Booking 10 WCW Concepts In Modern-Day WWE

3. King Of The Road

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The original 'King Of The Road' encounter between Dustin Rhodes and Blacktop Bully still receives abuse two decades on from opening WCW's inaugural Uncensored pay-per-view - itself a concept universally derided as routinely one of the year's worst shows.

The match, objectively speaking, was atrocious. The sparse, hay-laden truck was the antithesis of wrestling's penchant for the grandiose, whilst the combatants were banned from doing anything too violent thanks to the company's standards and practices overlords. This despite the fact they were fighting on a moving car. The silliness was a literal career killer - both were fired from the organisation for blading during the bout.

But WWE could work wonders with this sort of disaster. A combination of some of the entertainment industry's slickest live production and 22 years of technological advancement would increase the action and drama tenfold, not least if the vehicle in question wasn't a farm truck.

The company love f*cking about with cars as it is. WWE superstars have done all sorts with vehicles, even during the PG era. Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns could continue their never-ending tensions with an entirely new spin on the ambulance match. Let one race to a hospital with the two monsters fighting inside. Arriving at a medical facility will be, if nothing else, hugely convenient.

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