What Was in the Lockbox?! The Wildest Forgotten Storylines in Wrestling

From falling off of roofs to mysterious lockboxes, wrestling is full of storylines that don't get a worthwhile conclusion ... if they get one at all! Brian Zane counts down his picks for the craziest storylines that never got an official (or sensical) ending!
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[@SomeDumbKid1]

Obviously Samoa Joe wasn't kidnapped by Snuka because if he was we never would have seen him again. Superkiller Snuka didn't leave witnesses.

[@Vikdeb25502]

You got me 🤣😂

[@michaelkeller5927]

🚨🚨Murder murder murder

[@donbrewer3904]

Who is this "Superfly"?

[@celticwarrior8574]

Ohhhhhhh

[@bradleydolphin1049]

You win

[@king425onlyforrest7]

Macho Man on Nitro saying he was going to "pass the torch" to a special someone and then literally NEVER showed up on NITRO again lol

[@MrDevious88]

I guess he thought nobody could carry on his legacy. He was a 1 in a billion type of guy after all.

[@Venemofthe888]

Only took a few years before jay lethal came along and got Savages blessing for the gimmick

[@KingLex87]

He was looking for his son because he drifted away from him when he was born. Heard that his son eventually became a guitarist and a wrestler and had millions of people walking with him. Last time he was seen he was in a graveyard speaking of a change.. he'll probably lose his job soon tho .. if only Macho would of connected with poor Elias Poffo

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

He passed the torch alright. To his fun sized valet. Wooo!!

[@TheSBleeder]

"Passing the torch" meant handing off a joint.

[@racewiththefalcons1]

The pre-nWo Hollywood Hogan look with no mustache is the weirdest thing in this video.

[@enigmaskull3495]

Another weird look for Hogan was that spiky hair he briefly had during his NWO days.

[@tylermcnally8232]

Who ever he was dating didnt like the rug burn.

[@Batmanbeyyond]

Goldust: BIZARRE!

[@SonBlackHeart22]

@@enigmaskull3495 It was a wig actually just to rib Randy during there match at Halloween Havock cause Hogan was mocking Savage's bald spot at the time in storyline even Randy puts it on during the match for comedy stuff.

[@primusvsunicron1]

Darkside Hogan getting double humped

[@TheCheat420]

"there was never a plan to have a secret person behind the wheel." Bischoff is so bad when it comes to revisionist history to cover up his creative shortfalls.

[@gst013]

I don't know...having no plan at all seems about on brand here. The usual Bischoff playbook is come up with some wild story of why it wasn't his fault or how some great idea fall through. This seems like a rare moment of "yea, I kind of suck at booking" honesty 😅

[@lilmanmullins9193]

Bischoff was never that smart anyway

[@lutherheggs451]

It was Rikishi.....He did it for the rock...

[@RockandrollNegro]

@@lutherheggs451 No, it was New Jack. He did it because he was on the rock.

[@colerieger7300]

He didn't blame it on AOL/Time Warner, so you can't say he hasn't grown as a person.

[@tsuneomccormick115]

Ric Flair giving Konnan the Figure Four Leglock at Triplemania makes more sense if we really think that was Flair not forgetting the moment Konnan buried him.

[@xxedgy_outsiderxx9978]

gotta love when old stories make new moments feel even more awesome

[@OzzyBlackSabbathChuy]

Long term story telling

[@KennyPowersUrOut]

The lockbox was a shoot promo it actually contained the documents showing where Vince was spending WWE money etc to keep girls quiet about the affairs he had.

[@bink9797]

literally came to see if anyone had commented this since then hahaha

[@Drail2089]

Now there's a search warrant for it now lol. How everything has aged to this point...

[@KennyPowersUrOut]

@@Drail2089 crazy i had forgot all about commenting this.

[@BKlax27]

And we’re back again 😂

[@KennyPowersUrOut]

@@BKlax27 😂

[@craigndem6406]

The Wyatt family kidnapped Kane, twice. Both times Kane returned without even acknowledging the fact that he had been kidnapped or that anything had happened.

