10 Cancelled WWE Storylines

From Sable joining sides with The Undertaker and the Ministry Of Darkness to Kevin Nash being revealed as the Anonymous Raw General Manager, these are 10 cancelled WWE storylines.
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[@megavolnutt4629]

Adding that 'Taka' tattoo to Sara's throat was a great touch lol

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Honestly..I don't know why using Hirohito is too edgy, the emperor was the head of the Empire which was just as bad as the third Reich.. Pretty sure that's fair game, regardless of the debate on his involvement compared to Tojo

[@arvurebantra7639]

I feel like Hassan got done really dirty. He was good at what he did and the story worked, but in the end it was really bad timing.

[@quadryjohnson2099]

I've always felt like that as well. He got crapped on for literally doing what he was supposed to do, while crazy a**holes did catastrophic damage during.

[@arvurebantra7639]

@@quadryjohnson2099 I think the terrorist story line was a bit far, but it would have been fine if they had scaled it back.

[@quadryjohnson2099]

@arvurebantra7639 I agree with that as well. I get what they were trying to do, but taking it as far as they did really ruined it

[@paulghignon4092]

@@arvurebantra7639 They didn't really even take it that far, nothing about the storyline was all that controversial aside from him being middle eastern and hating America. The gear those guys came out in aren't even what they typically wear, other than looking somewhat military. That was just WWE overreacting, and probably because some politician cried over it.

[@Spermwhales93]

There are a lot of people who worked in WWE at the time who have said that in current-era WWE he wouldn't have had any backstage heat at all. He was literally in the wrong era of the company.

[@Archminister69]

Ngl I expected way more vince russo entries 😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Same 🤣

[@multiyapples]

We all did.

[@weeoth8380]

I‘m sure he‘ll get his own video

[@scottmccurdy6493]

He was too busy coming... ... Up with ideas for Sable.

[@Hoovie9596]

None for you bro

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

Nash with the Oz cap as the Raw GM actually made me laugh. I might not have minded that.

[@tomseville2345]

Well, we know he is good at "throwing us off the scent" by sending texts to himself... 🤣🤣🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

[@evilstarlegacy]

That would be have been so fucking ridiculous I would have been all in for it.

[@alanguages]

Should have worn Oz wizard hat along with the Vinnie Vegas sunglasses.

[@andrewberenson5717]

You forgot to include the supposed death of Mr. McMahon. He was seen going into his limo at the end of Raw or Smackdown (I cannot remember which). Then the camera panned away and we see the limo explode (It was edited horribly. It was obvious that the character was not in the limo having exited on the other side of the away from the camera ). The weekend between the episode where the limo blew up and the next episode, Chris Benoit murdered his son and wife and killed himself. McMahon was shown on TV on NXT the day after the Benoit Raw tribute episode apologizing for the tribute episode. The limo explosion angle never mentioned again.

[@IhateOldbergthewrestler-rc4qr]

I think the Chris Jericho and Stephanie McMahon affair would have been a great storyline. It also would have been great for a heel like Muhammad Hassan to win the World Heavyweight Championship in Washington DC from Batista. Now those will only just be big what ifs.

[@daltonpinell6251]

Sable in the Ministry of Darkness might've been an okay fit, I mean she already had her own pair of mystical urns

[@jasonwells9050]

They really dropped the ball with the rikishi an Austin angle I remember a friend of mine who was much more of a wrestling fan that I was at the time said that he thought DDP was going to be the wheel man that would have made for a really exciting angle I think a DDP Austin feud would have been awesome an DDP as a heel would have been a great way for him to break into the WWE

[@tomseville2345]

They wouldn't have drawn it out that long, DDP was in WCW (the real one) until the end in early 2001. He was entrenched in WCW at the times of the angle AND the reveal nearly a year later...

[@andycain4351]

I'd have found Taz running down Steve Austin more believable than Rikishi. They could have claimed that Taz forgot his booster seat and that he couldnt see over the steering wheel.

