Feuds that should have happened, but didn't.

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Originally Posted by Jordan X WWE wasn't brave enough at the time. It should have been Taz you are right. Taz should have destroyed Triple H and The Rock in amazing no holds barred WWE Title Match that night at Survivor Series. It's the only way that angle could have had maximum potential. WWE went with Big Show obviously, then Bossman and Show along with Vince/Triple H the next month. So WWE wasn't worried about a drawing champion at the time, but I think Taz would have gotten a lot more interest than The Big Show.

My idea was more along the lines of having him debut the way he ultimately did, a month later, and having a decent year of working his way up the ladder before the big reveal in the fall of 2000.

I didn't really consider having him debut and win the title. Mostly because that's just something WWE won't do.
They've made it clear that they will make an incoming wrestler from another company pay their dues, at least for a little while. They will debut them big, but they will then drop down and have to work back up.
Jericho, Big Show, Booker T, Benoit, and even Goldberg and Steiner are examples of this.

The only way they will have a guy debut and win the title right away is if he's home grown, and even then they usually give it a few months.

So really, I would have liked to see this as the progression:

-Austin is hit by the car
-Taz promos start running
-He debuts at Royal Rumble and chokes Angle out
-He goes on to actually have a real winning streak and feuds in the upper-midcard. Wins the IC title.
-In the fall, Austin returns looking for who hit him and Taz finally comes forward.
-Austin and Taz have a war of brawls and streetfights. Whether or not he stays main event or ever wins a world title is determined, but either way he is cemented as a top uppermidcard star in the mold of RVD pre-title or Christian, etc.