[@nicholasokeefe3632]

The first time he was Kidnapped and indoctrinated, the second time he went on his own accord. KANE IS UNCLE HOWDY

[@pendafen7405]

Kane kayfabe killed his own parents and spent his adolescence in literal *Hell*. A weekend at the Wyatt compound probably feels like relaxing, pleasurable, happy cabana retreat to him.

[@geedee1264]

Undertaker the fire

[@nuibaba]

I guess we know what Shane had against Vince now....

[@Joecbg100]

and alot more now.

[@connorjeans6592]

i wish he would’ve opened that damn lock box in 2016 would’ve saved so much bs

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Don't forget the most heartbreaking forgotten storyline: The mystery assailant at the end of the last WXO episode

[@deandreushayes9836]

Yeah who was that suppose to be anyway?

[@Turbo123.mcortes]

Nah...who pied K.O. ?

[@jcaceres516]

@@Turbo123.mcortes already revealed

[@Turbo123.mcortes]

@@jcaceres516 who was it?

[@JMFabiano]

Never mind that....what did the X stand for?

[@Kallabronn]

I enjoy the quietly recurring "Pushing the truck" joke. Guess that means I've been a fan too long.

[@nbkguy4203]

I had to pause and watch the song just to satiate my OCD

[@blacktytrix]

Well after all, it does keep going on forever and they ain't keeping score...

[@slushie-kun]

holy shit i didn't understand what you meant until i looked it up. but now that subtle acoustic guitar that plays when he's talking about the sumo match in this video is hilarious. 😂😂

[@Jynx316]

And pushing, and pushing… (pulls out guitar)

[@tafua_a]

@@blacktytrix It just keeps pushing along until the Giant falls off of the ledge of the building.

[@edalder2000]

"A Ric Flair heel turn that could seen from space." WOOOOOOO!!!

[@kyleshea384]

LONGEST LINE! WOOOO!

[@aztn19]

3:46 WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@PatrickRain0512]

If I remember correctly, the 2007 "Chaos" RAW was actually supposed to be just accident after accident. It was supposed to make RAW feel more real and add something to "anything can happen".

[@PatrickRain0512]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Yes, during the summer. I just had in mind that "Million Dollar Mania" started in Summer 2007 very soon after the Benoit tragedy, but that was also 2008.

[@RealAlphaDrum]

If it is constant accident after accident, then it is not chaos, especially with WWE's "controlled chaos" mentality. I mean they shake and zoom the camera whenever there is a series of punches and kicks to create chaos. That doesn't create chaos. Chaos is created by having chaos.

[@RazorChampion99]

"He was abducted by ninjas! NINJAS! Kidnapping people on TV! Call the cops! Didn't anybody get a license plate? THE COPS!" - Spoony (while watching Samoa Joe getting kidnapped), 2010.

[@notyoursavior78]

Haha that's actually the first thing I thought of. I wasn't watching wrestling at the time but I would occasionally watch his wrestling rant videos.

[@Garth45100]

WRESTLE! WRESTLE! Ah good memories lol what is dead may never die.

[@rowdycmoore]

NINJAS!!! KIDNAPPING!!! TV!!!! WE'RE NOT STUPID!!!!

[@seanmiller4170]

God, if any internet fall from grace hurt me, it was Spoon

[@georgepiedra8791]

11:04 I think we know what was on Shane's lockbox

[@alhex4872]

Vince's Mid Life Crises was in the 2006!?! So we got him 'till he's roughly 120 years old....

[@L1am21]

That's a curse comment he will die in like the next month now.

[@nomnomnommy2955]

@@L1am21 rip vince

[@musicandmagic909]

His mother is like 105 so it's definitely possible

[@wrestlingbuff87]

The one that always springs to mind is Stone Cold vs Shane and Vince at KOTR 99 where the briefcase went up and was never followed up on who did it.

[@BeatleMark85]

I heard rumours it was supposed to have been Big Boss Man, but yeah, no genuine follow up on that one.

[@Theodiorr]

It was the Big Boss Man. The stipulation was that nobody from the corporation was allowed to interfere. Boss Man was “fired” from the corporation after the announcement was made and joined back the day after. It was one of the rare cases of “subtle” storytelling where you really had to pay attention to the details.