[@pratikraj4384]

Lmao😭😭😭

[@razorramon7573]

@andycain4351 says this but will probably throw a hissy fit if Stardust doesn't finish his asinine story!

[@TheSBleeder]

​@@razorramon7573Because seeing The Rock huff and puff his way through a match with Roman in a heel vs. heel main event would be so much better, right?

[@chrisshaw5117]

Damn Sable as Undertaker's Queen would have been awesome Damn You Sara 😅

[@lysergicpillamyd483]

I think it was Takers first wife Jodi.

[@NJ973201]

@@lysergicpillamyd483It was, he didn't meet Sara until 1999. If it was 97 then it could explain the weird booking around Mero & Sable earlier that year and what they tried to do with them and Taker on that one Superstars episode.

[@jwcarteryt8809]

Mr. Blobby did it for The Rock.

[@stewartmcrae8007]

who

[@samuelwoods164]

​@@stewartmcrae8007it's a 90s British kids annoying character, guy in a suit like Barney... pink polka dots and only says Blobby and usually wrecks TV sets and messes with people.... So annoying and was never entertaining to anyone but somehow was constantly on TV for a few years.

[@stevegallo8483]

Correction: After the backlash from that episode of Smackdown, WWE wanted to send Muhammad Hassan (aka Marc Copani) back to OVW for repackaging. Marc Copani's WWE career came to a sudden end because he was unwilling to return to developmental.

[@geeshep4836]

The Two Storylines They Should've Been Cancelled At The Time Was Lita's Interaction With Both Edge And Kane.

[@NoxWyatt]

The Kane part of it absolutely should’ve been. There was no reason for Kane to be written that way. But Edge getting involved was the best thing to happen to Edge’s career. That part should stay the same, minus the Kane involvement.

[@LoneWolf-zd7lh]

Sable might have been like gold back in the Attitude Era but she really didn't appreciate it & her heart really wasn't in it but she got pushed & promoted to the moon just for being gorgeous & sexy to Vince McMahon who kissed her ass & made a big deal about her. But he never done that for Luna Vachon.

[@danielmiller3596]

You are correct- and she had the pedigree to show she should have gotten some respect.

[@jpaul3163]

What about the rumored "Vince was going to be the father of Stephanie's baby" storyline?

[@rkoncenasupporter]

plus he pitched the idea of shane possibly being the father too

[@jpaul3163]

@@rkoncenasupporter And are we REALLY surprised about him having to resign due to allegations of $exual assault and trafficking? 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️

[@rkoncenasupporter]

@@jpaul3163 sadly no

[@DragonHeart613]

I was expecting to see the thankfully axed mcmahon incest angle on this list of Cancelled WWE Storylines.

[@JustinTyme116]

Tazz, Kurt Angle or even Chris Benoit would have been better choices for the guy that ran over Austin, instead of Rikishi.

[@matias_8823]

Speaking of, anyone hear from Nikki cross and her senseless trance stares? No? Nothing? Best storyline ever

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Ya Tatum paxley is doing it on NXT

[@chrishopkins5651]

Loved Hassan and heard that several times he was gunna be world heavyweight champion. A shame how that one played out

[@attila4759]

something similar could be tried with Jinder Mahal minus the terrorists in ski masks of course

[@editnosmirc4489]

Yeah idk if it was mentioned yet but he was gonna beat Batista at Summerslam 05

[@rdk2323]

He's doing pretty well on twitch now

[@BoogalooBartholomew]

The depressing part is the terroristic angle wasn't even needed and reduced Hussan to just another cliched "I'm no from here so I must destroy America" character. I was so disappointed when WWE went that route,

[@editnosmirc4489]

@@BoogalooBartholomew yeah they definitely dropped the ball. The guy was the complete package imo.

[@chrissalem3747]

Mannn.... Benoit with Heyman would have been AWESOME. I hadnt heard that one before

[@ericmonaco4509]

So basically instead of Lesnar, Benoit wouldve been the first Paul Heyman Guy

[@chrissalem3747]

@@ericmonaco4509 everything would be so different now, I don't know what the landscape of WWE would look like if he went with Benoit... But that would have been an awesome pairing.

