I've discussed before how I would've booked most of 1993, including Summerslam 93, but that was quite a while ago, so I'll briefly go back into it. I would've centered Summerslam 93 as the conclusion of the main feud of 1993 (in my booking dream world) Bret Hart and Randy Savage.
I would've had Randy win the 93 Rumble instead of Yoko, though Yoko would've dominated in the Rumble like he did in real life, only to fall short against Savage in the end. The main event of Wrestlemania IX would've been a babyface/babyface matchup against Bret and Randy with Bret winning with one of his fluke-roll-ups that he used to do. This would make Savage frustrated and mad, but ultimately give him his respect, and this would continue the storyline. Basically they become allies against the heels of the WWF up to the King of the Ring. Bret would face someone like Razor Ramon in the championship match (or maybe Bam Bam Bigelow?) while Savage and Yoko would face off in the finals of the King of the Ring (instead of the Bret/Perfect semi-final match we got at the real King of the Ring, why not a semi-final match between Savage and Perfect which we never got and would've been a bona-fide classic). Mr. Fuji would interfere, Bret would try to help Savage, but ultimately it would backfire and Yoko would win the King of the Ring. This would result in Bret and Savage nearly fighting only for them to get on the same page. Then a week or so later, Savage would turn heel on Bret and become back to his maniacal heel that he did so well, out to prove that Bret was just a fluke and he was still the "King" or so of the WWF (especially with Hulk being gone).
So the main event at Summerslam would be a No DQ (cause that's what they were called back then) match between Bret and a heel Savage for the title, with Savage ultimately passing the torch and Bret retaining the title.
So what about the Jerry Lawler/Bret Hart feud, which was frankly, the best thing going in the WWF in 1993 IMO? Well I say keep that feud going even during the summer. They could still be feuding, just not having a match, more like a teasing. I'd say still have Lawler feud with Bret and Owen and the rest of the Hart family, and have a match between Lawler and Owen at Summerslam with Lawler getting the cheap win. Then after Summerslam at some point Yoko would become the next main challenger (who by this time, again is the King of the Ring) and he would ultimately take the title from Bret with Lawler costing him the match, and thus officially kickstarting their feud into Survivor Series (which of course would end up being HBK and the "Knights" against the Hart Family due to Lawler's legal troubles).
As for Luger and Yoko, I say keep the exact same storyline as they had and even have them fight at Summerslam. It just wouldn't be for the title. So that way Luger could get the countout win against Yoko (thus making Yoko not take a clean loss and not ruining his King of the Ring momentum), but Luger still looks strong by getting the win.
Then when Yoko wins the title after Summerslam, then Luger becomes the No. 1 contender and they feud for the title for the rest of 1993.
I just feel that Bret should've never lost the title at Wrestlemania IX and should've gotten more of a run with the title then he did. Plus, a lot of what hurt Bret's first reign is that none of the "old guard" ever put Bret over and passed the torch. Bret's first reign was viewed as a failure because he was a new champion and he had nothing but new challengers. He had no one to establish him. Jake Roberts left, Ted Dibiase and Mr. Perfect were doing other things plus weren't ever former WWF champions, Hogan wouldn't put him over, Flair wouldn't put him over on national television and left, Warrior left, and Vince felt Savage was done with wrestling. Savage is by far the best choice with what they had as being someone from the old guard to help put Bret over. A good 6-8 month feud/program (which was pretty normal for back then) with an established superstar/legend would've done wonders for Bret.
Plus, who would really rather see Luger and Yoko feud for the title over Bret and Savage?
Other than those minor changes, I would've kept the card largely the same.
The Razor Ramon/1-2-3 Kid/Dibiase/IRS situation was perfect as you created two stars out of that program in Kid and Razor, plus within a month or so, Dibiase would get injured in Japan and be forced to retire. So I would've kept those two matches. Again, the Steiners/Heavenly Bodies match was awesome so it definitely would've stayed. And even though HBK/Perfect was underwhelming, it was still the right match to go with for the I-C title. Jannetty and Borga was fine as it was meant to build Borga up. Taker and Giant Gonzalez was fine as it was the conclusion of their feud. Bam Bam/Headshrinkers against Tatanka/Smoking Gunns was fine as Bam Bam and Tatanka had a good mid-card feud going and the Smoking Gunns and the Headshrinkers were good teams, so they killed two birds with one stone by combining the two rivalries.
So I'd keep the rest of the card essentially, but cut out the Doink/Jerry Lawler/Bret Hart match and make it a good 6-7 minute match between Lawler and Owen Hart. Cut a little time off the Luger/Yoko match (beings it's not the main event it wouldn't need to be almost 20 minutes). And the main event would then be the conclusion of the epic Bret Hart/Randy Savage feud for the WWF title.
That's what I'd do with Summerslam 93.
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