[@lucasbell4831]

@@Theodiorr IF YOU EVER TAKE A TRIP DOWN TO COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA YOU BETTER READ THE SIGNS: "Fuck with the Corporation and I will mysteriously interfere in your potentially career-changing match at King of the Ring." YOU'LL SERVE HARD TIMES

[@SpriderMonk]

It was big boss man

[@TheCheat420]

The sound effect under The Giant falling made me laugh almost too much.

[@a.j.6324]

King of the Ring 1999 - I’d still like to know who kept raising the briefcase during the McMahons vs. Austin ladder match for control of the company. (Did they ever explain that?)

[@sheepdavis]

It was assumed to be Big Boss Man

[@csansby1]

Big Boss Man - the stipulation said no member of the corporation could interfere. Boss Man got fired after that announcement and rejoined the night afterwards.

[@a.j.6324]

@@csansby1 That’s what I thought. I remember hearing people say Bossman was responsible, but wasn’t sure if they ever explained it in the storyline.

[@Adamdidit]

The implication was Bossman. He'd been removed from the Corporation just before and rejoined just after. I can't recall if they were ever explicit but I think it was supposed to be him.

[@gabepollock1641]

@@Adamdidit They weren’t explicit. You had to watch Raw before and after King of the Ring. On the Raw before, when the stipulation was announced, the Corporation fired Bossman. The night after King of the Ring, he was rehired. The implication was supposed to be “the Corporation fired Bossman so he could interfere on their behalf without violating the match stipulation”, but they couldn’t spell that out without making the finish too obvious.

[@mcj88]

1:49 - It's pretty sad when the best thing about this wedding angle was the dude in the crowd wearing a Hartford Whalers jersey. [plays Brass Bonanza]

[@silasjamal1610]

Pushin the trucks>>>>your parents wedding song

[@capndayafterday]

The resolution to Kurt Angle’s deep seeded love of Stephanie McMahon that was suddenly swept under the rug a week after months of build up always stuck in my craw.

[@pendafen7405]

I mean, it was creepy, and must have been uncomfortable to perform.

[@thevarietygamer1848]

Nexus and the undertaker? The whole “bigger picture” thing

[@LoganProductions54]

Barrett revealed years later he was supposed to fight Undertaker at Mania 27.

[@enigmaskull3495]

I remember WWE in 2019 being the year of forgotten storylines.

[@Vikdeb25502]

Remember Raw third hour

[@souperpouperscouper]

For real he could make a whole video just for forgotten stories from 2019/2020

[@chiefqweef9202]

@@Vikdeb25502 I memberrr

[@bbbrandon01]

I didn't notice the guitar playing in the background of him talking about the pushing back and forth at first 😂 I freaking love this running gag with this match

[@ToneBone24]

I was waiting for the “…and pushing and pushing and pushing.” Lol

[@Sp_Oon]

The Vince limo explosion was revealed as Vince faking his own death in a backstage segment a few weeks after it happened.

[@lutherheggs451]

Yeah it was dropped because 2 weeks later Benoit murdered his wife and kid......Obviously they didn't think it was the time to continue a murder story.

[@colerieger7300]

A noted moron, I won't say his name, so let's just say his last job was President of the United States, actually called WWE to make sure Vince didn't get exploded on live TV.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Thank you! I just figured I was remembering that wrong. Didn't he do it because he wanted to see if anyone cared if he was alive? Thanks again for showing me my memory is still somewhat is intact.

[@vanderful2397]

@@colerieger7300 Trust me, I don't like defending Trump (Although he is a lot better than this terrorist supporting vegetable, who likes ice cream) but you don't sound that smart either. You really think that Trump watches Raw? That story sounds pretty unlikely & even if that happened, then Trump obviously reacted to something that was told to him. Similar happened with Benoit A: Chris & his family are dead, I don't know what happened, could be carbon monoxide or something like that. B: Chris & his family are dead, they said the cause could be carbon monoxide. C: Chris & his family died because of carbon monoxide...

