 There are certain WWE wrestlers who almost changed the course of WWE history. The select wrestlers were extremely close to being part of a major storyline which would have had them completely alter their career trajectory. Unfortunately, the plans to include the minimonumental storyline were scrapped and the wrestlers themselves and fans always look back and ask, what if? Join us now as WrestleMania looks at 10 wrestlers that almost changed WWE history. Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive news. Also check out WrestleLambia.co.uk and our non-wrestling channel. Incredible! 10. Taz When the major angles of the attitude era saw Stone Cold Steve Austin get run down by a car at the 1999 Survivor Series, it would later transpire that Rikishi was the man behind the vehicle and then Triple H was the mastermind. However, that wasn't always the plan. Our one-stage Taz was going to be revealed as a man that ran down WWE's top star. Former WWE writer Bryan Gerwitt would discuss these scrapped plans during an appearance on the Ariel Hulwani show. He stated, I remember at one point Vince looked at me and was like, Taz. At one point it was going to be Taz. Okay great, let's make it Taz. Then, you know, for whatever reason, the next week it's someone different. I wouldn't call that necessarily a success. Rikishi is a Hall of Fame performer, but he's likeable and a natural baby face and people want to like him. Sometimes you just don't know until you try. Then ultimately it was Rikishi, but Triple H was behind it all along and, you know, it went back to the natural order of things. Number 9. If it would have been Taz, I think that would have been cool. I think that would have been cool. People obviously knew who Taz was from ECW. I think that would have gave him a major push as a heel because Taz doesn't come off as very likable. So if it would have been Taz, I think that could have potentially really boosted up his career in WWE. Let me know down below what y'all think about that. I think Taz would have been a much better fit than Rikishi saying, I did it. I did it for the rock. Mohammad Hassan In the summer of 2005, Mohammad Hassan was well on his way to becoming the top heel in WWE. While his gimmick was controversial in nature, Hassan had a ton of heat with fans and WWE truly had the next big wrestling villain on their hands. Sadly, real life events as well as a tasteless angle derailed Hassan's push. WWE decided to air a controversial segment on the day of the 7-7 London bombings. The segment saw Hassan began to pray on the ramp and this summoned 5 masked men and were armed with clubs and piano wire and began to choke out the undertaker. The masked men then lifted Devarie above their heads and carried him away. Although WWE defended this segment, sponsors as well as SmackDown's TV network, UPN weren't very pleased. Due to the pressure from UPN, WWE decided to drop the Hassan character altogether and write him off television. Now Hassan was actually initially booked to win the world title in a match against Batista SummerSlam and actually due to him being taken off television, this never happened. And it would have been interesting to see how this reign would have gone and how the WWE would have presented Hassan as the top heel in the company. Damn, that would have been insane. Wow. It's crazy. Just timing is everything. Once again, WWE, the answer to the networks that allowed them to be on their network that, you know, give them, you know, pay them money to run different ads and stuff like that. At the end of the day, if they say no, they ain't got no choice but to do it. Number eight, Ryback. Oh boy. Ryback in 2012. Ryback had somehow obtained huge popularity with the fans. Oh yeah, you soup over. Ryback was super over and WWE decided to push him into the main event picture. Ryback were collided with WWE champion CM Punk at the Hell in the Cell pay-per-view and there were calls internally for WWE to make Ryback the new champion. These internal calls were based on the fact that Ryback's popularity could be seriously damaged with the loss. WWE eventually decided that Ryback wasn't going to win the title, but he was going to stick around the main event scene. This consequently derailed Ryback's momentum as it was never the same following his loss to Punk inside a Satan structure. That definitely, I can agree. I can definitely agree. It derailed him. It derailed him because after he lost, it was like, okay, he's probably not going to win. This is one of those things where WWE, they booked themselves in the corner. You have one of the most over guys in your company go against the biggest heel in the company. Somebody has to lose. And if you don't want to end the streak, then it would have been nice to probably put him in a mid-card first, have him win a mid-card title, then build up to the main. But they strapped the rocket ship, put him in the main event, even though they knew they weren't going to have him win. Christopher Daniels Our most fans know Christopher Daniels for his acclaimed work both in TNA and AEW. However, Daniels is almost a key element in one of WWE's most infamous storylines. Back in 1999, a mysterious higher power figure was ordering the undertaker to commit heinous acts and this mysterious being was eventually revealed to be Vince McMahon. However, this initial plan for the higher power character would see Daniels being revealed as the mastermind behind the entire thing. Now, the reason that Daniels involvement was scrapped was because Mr. McMahon believed that Daniels was too small and wouldn't be taken seriously in the role. WrestleMania 35 featured Kofi Kingston finally capturing the WWE title, although this was a brilliant moment for Kingston and his fans. Kingston almost won the big one nine years prior. At the start of 2010, Kingston was starting to build up a genuine connection with the fans and WWE management saw the potential in him. Kingston was a tremendous in-ring talent and the younger members of the WWE audience were really taking to his work. The plan was for Kingston to win the money in the back up WrestleMania 26 and eventually win the title or world title. Sadly, issues with Randy Orton derailed these plans completely and Kingston was moved down the card. He was still involved in the Money in the Bank ladder match, but the match would be awarded a Jack Swagger and one of the most disappointing match outcomes of all time. 5. Mustafa Ali Speaking of the Money in the Bank ladder match, in 2019, plans