The War Revisited

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The Monday Night War was the peak of professional wrestling as Ted Turner and Vince McMahon went head-to-head with their respective companies. It was truly a fight to the death in which the WWF emerged victorious.

... But what if it ended differently?

History is rewritten and brace yourselves for the time machine that changed it all.

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Oh my I'm definitely into this!!!

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Chapter 1
"Running on Diesel"
Scene: 1996 WWF

Kevin Nash, with the ring name of Diesel, lost to The Undertaker at WrestleMania 12. Diesel, at this time, was contacted by World Championship Wrestling as his contract neared its expiration date. WCW had recently offered Scott Hall, ring name Razor Ramon, a contract offer that Hall could not refuse financially. Diesel was given numbers in the same ballpark, and went to Vince McMahon to match it. After days of consideration, Vince McMahon met Nash with an offer not as lucrative as WCW's, but somewhere in the middle grounds. Nash took a few days to think it over with his family and decided to make a huge decision.

Diesel re-signed with the World Wrestling Federation.

This loyalty was huge for the WWF. As Razor Ramon jumped ship to become Scott Hall in WCW, Diesel remained in the WWF and Vince McMahon decided to reward Diesel for his loyalty and his hard work over the last year with a huge push. His loss to The Undertaker at WrestleMania 12 was followed by a great rivalry with Shawn Michaels, in which Diesel began his second world championship reign at King of the Ring 1996 on June 23rd.


WWF Championship Title History

Holder	Reign	Date won	Date lost	Days held
Shawn Michaels	1	March 31, 1996	June 23, 1996	84 days
Diesel	2	June 23, 1996	December 15, 1996	175 days
Bret Hart	4	December 15, 1996

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Chapter 2
"new World order"
Scene: 1996 WCW

With Razor Ramon's departure from the World Wrestling Federation, Scott Hall appeared under his real-life name on WCW programming. Hall lurked in the parking lot, took a step further by getting into the crowd, and sooner or later, actually attacked in-ring talent and was arrested by WCW security. As WCW played off that Hall was still under contract with the WWF, they were looking to form something bigger.

Scott Hall was followed suit shortly after by former WWF star Roddy Piper. Piper was let go of his contractual obligations in mid-May following a disagreement with the company, but did not inform WWF of his next intentions. When officials caved to Hall's demands in the storyline and gave him his first WCW match at The Great American Bash on June 16th against "The Icon" Sting, this is when Piper made his first on-screen appearance for WCW and cost Sting the match. This set up a tag team alliance between Roddy Piper and Scott Hall.

Bash at the Beach would come the next month as both Piper and Hall hyped a "third man" to join their new world order. Their words were put to the test when they were placed in a match against the Macho Man, Lex Luger, and Sting. As the match began without the third man, Piper and Hall went to war against WCW's biggest names. As the match drew to a close, Sting had hurt his knee and was being tended to on the outside, but Luger and Savage had the match under control. Savage went to the top rope in his corner to hit an elbow drop on Piper, but Luger pushed Savage off! Hall slid in the ring and hit the Outsider's Edge on Savage for Piper to crawl over and cover the Macho Man.

Sting watched on from the outside and when he tried to stand up from the medical attention, Luger came over and kicked Sting's leg out from under him and stomped repeatedly on the injured limb.

Scott Hall, Roddy Piper, and Lex Luger began a trio known as the new World order and instantly entered a feud with the Macho Man, but more notably with Sting, as Sting felt betrayed by his former best friend Luger. Sting and Lex Luger eventually, at the culmination of a hot feud, went into a #1 contender's match for the world championship that Luger emerged victorious from. Luger would then defeat Hogan at Fall Brawl '96, with help from Hall and Piper, to capture the world championship. Luger's reign would later end when Sting beat him for it at Starrcade.


WCW World Heavyweight Championship Title History

Holder	Reign	Date won	Date lost	Days held
Ric Flair	4	February 11, 1996	June 16, 1996	126 days
Hulk Hogan	2	June 16, 1996	September 15, 1996	91 days
Lex Luger	2	September 15, 1996	December 29, 1996	105 days
Sting	3	December 29, 1996

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Chapter 3
"In with the New"
Scene: 1997 WWF

The World Wrestling Federation in 1997 realized their competition were attracting many viewers with an older set of former WWF employees. WCW had attracted fans with the likes of Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Scott Hall, and Roddy Piper. While the WWF were envious of WCW's ratings, they opted to make their own new stars as their old ones had been leaving. Diesel and Shawn Michaels had made their name prior in 1996 and used these two to help lead the next generation. Vince McMahon started to give the brass ring to guys such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, and The Undertaker.