[@ericmonaco4509]

@@chrissalem3747 I mean i think they maybe shouldve done it anyway having them together

[@kevinstull8552]

Benoit would have been awesome at just destroying people in the ring, while Paul Heyman would be just as awesome speaking for Benoit instead.

[@Cruz0881]

There’s a lot of Chris Benoit in this video lol

[@TheSBleeder]

Who? Never heard of him. His name sounds similar to the legendary "Krispen Wah".

[@donovannoratuk5624]

I was hoping for the storyline they had on NXT a few years ago when it was still a reality show where everyone was getting attacked and every time it was pointing towards Percy Watson cause a piece of Percy's stuff was found at the scene. I was so in to the storyline and they dropped it all of a sudden after a few weeks

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Kevin Nash as Raw GM would’ve been better reveal

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

Hello I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is headbutt a Samoan

[@ready_eddie5520]

11:00 that’s actually Daivari 🤨

[@johnny333X2]

Furiously coming...well done👊🏼💪🏼

[@thechosen481]

How could they forget the storyline of McMahon's limo exploding? One week, he's killed and the next week, due to the Benoit case, it's completely forgotten about and never mentioned.

[@kingblue2646]

You can't convince me that Nailz vs Taker would have been worse than most early-mid 90s Taker feuds.

[@kevinstull8552]

It would have been a way, way better feud than the Undertaker vs Giant Gonzalez one, if that can even be considered a feud to begin with.

[@nicolemerrill9167]

He spent his whole time coming..........up with a way to get her on TV lmao

[@RileyTaker]

Oh, he was probably doing both.

[@loboneiner1034]

I didn't need that visual image of Vince Russo

[@stingrey1571]

shane macmahon vs brock. after the match where brock legit busted orton's head open. there was a stare down and words between the two. brock squashed the idea, probably to avoid selling shane's shitty but real punches.

[@tomseville2345]

Not just words, he ate the F-5; I guess the 2022 Rumble was our pay-off! 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤣🤣 Although, perversely, I would've wanted to see Brock's reaction to being stiffed by Shane; remember him losing his shit with Braun after a full-on knee-lift, and shoot-punching him square in the temple while screaming a censored expletive? 🤣🤣🤬

[@tomseville2345]

Don't tell me Sara (then-)Calaway cost me Sable tied to the Taker's symbol like Stephanie and Ryan Shamrock....I'm still pissed she vetoed getting kidnapped by DDP during THAT five month angle...

[@saphiramystique2086]

I don't think it was Sara, this storyline would have been in the late '90s, right? It was probably Understaker’s first wife, one never mentioned or shown on TV.

[@NJ973201]

If this story is true, it was Taker's first wife. He didn't get together with Sara until 1999 by which they were already divorced and Sable was also gone (or on her way out) from the company.

[@wolvie667]

Was Surprised the Illigemate son storyline isn't mentioned here

[@terencepace1730]

Adam burst out laughing on the coming bit haha

[@motherwar_87]

Wow! Imagine a past where Brock feudes with Undertaker over Sable! At WrestleMania!! And wins!!! 😂😂😂

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

4:55 we’ve got attempted vehicular homicide Jones over here

[@johnsapp8810]

I still hate the fact that Muhammad Hassan ended up getting buried for something he had no control over.

[@michaelmartinez7158]

Is the background music on here a cover of Burn by The Cure?

[@dmolesevich]

Hirohito getting revenge on the United States by attacking a Canadian?? Yep makes perfect sense.

[@ricardonb6375]

You should've read on Heidenreich debuting as a Nazi

[@brianbenoit6883]

@@ricardonb6375 well, to be fair, they had Ludvig Borga as a real life inspiration.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

If Vince McMahon’s life gets an Iron Claw style movie Neal McDonough should play Nailz

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Good actor but I don't no

[@kevinstull8552]

He kind of looks like Nailz, but he's definitely not as big as him.

