 What's good Josh? We're Ross back again with another video. So we're gonna check out 10 wrestling dream matches that didn't happen due to ego Unfortunately, there are matches that you know in the past us wrestling fans wanted to see and maybe possibly could have happened but politics and ego gets in the way of probably a particular set of wrestlers and the match never happens and it always become a Fantasy booking scenario or what if scenario so we're gonna check out some of these moments that maybe we're on the cusp of happening But you know egos maybe gotten to play politics got into play and it didn't happen Appreciate all love support original video will be linked down below It's about cultaholic wrestling get right into this one many reasons why a pro wrestling dream match won't end up happening Disagreements over money wrestlers never working in the same place at the same time Book is not considering mojo-rawly a dream opponent, etc Often though it simply boils down to the egos of the participants It could be an old grudge standing in the way of doing business one party refusing to lose to the other or something else Entirely, but there have been some mouthwatering clashes right there for the making before politics came into play I'm Adam Pacizzi from cultaholic wrestling and these are 10 wrestling dream matches that didn't happen due to ego join us number 10 Shawn Michaels versus Hulk Hogan part 2 Shawn Michaels versus Hulk Hogan did happen at SummerSlam 2005 in a match that is infamous for the heartbreak kids outlandish overselling the reason why Michaels was flipping and flopping for all of the Hulk's disoffense However, is because he was miffed that terrible Terry had nixed a planned rematch where Shawn would go over at the following months Unforgiven there would then supposedly be a decider with Hulk coming out on top to win the series 2 to 1 The mooted sequel was scheduled to take place inside a steel cage But Hogan pulled the classic that doesn't work for me brother a card Sure that his dalliance with the showstopper was a one-and-done deal The red and yellow monster likely wasn't too thrilled with the idea of doing the favors for Michaels Even if he would ultimately get another win back himself, but his opinion of his opponent degenerated during their feud as Michaels continually Hogan on TV the tipping point came on raw the night after SummerSlam when HBK cut a sarcastic promo touting Hogan's agility and in ring prowess Convincing Hulk that their feud was well and truly over number nine Oh, man, Shawn was like, I mean fuck it. Fuck it I mean he could have did it he could have he was gonna win the series He was gonna win the feud like I don't I would have just been a are you in this one? I win this swing you win the next one and we have a good third one and then you know, I went in whatever That's fine, but to just can it just because you don't want to lose to the guy like Come on, bro. What are we doing? Ding versus the Undertaker it would have been great in 1995 Hell it still would have been pretty damn good in 2005 and in 2015 well, it would have been quite the spectacle now, wouldn't it when sting the last holdout from WCW finally made his WWE debut at Survivor Series 2014 many fans Began booking the icon against the dead man. It was the natural remember it was such a huge Buzz like, okay, we finally get to see Sting and the Undertaker WrestleMania. Let's get it going Imagine just imagine Sting would have won his first WrestleMania match He's triple H in the game. Imagine you wouldn't want it Now I don't think I believe you in the face of Seth Rollins for that for the title Obviously, I think Seth still should have probably won that It only makes sense for Seth to still win that because you know, Steve doesn't need the title He's sting. He's already that guy or whatnot But if they could have built up a feud at some point for the Undertaker and Sting at WrestleMania That would have been a main event match because everybody or not everybody but a lot of people always wanted to know If Sting and the Undertaker ever went at it who would win? That should be fucking legendary And oh man and just just to put it out there say for example Which I'll be okay if Sting was the one to bring the Undertaker streak Just just throwing it out there if it ever did we was in the alternate timeline, which I'll be okay with it Or would y'all still prefer maybe a younger talent? That's just a question I want to ask which I prefer a younger talent to do it or would y'all trip if it was steam To be doing to take a streak Roll match to make for a variety of reasons, but it never ended up happening Instead Sting faced off against triple H at WrestleMania 31 While taker returned from Lesnar induced hibernation and further derailed Bray Wyatt's momentum by the time Yeah, and this was after he already on you know lost the streak, but I'm just saying in a sense If the streak was never broken Would y'all be okay if if everything else still went according to plan streak was never broken Sting comes into the company later on would y'all be okay with Sting Beating Nan Tigger at WrestleMania That's the question. I'm WrestleMania 32 came around a year later Steve Borden was retired and being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and the phenom was scrapping with Shane McMahon inside Hell in a Cell the window had passed But why wasn't the bout booked a year prior especially when Sting was so keen for it Well, according to some cryptic comments made by Mark Calloway The backstage belief was that the match looked better on paper with Sting adding that Vince wanted one last Wcw vs. WWE themed bout hence him inexplicably doing the job to the cerebral assassin number eight Steve Austin versus Brock Lesnar once they did that I was like, uh No, no, I did not like that bro. I didn't like that at all It was cool for nostalgia purposes, but Sting still should have went over They just that's millions and millions of dollars. They left on the table Snar by the time the June 10th Roar rolled around Steve Austin was physically and mentally burned out Yeah, his body was breaking down and he was creatively