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

@@vanderful2397 FWIW Triple H is the source for the story about Trump

[@monkeyman5866]

Hear me out...New show idea: Unsolved Wrasslin' Mysteries With Big Hoss McGraw!

[@WrestlingForever93]

With co-host Vacant and recurring guest Vince RuBro ; then something is there. Great Idea!

[@AnnitaBowman]

Yes, please

[@SandF3DPrinting]

Wasn't it clear that God was the one trying to kill Vince after the backlash debacle?

[@lutherheggs451]

No it was clear that the story was dropped after Benoit murdered his wife and autistic son...Cause who would have thought that continuing a murder story after an actual double murder might be considered tasteless and be dropped immediately.

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

@@lutherheggs451 take the joke man...

[@Adamdidit]

Better than his usual targets like small children with the wrong parents

[@KristenDETW]

@@seanleary7711 Dude, just fucking stop. You're gross for trying to put Nancy and Daniel's murders on anyone other than Chris. Massive disrespectful to them. Stop huffing spray paint.

[@WayToMars64]

WWE has the mindset of "when in doubt, Hornswoggle!" so I wouldn't be too surprised if the McMahon money sign accident was going to be Hornswoggle because, y'know, funny small person!

[@monkeyman5866]

Tbh, it would make sense. He did abuse hornswoggle when he thought he was his son.

[@ChrisWolff2013]

God Vince is a depressing old man.

[@KHayes666]

As a side note, remember when the Anonymous Raw GM screwed Jerry Lawler at Wrestlemania and then what, 6 months later it was randomly revealed to be Hornswoggle on a random Raw? I wish Lawler got out of his seat and attacked him

[@andrewstiegel9730]

Could it have worked though? Imagine Swoggle coming back dressed normally like "For years you made me run around dressed as a leprechaun. Your own little punchline. And even when it came out I was your son you STILL treated me like a bastard! So yeah I tried to have that sign fall on you and kill you. Wanna know the only thing I regret? That it didn't kill you, you miserable old SOB!"

[@monkeyman5866]

@@andrewstiegel9730 I kind of would like the character of Hornswoggle the angry cynical little asshole. The whole character is him trying to get his revenge. Kind of like it

[@Reject101Personal]

@10:51 "...Tripple H, have really been running this company into the ground" I like how in keyfabe Trips was awful at the job but now in IRL he is making WWE massive again

[@EmjayLapus]

Gonna throw in Hideo Itami's mystery assailant in 2015 that kept him from competing at TakeOver: Unstoppable. Straight up abandoned by the time he came back from shoulder surgery.

[@StuffAndAlsoThings]

It was heavily implied Owens did it but then they completely dropped it when he moved up to the main roster

[@regorllerref]

I'm literally never going to forget the Lashley-Lana storyline, it is probably the one key moment that completely killed watching raw for me.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

How long had you been watching Raw at that point?

[@MrGared22]

I know that it's far less remembered, but Dusty Rhodes and what was inside the Manila folder deserves a special mention

[@cjc9328]

If Eddie said “they can’t find him” when the buried ric, why did he show footage?

[@tacoenvy]

Cause you know.. Wrestling 🤷🏻🤷🏻

[@AJOmega2]

So here's a question: just how many of these entries will some combination of Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff and/or Hulk Hogan be involved in? I'm gonna guess at least half the list. EDIT: Hey, 5 out of 8? Just over half, I'll take it.

[@orinanime]

Writers: "we're gonna make some well-constructed well-executed storylines that make sense" Hogan: "that's not gonna work for me brother"

[@violentbryan21]

I feel like this episode could have been two hours long if we really go back and look at all the storylines

[@brianadkins3880]

Yes,it could HAVE been.

[@zubrhero5270]

I mean... I'm game if Brian's game. I've always got 2 hours spare for some good ol' wrestley-bollocks.

[@tacoenvy]

I actually thought the exact same thing. This could have been at least a 2 hour episode with all the crazy ass storylines

[@giacomochiodini2863]

I mean, the million dollar mania segment gave us Vince McMahon getting Rickrolled on live TV, so I wouldn't say that we didn't get a good payoff

[@lutherheggs451]

Its hilarious that people still LMFAO think that was real LOL....There is no universe where calls weren't already either taped or screened ahead of time, with things like nobody answering or weird things sprinkled in to keep the illusion.

