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* TheWikiRule: [[https://officialwwe.fandom.com/wiki/WWE_Wiki The Official WWE Wiki]] covers WWE. Others like [[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Wiki The Pro Wrestling Wiki]] cover more than WWE.
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* ActingForTwo: Wrestling/MickFoley's four wrestling personas - Cactus Jack, Dude Love, Mankind and [[AsHimself himself]] - are all completely separate characters. Unlike [[PunnyName Isaac Yankem DDS]] and Kane, say, who were played by the same person but are totally separate characters, it is openly acknowledged that Foley is one guy in 4 roles. It was even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d when he once entered a Royal Rumble match three times (he wasn't working under his own name at the time), once for each persona. Also lampshaded at the 2005 Taboo Tuesday PPV, when fans voted online whether Foley would face Carlito as Mankind, Cactus Jack, or Dude Love. Mankind won the online vote and also the match.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://officialwwe.wikia.com/wiki/WWE_Wiki The Official WWE Wiki]] covers WWE. Others like [[http://prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Wiki The Pro Wrestling Wiki]] cover more than WWE.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://officialwwe.wikia.[[https://officialwwe.fandom.com/wiki/WWE_Wiki The Official WWE Wiki]] covers WWE. Others like [[http://prowrestling.wikia.[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Wiki The Pro Wrestling Wiki]] cover more than WWE.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: It came out that Wrestling/{{Lita}} cheated on Wrestling/MattHardy with Wrestling/{{Edge}}, causing a mini-scandal. On his website, at conventions and meet-and-greets, Hardy would tell anyone who asked that Lita cheated. Matt was legitimately fired over that. His firing turned out to be a glorified suspension and he came back.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: It came out that Wrestling/{{Lita}} cheated on Wrestling/MattHardy with Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, causing a mini-scandal. On his website, at conventions and meet-and-greets, Hardy would tell anyone who asked that Lita cheated. Matt was legitimately fired over that. His firing turned out to be a glorified suspension and he came back.
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** In 2020, on the onset of the [=#SpeakingOut=] movement, several wrestlers and employees contracted by WWE were accused of engaging in acts of misconduct, and some of them, like "Gentleman" Jack Gallagher, Ligero and Travis Banks, admitted their guilt and were released from their contracts.
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** Wrestling/TripleH deserves extra special mention. He went from diehard fanboy to WCW jobber to breakout WWE Superstar to marrying the boss' daughter, and he and his wife Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon are the heirs apparent to the WWE empire.
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** Wrestling/TripleH deserves extra special mention. He went from diehard fanboy to WCW jobber to breakout WWE Superstar to marrying the boss' daughter, and he and his wife Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon are the heirs apparent to now running the WWE empire.
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** The WWWF was the second major wrestling company to break ties with the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and declare their own World Champ, the first being the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. Flash-forward to the 2000s and WWE is a billion-dollar industry, while the AWA no longer exists and the NWA pretty much had to turn into a glorified indie to survive.
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** The WWWF was the second major wrestling company to break ties with the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and declare their own World Champ, world champion, the first being the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. Flash-forward to the 2000s and WWE is a billion-dollar industry, while the AWA no longer exists and the NWA pretty much had to turn into a glorified indie to survive.survive and the AWA no longer exists.[[note]]AWA closed its doors in 1990 before officially dissolving the following year. Keep in mind that this is before WCW was able to reach the same standing as the then-WWF, and before ECW was even founded.[[/note]]
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* MarketBasedTitle: In UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, the ''Elimination Chamber'' PPV is promoted as ''Wrestling/NoWayOutWrestling'' because the ''Elimination Chamber'' name has connotations that tie it to the gas chambers used in UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. ''Elimination Chamber'' was introduced in 2010 by WWE as its replacement for the ''No Way Out'' PPV. Interestingly, when ''No Way Out'' was brought back in 2012, it was promoted in Germany as ''No Escape''.
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* MarketBasedTitle: In UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, the ''Elimination Chamber'' PPV is promoted as ''Wrestling/NoWayOutWrestling'' ''Wrestling/NoWayOutWWE'' because the ''Elimination Chamber'' name has connotations that tie it to the gas chambers used in UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. ''Elimination Chamber'' was introduced in 2010 by WWE as its replacement for the ''No Way Out'' PPV. Interestingly, when ''No Way Out'' was brought back in 2012, it was promoted in Germany as ''No Escape''.
