GOIN NOWHERE TIL YOU DO"
Vince on Commentary: What is he doing here... we'll be right back.
Cut to commercial, come back ...
Gorilla Monsoon is in the ring on the apron explaining something to Sid where we can't really make out other than "It's not you"
Sid: I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY OLD MAN! I DIDN'T COME HERE TO TALK TO YOU, NOW SHAWN MICHAE-
Shawn comes out with a mic
Shawn: Whoa whoa whoa ... BIG MAN, you think you can powerbomb me five times and nearly break my back, go away for a year then come back and expect a title shot?
Sid: Shawn, Shawn that's not why I'm here. YOU SEE A FEW MONTHS AGO I SAW SOMETING ON THE OTHER CHANNEL THAT MADE ME SICK, I SAW TWO GUYS WHO YOU, AND I MADE FAMOUS, TAKE THEIR BALL AND GO HOME. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU SHAWN AND HOW YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS INDUSTRY AND TAKEN THIS BUISNESS TO A PLACE IT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE. AND AS A WAY TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR WHATS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I WANT TO TO BE THE THIRD MAN WITH YOU AND AHMED JOHNSON AT INTERNATIONAL INCEDENT ON SUNDAY AT IN YOUR HOUSE ON SUNDAY!
Shawn: Well.. .. Sid , I really appreciate what you said, but it's not my decision.
Gorilla: Like I told you Sid, we've already picked somebody for the spot.
Sid: YOU'VE ALREADY PICKED SOMEBODY?!?!?
Gorilla: Sid, yes, I told you we've already picked somebody.
Sid: WELL THEN TELL ME MR PRESIDENT WHO YOU PICKED
Gorilla: Well, we didn't want to do it this way... the man who will replace the Ultimate Warrior and team up with Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson is .... STING!!!!
The fans go fucking crazy as goddamn Sting from WCW shoots the the entrance and goes down the aisle. Sting circles the ring being awesome and "WHOO"ing all over the place. Jim Ross has a seizure and nearly dies. The sound he makes when Sting debuts is so powerful vet's were actually called to the scene to tend to a reported "group of dying zoo animals".
Sting into the ring and shakes hands with Gorilla Monsoon and Shawn Michaels and then locks eyes with Sid.
Sid keeping faithful to his new found ways has a painful look of disapointment and mystery on his face
Sid then gives Sting "the nod" and leaves the ring and the arena as we go to commercial.
When the show comes back on Sting has his first WWF interview with Jim Ross in the ring.
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At the PPV Jim Cornette whacks HBK in the back with a loaded tennis racket and then Vader delivers a powerbomb on the floor. Sting though, is able to defeat Vader with the Scorpion Death lock.
After the match Ahmed helds HBK to the back immediately and Sting toss's Owen and Bulldog over the top and celebrates with the fans. As he is celebrating out of the audience Mankind without a mask attacks Sting, sending him from the apron to the floor, then he hits his diving elbow to the outside. Then he attacks Sting with a chair as the PPV closes.
The next night on Raw it is announced Sting is injured at the hands of Mankind, and will be out of action for several weeks. There will be an interview with Jim Ross and Mankind later in the program. Vader vs HBK has been announced as the main event of Summerslam.
Backstage Jim Ross finds Manki out back near the garbage digging through bags...
JR: Excuse me Mankind, I'd like to get a word with you....
Mankind: I've gotta find it... I've gotta find ... I've gotta... gotta find it.
JR: Gotta find what, Mankind what are you talking about?
Mankind snaps.
Mankind: DON'T CALL ME THAT... DON'T CALL ME THAT AGAIN JIM ROSS YOUR ILL MAKE YOU PAY..... I've gotta find my face... I know I left it in here.... somewhere...
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Sting is announced for Summerslam in a one on one revenge match with Mankind. Neither is seen before the PPV. It's even unknown if Mankind will show, as he hasn't been seen by anyone or reported to any WWF shows.
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SUMMERSLAM 96
Main Card:
HBK/Vader
Sting/Mankind
Goldust/Undertaker
Sting enters first and seems in great shape and ready to go. Mankind however does not enter when his music plays. They play the song twice but he never shows up... In the ring Sting is asking Jr. and King what is happening when from through the ring Cactus Jack rips his way through the mat and attacks Sting. The match is never started and a wild brawl takes place for nearly 10 minutes through the ringside area and all over the arena. The brawl ends in the aisle where from the entrance Sid explodes and beats Sting to the ground. He and Cactus take Sting into the ring and continue the beat down followed by a choke slam and a powerbomb by Sid.
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ROAD TO SURVIVOR SERIES AT MSG
On Raw throughout the weeks we learn of a formed alliance between Cactus Jack, Sid, Vader, and Jim Cornette (who his quietly parted with Owen/Bulldog). The purpose to end the reign of Sting in WWF before it began. Being heated enemies early in their career made them realize that Sting in any company for them is bad for themselves and the company and they will do everyone in the sport a favor and end Sting's career before it begins.
Shawn is the Champ and Sting is already the franchise, The Undertaker is coming off his feud with Goldust and aligned himself as someone Sting can count on.
Survivor Series is set, the main event at MSG in November '96
The WWF Champion Shawn Michaels, Sting, and The Undertaker and a mystery partner vs Sid, Cactus Jack, Vader and a mystery partner.
Survivor Series also set the WWF return of Bret Hart vs Steve Austin as well as the WWF Debut of The Rock.
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So... who teams up with each alliance at Survivor Series? Can you imagine inevitable Sharpshooter/Scorpion Death Lock clash that would happen? Would Shawn get jealous of Sting pulling WWF out of the gutter with HBK himself as the Champion of the company?
You decide.