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* ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1995'' featured a Wild Card match with the team of Wrestling/AhmedJohnson, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, and Sid against [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], [[Wrestling/ShaneDouglas Dean Douglas]], Wrestling/OwenHart, and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}. The faces and heels did not get along, causing the elimination of their teammates.

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* ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1995'' featured a Wild Card match with the team of Wrestling/AhmedJohnson, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, and Sid [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sycho Sid]] against [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], [[Wrestling/ShaneDouglas Dean Douglas]], Wrestling/OwenHart, and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}. The faces and heels did not get along, along,[[note]]A brief overview of where everyone was going in: Owen and Yokozuna were tag champs and part of the [[Wrestling/JimCornette Camp Cornette]] faction with Bulldog, Razor had recently beaten Douglas for the IC title shortly after Michaels relinquished it to Douglas due to injury (from [[BlatantLies "9 Marines"]], this was Michael's return match), Sid had recently convinced the [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman 1-2-3 Kid]] (who accompanied him at ringside) to [[FaceHeelTurn turn on Razor]] and had past bad blood with Michaels, and Johnson had recently made his debut in a match where he bodyslammed Yoko. So that's Ahmed, Shawn, and Razor on the {{Face}} side and the other 5 were the heels. Got all that?[[/note]] causing the elimination of their teammates.
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* At the 2016 ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Death Before Dishonor]]'' [[Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi Kamataichi]]'s first two goals were to get a shot at the Television Title belt and help [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]] retain the World TagTeam Titles. During this time he formed alliances with Donovan Dijak and Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon to help settle personal grievances with Jay White, Wrestling/LioRush and Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi.

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* At the 2016 ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Death Before Dishonor]]'' [[Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi Kamataichi]]'s first two goals were to get a shot at the Television Title belt and help [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]] retain the World TagTeam Titles. During this time he formed alliances with Donovan Dijak and Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon to help settle personal grievances with Jay White, Wrestling/LioRush and Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi.Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi.
* During one era of WWE booking in the 2010's to around 2021, this type of storyline became so common (particularly in the women's division) that "Can they coexist?" became a [[MemeticMutation meme]] and a phrase used to refer to tag teams consisting of two rivals. Even WWE themselves were referencing the joke in the end.
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* In 2010, the rise of the PowerStable Wrestling/TheNexus 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.

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* In 2010, the rise of the PowerStable Wrestling/TheNexus on ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' saw the [[RivalsTeamUp teaming up of former rivals]] like Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, and Wrestling/ChrisJericho after each got ambushed by Wrestling/TheNexus.
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* During the Fourth of July Raw in 2016, there was a Team USA vs Team World match that is notable for one reason: Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn competing as a team in WWE for the first time. (Of course, they had a history of this on the indies as well)

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* During the Fourth of July Raw in 2016, there was a Team USA vs Team World match that is notable for one reason: Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn competing as a team in WWE for the first time. (Of course, they had a history of this on in the indies as well)
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** The December 12, 2007 ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' featured a special "15th Anniversary battle royal," including such stars of the past as former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champions]] [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] and Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champions]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]], [[Wrestling/BarryDarsow Repo Man]] and Wrestling/AlSnow, and..."Wrestling/{{Gillberg}}". He did his dramatic entrance, and ''everyone'' in the match united to promptly eliminate him first. This is a notable subversion of the above point, since as a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/wwf-lh.html WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion]], Gillberg would have been one of the smallest guys in the match. Commentator [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] even ''said,'' "Not Gillberg, he just got here."

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** The December 12, 2007 ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' featured a special "15th Anniversary battle royal," including such stars of the past as former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champions]] [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] and Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champions]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]], [[Wrestling/BarryDarsow Repo Man]] and Wrestling/AlSnow, and..."Wrestling/{{Gillberg}}". He did his dramatic entrance, and ''everyone'' in the match united to promptly eliminate him first. This is a notable subversion of the above point, since as a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/wwf-lh.html WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion]], Gillberg would have been one of the smallest guys in the match. Commentator [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] even ''said,'' "Not Gillberg, he just got here."here!"
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** Any time a MonsterHeel -- or during his face days, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant -- was entered in a battle royal. A notable example was a ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired in March 1987, where eight wrestlers -- all of the faces and heels that were still in the ring, including Andre's new Heenan Family stablemate Hercules -- teamed to eliminate Andre, to help sell the "Eighth Wonder Of the World" as a dire threat to HulkHogan (a point Andre and Wrestling/BobbyHeenan drove home in a post-match interview: "It took eight men to eliminate one Giant, but it took one Giant to eliminate you, Hulk Hogan!").

