History Fridge / WWE

* TheMiz wanting JohnCena to state that he was Awesome if Alex Riley defeated him in a cage match. Compared to what Cena has gone through the past year or so, pretty lame right? But considering that Cena has focused more on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] than Miz (Despite facing the latter at Wrestlemania for the world title), one could get the sense that despite all that has happened Cena ''still'' thinks of The Miz as a joke. So while the stipulation may sound tame, but when you consider the possibility of having the one guy who, despite your accomplishments, always saw you as a joke state that you're not. All of a sudden, Miz' stipulation doesn't sound so lame.

* How does R-Truth go from retaliating against JohnMorrison for taking away his title shot, to becoming a {{mad eye}}d {{conspiracy theorist}} [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes arachnophobiac]]? Question came to mind a couple of times, and some thought was put into it, but it didn't completely click until Truth's interview on August 8th, 2011 comparing Morrison to a spider heading into their match later that night. Let's think back to the night Truth turned heel. John Morrison, a guy whose LeParkour training has made him so acrobatic some people have described him as "SpiderMan-like", as well as R-Truth's best friend for a good little while, comes out one night with complete sour grapes and questions R-Truth's worth as a number one contender to try to goad him into putting his ''Extreme Rules'' title shot on the line. Truth sees through it, ''and tells John as much'', but then the London crowd ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor still wants him to give John the match]]''. [[WhatAnIdiot So he makes the choice he knows is the stupid one because he values the opinions of the WWE Universe so much at the time, and of course he ends up paying for it.]] Not until that point, after he effectively just let them '''take away his dream''', does the notion click in his head that [[AwfulTruth neither Morrison nor the fans have ever been as loyal to him as he has to them]]. If such an experience didn't cause him to snap, question, and turn against his entire previous world view, he might as well have changed his name from R-Truth to I.M. Fool. And him hating the animal John was essentially said to be synonymous with during most of their friendship, shows how eccentric and strange his mind has become. It only helps this theory that the FaceHeelTurn itself was perhaps the most brilliantly-done FreakOut in recent wrestling memory.
* The whole storyline starting from CMPunk's shoot and leading to Triple H's term as COO may seem like it was just a spontaneous moment that caught fire and reshaped the fabric of WWE storylines. But the truth is, no it's not. This is exactly what WWE has been going for since the [[TheNexus NXT Riot]] on June 7, 2010 in Miami.

## Mark Henry's monster heel turn was based on fifteen years of being disrespected and not taken seriously on any sort of a long-term basis by the WWE (which honestly is far less debatable than whether what he brings to the table deserves a championship level push). This has been hinted at in all the trash talk he shouted about being unstoppable and unhappy when he was done destroying somebody, until it was finally made canon outright heading into his title match with RandyOrton.

** Not all of the present Superstars (JohnCena, CMPunk, and RandyOrton) and Divas (KellyKelly and Eve Torres) were there to vote.

** The faces on both Raw and Smackdowns were midcarders (Air Boom, Daniel Bryan) who were outnumbered by the heels (who may or may not pressure them into seeing things their way until they reached their DespairEventHorizon).
** The voice of the Divas was BethPhoenix, a heel. While the rest of the majority consisted of heels, rookies who wouldn't be too sure who to follow (Kaitlyn, AJ), {{True Neutral}}s (Aksana), or [[DesignatedHero faces by default]] (Alicia Fox).

** The faces on both Raw and Smackdowns were midcarders (Air Boom, Daniel Bryan) who were outnumbered by the heels (Who may or may not pressure them into seeing things their way until they reached their DespairEventHorizon.

** The referees, announcers, and cameramen (with a [[BookerT few]] [[JerryLawler exceptions]]) are defenseless and wouldn't be able to defend themselves.

* The "Vote of No Confidence" for TripleH certainly left some scratching heads considering that even the faces walked out on him could be more understandable considering:

** All the heels would obviously be against TripleH given that he's [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure a Face authority figure]] rather than a heel one, which meant that they wouldn't be able to get any advantages in their favor against a face and would most likely be on the receiving end on some LaserGuidedKarma.

