BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
“Worst Case Scenario” is a new take on the concept of “fantasy booking”. For years professional wrestling fans would spend endless hours of thinking up the coolest things that could happen. Why waste the energy? This only leads to high expectations. “Worst Case Scenario” flips that. Instead of looking through rose colored glasses, let’s take a bi-weekly look at the worst possible scenarios in professional wrestling. I’m not going to be malicious or anything too mean, but I will not refrain from letting my brain come up with the worst possible shit I can. Sadly, it seems the writers and producers of mainstream TV wrestling and the mainstream iPPV level indies are doing the same thing but charging us for it. And now…
“Shawn Michaels Comes Back!”
One of the best parts of Shawn Michael’s career is that he is one of the only wrestlers to retire and really mean it. In the late 90’s his career was cut short because of his back issues. He would eventually defy the odds and come back. Upon coming back he has a great run. He had big matches, big feuds, and made everyone look great in the process. His past was always in his face, but at the end he gave back to the business just as much as he took.
He lost the retirement match to Undertaker and has not come back. He has shown up to help Triple H get storylines over and made some special appearances but he still hasn’t had a “comeback match” or a “return match” or anything lame like that. I love the idea that HBK has stuck to his guns, but it’s hard to get your hopes up for anything in wrestling. That said, let’s brainstorm the worst, and sadly most likely, scenario we can for Shawn Michaels’ return to the ring.
Shawn Michaels has been back for really only one reason in the past few years and that is to help get whatever Triple H is involved in more over. Instead of Triple H cutting a promo to get his storyline with Undertaker over or his storyline with Brock Lesner over Shawn Michaels shows up and cuts a million dollar promo and does the job for him. Why should we expect anything else…
Triple H continues to come back and takes the spotlight away from everyone. After coming back to face off against whoever is getting a lot attention he’d win. Let’s fill that gap with a CM Punk a Ryback, a John Cena, or anyone really. If someone is getting over, Triple H WILL leech on that shit. After Triple H defeats whoever, he’ll eventually let them get the upper hand. In return, Triple H attacks Shawn Michaels out of the blue. Why? Because he can!
This leads to a match between the two on some random three hour RAW. They won’t even put it on a PPV. Shawn Michaels makes the match seem like the most important thing ever and Triple H no-sells everything. They have their big match and Triple H wins. There is nothing flashy or cool about it. Triple H wins a 7 minute match at the top of the second hour of a random non-descript RAW.
Shawn Michaels then vows to get his revenge. He’d have no choice but to come back…
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