History KarmaHoudini / ProfessionalWrestling

* Behind the scenes: Wrestling/CurtHennig pranked Jacques Rougeau and blamed [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid Tom Billington]]. It escalated to the point where Jacques punched Tom in the mouth with a loaded fist, knocking out four teeth. Curt never owned up and never got punished.[[note]]Then again, [[AssholeVictim Billington was such a notorious bully]] that you could say it was karma indirectly hitting HIM. [[TraumaCongaLine Before it started directly hitting him.]][[/note]]

* Behind the scenes: Wrestling/CurtHennig pranked Jacques Rougeau and blamed [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid Tom Billington]]. It escalated to the point where Jacques punched Tom in the mouth with a loaded fist, knocking out four teeth. Curt never owned up and never got punished.

* During the buildup to Wrestling/WrestleMania XIX, Wrestling/TripleH was moved into a quick feud with Wrestling/BookerT. Seeing as most [=WrestleMania=] feuds tend to have months, sometimes even years to develop, Triple H needed to get some quick heat. What he does is say some pretty racist things to get some cheap heat for their buildup. Come [=WrestleMania=] does Booker T take the title from him? No, he gets beaten.
* This comes with the territory in the kayfabe world of wrestling, where ThereAreNoPolice (well, most of the time) and the most powerful heels are free to do practically whatever they want because everyone - including so-called authority figures - is terrified of their retribution.

* {{Wrestling/Kane}} got one in the summer of 2009. He kidnapped and tortured The Great Khali's "brother," Ranjin Singh, and launched some sneak attacks on Khali himself to boot. You'd think that Kane was definitely cruising for a comeuppance, but afterward he defeated Khali in pay-per-view matches ''twice'', then [[KneeCapping Knee Capped]] him with the steel steps on [=SmackDown=] on top of it. And just to make things even more aggravating, Kane turned face soon afterward with no penance on his part. This could just be because [[PopularityPower WWE fans honestly like Kane more than they do Khali]].

* The JBL-Finlay feud was a good example of this. [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] handcuffs Finlay to a cage so Vince and JBL can beat down Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}}. Then a few weeks later he attacks Hornswoggle in the hospital. After that they had little contact until their match at [=WrestleMania=] 24, where JBL threw a garbage can into Hornswoggle and beat Finlay clean. Could be HilariousInHindsight considering how annoying the Hornswoggle character got eventually.
** However, this was ultimately subverted a bit at [=WrestleMania=] 25 -- exactly a year later, no less -- where JBL lost to Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr in such a humiliating fashion that JBL actually quit his wrestling career during his VillainousBreakdown.
* Subverted with Wrestling/PaulHeyman at the end of the ''Invasion'' storyline where on the following Raw he appears at the color commentary booth with [[Wrestling/JimRoss JR]], [[TemptingFate bragging about getting away with being a part of the whole WCW/ECW alliance]]. Then, Vince [=McMahon=] calls him to the ring, fires him, and replaces him with the returning Wrestling/JerryLawler.
* Normally, Vince [=McMahon=] can be counted on to be given '''huge''' portions of comeuppance whenever he's playing the heelish BadBoss. Not so in 2003: Getting Wrestling/HulkHogan fired ''twice'', bullying a cripple who wanted to enter the WWE named Zach Gowen, convincing Wrestling/BrockLesnar to [[FaceHeelTurn betray]] his former best friend Kurt Angle and subsequently costing Angle the WWE Championship, fighting and defeating ''his own daughter'' in an "I Quit" Match in order to get her removed as [=SmackDown!=] GM, and burying Wrestling/TheUndertaker alive with the help of Kane. You'd think he's setting himself up for some major retribution at [=WrestleMania=] 20, but instead his only involvement during the show is to come out out-of-character midway through and thank the fans for their twenty years of support. [[note]]Granted, Undertaker did give him a NightmareFuel-worthy NoHoldsBarredBeatdown before Kane's interference, resulting in Vince feeling and looking absolutely '''''horrible''''' for weeks afterward.[[/note]]
* During the late 90s early 2000s, the Wrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of the Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. The worst things that happened to him were Big Show (A) crushing his car [[note]]Albeit with Bossman '''''still inside'''''.[[/note]] and (B) ultimately winning the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.
* In her current state, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon has been a tall order BadBoss, sadistically abusing Wrestling/TheBigShow before firing him, and trying desperately to destroy Daniel Bryan's run as World Champion (similarly with sadistic glee). Since no male wrestler can truly give her just desserts without crossing MoralEventHorizon, she has yet to get that smirk wiped off her face, most retaliations directed towards her husband Triple H instead. She does get the occasional moment of comeuppance, like being kayfabe arrested during her feud with Brie Bella or being dumped into a pool of pudding by Wrestling/VickieGuerrero, all of these moments are either very minor or otherwise don't affect her for very long, as it'll always result in her being back the next week acting even worse.
* Behind the scenes: Wrestling/CurtHennig pranked Jacques Rougeau and blamed [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid Tom Billington]]. It escalated to the point where Jacques punched Tom in the mouth with a loaded fist, knocking out four teeth. Curt never owned up and never got punished.
* Wrestling/ChrisHero had been a general nuisance to Wrestling/RingOfHonor before he officially lead the Wrestling/{{CZW}} invaders against it and remained a general nuisance to Ring of Honor even after the invasion had ended. How did Ring Of Honor ultimately decided to deal with him? By signing him to a contract that stated he would give priority to their bookings before all other companies...that's right, they gave him a full time spot on their roster, where he would go on to cause even more trouble with Wrestling/LarrySweeney.
* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair has been the top heel in the Women's division for the whole of 2016 and first quarter of 2017. Among her actions included betraying both her best friend and father, being an absolute bitch towards Dana Brooke, whom always helped her in matches and cheating in matches using dirtier methods than normal heels (including reenacting the infamous Montreal Screwjob on Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart). Despite all of this, her only comeback was losing the Raw's Women's Championship in February 2017 and when she moved to [=SmackDown=] a few months later, she quietly turned face following an attack by a group of heel women and those who she wronged with over the last year easily accepted her without so much of a sorry.