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** Anytime a tag team/{{power stable}} break up and one or more of those wrestlers have a successful singles run. The most prominent example is Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after the break-up of The Rockers; Wrestling/MartyJannetty is the reason why "The Jannety" is a redirect to this trope due to his lack of popularity after the break-up. There are ''way too many'' examples after them to count. In fact, Michaels' breakout success after the Rockers' break-up is considered the reason why there are too many examples to count in the first place, as WWE has engineered breakups between established teams in the hopes of creating singles stars, even to the detriment of its tag team division.
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** Anytime a tag team/{{power stable}} break up and one or more of those wrestlers have a successful singles run. The most prominent example is Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after the break-up of The Rockers; Wrestling/MartyJannetty is the reason why "The Jannety" is a redirect to this trope due to his lack of popularity after the break-up. There are ''way too many'' examples after them to count. In fact, Michaels' breakout success after the Rockers' break-up is considered the reason why there are too many examples to count in the first place, as WWE has engineered breakups between established teams in the hopes of creating singles stars, even to the detriment of its tag team division. Many have even stated that the break-up of the Rockers is probably the most damaging event to tag-team wrestling in the entire ''industry'', not just WWE.
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* FanNickname
** Vince J. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Sr.", while Vince K. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Jr.", especially among fans of the territories who tend to remember the former, especially if they liked ''anything'' about CWC/WWWF more than they do WWF/E.
** After the Universal Championship jumped from ''Raw'' to ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2019, WWE gave it a recolouring to match the show it was now on. Cue fans calling it the "Blueniversal Champion".
* FollowTheLeader
** In the early days of their women's division, the WWF frequently looked to Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling a.k.a. "Zenjo." When it was time to revive said division after Rockin' Robin dropped the title, all pretenses were dropped, and most of their female talent were simply flown in from Zenjo.
** The Wrestling/AttitudeEra was the result of the WWF copying the DarkerAndEdgier product of Wrestling/{{ECW}}.
** In December 2015 ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' held ''Aztec Warfare 2'', a battle royal-type match, with the title on the line. A few weeks later, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is on the line at the 2016 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble''.
** The Cruiserweight Classic is Lucha Libre Elite's ''Campeonato Elite Mundial'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] New Japan Pro Wrestling's ''Best of the Super Juniors''. That very year New Japan brought back the ''Super J Cup'' after having not used it for about seven years as if to remind everyone they had already done that too.
** The Hardy Brand "Final Deletion" was part of a three-match series in TNA and the result of much CharacterDevelopment between those involved. The New Day/Wyatt Family brawl in a location similar to the one the "Final Deletion" took place was an obvious cash in. Chris Jericho admitted the roster would hold screenings of the Final Deletion in between matches where they analyzed it in detail.
** Vince J. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Sr.", while Vince K. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Jr.", especially among fans of the territories who tend to remember the former, especially if they liked ''anything'' about CWC/WWWF more than they do WWF/E.
** After the Universal Championship jumped from ''Raw'' to ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2019, WWE gave it a recolouring to match the show it was now on. Cue fans calling it the "Blueniversal Champion".
* FollowTheLeader
** In the early days of their women's division, the WWF frequently looked to Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling a.k.a. "Zenjo." When it was time to revive said division after Rockin' Robin dropped the title, all pretenses were dropped, and most of their female talent were simply flown in from Zenjo.
** The Wrestling/AttitudeEra was the result of the WWF copying the DarkerAndEdgier product of Wrestling/{{ECW}}.
** In December 2015 ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' held ''Aztec Warfare 2'', a battle royal-type match, with the title on the line. A few weeks later, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is on the line at the 2016 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble''.
** The Cruiserweight Classic is Lucha Libre Elite's ''Campeonato Elite Mundial'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] New Japan Pro Wrestling's ''Best of the Super Juniors''. That very year New Japan brought back the ''Super J Cup'' after having not used it for about seven years as if to remind everyone they had already done that too.
** The Hardy Brand "Final Deletion" was part of a three-match series in TNA and the result of much CharacterDevelopment between those involved. The New Day/Wyatt Family brawl in a location similar to the one the "Final Deletion" took place was an obvious cash in. Chris Jericho admitted the roster would hold screenings of the Final Deletion in between matches where they analyzed it in detail.
