I have said this once and I will never stop saying it. Brian Pillman dying right before the Attitude Era is one of pro wrestling's biggest tragedy, if you think about it its really so sad.
For sure mega mega travisty/tragedy a tottaly crappy thing that makes ya kind of jelous of those alternate universes demension things were pillman dude die that young in life or bruzer brodie the lust is fairly endless like dime bag Darrell/ pantera john Lennon for my mother's generation I was 5 ish when lennon died I remember my mom losing her mind anyway you get the idea if that quantum alternate reality science stuff is more or less proven maybey we can graph a Brian pillman from a alternate universe or reality but now we're marvel comicing the w.w.e and all that Michael j back to the what ever time period madness
While it's sad he died, imo, Pullman is heavily overrated. They only hold him in high regard BECAUSE he's dead. No one cared about him prior to his death.
The one that really stands out to me as wasted potential is Damian Sandow. The “Intellectual Savior of the Masses” character got super over very quickly, and was a very entertaining promo. WWE saw enough in him to allow him to win MITB, but that was taken away just as quickly and he was inexplicably pushed down the card. He was so good he even made the joke character of Damian Mizdow entertaining..
Imagine Brodie Lee leading the Dark Order against Jon Moxley and his group today. Role reversal of their 2020 with actual fans. Brian Pillman prior to his accident was great in the ring. The fact he could pull off the Loose Cannon proved how badly WCW fumbled him. Pair his in ring with his character work at full potential, man a feud with Stone Cold, Michaels, Hart, Rock, Angle, Jericho, Guerrero, or even an anti authority against McMahon would've been money.
I think you can even add Riddick/Madcap Moss to that list. Before Triple H took over, he was slowly finding his spot and actually was beginning to get decent crowd reactions, but Triple H immediately stopped using him and fired him a year later. Its a shame, I thought he had potential along with everyone else mentioned.
If only AJ Lee had hung around a little longer. Just imagine the feuds she could've had with the Horsewomen. Man... that would've been wrestling GENIUS. Thanks Andy!
Titus o Neil in 2014, feel like was missed potential, got given one of the best theme songs ever when he turned heel, should’ve been a world champion but just made him a jobber, turned him into a single competitor just to do nothing with him
Monty Brown and Ken Shamrock are two of the biggest "What If"s I always think about. The last and possibly biggest of all being MISTERRRRRR KENNEDY!! KENNEDY!!
Brodie lee caught my eye from his wyatt family days, i could see the potential in him to be a main star. Same goes for the first time i saw roman reigns. Some of these guys just have that it factor. Even back when i started watching and saw the prototype john cena.
Baron Corbin joining Judgment Day would have been absolutely lit. He would've literally become the next Kane with a better intimidating character, even better than Priest. Right now, he's just there 😢
Not just Brodie Lee for Luke Harper would have been a great deal for the WWE I'm not just being biased because he's from my home City but it's talented
if Ken Shamrock had gotten into pro wrestling just a bit earlier he would've been so sick to see in UWFi or RINGS Terry Gordy was a really big case of this IMO due to the permanent brain damage he suffered in 1993 from a drug induced coma, was on the path to be the next Stan Hansen/Steve Williams in AJPW Yoshiaki Fujiwara, although I think this one's kinda on him just because he tended to not stay in one place for too long. Started in NJPW, went to UWF from 84-85, back to NJPW, then Newborn UWF, started his own promotion Pro Wrestling Fujiwara-gumi and when that failed he bounced around the Japanese scene for years until he worked full time for ZERO1 for a few years, then has just bounced around Japan's various promotions ever since. Low Ki, but that's his own fault for burning bridges with anyone and everyone he can. Never was gonna be a mega-star just due to his size and not great promo ability but he's a dude who would've had a solid career as a midcarder anywhere in the world if he could've just controlled his ego. Could say the same about Austin Aries. James Storm could've been something if TNA wasn't so allergic to belting up any young guy not named AJ Styles in the 2000s. By the time they made him anything, it didn't matter because he was past his prime and the company was sinking. Katsuyori Shibata I think was on the path to becoming IWGP Heavyweight Champion before the brain injury derailed everything and (briefly) ended his career. That being said, the career he ended up having was still amazing. Claudio Castagnoli and Shelton Benjamin, just two absolute freak athletes undone by their lack of ability on the mic. Could've been stars if WWE had invested as much in them as they did in someone IMO was less talented like Lesnar. Mike Awesome, WWE and WCW just didn't get him even though "6'4" wall of meat who moves like a cruiserweight and can do wild hardcore matches" should've just sold itself
Monty Brown is the greatest what if! What If Jarrett wasn't greedy and allowed him to be TNA champ? What If Cor Von was the inaugural ECW champ or the first contender to the first champ.