[@giacomochiodini2863]

@@lutherheggs451 A man can dream my friend, a man can dream...

[@michaelbandada9887]

“Who ran over Kevin Nash with a white Hummer van?!” Who ran him over, Hogan? Bischoff? Russo? Hall? In the immortal words of Lex Luger… I DON’T KNOW!

[@ethanbell6762]

If South Park taught me anything, it was the 1989 Denver Broncos

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

@@ethanbell6762 I think Kevin Nash did it.

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

@Biggie_B716 and the worst part is The Rock never thanks Rikishi for running Steve Austin over with a car.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

i.... did... it .... for... da... rock!

[@king425onlyforrest7]

@@outlawrip-offartist4161 its NOT a funny joke?!? Lol

[@JackieTheBold]

Can't forget "Who threw the pie at Kevin Owens." lol Also I'm pretty sure Rikishi was the driver of the white hummer 😉

[@davestauber3541]

He did it for the Rock. He did it for the people.

[@Colonel_RamRod]

6:52 "Any last words Ric?" Ric: "Woooooo!!!!"

[@bryantrichardson7913]

Come on Zman.....sing the pushing truckkkkkkk back and forth 😊

[@paulgibbon5991]

Weird thing is, it would have been so easy to explain the Giant's return. Just have a pile of rubble at the foot of the building, and then a hand bursts out of it.

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

To have a story telling devise without having a pay off is lazy

[@USCena]

Insert "obligatory MacGuffin here" lol.

[@barrodexteriit.9301]

"... and they're pushing, and pushing..."

[@zachgratton1488]

I was always under the impression that the reason the set collapsed, lights fell, fans invaded backstage etc was because Vince was spending the money he would usually pay security/lighting riggers etc on the Million Dollar Mania. So in storyline everything was falling apart to confirm how shit of an idea it was.

[@trentonantill]

I wonder if that thing in Shane’s lock box was the nda papers Vince was keeping secret about his former employees

[@mohammadtaghavi4782]

Well, we now know what was in Shane's lockbox

[@mesousagaby740]

17:28 Obligatory OSW Review "I CAN'T FEEL MY FEET" reference. PAAAAUL

[@elneco4654]

"PAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS"

[@claytonrios1]

When a storyline doesn't get over or when the company just hates it enough sometimes it doesn't get a proper ending. It just... Stops...

[@ComXDude]

I think you mean it gets swept under the rug, and the company pretends it never happened, *_especially_* if it's a popular angle that the bookers hate.

[@claytonrios1]

@@ComXDude Well that counts as just stopping to me too.

[@ComXDude]

@@claytonrios1 I would argue it's a step further, as rather than simply stopping and moving on, it's often that it feels like they're deliberately trying to overwrite their dropped stories with subsequent ones.

[@claytonrios1]

@@ComXDude Often ones that can be just as bad if not worse.

[@ComXDude]

@@claytonrios1 Most likely, yeah.

[@BPEJS24-7]

what about the briefcase being raised higher during the Austin/McMahons ladder match at KOTR'99? Mike Knox's 2009 push? Hade Vansen? the "I Still Remember" note sent to Booker T? etc, etc.

[@chris_t2020]

I would say the responsable from that finish of that ladder match is the greatest WWE mystery ever.

[@johnathanblack124]

It was Big Boss Man

[@Puncherjoe1]

I will say this everytime, this theme is amazing and should never go away.

[@KevinFields777]

The Vince limo explosion was genuinely the most shocking storyline of all-time, IMO. We really were not expecting it. But the Benoit incident upstaged everything in wresting, and it forced the CEO of the world's largest wrestling company to break kayfabe to address the incident, and thus killing the story. Very unfortunate. BTW, I'm convinced that Chavo Guerrero knows everything and after somewhat blabbing about it on the Benoit tribute show, buried it. I noticed years later that of all the clips of the wrestlers talking about Benoit, Chavo's went missing from official WWE media.

