Folly of a Titan

The man who gambled an empire & lost it.

Folly of a Titan. Follows the events that may have transpired if Vince McMahon's supercard event called 'WrestleMania' was not as successful as it was in our timeline.

Landscape of Wrestling Before WrestleMania

The wrestling scene in North America was heavily riddled with territoy promotions governed by the organization called the National Wrestling Association or the NWA. Up until the 1980s the NWA held considerable power over the Wrestling scene in North America and even in some parts of Japan. It was not until Vincent K. McMahon Jr. bought his father's promotion WWWF, a company that led the wrestling scene in the New England area, from his father in 1982, renaming it to the World Wrestling Federation or WWF.

McMahon's plan to go national began with signing American Wrestling Association superstar Hulk Hogan and to play Hogan's nemesis McMahon Jr. signed North Carolina bad-boy Rowdy Roddy Piper and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Promoters become furious when they heard McMahon Jr. began syndicating WWF television shows outisde the New England area, along with his deal with Coliseum Video distributing VHS tapes of WWF shows across North America. The move that broke the tense relations between the WWF and the NWA was when McMahon Jr. bought Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) in May of 1984, GCW wrestling time slot on Superstation TBS (now TBS) now played WWF shows where GCW's should have. It was not successful due to viewer protest and low ratings, TBS began airing wrestling shows from Ole Anderson's Championship Wresling from Georgia (CWG) and Bill Watt's Mid South Wrestling (MSW) which gained higher ratings than McMahon Jr.'s timeslot, McMahon later sold his time slot to rival promoter of Jim Prockett Promotion (JCP) owner Jim Crockett Jr.

The professional wrestling scene was just not focused on McMahon Jr.'s expansion, but also on the other territory promotions that stayed loyaled to the NWA's governing body status. The JCP, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina was still the leading promotion in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US, with such stars as Ric Flair, the Briscoe Brothers, Greg Valentine, Iron Sheik, Ricky Steamboat, and Ivan Koloff. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), out of Dallas, was the main promotion in the Southeastern/Southwestern region of the US, ran by Fritz Von Rich, and a roster who's main attraction was mainly members of his family such as David, Kerry, and Mike Von Rich. In Tennesse a battle of promotions arose between Jerry Jarret's own Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) containing wrestlers who would go onto Vince McMahon's WWF such as Jeff Jarret, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Jerry Lawler, Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, 'Superstar' Bill Graham, and 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff. Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW) headed by Ron Fuller would be considred a forerunner to the future Extreme Championship Wrestling, due to its highly dangerous matches.

WrestleMania & Aftermath

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