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** Any time a MonsterHeel -- or during his face days, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant -- was entered in a battle royal. A notable example was a ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired in March 1987, where eight wrestlers -- all of the faces and heels that were still in the ring, including Andre's new Heenan Family stablemate Hercules -- teamed to eliminate Andre, to help sell the "Eighth Wonder Of the World" as a dire threat to HulkHogan Wrestling/HulkHogan (a point Andre and Wrestling/BobbyHeenan drove home in a post-match interview: "It took eight men to eliminate one Giant, but it took one Giant to eliminate you, Hulk Hogan!").
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* ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1995'' featured a Wild Card match with the team of Ahmed Johnson, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, and Sid against [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], [[Wrestling/ShaneDouglas Dean Douglas]], Wrestling/OwenHart, and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}. The faces and heels did not get along, causing the elimination of their teammates.

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* ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1995'' featured a Wild Card match with the team of Ahmed Johnson, Wrestling/AhmedJohnson, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, and Sid against [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], [[Wrestling/ShaneDouglas Dean Douglas]], Wrestling/OwenHart, and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}. The faces and heels did not get along, causing the elimination of their teammates.
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* The Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation had an angle in 1985 where the Russian faction of Boris Zhukov and Chris Markoff injured Wrestling/RickMartel. Martel's friend Mad Dog Vachon came looking for revenge and turned to the only man he felt was dirty and ruthless enough to stop the Russians: his old enemy Nick Bockwinkel.

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* The Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation had an angle in 1985 where the Russian faction of Boris Zhukov Wrestling/BorisZhukov and Chris Markoff injured Wrestling/RickMartel. Martel's friend Mad Dog Vachon came looking for revenge and turned to the only man he felt was dirty and ruthless enough to stop the Russians: his old enemy Nick Bockwinkel.
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** The December 12, 2007 ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' featured a special "15th Anniversary battle royal," including such stars of the past as former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champions]] [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] and Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champions]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]], [[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} Repo Man]] and Wrestling/AlSnow, and..."Gillberg". He did his dramatic entrance, and ''everyone'' in the match united to promptly eliminate him first. This is a notable subversion of the above point, since as a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/wwf-lh.html WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion]], Gillberg would have been one of the smallest guys in the match. Commentator [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] even ''said,'' "Not Gillberg, he just got here."

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** The December 12, 2007 ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' featured a special "15th Anniversary battle royal," including such stars of the past as former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champions]] [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] and Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champions]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]], [[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} [[Wrestling/BarryDarsow Repo Man]] and Wrestling/AlSnow, and..."Gillberg"."Wrestling/{{Gillberg}}". He did his dramatic entrance, and ''everyone'' in the match united to promptly eliminate him first. This is a notable subversion of the above point, since as a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/wwf-lh.html WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion]], Gillberg would have been one of the smallest guys in the match. Commentator [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] even ''said,'' "Not Gillberg, he just got here."
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* Wrestling/{{CMLL}}'s Torneo Increibles de Parejas, Arena Puebla and Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles all require all teams who wish to enter them to be composed of technico and rudo.

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* Wrestling/{{CMLL}}'s Torneo Increibles de Parejas, Arena Puebla and Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles all require all teams who wish to enter them to be composed of technico {{tecnico}} and rudo.



* Enforced at ''WWN Live Mercury Rising 2015'', where Mia Yim and the Kimber Bombs were set to take on The Canadian Ninjas and Nikki Storm. Andrea of Valifornia ran out and beat Storm senseless while stable leader So Cal Val informed Portia and Nicole that Andrea had replaced Nikki.