[@EScoglio]

That Shane Lockbox thing is pretty damn hilarious right now.

[@barrodexteriit.9301]

I know it has already been said over a hundred of times, but this intro theme is simply the best. Such a banger!

[@ZeldaRoseSongbook]

Facts. Mega Ran knows how to bring fire.

[@Venemofthe888]

I'll get heat for this but i really don't think it fits personally. Maybe its because im not into that type of music. Its cool people like it but ill skip it

[@ZeldaRoseSongbook]

@@Venemofthe888 Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[@stevens7525]

Reminds me of Joe Budden Pump It Up

[@KristenDETW]

@@Venemofthe888 literally no reason to state this.

[@hxnda29]

the liv lana feud literally did nothing for anyone. it didnt even go far enough for the perverts to get anything, EVERYONE lost.

[@MsTokyoBlue]

My favorite part of the falling million dollar mania sign is the hinges in the truss holding it up to allow it to tip over cleanly and predictably that they didn't even try to hide...

[@ProjectIceman]

"Any last words Ric?" Flair: "WOO!" 😂😂

[@johnasbury3856]

Hogan lost his mustache because The Giant grabbed it on his way down falling off Cobo but Hogan was actually supposed to lose it in a Mustache vs Mustache match with Sullivan and dungeon of doom and that's why the taskmaster kicked the giant out because he messed up the infamous Mustache match.🤣🤣🤣

[@SteveElOtaku]

Erick Rowan's giant spider was an interestingly awful minor case of this, though the "unresolved" bit just comes from him quitting a week later.

[@sticketer]

I want to know why WWE dropped who threw that pie on Kevin Owens' face.

[@dokuganryu1565]

It was Vince, at least that's what Kevin said.

[@sonicplys64]

It was Sheamus

[@thebaker525]

Honestly the sign thing has just enough strange parts to it that it can be understood as something Vince would find really funny. I wouldn’t be shocked if that was his intention: a really bizarre attempt at slapstick that only he would enjoy.

[@Schooner316]

I think we all now know what was in the lockbox.

[@easilyeasy]

I wouldn't call this one "wild," per say, because it only happened for a week or 2. There was a match where dolph ziggler was dressed a sin cara, beat his opponent in heelish fashion, which was weird since sin cara was face. This led to a backstage interview with someone questioning sin cara about it, him not understanding, and that's it, never brought up again

[@mcphantom99]

There were 2 Sin Caras in WWE for a while Sin Cara Azul (Mistico) and Sin Cara Negro (Hunico) maybe it was part of the build up for that?

[@easilyeasy]

@@mcphantom99 I think it happened after that

[@gabepollock1641]

@@easilyeasy It was from Ziggler’s feud with Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio was set to wrestle Sin Cara, so Ziggler disguised himself as Cara and attacked Del Rio. Backstage, Teddy Long went to confront Ziggler but the real Cara was back under the mask and had no knowledge of what happened.

[@easilyeasy]

@@gabepollock1641 word

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

per se* They kind of brought it back with Hunico as Sin Cara.

[@heisensaul5538]

Man, I cant believe that Eric Bischoff was involved with 5 of the 8 storylines on this countdown lol

[@dc8rdecoded]

Actually, one that was brought up on the show before, Raven’s Seven Deadly Sins storyline.

[@TG5455]

That's one of my pet peeves in wrestling when they put something in the storyline that has a big point in the story and just leave it without any explanation and just left it blank.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

Here's the real question: If "higher power" had never been revealed, would it have made that storyline better?

[@Vesperitis]

and deprive us of "IT'S ME AUSTIN"?

[@ignatiusjackson235]

@@Vesperitis Fair point lol

[@samcarter565]

The original ‘Higher Power’ was meant to be a debuting Christopher Daniels. But Vince took one look at him and goes ‘He’s not big enough. So it’s gonna be me.’

[@Saynojohn]

I love how no one ever mentions that the giant when he first started wrasslin was booked as “ son of the giant “ and all he did was yell when talking, like he was in cannibal corpse.

[@RayLukard78]

I was there.. 3000 years ago... I saw that promo , Big Show busts out of a statue and chokes Hogan. "All I could feel brother .. was the ghost of Andre.. brother!!!

