>>13959948There were a bunch of guys they could’ve bumped up from even just the midcard to be honest. Those days the roster was pretty stacked. Guys like Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero, etc could have gotten the big push. They could have restyled Angle into something closer to what he was going to be in Ruthless Aggression. HHH did a good job being the ever present heel but it’s not like the WWF didn’t have options if they didn’t decide on Hunter to be pushed as the next big heel. That being said who knows if any of the other guys would have picked up the ball and ran as many yards with it as Trips did.
