Past Story Lines that shocked you

I'd like to start a thread so that we can talk about story lines that made your jaw drop.

First one I can think of was the Bad News Allen vs Archie the Stomper Gouldie Stampede Wrestling feud that lead to the end of Stampede Wrestling.

Basically there was a 6 man tag team match involving Bad News Allan, Archie the Stomper and Archies son Jeff Gouldie (Not his son) fighting in his rookie match. Against the Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith and Sonny Two Rivers.

It was a violent match. In the end Allan turned on the Stomper and broke his son's neck almost causing a riot at the Victoria Pavilion. Stampede Wrestling was banned from Calgary after that and the blow off match was a bloody strap match between Allan and Gouldie at a reservation outside of the city.

The angle was so well done that Stampede Wrestling fans were flooding hospitals to try to find out if Gouldie's son was going to be crippled.

It was the sun set of Stampede Wrestling and I've attached the match, which includes interviews with Gouldie and Allan after words that were amazing and the blowoff strap match.

Ed Whalen quit Stampede Wrestling at the end of the first clip, and it was a for real quit, because nobody told him what was going to happen.


Bad News Allan - "Look at that man, look at his son, I broke his neck, I crippled him, I hope the son of a gun dies"

Enjoy

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For me, the thing that changed wrestling the most was The Barbershop with Michaels putting Jannety through the glass window. It was just so beyond the Rock'n'Wrestling stuff.

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One of the best things WCW ever produced. Maybe not shocked the wrestling world per se, but hot damn it shocked me as a kid and it's still one of my favorite moments ever

The Kane/Katie Vick story line was pretty controversial, I remember.

one of the promos from the feud...but growing up this was a HOTT feud that will always stick with me due to real life happenings

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Mohammed Hassan? That pissed off a lot of people.

He was a great character though.

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This freaked me out when I was a kid

The obvious would be the Montreal Screwjob. Call it real, call it a well written and acted gimmick, I dont care.

I remember the Undertakers crucifiction of multiple wrestlers was pretty controversial at the time. I remember a lot of southern preachers, and the Catholic church had a field day with it.

It wasn't a story line, but the day it came out that Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Iron Sheik got pulled over riding together in the same car was pretty confusing.

Hulk Hogan joins the NWO

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The obvious would be the Montreal Screwjob. Call it real, call it a well written and acted gimmick, I dont care.

Well you may not care, but it was 100% real, so it wouldn't really apply.

Over the last 15 years:

Hulk Hogan turning heel, forming the nWo with Hall and Nash.

Austin turning heel and aligning himself with Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 17.

The Invasion (shocked me because of how much of a letdown it was).

Well you may not care, but it was 100% real, so it wouldn't really apply.

Over the last 15 years:

Hulk Hogan turning heel, forming the nWo with Hall and Nash.

Austin turning heel and aligning himself with Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 17.

The Invasion (shocked me because of how much of a letdown it was).


I believe it was real as well. However I dont want to argue it with anyone, which is why I said I donr care.

Hulk Hogan joins the NWO

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I still mark for how Hogan called it the "New World Organ-I-Zation of professional wrestling, brutha", like he didn't get the memo about the name.

Definitely the Katie Vick storyline. It was in such bad taste..

Definitely the Katie Vick storyline. It was in such bad taste..

I think there's a difference between shocking and embarrassing though.

Hulk Hogan joins the NWO

Yeah, this one pretty much surprised everybody. Very much unexpected.

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This freaked me out when I was a kid

That. Was. Awesome.

Jake Roberts was, is, and always will be, The Man.

*Hogan joining the nWo
*Michaels putting Jannety through the Barber Shop glass
*HHH and HBK forming DX (mainly considering the character HHH was playing when the HBK/HHH partnership first began

the original crooked referee storyline that had Danny Davis doing quick counts for Jimmy Hart's teams. I think I was still in grade school when it happened and I was buying every second of it.

the original crooked referee storyline that had Danny Davis doing quick counts for Jimmy Hart's teams. I think I was still in grade school when it happened and I was buying every second of it.

LOL. My brother and I were so outraged that he wrote a letter to Jack Tunney about it, and offered his services as a referee (He's been a LL umpire and high school basketball ref since middle school). He got one back on WWF letterhead suggesting he go to a "qualified referee's school" so he could.

Another major mark-out moment that they kept relatively under wraps (or maybe I just wasn't checking online spoilers at the time) was the Michaels/Hogan fued. Watching Hogan get super kicked and having RAW fade out was awesome.

I'm amazed that nobody points out the Brian Pillman Loose Cannon Story line, which transcended real life.

