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* Since most wrestlers [[{{Kayfabe}} theoretically]] have little say on who they either fight or team with, an EnemyMine often occurs when an on-screen authority figure randomly decides two people who don't like each other will team up against a common enemy. This used to happen all the time with Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. An example would be when Stone Cold was booked to fight Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Rock against Wrestling/TripleH at ''Over the Edge 1998,'' one ''Raw'' saw Austin and Rock being forced to team together against Undertaker and TripleH. Since Undertaker and TripleH were members of the same stable, the story of the match was whether Austin and Rock (who only weeks earlier were in a bitter feud) could put up with each other long enough to survive.
** This specific EnemyMine would occur several times through 1999, not all of them being in official matches. For example: the ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' pilot in which the Corporate Ministry came together in the first place.
*** Stone Cold and The Rock would continue to find themselves unwilling partners as late as 2002, when they teamed up the week before WrestleMania X8 to face the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder in a handicap match.
* A Pro Wrestling tag-team championship can also serve as an Enemy Mine, as a {{face}} and a {{heel}} are thrust into a match with the titles on the line, and despite their bickering and contempt for each other, manage to win. They're then obligated to continue teaming to defend the championship, arguing and taking potshots at each other all the while, until one of them finally decides being a champion isn't worth the headache and turns on the other. A 2007 example is Wrestling/MattHardy and M.V.P. on ''WWESmackDown''.

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* Since most wrestlers [[{{Kayfabe}} theoretically]] have little say on who they either fight or team with, an EnemyMine often occurs when an on-screen authority figure randomly decides two people who don't like each other will team up against a common enemy. This used to happen all the time with Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. An example would be when Stone Cold was booked to fight Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Rock against Wrestling/TripleH at ''Over the Edge 1999,'' one ''Raw'' saw Austin and Rock being forced to team together against Undertaker and Wrestling/TripleH. Since Undertaker and Wrestling/TripleH were members of the same stable, the story of the match was whether Austin and Rock (who only weeks earlier were in a bitter feud) could put up with each other long enough to survive.
** This specific Enemy Mine would occur several times through 1999, not all of them being in official matches. For example: the ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' pilot in which the [[Wrestling/TheCorporation Corporate]] [[Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness Ministry]] came together in the first place.
*** Stone Cold and The Rock would continue to find themselves unwilling partners as late as 2002, when they teamed up the week before ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X8'' to face the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder in a handicap match.
* A Pro Wrestling tag-team championship can also serve as an Enemy Mine, as a {{face}} and a {{heel}} are thrust into a match with the titles on the line, and despite their bickering and contempt for each other, manage to win. They're then obligated to continue teaming to defend the championship, arguing and taking potshots at each other all the while, until one of them finally decides being a champion isn't worth the headache and turns on the other. A 2007 example is Wrestling/MattHardy and M.V.P. on ''[[Wrestling/{{WWESmackDown}} WWE SmackDown!]]''.

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** Hilariously {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in a backstage segment with Team Triple H at Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2007. Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/JeffHardy, and Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} call out TripleH on his numerous past offenses against them, which The Game sheepishly apologizes for. However, the team acknowledges that while they don't necessarily like one another, they like the other team ''even less''.
* In 2010, the rise of Wrestling/TheNexus PowerStable on ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' saw the [[RivalsTeamUp teaming up of former rivals]] like Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/{{Edge}}, and Wrestling/ChrisJericho after each got ambushed by Wrestling/TheNexus.
** Subverted at ''Summerslam 2010'', when usual Cena rival Wrestling/TheMiz tried to play on the "need" for this (especially after Cena honestly tried to keep them together, but Edge and Jericho proved incompatible) to make Cena beg him to round out the team... by the time Miz tried to pull the trigger, Cena declared that Miz had taken too long to make up his mind and that Cena had found someone else who said yes first: Cue the triumphant return of one [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].
* In a interesting twist, ''The Rise and Fall of Wrestling/{{ECW}}'' showed that Tazz and Sabu hated each other in real life, but ended up becoming one of the company's top tag teams prior to Tazz breaking his neck.

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** Hilariously {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in a backstage segment with Team Triple H at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2007''. Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/JeffHardy, and Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} call out TripleH on his numerous past offenses against them, which [[RedBaron "the Game"]] sheepishly apologizes for. However, the team acknowledges that while they don't necessarily like one another, they like the other team ''even less''.
* In 2010, the rise of Wrestling/TheNexus PowerStable on ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' saw the [[RivalsTeamUp teaming up of former rivals]] like Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/{{Edge}}, and Wrestling/ChrisJericho after each got ambushed by Wrestling/TheNexus.
** Subverted at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 2010'', when usual Cena rival Wrestling/TheMiz tried to play on the "need" for this (especially after Cena honestly tried to keep them together, but Edge and Jericho proved incompatible) to make Cena beg him to round out the team... by the time Miz tried to pull the trigger, Cena declared that Miz had taken too long to make up his mind and that Cena had found someone else who said yes first: Cue the triumphant return of one [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].
* In a interesting twist, ''The Rise and Fall of Wrestling/{{ECW}}'' showed that [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} the Tazmaniac]] and Wrestling/{{Sabu}} hated each other in real life, but ended up becoming one of the company's top tag teams prior to Sabu bailing on the company before ''The Three Way Dance'' on April 8, 1995.

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27th Mar '13 12:12:30 PM majohe

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18th Mar '13 8:36:32 PM JIKTV

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