Monty Brown probably would have had at least one reign as NWA World Heavyweight Champion in Total Nonstop Action if it wasn't for the reign of terror known as Jeff Jarrett, which was going on around the same time as the Triple H reign of terror.
Alex Riley’s new generation reincarnation is Austin Theory. Riley claims he got buried by Cena, and Theory sought revenge by trying to become the New Cena.
I wouldn't say Riley himself claimed it, there's been other wrestlers who've said it more directly. In fact, I don't think Riley has ever gone into it as much as others have.
As a kid in the 80s I can tell you first hand that when Magnum T.A. wrecked his Porsche 911 turbo and we saw the pictures of it in the wrestling magazines it felt kinda like when Superman died. Wrestling wasn’t the same to me after that and for a long time I stopped watching shortly after that happened. I did meet him at a convention a few years back, great guy. 💪🏿🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸✊🏿
Its such a shame how much Triple H apparently didn't like the guy, he had so much Charisma and looked like a star and I was always entertained whenever he was on screen, and before his injury he was actually over. I think he implied he was probably done with wrestling, and I can't blame him tbh. AEW would waste him and TNA probably wouldn't give him enough of a spotlight
7:22 "Vince McMahon hadn't quite figured out how to book a mixed martial artist (Ken Shamrock) yet. No, we were still several years away from the run Brock Lesnar would go on at the top of the card." - - - - - This line makes no sense. Brock Lesnar wasn't a mixed martial artist at that point. He was a college wrestler. He didn't start his MMA career until after quitting WWE.
I understand there was a lot going on with her husband, but I really wish AJ would’ve just hung on a little bit longer! God, Bayley, Charlotte, Becky? The return of the Women’s Championship? Those would’ve been some banger matches! AJ was far too great and talented to be remembered for holding a pink butterfly POS belt 🙄
Brodie Lee was awesome. The Dark Order? Not so much. With all that dead weight holding him back he had already hit the glass ceiling. That said, it almost feels like a cheat to bring up people who died before they could fulfill their potential.
Imagine if Magnum was still in the uper echelon of top guys in WCW when the NWO came about . Would he join? Would he defend the honor of WCW ? Would Sting have ever won the world championship with Magnum being the Ace babyface ? Or would he have gone to WWF/E at some point? So many questions . Another question is would he have turned heel and joined The Horseman at some point ? I kinda doubt those last two questions , but you never know .
I'm sure that I'm far from the only one who wants to see AJ Lee come back to WWE. That SUPER talented all around little BADASS missed the Women's Revolution by what, like a few months?!? Bring her back, man!
Because Riley didn’t do jack shit. Cena has a history of this kind of backstage asshole behavior. Just ask Kenny Dykstra, JTG or any member of the Nexus.
Weirdly enough, I feel like Stone Cold didn’t get to live up to his full potential. Don’t get me wrong, we all know he had a legendary career, but imagine how much different his career could have been if he never had that neck break.
honestly idk how much longer his career realistically would've been since his backstage relationship with Vince and Triple H was souring so much towards the end of his WWE run
I add an what if... in this case if Eddie Guerrero doesnt die... and that is Eddie Guerrero are going to the Six Sided Ring of Real TNA and debuting with "Kid Frost - La Raza" for theme song
I feel like Eddie was just kinda inevitable with how hard he pushed his body and all the steroids on top of it, same with Benoit and the concussions. Even if neither of them died prematurely, I doubt they had much time left as active wrestlers anyways.