And I would consider it a story line because Eric Bishoff approved it as a story and a gimmick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman


At the end of 1995, Pillman developed his "Loose Cannon" gimmick, cultivating a reputation for unpredictable behavior. During this period of time, Pillman changed his once Hollywood Blond and Flyin' Brian clean athletic look for an edgy, out of control image. Even his allies in the Horsemen, especially Anderson, were wary of his behavior and tried in vain to keep him in check. Almost all of the time Pillman could be seen wearing leather vests, sunglasses, jewelry and graphic T-shirts with skulls, monsters and sayings on them. Pillman frequently blurred fact and fiction with his worked-shoots. In a match with Eddie Guerrero on the January 23, 1996 edition of Clash of the Champions, Pillman grabbed commentator Bobby Heenan by the collar, causing Heenan (who had a history of neck problems) to blurt out "What the **** are you doing?" live on the air (Heenan has since stated that he didn't know it was Pillman grabbing him and he blurted out the remark because he thought he was a fan grabbing him).

Pillman outed Kevin Sullivan as booker during the February 1996 SuperBrawl VI pay-per-view in an I Respect You Strap match where the loser announces that they respect the other wrestler, much like an "I Quit" match. Pillman grabbed the microphone, saying, sarcastically, "I respect you, booker man". The words "booker man" were cut from the commercial tape. Pillman was fired by WCW President Eric Bischoff in February 1996 after SuperBrawl VI. In Bischoff's autobiography he said that Pillman was fired so that he could go and develop the "loose cannon" gimmick in ECW then return to World Championship Wrestling with more legitimate heat. Bischoff claims it was a plan he and Pillman came up with together. It would later backfire on Bischoff as Pillman did not return.

I'm amazed that nobody points out the Brian Pillman Loose Cannon Story line, which transcended real life.

And I would consider it a story line because Eric Bishoff approved it as a story and a gimmick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman

Bischoff is just sleazy enough to try and take credit for a storyline that led to a guy offing himself. Next he'll be claiming that he put Chris Benoit up to the "rabid wolverine," "ruthless aggression" schtick...

Bischoff is just sleazy enough to try and take credit for a storyline that led to a guy offing himself. Next he'll be claiming that he put Chris Benoit up to the "rabid wolverine," "ruthless aggression" schtick...

Who "offed himself"? Pillman died of a heart attack that was genetic and assisted by all the roids and pills he used.

Who "offed himself"? Pillman died of a heart attack that was genetic and assisted by all the roids and pills he used.

Hence the mention of Pillman offing himself... Pillman might not have had a fatal heart attack if he wasn't drugging. As it was, he was literally begging for it.

Hence the mention of Pillman offing himself... Pillman might not have had a fatal heart attack if he wasn't drugging. As it was, he was literally begging for it.

I'm sorry, but are you saying that part of the gimmick was doing heavy amounts of drugs, or that just using him as performer (meaning he would naturally have to take steroids and somas to keep up with the other boys) led to that? Because if so, both Bischoff and Vince have a ton of blood on their hands over the years. And mind you, Pillman died about a year and a half after leaving WCW, and had a serious car accident as well as an ankle injury afterward. He really shouldn't have been wrestling in WWF at the time either.

Pillman did have a genetic heart condition, by the way. His father died the same way, and I don't think he was on steroids.

Hence the mention of Pillman offing himself... Pillman might not have had a fatal heart attack if he wasn't drugging. As it was, he was literally begging for it.

blaming Bischoff for that is a bit of a stretch. Ok, its super-duper Elastic Man stretchiness. Any of these wrestlers who died of issues that are probably attributed to steroid use or pain medication use or any other myriad wrestling induced problems made the choice to do so.

Wrestling promoters have blood on their hands for looking the other way but it still all boils down to choice.

blaming Bischoff for that is a bit of a stretch. Ok, its super-duper Elastic Man stretchiness. Any of these wrestlers who died of issues that are probably attributed to steroid use or pain medication use or any other myriad wrestling induced problems made the choice to do so.

Wrestling promoters have blood on their hands for looking the other way but it still all boils down to choice.

Eh, you're right... but my despite for Bischoff is of such epic proportions that I'd be willing to pin the blame on him for the sinking of the Lusitania and the Spanish Inquisition, if I could. :rant:

Many of the ones on here, like Hogan-NWO, Austin joining McMahon, HBK superkicking Hogan(forgot about that one, but yeah, that one was great), etc. are definitely ones that really shocked me. Another was Cena joining RAW through the draft. Before that, I don't think the draft sent away too many big time guys, and I don't think ever before the WWE champion, so it really caught me off guard(it was also very well dont). Another is when Edge used his money in the bank on Cena at NYR. Never saw it coming, and was absolutely confused when I was searching for the results. Would've been great to see live.

Although, that one might've hurt Money in the Bank a little, as it pointed out the most obvious way to use the contract, and to a point where it'd be pretty dumb to do it any other way. But oh well, made for an unreal moment.