Fixing 1995

Hey dude. So saw your response on fixing a certain year and you chose 1995. What would you have done differently at least in WWF with a roster full of Mantaurs, Well Dunn’s, and Men on a Missions? The Rumble for instance was a striking example of how bad of shape the roster was in. Do you give the belt to Shawn at WM and still have Sid turn on him? Doubleturn at WM with Shawn and Diesel? Have a face Bret chase a heel Shawn for the belt all summer? Throw Razor in there someway? Now that I think about it I guess the main event scene could have been significantly improved but the mid-card would have been pure hell to sit through. I mean with Bret in the main event scene we miss out on those classics with Isaac Yankem and Jean Pierre Lafitte!! Thoughts?

​What was wrong with Well Dunn and Pierre? They were all good workers, they just had bad gimmicks. Star power was lacking, but it’s not like there weren’t a bunch of guys who could have good matches. The basic problem with the year was that they were clinging desperately to the cartoon era while ECW was presenting characters that reflected the real personalities of the wrestlers, and the business was passing Vince by like Verne Gagne. He’s out there presenting Lawrence Taylor as a special attraction at WM like it’s Mr. T in 1985 or something. I think if you put the belt on Shawn or Bret at Wrestlemania ​it at least stabilizes the main event again and then someone like Razor Ramon can get title shots. I still think that aborted Ramon heel turn and Undertaker match would have kickstarted his career against in a huge way. If he does over Undertaker as rumored, then suddenly you’ve got Shawn Michaels defending at Summerslam against mega-heel Ramon and now you’re getting somewhere. Plus that gives you enough combinations with Diesel / Shawn / Bret / Ramon and maybe Bigelow and Undertaker that you have some good star power on top in the mix for a while.

Really, they HAD to hit rock bottom to change anyway, but anything that spares us Diesel v. Mabel can’t be a bad thing.