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** The Rock: This Is Your Life! Highest rated ''Monday Night Raw'' segment ever![[note]]Austin vs. Taker on the June 28, 1999 episode of ''Raw'' did higher[[/note]]
** John Cena vs. The Rock: Once in a Lifetime! Then they got a rematch the following year.
** John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan, [[FromACertainPointOfView first time ever!]]
** John Cena vs. The Rock: Once in a Lifetime! Then they got a rematch the following year.
** John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan, [[FromACertainPointOfView first time ever!]]
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** The Rock: This Is Your Life! Highest rated ''Monday Night Raw'' segment ever![[note]]Austin ever![[note]]The segment pulled an 8.4 rating (around 8 million viewers). Austin vs. Taker on the June 28, 1999 episode of ''Raw'' did higher[[/note]]
a 9.5 rating (just under 11 million). The misinformation is often attributed to Vince Russo [[/note]]
** John Cena vs. The Rock: Once in aLifetime! Then they got Lifetime![[note]]They had a rematch the following year.
year, which was reportedly always the plan[[/note]].
** John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan, [[FromACertainPointOfView first timeever!]]ever!]][[note]]John Cena and ''Bryan Danielson'' wrestled on Velocity in 2003[[/note]]
** John Cena vs. The Rock: Once in a
** John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan, [[FromACertainPointOfView first time
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** Edge was named "Most Likely to be WWF Champion", was in the audience at WrestleMania VI, and won a training camp to become a wrestler by writing an essay. It was destiny.
** At 14 or 15 years old, Scotty 2 Hotty wrote to the WWF asking what professional wrestling school the WWF recruited their wrestlers from, helped assemble a WWF ring and attempted to call Vince [=McMahon=] himself.
** Wrestling/TripleH deserves extra special mention. He went from diehard fanboy to WCW jobber to breakout WWE Superstar to marrying the boss' daughter, and he and his wife Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon are the heirs apparent to the WWE empire.
** Edge was named "Most Likely to be WWF Champion", was in the audience at WrestleMania VI, and won a training camp to become a wrestler by writing an essay. It was destiny.
** At 14 or 15 years old, Scotty 2 Hotty wrote to the WWF asking what professional wrestling school the WWF recruited their wrestlers from, helped assemble a WWF ring and attempted to call Vince [=McMahon=] himself.
** Wrestling/TripleH deserves extra special mention. He went from diehard fanboy to WCW jobber to breakout WWE Superstar to marrying the boss' daughter, and he and his wife Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon are the heirs apparent to the WWE empire.
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** Anytime a tag team/{{power stable}} break up and one or more of those wrestlers have a successful singles run. The most prominent example is Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after the break up of The Rockers. There are ''way too many'' examples after them to count. In fact, Michaels' breakout success after the Rockers' breakup is considered the reason why there are too many examples to count in the first place, as WWE has engineered breakups between established teams in the hopes of creating singles stars, even to the detriment of its tag team division.
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** Anytime a tag team/{{power stable}} break up and one or more of those wrestlers have a successful singles run. The most prominent example is Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after the break up break-up of The Rockers.Rockers; Wrestling/MartyJannetty is the reason why "The Jannety" is a redirect to this trope due to his lack of popularity after the break-up. There are ''way too many'' examples after them to count. In fact, Michaels' breakout success after the Rockers' breakup break-up is considered the reason why there are too many examples to count in the first place, as WWE has engineered breakups between established teams in the hopes of creating singles stars, even to the detriment of its tag team division.
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** The WWWF was the second major wrestling company to break ties with the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and declare their own World Champ, the first being the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. Flash-forward to the 2000s and WWE is a billion-dollar industry, while the AWA is just a memory and the NWA is a glorified indie.
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** The WWWF was the second major wrestling company to break ties with the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and declare their own World Champ, the first being the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. Flash-forward to the 2000s and WWE is a billion-dollar industry, while the AWA is just a memory no longer exists and the NWA is pretty much had to turn into a glorified indie.indie to survive.
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He was never actually a trope namer - someone (me) created The Jannetty as an alternate name back in the days when that was tolerated
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** Anytime a tag team/{{power stable}} break up and one or more of those wrestlers have a successful singles run. The most prominent example is Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after the break up of The Rockers. Wrestling/MartyJannetty was the former {{Trope Namer|s}} due to his lack of popularity. There are ''way too many'' examples after them to count. In fact, Michaels' breakout success after the Rockers' breakup is considered the reason why there are too many examples to count in the first place, as WWE has engineered breakups between established teams in the hopes of creating singles stars, even to the detriment of its tag team division.