** Perhaps not surprizingly, Darren Young makes this point repeatedly on the show.

** The essentially binding storyline thread in all this is that there is a huge bubble of discontent within the WWE that has just been building and building, with the likes of Orton and Cena seemingly oblivious to most of it because their success has put them on a pedestal to where they're the oblivious main profiteers of the system, and in the summer of 2011 we've just seen it explode with the ousting of VinceMcMahon from power and the absolute chaos surrounding TripleH's run as COO. And there is a real conspiracy ''somewhere'' in all of this. ''Somebody'' is taking advantage in an attempt to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the WWE]], and KevinNash and the [[NewWorldOrder nWo]] name are possibly involved. The mystery of who the players and the mastermind really are, however, is just beginning to get solved as we speak. This isn't a WMG, by the way, because a lot of this is pretty much canon. The lead-up just goes a lot farther back than we're led to believe on the surface.

** The essentially binding storyline thread in all this is that there is a huge bubble of discontent within the WWE that has just been building and building, with the likes of Orton and Cena seemingly oblivious to most of it because their success has put them on a pedestal to where they're the oblivious main profiteers of the system, and in the summer of 2011 we've just seen it explode with the ousting of VinceMcMahon from power and the absolute chaos surrounding TripleH's run as COO. And there is a real conspiracy ''somewhere'' in all of this. ''Somebody'' is taking advantage in an attempt to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the WWE]], and KevinNash and the [[NewWorldOrder nWo]] name are possibly involved. The mystery of who the players and the mastermind really are, however, is just beginning to get solved as we speak.

** The essentially binding storyline thread in all this is that there is a huge bubble of discontent within the WWE that has just been building and building, with the likes of Orton and Cena seemingly oblivious to most of it because of their success, and in the summer of 2011 we've just seen it explode with the ousting of VinceMcMahon from power and the absolute chaos surrounding TripleH's run as COO. And there is a real conspiracy ''somewhere'' in all of this. ''Somebody'' is taking advantage in an attempt to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the WWE]], and KevinNash and the [[NewWorldOrder nWo]] name are possibly involved. The mystery of who the players and the mastermind really are, however, is just beginning to get solved as we speak.

** The essentially binding storyline thread in all this is that there is a huge bubble of discontent within the WWE that has just been building and building, with the likes of Orton and Cena seemingly oblivious to most of it because of their success, and in the summer of 2011 we've just seen it explode with the ousting of VinceMcMahon from power and the absolute chaos surrounding TripleH's run as COO. And there is a real conspiracy. ''Somebody'' is taking advantage of all this in order to rule the WWE, and KevinNash and the [[NewWorldOrder nWo]] name are possibly involved. The mystery of who the players and the mastermind really are, however, is just beginning to get solved as we speak.

** [[SarcasmMode Because intentionally losing a match makes you real cool in a locker room.]]

* For the 2011 WWE draft, if your brand won a match, then you'd get a member from the other brand. One would think, that, instead, you would want to get rid of people on your brand, for less competition.

* The theme for NXT Season 5 is "Redemption," meaning that the rookies from the past [[strike:four]] three seasons[[hottip:*:Not counting the all-Diva season]] have a chance to earn a spot in Season 6, each with new pros such as Chavo Guerrero, JTG and Hornswoggle (which is stupid). The returning rookies? Titus O'Neil, Lucky Cannon, Connor O'Brien, Byron Saxton, Jacob Novak, and ...[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Darren Young]]? Considering that not only was he part of [[TheNexus The (original) Nexus]], but he was already a regular on "[[BShow Superstars]]" and even has had own theme music.

