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Survivor Series: Fantasy Booking
11/19/01Welcome to another Fantasy Booking of a WWF pay per view. This month we take a look at Survivor Series 2001. The goal here is to use the same wrestlers and concepts, but tweak them a bit to make the event more enjoyable. I never add crazy stipulations like the main event show have been a war games match or Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair should return. This is just a simple matter of adjusting the buildup and booking. Let's get to it.
Tajiri vs. Billy Kidman (for the Cruiser Weight Title)
I outlined this feud in Book It two weeks ago. Read that if you haven't yet. This would be the pay off match, but rather than having Torrie turn on the PPV I'd would have had her do it on Raw last Monday. Since she announced her engagement to Billy Kidman on Howard Stern Tuesday, it only makes sense to do that. Solid opener between two great cruiser weights. Kidman wins, gets to nail Torrie and begins his climb of the WWF ladder.8 Man Immunity Battle Royal Cage Match
There were two things I didn't like about the Immunity Battle Royal last night. One was that as soon as Test won, you knew that the WWF would win the main event, thus making Test's immunity important. The other is that giant Battle Royals are very dull to watch until it gets down to the last few men. I've changed this match to a cage match with fewer men with the stipulation that the first two men out of the cage are given immunity. The contestants are William Regal, Tazz, DDP, Tommy Dreamer, Bradshaw, Faarooq, Al Snow, Perry Saturn. Tazz and Bradshaw would be my winners. Tazz needs a reason to stay on commentary and Bradshaw deserves a singles push.
Ivory vs. Molly vs. Trish vs. Lita vs. Jackie vs. a Mystery Opponent (Jazz) for the vacant Women's Title
The only thing I'd change about this match is I'd have Ivory win rather than Trish. Ivory gives much better interviews and is a better wrestler than Trish. Of course if the belt is just meant to go to whoever has the best T&A, then Trish wins hands down.Dudleys vs. Hardys vs. Chavo Guerrero & Hugh Morris for the Unified Tag Titles
We've seen the Dudleys vs. Hardys so many time that there should be a ban on the two teams even being in the same ring together. But if you need to have a title unification match, then they deserve it. Guerrero and Morris are added so that they can fight for the chance to get their jobs back in either the WWF or Alliance. However, the results are the same with Dudleys winning the titles and Matt Hardy teasing a future heel turn. Guerrero and Morris go right back to being fired.Edge vs. Test for the Unified US/Intercontinental Title
When I outlined this column in my head a few days before the PPV, I'd swapped Test with Lance Storm. Storm has been way underutilized in the WWF and I thought he needed to get back in the title hunt. However, Test and Edge had such a surprisingly good match last night that I've changed my mind. Same match, same finish, good job booking team.Main Event
Team WWF (Rock, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show) vs. Team Alliance (Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and Shane McMahon)
I'd change one thing going in to this match and that is that Chris Jericho would still be the WCW World Champ. You'll see why in a second. Once all 10 men get to the ring, they have a stare down. Vince McMahon enters from the ramp, gets on the microphone and says "I guaranteed you all that tonight a member of Team Alliance would join Team WWF. That member has been working for me for the last few months. He has done everything I've asked of him and he deserves your cheers rather than your boos. I would like that member to now join Team WWF and help put the final nail in the coffin of The Alliance." Team Alliance all look at Steve Austin, but it's Kurt Angle that crosses the ring and shakes hands with all the Team WWF members. But while the crowd is going nuts, Chris Jericho removes his WCW World Belt, hits Kurt Angle with it and then joins Team Alliance. Match starts. Eliminations happen as follows: Shane is eliminated by Big Show. Big Show eliminated by Booker. Kane eliminated by Jericho. Booker eliminated by Undertaker. Rob Van Dam eliminated by Kurt Angle. Undertaker eliminated by Steve Austin. Taker hits Austin with a chair and Rock eliminates Austin. That leaves Jericho and Rock as the last two. Rock pins Jericho and Team WWF wins.Next night on Raw A few things happen the next night on Raw to set up future feuds.
Vince McMahon walks to the ring to start of Raw and gloat. He thanks Kurt Angle for being his spy. Undertaker interrupts Vince's speech to say that he's pissed off that in order to prove himself to the Alliance Kurt Angle interfered in his title shot against Austin a month ago on Smackdown. Vince tells Taker he's sorry, but he asked Kurt to do that so the Alliance would believe Kurt had turned his back on the WWF. Taker wants payback anyway and Vince books a Taker vs. Angle match later in the show.
Rock comes to the ring later in the show and talks about how much he enjoyed kicked Jericho's traitorous ass last night to win the main event. Jericho interrupts the speech. He is in the crowd with a microphone and his WCW World Title belt. Jericho congratulates the Rock on his win at Survivor Series, but says that The Rock was never able to beat Jericho for the WCW World Title and now he never will. Rock tells Jericho to "just bring it." Jericho tells Rock that he can't just bring it because he's not in the WWF anymore and he leaves. As the weeks go by Jericho antagonizes Rock from the stands until the Rock finally demands from Vince that Jericho be let back in to the WWF so Rock can beat his ass. Vince agrees just so that he can get a hold of the WCW belt and kill the last piece of WCW.
Austin still has the WWF World Belt so he is immune from firing, but he now no longer has The Alliance to back him up. He becomes a loner, defending the title as infrequently as possible. As weeks and months pass, Austin grows back in to his loner mentality, doesn't trust anyone and we can see the return of the old bad ass Stone Cold personality. What? We can see the return of the old bad ass Stone Cold personality. This sets him up as the face in time for HHH's return and their inevitable match at Wrestlemania.
