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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\'t an audience reaction, it can\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\\\'t an audience reaction, it can\\\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\\\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \\\"bad\\\" trope is because Vince Russo overused it in two national promotions, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

It can be viewed positively too. Wrestling/TheShield turning on Wrestling/TheAuthority made little sense and was only done to make fans happy. Making fans unhappy being the only reason the Shield existed, but it was a shocking swerve \\\'\\\'that made fans happy\\\'\\\'. Whether anyone likes it or not is the audience reaction, not the swerve itself. Similarly, a shocking swerve can make sense later down the road when given viewers are given new information, such as when Wrestling/JimmyJacobs sided with Kevin Steen after [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor ROH]] \\\'\\\'Showdown In The Sun\\\'\\\'. Not sure anyone liked that one, but the ROH bots had to agree Wrestling/JimCornette and [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] pulled it off better than Russo.

As a matter of fact, this seems like the typical Wrestling/VinceRusso [[NeverMyFault blame shifting]]. People reacted negatively to his shocking swerve? Well shocking swerve is subjective, even though Tony Schiavone is confirming these are indeed shocking swerves every other week. Every criticism of Vince Russo as a writer who abused a trope loses less value because shocking swerves are not really tropes a writer uses, just fan reactions, all evidence to the contrary.
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\'t an audience reaction, it can\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\\\'t an audience reaction, it can\\\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\\\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \\\"bad\\\" trope is because Vince Russo overused it in two national promotions, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

It can be viewed positively too. Wrestling/TheShield turning on Wrestling/TheAuthority made little sense and was only done to make fans happy. Making fans unhappy being the only reason the Shield existed, but it was a shocking swerve \\\'\\\'that made fans happy\\\'\\\'. Whether anyone likes it or not is the audience reaction, not the swerve itself. Similarly, a shocking swerve can make sense later down the road when given viewers are given new information, such as when Wrestling/JimmyJacobs sided with Kevin Steen after [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor ROH]] \\\'\\\'Showdown In The Sun\\\'\\\'. Not sure anyone liked that one, but the ROH bots had to agree JimCornette and [[HunterJohnston Delirious]] pulled it off better than Russo.

As a matter of fact, this seems like the typical VinceRusso [[NeverMyFault blame shifting]]. People reacted negatively to his shocking swerve? Well shocking swerve is subjective, even though Tony Schiavone is confirming these are indeed shocking swerves every other week. Every criticism of Vince Russo as a writer who abused a trope loses less value because shocking swerves are not really tropes a writer uses, just fan reactions, all evidence to the contrary.
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\'t an audience reaction, it can\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\\\'t an audience reaction, it can\\\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\\\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \\\"bad\\\" trope is because Vince Russo overused it in two national promotions, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

It can be viewed positively too. Wrestling/TheShield turning on Wrestling/TheAuthority made little sense and was only done to make fans happy. Making fans unhappy being the only reason the Shield existed, but it was a shocking swerve \\\'\\\'that made fans happy\\\'\\\'. Whether anyone likes it or not is the audience reaction, not the swerve itself. Similarly, a shocking swerve can make sense later down the road when given viewers are given new information, such as when Wrestling/JimmyJacobs sided with Kevin Steen after [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor ROH]] \\\'\\\'Showdown In The Sun\\\'\\\'. Not sure anyone liked that one, but the ROH bots had to agree JimCornette and [[HunterJohnston Delirious]] pulled it off better than Russo.

As a matter of fact, this seems like the typical VinceRusso esque OrwellianRetcon. People reacted negatively to his shocking swerve? Well shocking swerve is subjective, even though Tony Schiavone is confirming these are indeed shocking swerves every other week. Every criticism of Vince Russo as a writer who abused a trope loses less value because shocking swerves are not really tropes a writer uses, just fan reactions, all evidence to the contrary.
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\'t an audience reaction, it can\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \
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A plot twist that makes no sense given what was established by the narrative? Why is this on the subjective tab? This isn\\\'t an audience reaction, it can\\\'t be an audience reaction when it was named by a person on a show where it happened! Don\\\'t try to play the negativity card either, the only reason this is considered a \\\"bad\\\" trope is because Vince Russo overused it in two national promotions, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

It can be viewed positively too. Wrestling/TheShield turning on Wrestling/TheAuthority made little sense and was only done to make fans happy. Making fans unhappy being the only reason the Shield existed, but it was a shocking swerve \\\'\\\'that made fans happy\\\'\\\'. Whether anyone likes it or not is the audience reaction, not the swerve itself. Similarly, a shocking swerve can make sense later down the road when given viewers are given new information, such as when Wrestling/JimmyJacobs sided with Kevin Steen after [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor ROH]] \\\'\\\'Showdown In The Sun\\\'\\\'. Not sure anyone liked that one, but the ROH bots had to agree JimCornette and [[HunterJohnston Delirious]] pulled it off better than Russo.

As a matter of fact, this seems like the typical VinceRusso esque OrwellianRetcon. People reacted negatively to his shocking swerve? Well shocking swerve is subjective, even though Tony Shimatore is confirming these are indeed shocking swerves every other week. Every criticism of Vince Russo as a writer who abused a trope loses less value because shocking swerves are not really tropes a writer uses, just fan reactions, all evidence to the contrary.
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^That was a sock of bornofself, btw, who has now been {{UnPerson}}ed and ReleasedToElsewhere.
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^That was a sock of bornofself, btw, who has now been {{UnPerson}}ed and ReleasedToElsewhere. He\\\'s a recurring ban evader, so keep an eye out for \\\"new accounts\\\" with suspiciously similar SingleIssueWonk behavior.
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One thing to bring to attention here, the description has lots of WeaselWords and reads like the page isn\'t sure exactly what it\'s talking about. It could use a rewrite into a more \
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One thing to bring to attention here, the description has lots of WeaselWords and reads like the page isn\\\'t sure exactly what it\\\'s talking about. It could use a rewrite into a more \\\"definite\\\" voice.
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^That was a sock of bornofself, btw, who has now been UnPersoned and ReleasedToElsewhere.
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^That was a sock of bornofself, btw, who has now been {{UnPerson}}ed and ReleasedToElsewhere.
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One thing to bring to attention here, the description has lots of WeaselWords and reads like the page isn\'t sure exactly what it\'s talking about. It could use a rewrite into a more \
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One thing to bring to attention here, the description has lots of WeaselWords and reads like the page isn\\\'t sure exactly what it\\\'s talking about. It could use a rewrite into a more \\\"definite\\\" voice.
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