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* Enforced at ''WWN Live Mercury Rising 2015'', where Mia Yim and the Kimber Bombs were set to take on The Canadian Ninjas and Nikki Storm. Andrea of Valifornia ran out and beat Storm senseless while stable leader So Cal [=SoCal=] Val informed Portia and Nicole that Andrea had replaced Nikki.



* At the 2016 ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Death Before Dishonor]]'' Kamataichi's first two goals were to get a shot at the Television Title belt and help [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]] retain the World TagTeam Titles. During this time he formed alliances with Donovan Dijak and Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon to help settle personal grievances with Jay White, Wrestling/LioRush and Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi.

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* At the 2016 ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Death Before Dishonor]]'' Kamataichi's [[Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi Kamataichi]]'s first two goals were to get a shot at the Television Title belt and help [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]] retain the World TagTeam Titles. During this time he formed alliances with Donovan Dijak and Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon to help settle personal grievances with Jay White, Wrestling/LioRush and Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi.
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** Any time a MonsterHeel -- or during his face days, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant -- was entered in a battle royal. A notable example was a ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired in March 1987, where eight wrestlers -- all of the faces and heels that were still in the ring, including Andre's new Heenan Family stablemate Hercules -- teamed to eliminate Andre, to help sell the "Eighth Wonder Of the World" as a dire threat to HulkHogan (a point Andre and BobbyHeenan drove home in a post-match interview: "It took eight men to eliminate one Giant, but it took one Giant to eliminate you, Hulk Hogan!").

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** Any time a MonsterHeel -- or during his face days, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant -- was entered in a battle royal. A notable example was a ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired in March 1987, where eight wrestlers -- all of the faces and heels that were still in the ring, including Andre's new Heenan Family stablemate Hercules -- teamed to eliminate Andre, to help sell the "Eighth Wonder Of the World" as a dire threat to HulkHogan (a point Andre and BobbyHeenan Wrestling/BobbyHeenan drove home in a post-match interview: "It took eight men to eliminate one Giant, but it took one Giant to eliminate you, Hulk Hogan!").
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* During the Fourth of July Raw in 2016, there was a Team USA vs Team World match that is notable for one reason: Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn competing as a team in WWE for the first time. (Of course, they had a history of this on the indies as well)

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* During the Fourth of July Raw in 2016, there was a Team USA vs Team World match that is notable for one reason: Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn competing as a team in WWE for the first time. (Of course, they had a history of this on the indies as well)well)
* At the 2016 ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Death Before Dishonor]]'' Kamataichi's first two goals were to get a shot at the Television Title belt and help [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]] retain the World TagTeam Titles. During this time he formed alliances with Donovan Dijak and Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon to help settle personal grievances with Jay White, Wrestling/LioRush and Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi.
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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.

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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. Triple H. Since Undertaker and Wrestling/TripleH Triple H 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.
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** Any time a MonsterHeel -- or during his face days, AndreTheGiant -- was entered in a battle royal. A notable example was a ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired in March 1987, where eight wrestlers -- all of the faces and heels that were still in the ring, including Andre's new Heenan Family stablemate Hercules -- teamed to eliminate Andre, to help sell the "Eighth Wonder Of the World" as a dire threat to HulkHogan (a point Andre and BobbyHeenan drove home in a post-match interview: "It took eight men to eliminate one Giant, but it took one Giant to eliminate you, Hulk Hogan!").

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** Any time a MonsterHeel -- or during his face days, AndreTheGiant Wrestling/AndreTheGiant -- was entered in a battle royal. A notable example was a ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired in March 1987, where eight wrestlers -- all of the faces and heels that were still in the ring, including Andre's new Heenan Family stablemate Hercules -- teamed to eliminate Andre, to help sell the "Eighth Wonder Of the World" as a dire threat to HulkHogan (a point Andre and BobbyHeenan drove home in a post-match interview: "It took eight men to eliminate one Giant, but it took one Giant to eliminate you, Hulk Hogan!").

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