disillusioned Not only with the direction of his own character But the company in general being asked to put over newcomer Brock Lesnar in a random King of the Ring qualifying match without any build whatsoever was the last draw Stonkold famously took his ball and went home Scoppering a tasty clash between him and the next big thing in the process Thing is the Texas rattlesnake really had every right to veto the match and the result considering his status Compared to Lesnar's at the time. Yeah, Austin did say he would be happy to do business with Brock down the line If it was built up properly and you know happened on a major pay-per-view and not some random episode of raw Injuries prevented that from ever happening But Austin was reportedly offered a match with the Beast Incarnate of WrestleMania 39 turning it down after he and WWE failed to come to terms on a suitable agreement 7 Chris Jericho. That's crazy Seeing Austin with fucking Brock, that would be insane That would definitely be insane and they could have definitely played that up Definitely could have played up what happened many years ago, but I'm always in a grudge You really had him in a qualifying match on a random Monday night raw to lose. It's stone cold He deserves better than that. It's stone cold He helped you win the Monday Night Wars stone cold Steve Austin What are we talking about? He was still mega popular He will always be mega popular. He does not need to be losing and a qualifying match on a random Monday night raw That's just with no bill. No nut. No, bro. It's stone cold, bro He deserves better. Go versus Goldberg. They got there in the end But for a long time it felt like Chris Jericho and Goldberg would never have a match with one another Not through any lack of effort on Jericho's part of course because he was bound and determined to get big bill in the ring when the two worked for WCW in 1998 the Canadian mocked and taunted demand for weeks making fun of his persona and Entrance he even beat a fake Goldberg at the full brawl paper view Seemingly sowing the seeds for a scrap with the real deal further down the line Nope according to Jericho Goldberg had zero desire to work with him in any form or fashion believing that comedy storylines were beneath him and that he should really only have been working with main event level talent Jericho for his part didn't want to have a competitive match with the world heavyweight champion And was happy just to be squashed so long as it went down on paper view in the end Goldberg agreed to spear Y2J in the entrance way thus ending their feud This display of egotism that convinced Jericho to see how his WCW contract and try his luck in wwe Japanese wrestling a Kira Maeda was no stranger to controversy Whether it was that bizarre match with a drunk Andre the giant where neither man had it interesting Co-operating all the time he broke Ricky Choshu's face with a shoot kick Maeda had a reputation for doing his own thing and that extended to working or rather not wanting to work with New Japan pro wrestling founder Booker and top star and Tony o Enoki The two men met many times in tag bouts, but only in one singles match in 1983 which Enoki won despite there being big money to be made with a full-on program between the two It didn't come to pass due to Maeda's unwillingness to work with the chin star Akira and Enoki had some major heat backstage and Maeda used his clout as a top star to pass on a series of matches The big sticking point was predictably Enoki's refusal to put over his understudy This wound Maeda up to no end leading to the unprofessional behavior that caused him to leave new Japan and start a rival Promotion oh number five the elite versus CM Punk When CM Punk decided to return to wrestling for AEW that it would all end inviting shoot chair shots Suspensions and firings right the straight-edge superstars backstage beefs with the likes of hangman page the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega have regrettably cost us what would have been some seriously good pro wrestling matches Regardless of who was right or wrong and let's be honest the whole saga feels like one big subjective gray area It is a shame that these so-called professionals can't find a way to move past it for the sake of business Because Punk versus Omega or Punk and a partner versus the Young Bucks or Punk and FDR versus the elite would surely lead to an uptick in AEW interest resulting in higher ratings bigger live gates and more pay-per-view buys However at the time of recording at least all evidence indicates that if CM Punk does return to the company Then he is unlikely to face the elite and may even be on an entirely separate brand Obviously, he's recorded this before collision and stuff like that, but it's just so so fucking stupid, bro I believe there was ports. He was trying to be one of the mystery partners for the blood and gut match blood guts match in both sides Said no, I think Moxley was okay with it, but everybody else was like no and it's just like What are y'all doing, bro Y'all are y'all biggest Detrimental to the company and Tony Khan is just sitting there What are we I can't no matter how much we are not a big fan of Vince McMahon's bookings and his decisions I Don't think I could ever really recall a time of some Multiple wrestlers telling Vince McMahon. No, we're not working with this guy and that's it And there's no repercussions Nothing happens what It's rare that anybody tell Vince McMahon no Let alone a multitude of people saying now we ain't doing this when there's millions to be made Y'all get paid more Hey, man to each his own number four the rock versus Shawn Michaels back in the day Shawn Michaels was a real piece of work as Arrogance and hard to manage as he was talented Michaels made many enemies in the first half of his career And that included a young Dwayne Johnson who rumor has it has harbored a grudge against the heartbreak kid ever since he witnessed Michaels being disrespectful to his grandmother when Michaels wrestled for his family's promotion way back when Relations didn't improve when Shawn was top dog in WWE in the mid to late 90s And