[@Gloryosky]

5:26 Even when WCW explained things away _with_ spooky mysticism, it wasn't overly adequate. The Dark Side of Hulkamania - presumably achieved through removal of the Fu Manchu - wasn't so much resolved as tossed into a fire by _World War 3._

[@LadyWildcat2007]

The Corporate Ministry. I feel as if "The Higher Power" was switched at the last minute. The Ministry of Darkness was so cool then it watered down once Austin vs. McMahon got added in.

[@MrGared22]

For a long time I heard the story that Mick Foley was supposed to be the Higher Power but ruled himself out since at the time his mounting injuries would've prevented him from having an active role. What really surprised me and didn't hear until a little while ago was that another candidate before Foley was The Jackyl (aka Don Callis), which actually makes sense since The Jackyl was a Koresh-like figure and even was the one who initially paired Bradshaw and Farooq together into the Acolytes, who in turn joined the Ministry, but Callis was fired shortly after that. Kinda ironic considering where Callis is now, you gotta wonder if he recycled some of that into the "Invisible Hand."

[@ricardonb6375]

@@MrGared22 Another person who was meant to be the Higher Power was Christopher Daniels. Vince Russo wanted to have Daniels play the role due to his "Fallen Angel" gimmick in the indies, however Mr. McMahon saw that he was too small and nixed the idea.

[@shantanukale1468]

You forgot to mention how some clever guy actually managed to Rick Roll Vince McMahon on live TV!

[@RayLukard78]

I kept saying back when NXT did Halloween Havoc last year "I still say it can't be Halloween Havoc without someone being put in an electric chair, someone falling of the roof and coming back to win the championship, and Rick Rude dressed as the Phantom of The Opera. Bonus points for appearances by the Black Scorpion and the Yeti or "Yetayyyy" "

[@blacktytrix]

If there is one thing I've learned from watching this channel for this long, it's that there are a hell of a lot more than 8 you can put on this list. At this rate it's a miracle any angle can get to the middle with a logical explanation let alone the end.

[@monkeyman5866]

May 19th I feel deserves an honorable mention. We didn't even find out who fake Kane was.

[@alzoraig]

Well, Until Nowadays. Fake Kane was Portrayed by None Other than Current Impact Tag Team Champion *Doc Gallows* (aka Luke Gallows).

[@monkeyman5866]

@@alzoraig but there was no kayfabe definition behind it

[@tysheinin8733]

Gotta admit, Hogan's monster truck was pretty cool looking

[@barriehannon6857]

i liked giants more

[@sdmurphy20]

There's a reason why you dont remember all of the silliness, you've spent years trying to forget and it worked 😂

[@timothylewis2527]

We need to know what's in that lockbox now, more than ever!

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Who was sending weird notes to Booker T around 2003 or 2004-ish?

[@juniorlee9341]

Gold Dust

[@gabepollock1641]

Goldust. The storyline planned that he was supposed to return but then he ended up leaving WWE before the storyline reached its conclusion. The notes reading “I still remember” were meant to be him coming back as a heel to feud with Booker T.

[@greghill00]

Perhaps we now know what was in that lockbox!

[@timmi2198]

Darn it Zane, you're such a tease. I was waiting with so much eagerness and anticipation for that "Pushing" song of yours. You know it has it's own separate fanbase, right?

[@Stephen7764.]

4:16 - that story may be insane, but the Hulk Hogan monster truck belongs in a museum!

[@AquilaSky21]

Missed Potential to not have Brian sing the song again for The Giant falling off. You know the one 😁

[@TheScrabbleKing]

It’s fascinating how many vehicular or vehicle-based mysteries tend to be the ones that get kiboshed or left to gather dust. One other one that came to mind: who drove the limousine the Nexus used to nearly kill Bret Hart?

[@pendafen7405]

Considering how many people die or get injured in vehicular incidents--probably every third person at a given RAW knows someone who's been involved in one--it doesn't seem sensitive or prudent to get into it as part of a hokey wrestling storyline.