[@michaelvazquez7851]

Thanks Cultaholic Wrestling

[@cyriledwardzoerner6501]

This shows my age, but wayyy back when, in the WWF there were several canned promos introducing a trio of western cowboy types--Dutch Mantell, Black Bart, and someone else (can't remember). These vapid promos ran for four or five weeks, and then just disappeared, with no matches or anything. Odd.

[@basebear48]

The whole jakr and warrior story line was about the undertaker, because jade was getting him ready for a supposed match with him, but it was turned around when the undertaker turned up on the final part to show he was working for the undertaker,

[@Hallofshame-f7x]

The biggest cancelled wwe match of all time is Kevin nash vs quad 😂

[@wishbone8027]

But Nash lost that match…

[@jaybird1229]

Nash just tore a quad reading this !! 😊😂

[@RandomerZone]

Remember the Ziggler/Lana/Rusev/Summer Rae love quadrangle…

[@ericmonaco4509]

Nailz and Taker wouldve been a great Rivalry,in my opinion if only Nailz didnt beat Vince's ass Nailz wouldve been talked about today as one Undertakers great early Rivals like a Kamala or Yokozuna

[@jaysondoak6184]

Hassan was such a great character and it was WWE's own damn fault for what happened with him. The angle that aired the same day was PRE-TAPED, so they could have literally aired anything else and been fine.

[@undeadcommander86]

Haven’t been this early before

[@cbfall]

Me neither

[@Deltrottersvan]

Wow you two are real Losers

[@destoker]

2:12 later they did just this thing in WCW, but with Hollywood Hulk Hogan and the warrior! And was Vince Russo not in charge of WCW then? 🤔 Schrijver

[@GarthTheDestroyer]

Of course Vinnie Mac kiboshed the Stephanie/Y2J affair. He no doubt stated: "If anyone is going to have extramarital relations with my daughter, it's gonna be MMMMEEEE!" 💩

[@jamessteel9016]

You missed GTV in 99

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Tom Green

[@sickemdudley01]

How about a list of top ten best And/or worst final 4 for Royal Rumble?

[@dragoon001914]

As nice as Heyman with Benoit would've been, without him Brock would have floundered since Heyman was pretty vital for the mic work.

[@jaganathand1598]

Paul Heyman behind Chris Benoit would've been fantastic. Promo mastermind behind Technical Grappler.

[@davenface]

And to think it wasn’t even M.Hassan’s fault! He was only portraying/acting out what the writers wanted him to do! But he took the heat & the fall. Such a shame

[@pkmkid84]

Hornswoggle got to be the last WWE Cruiserweight Champion before the 205 Live revival of the title, the illegitimate son of Vince McMahon, and the anonymous Raw GM. WWE dropped the ball on those storylines.

[@sjtv1000]

I loved the anonymous raw general manager storyline. it did go on too long but at least it was something different for once.

[@hasanx8066]

How many dodgeball shots to the head did Russo as a kid? There's more, there has to be more. It's Vince frickin Russo

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@mbry1]

Quick story: When Stephanie was pregnant with one of her children Vince once pitched an idea that he be the father of her baby

[@douglaspaterson5269]

If that is true it just goes to show you what a sick bastard Mr McMahon is.🙈🙉🙊

[@adamdenby1282]

I know it was mr blobby all along

[@RomaroBrandon]

0:46 Adam is part of that generation and needs to stop pretending he isn't

[@patrickperalta59]

I think Undertaker and Sable as a Evil couple would have been good.......I also think Undertaker and Stephine being a evil couple at the time would have been good... if you watch the RAW where Undertaker marrys Stephanie........Paul Bearer finished the Marriage Ceramony before Austin came out...........he said you may now kiss the bride.....which is the end of the Marriage Ceramony. and this took place months before the HHH / Steph storyline marriage. so in storyline they could say Undertaker married Steph before HHH.