Only if AJ Lee hanged around for a few more years. We could’ve seen dream matches against the Four Horsewomen but never say never, she might return to wrestling just like her husband CM Punk
Brodie Lee played his character brilliantly. R.I.P to not only a great wrestler but a human being aswell.
I have said this once and I will never stop saying it. Brian Pillman dying right before the Attitude Era is one of pro wrestling's biggest tragedy, if you think about it its really so sad.
For sure mega mega travisty/tragedy a tottaly crappy thing that makes ya kind of jelous of those alternate universes demension things were pillman dude die that young in life or bruzer brodie the lust is fairly endless like dime bag Darrell/ pantera john Lennon for my mother's generation I was 5 ish when lennon died I remember my mom losing her mind anyway you get the idea if that quantum alternate reality science stuff is more or less proven maybey we can graph a Brian pillman from a alternate universe or reality but now we're marvel comicing the w.w.e and all that Michael j back to the what ever time period madness
@@slumpytony2941 Oh yeah! The Loose Cannon was way ahead of his time. HUGE what if!!!
His body had pretty much broken down by the time he went to the WWE so I don't he would have physically been able to do much
@@DMS-pq8 True, but they could have used The Loose Cannon character in lots of other creative ways that would have fit The Attitude Era like a glove.
While it's sad he died, imo, Pullman is heavily overrated. They only hold him in high regard BECAUSE he's dead. No one cared about him prior to his death.
AJ Lee singlehandedly transformed the women's division around 2011-2013. Ufortunate that she retired so early as she had a lot more to years to offer.
A shame she's the only woman on this episode list.
Bro, Paige made contributions as well, more in NXT
What could have Paige been today if it wasn’t for her neck issues
"Paige" is still wrestling. She's in AEW under her real name. Saraya Bevis.
She retired and decided she didn’t have anymore years to give.
The one that really stands out to me as wasted potential is Damian Sandow.
The “Intellectual Savior of the Masses” character got super over very quickly, and was a very entertaining promo. WWE saw enough in him to allow him to win MITB, but that was taken away just as quickly and he was inexplicably pushed down the card. He was so good he even made the joke character of Damian Mizdow entertaining..
It's horrible how 2 members of the Wyatt family died of a sickness so much potential r.i.p to both of them
My heart is gonna break completely when we lose the other 2 😢
Bray had a heart attack.
@@MrsWellner because of a heart defect. An illness.
@@MrsWellner complications with Covid and he had a Defibrillator and he fell asleep and he didn’t have it on so is heart stopped
The Fiend/Bray would have been an Intimidating Monster, had Oldberg never bury him.
Imagine Brodie Lee leading the Dark Order against Jon Moxley and his group today. Role reversal of their 2020 with actual fans.
Brian Pillman prior to his accident was great in the ring. The fact he could pull off the Loose Cannon proved how badly WCW fumbled him. Pair his in ring with his character work at full potential, man a feud with Stone Cold, Michaels, Hart, Rock, Angle, Jericho, Guerrero, or even an anti authority against McMahon would've been money.
Alex Riley, Elias, Rick Boogs, Marcus Cor Von, Mr. Kennedy, Riddick Moss, MVP. The biggest examples of unfulfilled potential.
Don't forget about Chris Masters & Elias
@@poans6252 I just mentioned Elias LOL.
I think you can even add Riddick/Madcap Moss to that list. Before Triple H took over, he was slowly finding his spot and actually was beginning to get decent crowd reactions, but Triple H immediately stopped using him and fired him a year later. Its a shame, I thought he had potential along with everyone else mentioned.
@@dwightyboy5324 I agree for sure. We really didn’t get to see all we could see from him.
@@mitchcolburn1216 twice that's why you didn't get the joke
What if Gal Kim was treated better
If only AJ Lee had hung around a little longer. Just imagine the feuds she could've had with the Horsewomen. Man... that would've been wrestling GENIUS. Thanks Andy!
Titus o Neil in 2014, feel like was missed potential, got given one of the best theme songs ever when he turned heel, should’ve been a world champion but just made him a jobber, turned him into a single competitor just to do nothing with him
Some other Names: Sean O´Haire, Owen Hart, Damian Sandow, Cesaro, William Regal
Monty Brown and Ken Shamrock are two of the biggest "What If"s I always think about. The last and possibly biggest of all being MISTERRRRRR KENNEDY!!