** He abused and tormented Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr and Wrestling/CodyRhodes for over a year, injured people placing them out of action, attacked HHH's wife Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, stealing s kiss from her as well right in front of him and......Randy Orton is now treated like a face. Despite being the most anti-social person in WWE, Orton receives cheers now because of his leather pants. Worst yet when Wrestling/{{Edge}} even called him and fans on this and it was ignored as RKO chanted through the arena.

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair has been the top heel in the Women's division for the whole of 2016 and first quarter of 2017. Among her actions included betraying both her best friend and father, being an absolute bitch towards Dana Brooke, whom always helped her in matches and cheating in matches using dirtier methods than normal heels (including reenacting the infamous Montreal Screwjob on Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart). Despite all of this, her only comeback was losing the Raw's Women's Championship in February 2017 and when she moved to [=SmackDown=] a few months later, she quietly turned face following an attack by a group of heel women and those who she wronged with over the last year easily accepted her without so much of a sorry.

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin was the ultimate JerkSue during his time in WWE, getting away with beating up all kinds of people just because he didn't like them or [[ComedicSociopathy to get a cheap laugh]].

*** What mitigates this is the fact that while Orton is putting the [[Wrestling/TheNexus New Nexus]] members on the shelf and getting sick pleasure out of doing it, Punk hasn't done anything particularly villainous during their feud. The worst thing he did was lead Mason Ryan and David Otunga in a 3-on-1 beatdown of Orton backstage, but by this point, Orton had already injured two of the Nexus members, making it sort of a KickTheSonOfABitch. Before that, the entire 5-man New Nexus attacked Orton, but this was the beginning of the feud, and Punk was still looking for revenge when it was partially justified.

* Wrestling/ChrisHero had been a general nuisance to Wrestling/RingOfHonor before he officially lead the Wrestling/{{CZW}} invaders against it and remained a general nuisance to Ring of Honor even after the invasion had ended. How did Ring Of Honor ultimately decided to deal with him? By signing him to a contract that stated he would give priority to their bookings before all other companies...that's right, they gave him a full time spot on their roster, where he would go on to cause even more trouble with Wrestling/LarrySweeney.

* During the buildup to Wrestlemania XIX, Wrestling/TripleH was moved into a quick feud with Wrestling/BookerT. Seeing as most Wrestlemania feuds tend to have months, sometimes even years to develop, Triple H needed to get some quick heat. What he does is say some pretty racist things to get some cheap heat for their buildup. Come Wrestlemania does Booker T take the title from him? No, he gets beaten.