were put in place for Mustafa Ali to become Mr. Money in the Bank. Though this would have been a fantastic outcome as Ali had a ton of potential as a top guy in the company, however, literally moments before Ali was about to make his entrance, he was told directly by Vince McMahon that he wasn't going to win the match. The match would instead be won by Brock Lesnar. He's even announced for it. Ali would discuss this during an interview with TalkSport and stated, I might be wrong about this, but maybe Baron Corbin making his entrance and I'm soon to be making my entrance and then that's when I go through the box. This is what I want. Grab the briefcase, shock and you're frozen. This is what I want. And you have to realize right before you go out to the curtain is not the time to kind of argue it. You're getting a direct order about what is to be expected of you. And some people, I know some people will say like, well, why didn't you just grab the briefcase? I was more concerned with grabbing my check that week. So I grabbed my check that week. At the end of the day, it's not on my show. The guy who owns this, who writes this show, who decides what's going to happen. Gabe told me specific instructions and I said, okay, no problem, Boston. I went out there and did exactly what I was asked to do. Number four, wow, bro, Mustafa's had horrible look. He was supposed to be in, I believe, the elimination chamber match that Kofi got that major push in. He was supposed to be in that spot. It was supposed to be Mustafa Ali. That's really who that spot was supposed to be. And he ended up getting injured in this whole situation. Dad, imagine you, you know, you're about to win. And then right before you go out there, Brock's gonna win. Oh, man, that's, that's so screwed. That's, that's, that's Vince. That's Vince McMahon booking right there. Mr. Kennedy. I know. We were adamant in making Mr. Kennedy a top star in the company. And one of the ways that we're going to do this was by having it be revealed that Kennedy was Vince McMahon's illegitimate child. There's what a propelled Kennedy. I think I remember reports about that to the next level and a world title when was even rumored. However, as WWE were getting ready to execute the reveal, Kennedy failed a drug test and was suspended. This forced WWE to cancel Kennedy's push and the storyline was reworked. WWE rather randomly yet hilariously decided that Hornswoggle would be revealed to be McMahon's illegitimate son. Fans will always look back wonder just how far Kennedy would have reached in WWE if the storyline played out as originally intended. Number three, Chris Hero and Biggie. When the concept of the shield stable was being discussed and one of the names that CM Punk wanted in the stable was Chris Hero. Punk and Hero had a great relationship and he felt like he would be a good fit alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. Vince McMahon would eventually decide on Roman Reigns being in the faction. This was a smart move as Reigns would go on to become the base of WWE, which may never happened if Reigns was never an original member of the popular group. There were also discussions in relation to having the shield debut with four members. Reigns, Rollins and Ambrose would be joined by Biggie. This would have been vastly different but the WWE made the call to debut Biggie alongside Dolph Ziggler. This was the best move for Biggie as he made a very successful career on his own merit and it's unknown just how he would have done if he was paired with the shield back in 2012. A triple-agent Ric Flair back in 2002 had the idea of forming a stable similar to the iconic Four Horsemen. The game inflated look towards putting Randy Orton and Batista in the group but McMahon wanted Mark Jindrak in the group instead of Batista. McMahon believed that Jindrak had a ton of potential and he ordered promo videos to be shot involving Jindrak alongside the group. Triple-H went to McMahon directly and told him that the stable wasn't going to work with Jindrak involved. Jindrak would have been replaced by Batista and he would have been moved down the card but it would have been nothing compared if he were made part of the beloved faction. 1. Mark Henry A WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry had a great career that included a well-titled winner but his career was almost even better. In 2006, WWE made plans for Henry to be the one to end the Undertaker's WrestleMania win streak. This would even be agreed upon by the dead man himself but as WrestleMania got closer Vince McMahon began to get cold feet. Eventually McMahon cancelled the idea. This was a correct move as Henry wasn't the right guy. His entering work wasn't the best and he simply wasn't ready for a win of this nature. Bruce Pritchard discussed these cancelled plans on his Something to Wrestle podcast saying Vince as we got closer to it got cold feet I guess and I just realized that maybe Mark wasn't ready at the time for it and I don't know that there was a real solid plan on the other side either to make it work. Paul Heyman hated it. I don't know anybody that was like whoa let's go do this other than Vince but they have it folks. 10 wrestlers are almost chained. Very very very very interesting man like that imagine if Mark Henry was the guy. Dran it I don't think he it would have made sense for I mean yeah you're building them up but I don't think he should have been the guy at the industry. I must still say the only person that makes sense is Roman and turn Roman heel. That's the only person I could ever think that would have been the best audible because everyone would have been booing Roman. He would have been the ultimate heel and have him do it. Oh he would have got nuclear heat and then have him turn heel. I think that would have been that's the only person I can think of now that made sense to be the guy to beat the Undertaker and turn him heel. And we're in this streak initially so but comment down below let me know which one of these videos like well not videos which one of these stories did surprise you a lot. The whole Mustafa Ali part that surprised me a lot because I didn't know that was a last minute change and he was supposed to win that that money in the bank that one actually surprised me not so let me know down below which story surprised you a lot but I appreciate you guys ma'am we're almost there just another five thousand more subscribers and we'll be at a gate I appreciate y'all kicking with me see y'all next