Aside from a run as ECW Champion in 2009, Tommy Dreamer had very little main event experience during his time in WWE. However, that almost wasn’t the case as he was supposed to have a rivalry with Triple H over the World Heavyweight Championship.
Dreamer recently spoke on the IMPACT Press Pass Podcast where he told the story of nearly facing Triple H for the World title. Here is the quote, courtesy of Wrestle Zone:
“For me, there were two that would have been great. I was supposed to have a two-to-three program with Triple H and main event with him for the title. Never happened. Behind the scenes B.S. That would have been great for my career, plus to be honest. Triple H is one of my last ever dream matches because I still do think he is one of the best heels of all time.
I was a pretty good babyface, but I always thought of like ‘babyface Tommy Dreamer from ECW’ versus ‘heel Triple H’ or then when I was there and we were doing the ECW stuff or even when I had my own company, House of Hardcore, and he had NXT and he kept on signing talents that I was using,” Dreamer explained, “I always thought there was something to that. So for me, plus the financial gains of those matches would have been phenomenal, but hey, it didn’t happen and they brought Shawn Michaels back with that horrible haircut and those horrible brown tights to replace me.”
The time Tommy Dreamer is referencing was in late 2002. Shawn Michaels returned after his SummerSlam match to participate in the Elimination Chamber where he sported particularly awful tights and a bad haircut.
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