* The JBL-Finlay feud was a good example of this. [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] handcuffs Finlay to a cage so Vince and JBL can beat down Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}}. Then a few weeks later he attacks Hornswoggle in the hospital. After that they had little contact until their match at Wrestlemania 24, where JBL threw a garbage can into Hornswoggle and beat Finlay clean. Could be HilariousInHindsight considering how annoying the Hornswoggle character got eventually.
** However, this was ultimately subverted a bit at WrestleMania 25 -- exactly a year later, no less -- where JBL lost to Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr in such a humiliating fashion that JBL actually quit his wrestling career during his VillainousBreakdown.

** However, this was ultimately subverted a bit at WrestleMania 25 -- exactly a year later, no less -- where JBL lost to ReyMysterioJr in such a humiliating fashion that JBL actually quit his wrestling career during his VillainousBreakdown.

* Normally, Vince [=McMahon=] can be counted on to be given '''huge''' portions of comeuppance whenever he's playing the heelish BadBoss. Not so in 2003: Getting Wrestling/HulkHogan fired ''twice'', bullying a cripple who wanted to enter the WWE named Zach Gowen, convincing Wrestling/BrockLesnar to [[FaceHeelTurn betray]] his former best friend Kurt Angle and subsequently costing Angle the WWE Championship, fighting and defeating ''his own daughter'' in an "I Quit" Match in order to get her removed as [=SmackDown!=] GM, and burying Wrestling/TheUndertaker alive with the help of Kane. You'd think he's setting himself up for some major retribution at [=WrestleMania=] 20, but instead his only involvement during the show is to come out out-of-character midway through and thank the fans for their twenty years of support.
* During the late 90s early 2000s, the Wrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of the Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. The worst things that happened to him were Big Show destroying his car, then Show ultimately winning the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

** He abused and tormented [[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr.]] & Wrestling/CodyRhodes for over a year, injured people placing them out of action, attacked HHH's wife [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Stephanie [=McMahon=]]], stealing s kiss from her as well right in front of him and......Randy Orton is now treated like a face. Despite being the most anti-social person in WWE, Orton receives cheers now because of his leather pants. Worst yet when Wrestling/{{Edge}} even called him and fans on this and it was ignored as RKO chanted through the arena.

* Normally, Vince [=McMahon=] can be counted on to be given '''huge''' portions of comeuppance whenever he's playing the heelish BadBoss. Not so in 2003: Getting Wrestling/HulkHogan fired ''twice'', bullying a cripple who wanted to enter the WWE named Zach Gowen, convincing BrockLesnar to [[FaceHeelTurn betray]] his former best friend Kurt Angle and subsequently costing Angle the WWE Championship, fighting and defeating ''his own daughter'' in an I Quit Match in order to get her removed as Smackdown! GM, and burying Wrestling/TheUndertaker alive with the help of Kane. You'd think he's setting himself up for some major retribution at WrestleMania 20, but instead his only involvement during the show is to come out midway through and thank the fans for their twenty years of support.
* During the late 90s early 2000s, the Wrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. The worst things that happened to him were Big Show destroying his car, then Show ultimately winning the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

* In her current state, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon has been a tall order BadBoss, sadistically abusing Wrestling/TheBigShow before firing him, and trying desperately to destroy Daniel Bryan's run as World Champion (similarly with sadistic glee). Since no male wrestler can truly give her just desserts without crossing MoralEventHorizon, she has yet to get that smirk wiped off her face, most retaliations directed towards her husband Triple H instead. She does get the occasional moment of comeuppance, like being kayfabe arrested during her feud with Brie Bella or being dumped into a pool of pudding by VickieGuerrero, all of these moments are either very minor or otherwise don't affect her for very long, as it'll always result in her being back the next week acting even worse.

* During the late 90s early 2000s, the Wrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. The worst things that happened to him were Big Show practically attempting to murder him by dropping an enormous dumpster onto his car, then Show ultimately winning the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

* {{Wrestling/Kane}} got one in the summer of 2009. He kidnapped and tortured The Great Khali's "brother," Ranjin Singh, and launched some sneak attacks on Khali himself to boot. You'd think that Kane was definitely cruising for a comeuppance, but afterward he defeated Khali in pay-per-view matches ''twice''. And just to make things even more aggravating, Kane turned face soon afterward with no penance on his part. This could just be because [[PopularityPower WWE fans honestly like Kane more than they do Khali]].

* During the late 90s early 2000s, the Wrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. He ''never'' got paid back in kind. The worst things that happened to him were Big Show practically attempting to murder him by dropping an enormous dumpster onto his car, then Show ultimately winning the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

*** However, this was eventually subverted somewhat when Punk used a pipe wrench to {{Knee Cap}} Orton in order to prevent him from using said kick -- let alone wrestling at 100% -- for the remainder of their feud.

