Shocking Wrestling Plans You Won't Believe Almost Happened

What if The Undertaker had hatched out of a giant egg as originally planned?

Over the course of wrestling history there have been many bad gimmicks, baffling angles, and confusing storylines that have left fans scratching their heads, wondering how they made it through the company's quality filter.

We know all about those, we have been unfortunate enough to suffer through them. But what about those plans that never got off the drawing board? What of those ideas that remained unpopped kernels in the minds of the creative team? How different could the landscape of modern professional wrestling be had some of these shocking plans actually made it onto our screens? WhatCulture.com takes a journey behind the scenes to explore a whole host of what ifs, what might have beens, and what almost was.

We look at proposed matches that never were, characters that could have been very different to what they became, booking plans that were changed at the last minute, promotional jumps that nearly happened, and backstage shenanigans that would have changed the business.

With Christmas on the horizon, we've reprinted the acclaimed Shocking Wrestling Plans You Won't Believe Almost Happened, making the book available for the first time in two years.

What if The Undertaker had hatched out of a giant egg? What if Daniel Bryan hadn't got his WrestleMania XXX push? What if 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin had been named Chilly McFreeze? All of this nearly happened!

In addition to all these tales over the craziest what ifs in wrestling history, the book also delves deep into the psyche of Vince McMahon with an exclusive featured penned by Attitude Era writer Vince Russo, a foreword by the legendary Jim Cornette, and insight from former WWE Creative Team members of what it's really like coming up with WWE storylines for a living.

Join us as we take you on a journey into a world of Shocking Wrestling Plans You Won't Believe Almost Happened.

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