Former WWE Ref On How WWE New Year’s Revolution Changed 2007 WrestleMania Plans For Cena, HBK & More

Former WWE referee Marty Elias has penned a new article over at The Floor Seat, which takes an in-depth look at the 2007 WWE New Year’s Revolution PPV, specifically the DX vs Rated RKO WWE Tag Team Title match, and how it ended up changing plans for WrestleMania that year. Below is an article excerpt:

The original finish of the match had Rated RKO over DX to continue the angle and ultimately lead to a bigger match and blow off.

The final outcome of this match altered WrestleMania plans and angles moving forward. The original WrestleMania 23 match for John Cena was a match with Triple H! That match never happened as Triple H was hurt in the match as I’ll explain later.

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With that said, plans changed and Shawn Michaels ultimately wrestled John Cena at WrestleMania 23, as Shawn wrestled Edge and Randy Orton in a three-way a few weeks prior to WrestleMania on Raw (which I was the referee) to determine the number one contender for Cena’s title. Edge and Randy Orton ended up splitting Rated RKO and went their own ways as plans changed for them as well.

On to the match at New Year’s Revolution that changed WrestleMania 23 plans and angles. The match started as planned and was going according to how it was planned out without any hitches. It was during a spot (spinebuster on Randy Orton) that Triple H was injured. As it happened I vividly remember knowing instantly that something wasn’t right and went to check in Triple H. If you go back and look at the match, it’s obvious something went wrong. As Triple H delivered the move as he had done many times, it didn’t look right and was off. As I checked on Triple H after the move and he was down, I immediately asked if he was okay, and his reply was, “I’m f**ked, I’m f**ked!”