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** Anytime a tag team/{{power stable}} break up and one or more of those wrestlers have a successful singles run. The most prominent example is Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after the break up of The Rockers. Wrestling/MartyJannetty was the former {{Trope Namer|s}} due to his lack of popularity. There are ''way too many'' examples after them to count. In fact, Michaels' breakout success after the Rockers' breakup is considered the reason why there are too many examples to count in the first place, as WWE has engineered breakups between established teams in the hopes of creating singles stars, even to the detriment of its tag team division.
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*** The Wrestling/JumpingBombAngels habitually tore the house down in Japan, but their high-flying style was too ahead of its time in the U.S. The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Wrestling/LeilaniKai) requested working with them because the innovation going on in those circles was an antidote to the boring, Moolah-infected style that western women's divisions had. When these four began house show programs in June 1987, they stole the show every night and were awarded four-star matches left and right. Moolah, who was totally at sea with the acrobatic stuff that was blowing up overseas,[[note]]And backed by some of the boys in the back, who had complained to Vince that those girls needed "to learn how to work." Bear in mind that at that time you had steroid-jacked grapplers like Hogan on those particular house show cards.[[/note]] phoned the Zenjo office with phony booking which Vince [=McMahon=] and Pat Patterson didn't sign off on: The JBA won the Tag Team belts at the '88 ''Rumble'', and the big rumor was that the Glamour Girls were going to be given an opportunity to wrestle a title match with them at a PPV. (Judging by the timing of the story, it was either going to be ''[=WrestleMania=]'' IV or ''[=SummerSlam=]'' '88.) Kai and Martin went on a tour of Japan and were instructed by Moolah to do the title change on the last show of the tour, which confused the hell out of everyone. But it was enough for management to blame it on Kai and Martin. Soon after, the title was retired and both teams were out of the company.
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*** The Wrestling/JumpingBombAngels habitually tore the house down in Japan, but their high-flying style was too ahead of its time in the U.S. The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Wrestling/LeilaniKai) requested working with them because the innovation going on in those circles was an antidote to the boring, Moolah-infected style that western women's divisions had. When these four began house show programs in June 1987, they stole the show every night and were awarded four-star matches left and right. Moolah, who was totally at sea with the acrobatic stuff that was blowing up overseas,[[note]]And backed by some of the boys in the back, who had complained to Vince that those girls needed "to learn how to work." Bear in mind that at that time you had steroid-jacked grapplers like Hogan on those particular house show cards.[[/note]] phoned the Zenjo office with phony booking which Vince [=McMahon=] and Pat Patterson didn't sign off on: The JBA won the Tag Team belts at the '88 ''Rumble'', and the big rumor was that the Glamour Girls were going to be given an opportunity to wrestle a title match with them at a PPV. (Judging by the timing of the story, it was either going to be ''[=WrestleMania=]'' IV or ''[=SummerSlam=]'' '88.) Kai and Martin went on a tour of Japan and were instructed by Moolah to do the title change on the last show of the tour, which confused the hell out of everyone. But it was enough for management to blame it on Kai and Martin. Soon after, the title was retired and both teams were out of the company.company, with the JBA breaking up in 1991.
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** Vince J. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Sr", while Vince K [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Jr", especially among fans of the territories, especially if they liked ''anything'' about CWC/WWWF more than they do WWF/E.
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** Vince J. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Sr", Sr.", while Vince K K. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Jr", Jr.", especially among fans of the territories, territories who tend to remember the former, especially if they liked ''anything'' about CWC/WWWF more than they do WWF/E.
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* FanNickname: After the Universal Championship jumped from ''Raw'' to ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2019, WWE gave it a recolouring to match the show it was now on. Cue fans calling it the "Blueniversal Champion".
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* FanNickname: FanNickname
** Vince J. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Sr", while Vince K [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Jr", especially among fans of the territories, especially if they liked ''anything'' about CWC/WWWF more than they do WWF/E.
** After the Universal Championship jumped from ''Raw'' to ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2019, WWE gave it a recolouring to match the show it was now on. Cue fans calling it the "Blueniversal Champion".
** Vince J. [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Sr", while Vince K [=McMahon=] is known as "Vince Jr", especially among fans of the territories, especially if they liked ''anything'' about CWC/WWWF more than they do WWF/E.
** After the Universal Championship jumped from ''Raw'' to ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2019, WWE gave it a recolouring to match the show it was now on. Cue fans calling it the "Blueniversal Champion".