* The theme for NXT Season 5 is "Redemption," meaning that the rookies from the past [[strike:four]] three seasons[[hottip:*:Not counting the all-Diva season]] have a chance to earn a spot in Season 6, each with new pros such as Chavo Guerrero, JTG and Hornswoggle (which is stupid). The returning rookies? Titus O'Neil, Lucky Cannon, Connor O'Brien, Byron Saxton, Jacob Novak, and ...[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Darren Young]]? Considering that not only was he part of [[TheNexus The (original) Nexus]], but he was already a regular on "[[BShow Superstars]]" and even has his own theme music.

* The theme for NXT Season 5 is "Redemption," meaning that the rookies from the past [[strike:4]] 3[[hottip:*:Not counting the all-Diva season]] seasons have a chance to earn a spot in Season 6, each with new pros such as Chavo Guerrero, JTG and Hornswoggle (which is stupid). The returning rookies? Titus O'Neil, Lucky Cannon, Connor O'Brien, Byron Saxton, Jacob Novak, and ...[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Darren Young]]? Considering that not only was he part of [[TheNexus The (original) Nexus]], but he was already a regular on "[[BShow Superstars]]" and even has his own theme music.

* TheMiz wanting JohnCena to state that he was Awesome if Alex Riley defeated him in a cage match. Compared to what Cena has gone through the past year or so, pretty lame right? But considering that Cena has focused more on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] than Miz (Despite facing the latter at Wrestlemania for the world title), one could get the sense that despite all that has happened Cena ''still'' thinks of The Miz as a joke. So while the stipulation may sound tame, but when you consider the possibility of having the one guy who, despite your accomplishments, always saw you as a joke state that you're not. All of a sudden, Miz' stipulation doesn't sound so lame.

* TheMiz wanting JohnCena to state that he was Awesome if Alex Riley defeated him in a cage match. Compared to what Cena has gone through the past year or so, pretty lame right? But considering that Cena has focused more on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] than Miz (Despite facing the latter at Wrestlemania for the world title), one could get the sense that despite all that has happened Cena ''still'' thinks of The Miz as a joke. So while the stipulation may sound tame, but when you consider the possibility of having the one guy who, despite your accomplishments, who always saw you as a joke state that you're not. All of a sudden, Miz' stipulation doesn't sound so lame.

* TheMiz wanting JohnCena to state that he was Awesome if Alex Riley defeated him in a cage match. Compared to what Cena has gone through the past year or so, pretty lame right? But consider that Cena has focused more on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] than Miz (Despite facing the latter at Wrestlemania for the world title), one could get the sense that despite all that has happened Cena ''still'' thinks of The Miz as a joke. So while the stipulation may sound tame, but when you consider the possibility of having the one guy who, despite your accomplishments, who always saw you as a joke state that you're not. All of a sudden, Miz' stipulation doesn't sound so lame.

* TheMiz wanting JohnCena to state that he was Awesome if Alex Riley defeated him in a cage match. Compared to what Cena has gone through the past year or so, pretty lame right? But consider that Cena has focused more on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] than Miz (Despite facing the latter at Wrestlemania for the world title), one could get the sense that despite all that is happened Cena ''still'' thinks of The Miz as a joke. So while the stipulation may sound tame, but when you consider the possibility of having the one guy who, despite your accomplishments, who always saw you as a joke state that you're not. All of a sudden, Miz' stipulation doesn't sound so lame.

* TheMiz wanting JohnCena to state that he was Awesome if Alex Riley defeated him in a cage match. Compared to what Cena has gone through the past year or so, pretty lame right? But consider that Cena has focused more on [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] than Miz (Despite facing the latter at Wrestlemania for the world title), one could get the sense that despite all that is happened Cena ''still' thinks of Miz as a joke. So while the stipulation may sound tame, but when you consider the possibility of having the one guy who, despite your accomplishments, who always saw you as a joke state that you're not. All of a sudden, Miz' stipulation doesn't sound so lame.

* The return of [[DwayneJohnson The Rock.]] Before he comes out, there is a short 'lights out' sequence with just random ambient sound playing, punctuated by sparking sound effects. Random filler? Used to set the mood for the 'lights going out'? Nope. The sparks are because of the return of the ''most electrifying man in [[strike:sports]] all entertainment''.