KENNEDY!!
Brodie Lee
Brian Pillman
We Miss You
Brodie lee caught my eye from his wyatt family days, i could see the potential in him to be a main star. Same goes for the first time i saw roman reigns. Some of these guys just have that it factor. Even back when i started watching and saw the prototype john cena.
brian pillman had some of the best promo skills
Baron Corbin joining Judgment Day would have been absolutely lit. He would've literally become the next Kane with a better intimidating character, even better than Priest. Right now, he's just there 😢
Him or even Dijak would’ve been great in the judgement day but it’s too late now…….
Crazy that Rick Boogs and Alex Riley made the list but Steamboat Jr and Sean O'Haire didn't.
Magnum TA was almost the perfect babyface wrestler, with one notable Achilles heel: he could be a bit iffy on promos sometimes.
Not just Brodie Lee for Luke Harper would have been a great deal for the WWE I'm not just being biased because he's from my home City but it's talented
if Ken Shamrock had gotten into pro wrestling just a bit earlier he would've been so sick to see in UWFi or RINGS
Terry Gordy was a really big case of this IMO due to the permanent brain damage he suffered in 1993 from a drug induced coma, was on the path to be the next Stan Hansen/Steve Williams in AJPW
Yoshiaki Fujiwara, although I think this one's kinda on him just because he tended to not stay in one place for too long. Started in NJPW, went to UWF from 84-85, back to NJPW, then Newborn UWF, started his own promotion Pro Wrestling Fujiwara-gumi and when that failed he bounced around the Japanese scene for years until he worked full time for ZERO1 for a few years, then has just bounced around Japan's various promotions ever since.
Low Ki, but that's his own fault for burning bridges with anyone and everyone he can. Never was gonna be a mega-star just due to his size and not great promo ability but he's a dude who would've had a solid career as a midcarder anywhere in the world if he could've just controlled his ego. Could say the same about Austin Aries.
James Storm could've been something if TNA wasn't so allergic to belting up any young guy not named AJ Styles in the 2000s. By the time they made him anything, it didn't matter because he was past his prime and the company was sinking.
Katsuyori Shibata I think was on the path to becoming IWGP Heavyweight Champion before the brain injury derailed everything and (briefly) ended his career. That being said, the career he ended up having was still amazing.
Claudio Castagnoli and Shelton Benjamin, just two absolute freak athletes undone by their lack of ability on the mic. Could've been stars if WWE had invested as much in them as they did in someone IMO was less talented like Lesnar.
Mike Awesome, WWE and WCW just didn't get him even though "6'4" wall of meat who moves like a cruiserweight and can do wild hardcore matches" should've just sold itself
AJ Lee time stamps
Start 11:56
Ends 13:34
RIP Mr Brodie Lee 🕊️
Muhammad Hassan is a big what if he could have been a top heel for years to come.
Should have had Chris Noinski and Sean O'Hare on the list
Monty Brown is the greatest what if!
What If Jarrett wasn't greedy and allowed him to be TNA champ?
What If Cor Von was the inaugural ECW champ or the first contender to the first champ.
Monty Brown probably would have had at least one reign as NWA World Heavyweight Champion in Total Nonstop Action if it wasn't for the reign of terror known as Jeff Jarrett, which was going on around the same time as the Triple H reign of terror.
Outside of family members David Von Erich's death hit me the hardest
Annnnnnnnnnndyyyyyyyy! It Must Be Sunday Already. 😁
Have a good one bro 👊🏻
If Vince never retired Rick BOOGS, Otis, Grayson Waller and Austin Theory would’ve been main event stars by now
10/10 would watch those guys as maineventers. That would be so much more entertaining than what we have now
@@mitchcolburn1216 no
@@MikeEdwards-kj4dh YEA
@@mitchcolburn1216 no
And if he hadn't retired the product would be lamer than ever, keep crying McMahon fanboys
Alex Riley’s new generation reincarnation is Austin Theory. Riley claims he got buried by Cena, and Theory sought revenge by trying to become the New Cena.