* During the late 90s early 2000s, the Wrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. He ''never'' got paid back in kind. The worst thing that happened to him was that Big Show won the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

* In her current state, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon has been a tall order BadBoss, sadistically abusing Wrestling/TheBigShow before firing him, and trying desperately to destroy Daniel Bryan's run as World Champion (similarly with sadistic glee). Since no male wrestler can truly give her just desserts without crossing MoralEventHorizon, she has yet to get that smirk wiped off her face, most retaliations directed towards her husband Triple H instead.
** Zigzagged as she gets slapped by Brie Bella and later "arrested" for attacking her while she was a fan.
** Also, VickieGuerrero, after being fired and no longer having anything to lose, dumps her into a wading pool of several substances that look pudding-like. To say she's had that coming is definitely an understatement.

* Behind the scenes: Wrestling/CurtHennig pranked Jacques Rougeau and blamed [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid Tom Billington]]. It escalated to the point where Jacques punched Tom in the mouth with a loaded fist, knocking out four teeth. Curt never owned up and never got punished.

* During the late 90s early 2000s, theWrestling/BigBossman had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. He did all sorts of horrible things outside the ring, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. He ''never'' got paid back in kind. The worst thing that happened to him was that Big Show won the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

* In her current state, StephanieMcMahon has been a tall order BadBoss, sadistically abusing TheBigShow before firing him, and trying desperately to destroy Daniel Bryan's run as World Champion (similarly with sadistic glee). Since no male wrestler can truly give her just desserts without crossing MoralEventHorizon, she has yet to get that smirk wiped off her face, most retaliations directed towards her husband Triple H instead.

** Orton punted then Heavyweight Champion, Wrestling/CMPunk in the head, causing (kayfabe) injuries that forced him to forfeit the title. Years later when Punk actually calls him out on this, Punk had switched heel a while back, and Orton has turned face (without really being any less evil), so Punk gets booed for wanting rather justified revenge and Orton is cheered whenever he uses the same head-punting move on members of Punk's group. Orton actually said he wants to legitimately paralyze Punk and the crowd cheered him for this. Orton so far is not only a Karma Houdini, [[DracoInLeatherPants but the crowd actually supports him getting away with it]].

* During the late 90s early 2000s, [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. Outside the ring he did all sorts of horrible things, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. He ''never'' got paid back in kind. The worst thing that happened to him was that Big Show won the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

** Zigzagged as she gets slapped by Brie Bella and later "arrested" for attacking her while she was a fan.

* In her current state, StephanieMcMahon has been a tall order BadBoss, sadistically abusing TheBigShow before firing him, and trying desperately to destroy Daniel Bryan's run as World Champion (similarly with sadistic glee). Since no male wrestler can truly give her just desserts without crossing MoralEventHorizon, she has yet to get that smirk wiped off her face, most retaliations directed towards her husband Triple H instead.

* During the late 90s early 2000s, [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. Outside the ring he did all sorts of horrible things, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. He ''never'' got paid back in kind. The worst thing that happened to him was that Big Show won the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.

** Triple H ''in general''. Back in the 10/10/05 episode of Raw, after having betrayed his mentor Wrestling/RicFlair, Triple H, then the most hated heel in the company, walked in to the rest of the roster glaring at him, and Wrestling/TheBigShow promising that he'd get what was coming to him one day. Only...he never did. He eventually won the crowd's respect, becoming face by default, and would go on to be one of WWE's most popular babyfaces. And those times where he got close to actually getting his, like Wrestling/RandyOrton attacking him and his family, or Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} nearly ending his career, the crowd was still on Triple H's side, AND he would end up coming back from it both times.