Rocky my Avia was a young blue chipper looking to find a foothold Michaels along with close friend and confidant Triple H were shall we say less than welcoming to the third generation star Many years later when the boy toy had returned from his four-year injury layoff And the rock was the most electrifying man in all of entertainment DJ put the kibosh on a match with HBK WWE would have liked to have booked it But the people's champion wasn't about to do business with somebody he really didn't like on a personal level Yeah, eventually mended fences and Michaels now helps train Johnson's daughter in NXT number three just it's crazy how time Time does it does heal our wounds It should be able to you know over you know End all beefs, you know, I'm glad they was able to reconcile that and the fact that he is helping training his own daughter It actually comes full circle the person you never really liked Didn't want to have a match with it's now training your daughter It's crazy how just time can heal all things man Bret Hart versus Hulk Hogan the ending of WrestleMania 9 was famously one of the most Infuriating ever particularly for Bret Hart Man drop the WWE title to Yoko Zuna who then immediately lost it to Hulk Hogan in an impromptu Fast of a match that's Brett was relatively okay with it at the time since he had been promised that the hogster would pass the torch to him Properly at SummerSlam. Oh Brett poor sweet naive handsome Brett months before their proposed match Hogan had one of his customary changes of heart No pun intended and decided that he would rather drop the title back to Yoko Zuna at King of the Ring Thanks to an exploding camera rather than lose clean to the excellence of execution Part was naturally a bit about having his main event WWE title torch passing moment take it away from him and has used the situation to routinely knock Hulk over the years The only time they did meet in a televised one-on-one match was over five years later on a random episode of Nitro with Bret winning by DQ and No follow-up because WCW Versus Kevin Owens deep down He may be a simple country farm boy from Webster, South Dakota I didn't hear about this Rob Lesnar is no fool when it comes to the pro wrestling business the Beast has negotiated some of the most lucrative contracts in history while essentially being able to pick and choose when he wants to work He can also apparently choose who he wants to work with and according to scuttle bar take a road dog on that podcast of his Kevin Owens is not one of those people It wasn't specified exactly when Lesnar rejected the chance to work with the prize fighter But it was likely during KO's run as universal champ Brock and Kevin did have one non-televised outing at a Madison Square Garden house show on March 12 2017 Which took place between Owens dropping the universal title and Lesnar challenging Goldberg for it at WrestleMania 33 You will be surprised to hear that Brock ate him up within two minutes and pinned him following an F5 If Lesnar was motivated and these two were given a decent chunk of time the results could be spectacular Number one I don't know why he doesn't want to work with him That that's that's a fucking That's a match that that's a money-making match for sure Steve Austin versus Hulk Hogan The ultimate one WWE really only had one shot to book the dream match to end all dream matches at WrestleMania 19 and they blew it Really of course because trying to get Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan to square off in a singles match was a political Minefield that nobody knew how to successfully navigate Pretty much all of the resistance came from the bionic redneck as Austin didn't feel as though their styles would mesh well in the ring Hulk was older and way less mobile than he had been in years prior while Austin's injuries were beginning to catch up with him Leading stone cold to predict the match would be awkward and disappointing to fans Also, you know, there was that little detail about who would lay down for the other one It's very unlikely that Austin would have wanted to do a job for Hogan and likely vice versa Although this has never been outright proven Bottom line is Austin was pitched the match on several occasions and stomped a mud hole in the idea every time Seeing how Hogan ended up completely stealing his mania dream match with the rock. Yeah, probably glad they did It worked it worked better in the end man. Ah, that's that's crazy I want to pass off that question to you if we ever did get Hogan versus Austin at a WrestleMania back then Who would y'all would have wanted to win? Who would y'all have go over? Would it be stone cold Steve Austin going over Hulk Hogan or would it be Hulk Hogan going over stone cold me? personally, I definitely would have picked stone cold because Pretty much Hulk Hogan had the golden years as they say of wrestling or what not But once he ended up once things started switching and he ended up going to WCW And he had to find that character change stone cold became the next guy He was the attitude error, you know, and of course with everyone else that was a part of that So I'm not gonna take away the rock Undertaker mankind Triple H, but we knew Stone cold was the draw. He was he was there next next mega star And then you have the rock who was right there like when stone cold went out the rock became the next mega star So in my opinion, I would have had a passing of the torch moment because we knew We knew everyone knows even Hulk Hogan don't want to admit it but the peak of wrestling was in the attitude error with stone cold as Pretty much the very top top guy. It's as simple as that So I would have had stone cold when that WrestleMania match passing over the torch. I think that would have been cool, man So comment down below. Let me know who do you guys think would should have won that match stone cold or the under not the Undertaker or Hulk Hogan if they ever had a match at WrestleMania, but I appreciate all of the support you guys shown on channel rose one fifty K And I'm still getting speedy you two wrestling champion world. Appreciate y'all kicking peace in y'all next one