[@TheNathanKania]

The continuation of the “Pushin” gimmick with the Sumo Match is fucking gold.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

The Shane Lockbox angle has a lot more heat to it here in 2022.

[@BrandanTheBroker]

So going back to Shane vs Undertaker, Vince never said he had to win, it was have a match. I guess the verbiage used was ambiguous and left it open ended, but I would have loved the lockbox been something major

[@bigjoeofthe707]

Ya know I think you could do a video on Sting’s failed WCW heel run. Like what were they thinking was gonna happen. And Sting never insulted the fans. Just him & Lex Luger beating up Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and Bret Hart with a baseball bat

[@midwestmonster9886]

Maybe there was some leaked swamp gas, or the sun's rays reflecting off the moon weirdly which caused some sort of hallucination, but I _swear_ there was a promo where Savage said, "You wanna know who was driving the white hummer? It was Gorgeous George. Uh-huh."

[@c0mpr3nd3]

I remember the heat the company took with the Vincent set collapse given it happened about a week or so after a crew member died after a piece of the TNA set fell on him. Something that was covered in the industry news section of the WWE website that they had started doing at this time.

[@jesseholmes980]

Dang. I was really waiting for ..pushing..and pushing and pushing the trucckkkkk/ back and fourth :)

[@AwkwardLoser]

As a lesbian I found that Lana/Liv angle to be especially embarrassing considering Sonya Deville fought for a positive lesbian storyline and got rejected

[@orinanime]

I love your LGBT Mortal Kombat image

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Speaking of Sonya Deville, I thought that was gonna be the big payoff to that whole Otis and Mandy Rose angle other than Otis getting the girl in the end.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Spoilers: Cartman dad is Jack Tenorman

[@redkalel]

Yoooo I spit my water out laughing when you called Shane Simba! Lol. Nice reference

[@theone9207]

Shane’s lockbox storyline was one I badly wanted to see completed. Maybe it could be revealed that Vince destroyed it or Shane just lied to bother Vince. Obviously, Vince’s demise and paternity battle also would’ve been insane to see.

[@MaxShinGun]

Considering the shit that just happened with Vince, they have the perfect way to close the lockbox story. Hush money!!!

[@ryankeefe6222]

Something I’ll put up there is why did the nexus help Kane bury the undertaker alive it was teased the next night there was a reason then never brought up again

[@ajk]

How about who was the fake Kane, speaking of him? lol That's a good one.....

[@LoganProductions54]

Barrett reveald it was supposed to set up him vs Undertaker at WrestleMania 27

[@gasolinekiss]

Now we know what was probably in the lockbox

[@stingrey1571]

actually they did kind of resolve the "who drove the hummer angle?" during a nitro, savage was in the ring with mean gene. gene asked him the question. savage responded by saying it doesnt matter and quickly changed the subject. Okerlund said "WHAT THE FUCK!" without saying a word. it was hilarious.

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

Idk if this counts. Shawn Michaels when he returned as commissioner. Shawn left to bring stone cold to the arena. Was jumped by presumably the corporation. It was hinted that D-X set Shawn up they just left it as that. If I remember correctly that was the night mankind became WWF champion for the first time.

[@WrestlingWithWregret]

I remember being confused by all that the first time around as well! I think what ended up happening was that DX set Shawn up because a few months earlier, Shawn cost X-Pac his match against The Rock for the title.

[@Wooderz245]

Who raised the briefcase at King of the Ring 99? We all want to know?

[@WrestlingWithWregret]

It was alluded to that Bossman was the one who did it ... it feels like enough of an ending to keep it off the list, even if it wasn't a great one.

[@Wooderz245]

Very true. In a similar vein, I remember when Hideo Itami was attacked and written off NXT. It was implied that it was Kevin Owens, but Owens and any other suspects were brought up to the main roster before Itami returned, so it was quietly dropped.

[@bigdrules]

As an added bonus to the "White Hummer" angle, TNA actually tried to continue it as well, with an angle involving both a white Hummer, a black Hummer and Jimmy Hart.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT 😂😂😂

[@StrategikSkum]

11 months later Shanes lockbox finally revealed 🙌