Stone Cold Steve Austin would take on a more edgy role than the past, getting physical with Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter. Hunter Hurst Helmsley aligned himself with Sgt. Slaughter and the higher-ups as he rivaled Stone Cold Steve Austin for several months. The Undertaker had the biggest leap as a character gone to the dark side. As a heel Bret Hart lost the WWF Championship to Diesel at WrestleMania 13 and failed to win the championship back, The Undertaker challenged Diesel at SummerSlam and won his first world championship since 1991.

The Undertaker would actually lose that championship to Badd Blood: In Your House to Shawn Michaels, and in a triple threat at Survivor Series, the title would change hands once more into the hands of Stone Cold Steve Austin. The year finished with Sgt. Slaughter trying to pry the title out of Stone Cold's hands, and this included getting Shawn Michaels involved, aligning himself with Hunter Hurst Helmsley and Sgt. Slaughter.

While this all was going, the WWF parted ways with some of its long-term talents. Bret Hart's contract would expire and he would leave the company last portraying a heel. Davey Boy Smith, Sycho Sid, Jim Neidhart, Jake Roberts, and Vader would all depart from the WWF as well. And as these big names left, WWF was confident in their future in the hands of new blood.

WWF Championship Title History

Holder	Reign	Date won	Date lost	Days held
Shawn Michaels	1	March 31, 1996	June 23, 1996	84 days
Diesel	2	June 23, 1996	December 15, 1996	175 days
Bret Hart	4	December 15, 1996	March 23, 1997	98 days
Diesel	3	March 23, 1997	August 3, 1997	133 days
The Undertaker	2	August 3, 1997	October 5, 1997	63 days
Shawn Michaels	2	October 5, 1997	November 9, 1997	35 days
Stone Cold Steve Austin	1	November 9, 1997

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Chapter 4
"A Well-Rounded Product"
Scene: 1997 WCW

World Championship Wrestling was able to capitalize on their momentum with the nWo in 1997. WCW was growing financially with the draws of Flair, Hogan, Sting, Savage, and the nWo in 1996. They stole Mick Foley from the WWF and made Cactus Jack into a star on the mid-card scene. Cactus Jack and Chris Benoit had rivalry of the year where they took matters to the limit. Others who shined in the mid-card scene was Rey Mysterio Jr, Eddie Guerrero, and Scott Norton.

WCW also had a tag team division to tend to. Between the Harlem Heat and the Steiner Brothers, they held the titles a combined 284 days in 1997. WCW's division was pretty weak, but these two carried it. The other team was a brief run for Dean Malenko and Jushin Thunder Liger, as they held the belts before Malenko's move up in the main card scene. Malenko would end up having his first world title run in 1997.

Speaking of the main draw, nWo continued to run rough shot. It started out with Roddy Piper, Scott Hall, and Lex Luger as a crew, and as they went on in their feud with Sting and Macho Man, Hulk Hogan came to help out. As this boiled over in a massive 6-man tag team match at Spring Stampede, the fourth member of the new World order joined as The Giant. The Giant would later help Roddy Piper win the world championship. Still at the end of '97, the nWo still ran things as a growing entity as the faction propelled Scott Hall to his first and second WCW World Heavyweight Championship reigns in 1997.

WCW World Heavyweight Championship Title History

Holder	Reign	Date won	Date lost	Days held
Ric Flair	4	February 11, 1996	June 16, 1996	126 days
Hulk Hogan	2	June 16, 1996	September 15, 1996	91 days
Lex Luger	2	September 15, 1996	December 29, 1996	105 days
Sting	3	December 29, 1996	April 14, 1997	106 days
Roddy Piper	1	April 14, 1997	July 28, 1997	105 days
Ric Flair	5	July 28, 1997	September 14, 1997	48 days
Scott Hall	1	September 14, 1997	October 26, 1997	42 days
Dean Malenko	1	October 26, 1997	December 28, 1997	63 days
Scott Hall	2	December 28, 1997

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Wait in the WWF, Shawn Michaels defeated Undertaker for the title without a debuting Kane!? Roddy Piper as the WCW champ... I dig.