I wouldn't say Riley himself claimed it, there's been other wrestlers who've said it more directly. In fact, I don't think Riley has ever gone into it as much as others have.
@@dwightyboy5324 good point
Another big what if situation is Richie Steamboat, if wasn't his back injury he would be nxt champion.
He might have been an NXT champion and more than likely a WWE champion.
Pillman would have shined during the attitude era. Would have been right there with Austin and the Rock.
Today, Magnum T.A. is more known as godfather of Cody Rhodes then for his own wrestling accomplishments.
One thing people forget is that aj lee successfully defended the divas title against bayley
Monty Brown was electric, his move set and finisher were unique. Sad he didn't go farther bit loved him in tna
Unfortunately his sister died and he raised her children so he decided to retire after her death!
I find your lack of Sean O'Haire disturbing...
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Chad Gable is gonna be on these lists in 10 years
You forgot Ahmed Johnson.
*He should've been a world champion*
The locker room turned against him
It's Mr. Brodie Lee
Lance storm perry Saturn and John Tenta should be in Hall of Fame I will always say that until he is in there, he deserves it
If AJ ever returned they need her to do a storyline against the four horsewomen. Since AJ never got the credit for the women's division change up .
As a kid in the 80s I can tell you first hand that when Magnum T.A. wrecked his Porsche 911 turbo and we saw the pictures of it in the wrestling magazines it felt kinda like when Superman died. Wrestling wasn’t the same to me after that and for a long time I stopped watching shortly after that happened. I did meet him at a convention a few years back, great guy. 💪🏿🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸✊🏿
Magnum looks like Hangman Page
Imagine rick boogs in the new generation era and the attitude era
Its such a shame how much Triple H apparently didn't like the guy, he had so much Charisma and looked like a star and I was always entertained whenever he was on screen, and before his injury he was actually over. I think he implied he was probably done with wrestling, and I can't blame him tbh. AEW would waste him and TNA probably wouldn't give him enough of a spotlight
Alex Riley definitely would've been a top guy potential if he didn't get on cena bad side
False. That dude didn't appeal to me at all.
Nah
Matt Cardona is killing it now, he could have been doing what he's doing on the indy's in the WWE 10 years ago
Andy missed two major what ifs: Bray Wyatt and Owen Hart. Then there was Sean O'Haire.
To be fair, Bray Wyatt was already a multiple time world champion before he passed
@@cadenwoehrmyer8270 True, but he was still young enough to have a huge impact in WWE.
Man zack ryder...will always be my biggest what if...his entrance music was so damn great
He's still wrestling. His name is Matt Cardona.
@@MrsWellnerand he is the King of the Indies!
7:22 "Vince McMahon hadn't quite figured out how to book a mixed martial artist (Ken Shamrock) yet. No, we were still several years away from the run Brock Lesnar would go on at the top of the card." - - - - - This line makes no sense. Brock Lesnar wasn't a mixed martial artist at that point. He was a college wrestler. He didn't start his MMA career until after quitting WWE.
I understand there was a lot going on with her husband, but I really wish AJ would’ve just hung on a little bit longer! God, Bayley, Charlotte, Becky? The return of the Women’s Championship? Those would’ve been some banger matches! AJ was far too great and talented to be remembered for holding a pink butterfly POS belt 🙄
owen hart and bray wyatt
I wanted Luke Harper to be added and win the wwe title during mania in 16 or 17 against Randy and bray
Pillmen vs austin at wrestlemania
AJ Lee Is Returning
Good vid👍
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As for Brian Pillman, if he were still around, he could've tagged/managed/fought with Jr. aka Lexus King.
Brodie Lee was awesome. The Dark Order? Not so much. With all that dead weight holding him back he had already hit the glass ceiling. That said, it almost feels like a cheat to bring up people who died before they could fulfill their potential.
Imagine if Magnum was still in the uper echelon of top guys in WCW when the NWO came about . Would he join? Would he defend the honor of WCW ? Would Sting have ever won the world championship with Magnum being the Ace babyface ? Or would he have gone to WWF/E at some point? So many questions . Another question is would he have turned heel and joined The Horseman at some point ? I kinda doubt those last two questions , but you never know .