[@jfdrac]

Just thinking with Umaga if they had done they would have KILLED Umage off back then. Since wrestlers NEVER lost to celebs back then Jackass would have beat what at that time was an unstoppable monster. It also would have prevented the Milan Miracle

[@Semi-Orphanatic]

1:00 …just wow

[@whyimsmarterthanyou]

The Hassan angle would have have worked. He had a flight to catch.

[@victorious_vic]

It’ll be great to see Muhammad Hassan have another run in WWE. Or comeback for the Rumble.

[@mattalan6618]

the guy behind the character said he has no desire to wrestle anymore. he is happy being a teacher and trainer

[@AskAdam28]

"Wet Fart Payoff!" 😂😂🤣

[@NateTheGnat]

Kwang was going to be world champion in 1994. But sadly it was never meant to be...

[@jefferyjones8399]

I see a lot of people praising Hassan but the gimmick was distasteful and would have ended up even worse for the company had he won the title.

[@michaelshelton7522]

I'm really glad those were cancelled storylines they really seemed really really bad.

[@nathanlyon5117]

What about Vince blowing up?

[@Gary_Youtube1]

I wanted to see taker bury nailz

[@Magneticlaw]

Piper was correct when he said that theatrics ruined wrestling

[@Rockhound6165]

The funny thing about Mohammed Hassan(other than the fact he was Italian and not Arab) was that the character originally was an Arab-American upset that Arabs were being misidentified as terrorists especially him as he was American born. Then what does the WWF do? Make him into a terrorists. Also, one you didn't list was the who killed Vince storyline that was scrapped due to the Benoit murders. Oh, and no mention of GTV?

[@BNA_Est.1988]

With Hip Hop, folks who were never fans will go out of their way to give their negative opinion about the genre.

[@Deadpool_64]

It suck's that real life terrible acts ended up ruining Muhammad Hassan's career. He got screwed over.

[@michaelford5218]

Gotta admit I forgot about Steph for a second and had the vile mental image of it being Y2J and Vince😂🤢🤮

[@Spermwhales93]

Kevin Nash being outed as the anonymous Raw GM and then that leading to him being an on-screen authority figure would have been fantastic. He would have been really entertaining, and he wouldn't have had to wrestle. It's a win-win in my books.

[@Kerorofan1990]

Ah, Dan Madigan. Who also pitched the idea of having Paul Heyman (Son of a Holocaust survivor) manage an unfrozen Nazi soldier character...

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Wonder what kenzo is doing these days

[@greasy2007]

How did the Japanese Royals find out??

[@DshRendar]

Furiously coming.. oh no 😂😂😂

[@petersengupta]

what about the death of vince cancelled due to the benoit tragedy?

[@venkatvasudevan1872]

Dean vs roman WM?? Possible??

[@kevinschmith9379]

What Johnny Knoxville did get a cool action figures

[@ShockerTopper]

4:03 no…it’s…it’s Christian.

[@theOneOnlyTed]

Muhammed Hasan had so much potential

[@christopherbaker9676]

I don't care how good Benoit was in the ring. He shouldn't even be on list like this. He deserves to be forgotten. Remember his wife and child next time you make your little list. Erase Benoit from the world

[@Mike-ee3cq]

Totally agree

[@OmillioLondon]

Rory Spittin’.

[@standardofexcellence]

Nash idea would've worked

[@rickyaguilera2301]

Goldust as gtv

[@ComaAlpha]

ok, who's the thumbnail?

[@PhilipCarroll64]

They did better making Rikishi the wheel man instead of Tazz

[@RockiMara]

Sable 😍

[@multiyapples]

Part two should be just Vince Russo entries.

[@irishspagetti6565]

that wwe/jackass crossover would have been too much like when David Arquette winning the championship in WCW, it's shoehorning in too much pop culture I think

[@daniellewolf3697]

IF Sable Was Taker's Bride It Be Scary To Watch,She Be Know As First Lady Of Darkness

[@baboracus]

Mohammad Hassan's biggest mistake that dooms all who succumb to it: jobber tights.

[@MrHarris73]

I can't front - I liked Muhammad Hassan and I was disappointed when that whole thing went down and he got let go.