Accounts of this story vary, but there's always some combination of Triple H vs. punishing linebacker Lewis therein. Given the timing, Lewis would have been coming off a win in Super Bowl 35, in which he was the game's MVP. It would have also come a year after Lewis was charged in a double-homicide in the Atlanta area, so the media attention and controversy would have been to Attitude Era WWE's liking. The Rock's version of the story is that he would've teamed with Lewis (his former teammate as a Miami Hurricane) against Triple H and an unspecified heel. Scheduling could not be worked out, and Triple H had to settle (as if that's the word) with working against Undertaker. It begs the question if WrestleMania 17 would have been as legendarily epic as it is with these alterations.
Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.