Alex Riley Is A Principal At High School
what no he's not? is he? where?
I Could See Rick Boogs Vs. Bron Breakker Or Be A Tag Team
Boogs is not a what-if. He never fit in NXT and the old man would have gotten bored with him after a year.
Owen Hart MR. Perfect and Ted Dibiase should of been World Champion
I’d add Razor Ramon to that list
A lot of death in this video that lead to what if scenarios
What if not it
Brodie’s death being the latest.
All I'm saying is if AJ Lee decides to return perhaps at the Royal rumble the roof will Lily be peeled off more than hurricane Melton did
Jonathan Huber had it all.
Andrew Test Martin deserved to be mentioned
I'm sure that I'm far from the only one who wants to see AJ Lee come back to WWE. That SUPER talented all around little BADASS missed the Women's Revolution by what, like a few months?!? Bring her back, man!
I LOVE BOOGS. Me and my brother used to boog out whenever he showed up
Same, me and my sister used to love whenever he appeared on screen. Shame Triple H didn't like him.
Here is an idea for a video, the greatest wrestling promotions that no longer exits
WCW AND ECW.
AWA, Mid-South, Smoky Mountain, WCCW, etc.
We Lost Brodie Lee so soon😢
Why hasn't an interviewer ask Cena what Alex Riley did to cause Cena to sabotage Riley's career?
Because Riley didn’t do jack shit. Cena has a history of this kind of backstage asshole behavior. Just ask Kenny Dykstra, JTG or any member of the Nexus.
Daaaamn at exactly 12am in my time, for the Southeast Asians Fans out there NO SLEEP FOR Y'ALL LOL
Boogs was the hero we didn’t deserve 🫡🫡🫡
Speculating on what would have happened if a certain wrestler hadn't died is incredibly offensive.
AJ Lee already wrestled with Bayley ten years ago.
Magnum TA looked like Hulk Hogan with a better hairline
Brodie Lee would have been aew world champion
Sean O'Haire
AJ was always the best Diva…when they were still called Divas.
STICKY RICK!
Honestly I was high on Alex Riley but John Cena had to play politics and kill his push
Bam Neely and Titus O Neil
Pillman and A-Ry. Very sad.
Weirdly enough, I feel like Stone Cold didn’t get to live up to his full potential.
Don’t get me wrong, we all know he had a legendary career, but imagine how much different his career could have been if he never had that neck break.
Man you drinking some fine ass bleach there
honestly idk how much longer his career realistically would've been since his backstage relationship with Vince and Triple H was souring so much towards the end of his WWE run
Manchester will get better, I don't think it's ten hag
Let's see as the rollercoaster goes 😅
I add an what if... in this case if Eddie Guerrero doesnt die... and that is Eddie Guerrero are going to the Six Sided Ring of Real TNA and debuting with "Kid Frost - La Raza" for theme song
I feel like Eddie was just kinda inevitable with how hard he pushed his body and all the steroids on top of it, same with Benoit and the concussions. Even if neither of them died prematurely, I doubt they had much time left as active wrestlers anyways.
Boogs is proof that Triple H hates charisma.
Only if AJ Lee hanged around for a few more years. We could’ve seen dream matches against the Four Horsewomen but never say never, she might return to wrestling just like her husband CM Punk
Shelton Benjamin 2003- 2004 had potential, Triple K buried him
Who's Triple K
@@paulcowlishawPaul “ I don’t see color” Levesque💀
@funkyrumble0455 that line he said to Booker T. Your sort don't win anything here. They should've put the belt on Booker T.
@@paulcowlishawoh no it's the iwc again
@@funkyrumble0455okay mr race protector
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What the hell Finn is not there😤 what if !! he was not injured
Shelton, shamrock but should've been world champions
Boogs could've been really good if he was a serious heel
Madcap moss
Magnum ti was better than Hogan any day. Sucks he had to retire
Paige and Zack Ryder are still wrestling. They can be found under their real names. Saraya Knight and Matt Cardona.
Rikkk the Stikk
I remember when Luke Harper beat Ziggler for the IC championship, he should've won a title
Imo, Shelton Benjamin is one of if not the biggest what if.