Hello everyone. Its been a month since I last posted, which I'm not really happy about. The good news is my last post made me look really smart as I called the Super Bowl. But not here to talk about football, I'm here to just give some thoughts on stuff I've been doing/thinking about since my last post.
The first thing I want to write came about yesterday. Being a wrestling fan, I know about the 1994 trial of Vince McMahon on federal steriods charges. Yesterday of course, if you didn't know Martha Stewart was convicted in her federal case. So I do I bring this up? Well in 1999 the day Martha Stewart put her company and name on the stock market, so did the McMahon led WWE (then the WWF). Five years prior, McMahon and the WWF were up against the federal government and five years later Stewart was on trial against the federtal government. But where as McMahon won and the WWF survived, Stewart lost and the future of her company is uncertain. Is there anything more than luck that these two individuals and companies crossed paths when they did? I don't know, I just wanted to share that.
For most of the month when I had free time (not doing college work or doing one of my hobbies) at school or home, I'm writing an alternate history (a.k.a. counterfactual history) "story." Its painstaking work especially the part I'm doing right now. Its fascinating to learn about history and try to rework it. The story is extremely fun and one day I hope it will be come a series of books.
Another thing I've been doing is alternate histories of pro wrestling. I have two timelines going on, one more developed than the other. The more developed one starts technically in the 1950s with the births of two people who are parents to someone that changes pro wrestling history. That person is born in 1976 and is the nephew to two huge wrestler stars. Then time goes on its course unchanged until 1995 when someone buys WCW from Ted Turner and then buys time on TNT to compete against WWF Monday Night Raw. Also in 1995, WWF Champion Diesel turns heel against The British Bulldog setting up a change in pro wrestling history. Some of the big events that follow: Bret Hart leaves the WWF for WCW in 1996 then joins the NWO in their "civil war" with WCW, The British Bulldog and Vader are WWF champions, Steve Austin follows up his 1996 King of the Ring victory by becoming the 1st WWF TV Champion, someone buys ECW in 1997 and starts to making it one of the big three, Owen Hart leaves for WCW in 1997, Brian Pillman doesn't die in 1997, The British Bulldog is "screwed" by Vince McMahon in Montreal at Survivor Series, Sting defeats Hollywood Hogan cleanly at Starrcade 1997, ECW launches its own Monday Night show on TNN in January 1998 and surprises everyone when The British Bulldog shows up on the first broadcast, Shawn Michaels' isn't injuried at the 1998 Royal Rumble, the NWO splits into three factions in winter 1998 leading to its demise and WCW's victory in September 1998, a new wrestler debuts in ECW whose impact on pro wrestling is already evident, Hogan is let go by WCW followed a few months later by Eric Bishchoff, Diamond Dallas Page wins the WCW World Title in October 1998, the WWF Survivor's Series gets a new makeover in the WWF Title tournament, Vader goes to ECW, Goldberg wins defeats his mentor DDP for the WCW World Title at Starrcade 1998, Ric Flair as Commissioner/President of WCW reforms the Four Horsemen with himself as manager, and also WCW mid-cards like Chris Beniot, Booker T, Chris Jericho, and others are pushed in 1997-8 as those who help WCW defeat the NWO. And Jeff Jarrett doesn't leave the WWF in 1996 for WCW. Right now I'm in February 1999 of my timeline, its hard but rewarding. Its really fun to be doing as I finally get to see people who should have been pushed in our timeline.
The second timeline I've been messing around with for a little bit (a week), but have been thinking about since last summer. It has to deal with Sting moving to the WWF in 1991 after NWA/WCW destroyed his credibility with the lame Black Scorpion storyline during his first World Title reign. Sting is so bitter, he pledges not to destroy WCW but the Ted Turner organization that humiliated him. Sting arriving in the WWF will led to events occuring in wrestling happened in our timeline, but very differently.
Well, I have to end this for today or right now. I might write something further later today or tomorrow, if time permits. Thanks for coming by.
The first thing I want to write came about yesterday. Being a wrestling fan, I know about the 1994 trial of Vince McMahon on federal steriods charges. Yesterday of course, if you didn't know Martha Stewart was convicted in her federal case. So I do I bring this up? Well in 1999 the day Martha Stewart put her company and name on the stock market, so did the McMahon led WWE (then the WWF). Five years prior, McMahon and the WWF were up against the federal government and five years later Stewart was on trial against the federtal government. But where as McMahon won and the WWF survived, Stewart lost and the future of her company is uncertain. Is there anything more than luck that these two individuals and companies crossed paths when they did? I don't know, I just wanted to share that.
For most of the month when I had free time (not doing college work or doing one of my hobbies) at school or home, I'm writing an alternate history (a.k.a. counterfactual history) "story." Its painstaking work especially the part I'm doing right now. Its fascinating to learn about history and try to rework it. The story is extremely fun and one day I hope it will be come a series of books.
Another thing I've been doing is alternate histories of pro wrestling. I have two timelines going on, one more developed than the other. The more developed one starts technically in the 1950s with the births of two people who are parents to someone that changes pro wrestling history. That person is born in 1976 and is the nephew to two huge wrestler stars. Then time goes on its course unchanged until 1995 when someone buys WCW from Ted Turner and then buys time on TNT to compete against WWF Monday Night Raw. Also in 1995, WWF Champion Diesel turns heel against The British Bulldog setting up a change in pro wrestling history. Some of the big events that follow: Bret Hart leaves the WWF for WCW in 1996 then joins the NWO in their "civil war" with WCW, The British Bulldog and Vader are WWF champions, Steve Austin follows up his 1996 King of the Ring victory by becoming the 1st WWF TV Champion, someone buys ECW in 1997 and starts to making it one of the big three, Owen Hart leaves for WCW in 1997, Brian Pillman doesn't die in 1997, The British Bulldog is "screwed" by Vince McMahon in Montreal at Survivor Series, Sting defeats Hollywood Hogan cleanly at Starrcade 1997, ECW launches its own Monday Night show on TNN in January 1998 and surprises everyone when The British Bulldog shows up on the first broadcast, Shawn Michaels' isn't injuried at the 1998 Royal Rumble, the NWO splits into three factions in winter 1998 leading to its demise and WCW's victory in September 1998, a new wrestler debuts in ECW whose impact on pro wrestling is already evident, Hogan is let go by WCW followed a few months later by Eric Bishchoff, Diamond Dallas Page wins the WCW World Title in October 1998, the WWF Survivor's Series gets a new makeover in the WWF Title tournament, Vader goes to ECW, Goldberg wins defeats his mentor DDP for the WCW World Title at Starrcade 1998, Ric Flair as Commissioner/President of WCW reforms the Four Horsemen with himself as manager, and also WCW mid-cards like Chris Beniot, Booker T, Chris Jericho, and others are pushed in 1997-8 as those who help WCW defeat the NWO. And Jeff Jarrett doesn't leave the WWF in 1996 for WCW. Right now I'm in February 1999 of my timeline, its hard but rewarding. Its really fun to be doing as I finally get to see people who should have been pushed in our timeline.
The second timeline I've been messing around with for a little bit (a week), but have been thinking about since last summer. It has to deal with Sting moving to the WWF in 1991 after NWA/WCW destroyed his credibility with the lame Black Scorpion storyline during his first World Title reign. Sting is so bitter, he pledges not to destroy WCW but the Ted Turner organization that humiliated him. Sting arriving in the WWF will led to events occuring in wrestling happened in our timeline, but very differently.
Well, I have to end this for today or right now. I might write something further later today or tomorrow, if time permits. Thanks for coming by.
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