* As of the 5/14/10 edition of Smackdown!, Drew [=McIntyre=] is officially this. On the 5/7 episode, he beat Wrestling/MattHardy (Matt seems to get a lot of this, doesn't he?) so badly that GM Theodore Long stripped him of the Intercontinental Championship and fired him. Karmic justice, right? Wrong. The very next week, Drew interrupts Kofi Kingston's celebration of winning said title in an impromptu tournament and announces that Mr. [=McMahon=] had not only re-hired him, but given him the title back as well, taking it right out of Kingston's hands. All this means that [=McIntyre=] nearly ended Matt's career and ''got off completely scot-free.'' As if being a CreatorsPet wasn't bad enough...
** Drew is Mr. [=McMahon's=] favorite on-screen for doing such things while also constantly dealing with Teddy trying to do his job right. Being a CreatorsPet is his ''gimmick''.
*** Doesn't apply to Drew anymore since even [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] seems to have caught on that he's not getting over at all, as his push is gone, and he was recently ''deported'' (kayfabe, although it was based on a [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life issue involving his work visa]]). Presently, he's 1/3 of the comedy team [[Wrestling/ThreeMB 3MB]].
* He abused and tormented [[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr.]] & Wrestling/CodyRhodes for over a year, injured people placing them out of action, attacked HHH's wife [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Stephanie [=McMahon=]]], stealing s kiss from her as well right in front of him and......Randy Orton is now treated like a face. Despite being the most anti-social person in WWE, Orton receives cheers now because of his leather pants. Worst yet when Wrestling/{{Edge}} even called him and fans on this and it was ignored as RKO chanted through the arena.
** Just a reminder, but when Orton beat down HHH and the [=McMahons=], even though it was portrayed as crossing the MoralEventHorizon, the fans were going absolutely mental. He got probably one of the biggest pops of the year when he attacked Stephanie.
*** Did none of the bookers remember Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and how he got over at all during that angle?
**** Also he fell victim to numerous beatdowns at the hands of HHH, was hated by every wrestler including the higher ups due to obvious reasons (which naturally came into play in stipulations such as [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Lumberjack matches]]) and later had his [[TheDogBitesBack Legacy teammates]] [[TheStarscream double cross him]]. He got a face turn sure, but to say he faced zero consequences isn't particularly true.

** Though after his feud with Wrestling/TheUndertaker in 2010, Kane soon got his when Edge did some torturous things against Kane and his father Wrestling/PaulBearer... In that case, what goes around actually did come back around.

* During the late 90s early 2000s, [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] had a bad heel run where being a karma houdini seemed to be his gimmick. Outside the ring he did all sorts of horrible things, such as cook Al Snow's dog and feed it to him and disrupt the funeral of The Big Show's father. Inside the ring, most of his matches, win lose or draw, ended with him handcuffing his opponent to the ropes and beating him with a nightstick. He ''never'' got paid back in kind. The worst thing that happened to him was that Big Show won the blowoff match in their feud in short order. He never did get anywhere near the main event scene again, though.
* When Wrestling/{{Edge}} went behind Wrestling/{{Matt Hardy}}'s back to go after his girlfriend Wrestling/{{Lita}}, instead of disciplining Edge for the incident, WWE management fired Matt. ''Massive'' fan outcry caused Hardy to be rehired after a month or two, but he was practically buried in his feud with Edge and then kept in jobber-to-the-stars position for a couple years. Lita was showered with vitriol from the fans to the point that she eventually quit wrestling because she was tired of the abuse. Edge, on the other hand, used the whole incident, developed his "Rated R Superstar" gimmick from the incident and became a permanent main eventer for years, and never saw the slightest negative consequence for the whole thing. To top it off, the same fans who drove Lita out of the business by chanting "skank" at her forgave Edge within a matter of weeks.
** To be fair, Hardy did manage to burn away a lot of the good will he'd built up by saying that he wished Edge and Lita would die in a car crash which did cause many fans to turn on him and derailed his progress in the company.
* Wrestling/TrishStratus, in the storyline, started the disgusting, moronic and completely unfactual Wrestling/MollyHolly "big ass" garbage that led to her becoming a target of endless ridicule and a contributing factor to Molly souring on wrestling.
** It also helps that Molly thought the jokes were funny and didn't take any offense from it.
* The Wrestling/BellaTwins not only ruined [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Natalya]]'s birthday by defeating her in a match, but they also humiliated her in front of everyone. And no one calls them out for it.
** Though they didn't get away with it when they said that Natalya being in ''Total Divas'' was a slap in the face for television. Natalya's response? She says "No, THIS is a slap in the face!" and smacks one of them in the face.

* The JBL-Finlay feud was a good example of this. [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] handcuffs Finlay to a cage so Vince and JBL can beat down Hornswoggle. Then a few weeks later he attacks Hornswoggle in the hospital. After that they had little contact until their match at Wrestlemania 24, where JBL threw a garbage can into Hornswoggle and beat Finlay clean. Could be HilariousInHindsight considering how annoying the Hornswoggle character got eventually.