History Wrestling / TheCorporation

* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in Wrestling/TheAuthority, who much like the Corporation treated their employees like garbage and ruled the WWE with an iron fist.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/MickFoley, and [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} [=DeGeneration=] X]] all together and separately fought the Corporation at the same time. At Mankind's iconic title match against The Rock, all three fought against the Corporation, with [=DeGeneration=] X subduing Vince's goons while Stone Cold hit The Rock with a steel chair and helped Mankind pin him for the WWF Championship.

[[caption-width-right:250:Wrestling/KenShamrock, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, and the Wrestling/BigBossman]]

The group was formed at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1998'' when Vince not only screwed Austin, but [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]], whom had been loyal to Vince for several months, out of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWF Championship]] in a tournament. Vince and his corporate stooges Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, Wrestling/BigBossman, [[ThoseTwoGuys Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco]], were joined by Vince's son [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Shane]] (who screwed Austin out of the tournament after pretending to be his ally) and his new [[TheDragon "Corporate Champion"]], [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] (who Vince "feuded" with heading into the event, and who won the WWE title in a remake of the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob). They were later joined by Ken Shamrock, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels (who replaced Sgt Slaughter), Wrestling/{{Test}}, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/TheBigShow, Wrestling/TripleH, and the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Mean Street Posse]]. The goal was to create a "corporate image" for WWE which was being threatened by the likes of Austin, Mankind, and DX. They would also later feud with [[EvilVersusEvil the Ministry of Darkness]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/TheBigShow, [[ThoseTwoGuys The Stooges]], Ken Shamrock, Wrestling/{{Test}}, and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] all turned face and left The Corporation as a result. [[spoiler: Subverted with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, as he was [[EvilAllAlong the mastermind behind the Corporate Ministry]].]]
* [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Vince [=McMahon=]]]: The Corporation turned against Vince [=McMahon=] and it was shortly revealed that Shane was in league with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and had been taking orders from the same "Greater Power". Said Greater Power turned out to be Vince himself, meaning he was still the leader of The Corporation the whole time]]
* HourglassPlot: With [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} [=DeGeneration X=]]]. By the time late 1999 had come around, every single member of The Corporation with the exception of The Big Bossman had turned face and most of them were now feuding with a heel DX. This includes Vince and Shane.

* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: When Vince assembled a stable known as "The Union" (Mankind, Ken Shamrock, the Big Show and Test) to go up against the Corporate Ministry, despite that he was still in charge of the WWF. [[spoiler: Vince was also the "Higher Power" controlling the Corporate Ministry, so he was "sticking it to himself" in more ways than one until he revealed this fact and his true goal, causing the Union to collapse]]

* TheStarscream: Shane [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope turned out NOT to be this]] as he was still taking orders from [[TheManBehindTheMan Vince, aka The Greater Power]] ]]

Things started to fall apart for the Corporation in 1999. Despite Vince's efforts to keep the title off of Austin (even fighting Austin one on one in a steel cage), Austin would win the title back at Wrestlemania XV. A few members also left such as HBK ("fired" by Vince), Wrestling/{{Kane}} (after being backstabbed by Chyna), and Big Show (who Vince slapped, leading to Show punching him out). To make matters worse, the Ministry was constantly threatening Vince's daughter [[DistressedDamsel Stephanie]] during this time, and Vince shifted his focus away from his ArchEnemy Austin in order to protect her. Shane would then [[TheStarscream turn against Vince]] and take over the Corporation. Other members such as Shamrock, Test, Patterson, Brisco, and finally The Rock would leave the Corporation, leaving only Shane, Triple H, Chyna, Big Bossman, and the Mean Street Posse. Shane would then reveal he was in cahoots with Wrestling/TheUndertaker all along and the Corporation would merge with the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness to form the Corporate Ministry. Both Shane and Undertaker had been taking their orders from a mysterious [[TheManBehindTheMan "Higher Power"]], who eventually revealed himself to be none other than Vince [=McMahon=] [[HijackedByGanon himself]], pulling another FaceHeelTurn for masterminding his own daughter's kidnapping just to get the WWE title off of Austin.[[note]]The exact circumstances of ''how'' Austin lost the title were largely ignored because the match, with Undertaker defeating Austin, took place at ''Over the Edge 99'', which is the same [=PPV=] where Wrestling/OwenHart died.[[/note]] The Corporate Ministry, and thus the Corporation in general, would finally collapse after Austin retained his title at ''Fully Loaded 1999'', which as a result Vince was "banished" from WWE ([[TenMinuteRetirement he came back a couple of months later of course]]).

* BigBad: Vince [=McMahon=], the evil corporate overlord responsible for the antics of the Corporation and was the main villain of the Wrestling/AttitudeEra as a whole.

* HeelFaceTurn: Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/TheBigShow, [[ThoseTwoGuys The Stooges]], Ken Shamrock, Wrestling/{{Test}}, and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. [[spoiler: Subverted with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, as he was [[EvilAllAlong the mastermind behind the Corporate Ministry]]. ]]

* KnightTemplar

** The Muscle: Wrestling/TheBigShow, Wrestling/{{Test}}, Wrestling/{{Kane}}

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/MickFoley, and [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} [=DeGeneration=] X]] all together and separately fought the Corporation at the same time. At Mankind's iconic title match against The Rock, all three fought against the Corporation, with [=DeGeneration=] X subduing Vince's goons while Stone Cold hit The Rock with a steel chair and helped Mankind pin him.
* BadBoss: Vince and Shane [=McMahon=].

* TheDragon: Shane was Vince's second-in-command, however [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] was the "Corporate Champion".

* EvilOverlord: Vince [=McMahon=]

* OverlordJr: Shane [=McMahon=]

* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in Wrestling/TheAuthority.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/MickFoley, and [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} [=DeGeneration=] X]] all together and separately fought the Corporation at the same time.

* BigBad: Vince [=McMahon=]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Stooges, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco, who were two former high-class wrestlers who got to act like absolute buffoons. Sometimes Sergeant Slaughter joined them, making it Those Three Bad Guys.

* FiveBadBand:
** The BigBad: Vince [=McMahon=] [[spoiler: directly as well as behind-the-scenes as the "Greater Power"]]
** CoDragons: [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Triple H
** TheEvilGenius: Big Bossman, Shane [=McMahon=]
** TheBrute: Ken Shamrock, Wrestling/{{Test}}, {{Wrestling/Kane}}, Wrestling/TheBigShow
** TheDarkChick: Chyna, The Stooges, The Mean Street Posse

* HeelFaceTurn: Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/TheBigShow, [[ThoseTwoGuys The Stooges]], Ken Shamrock, Wrestling/{{Test}}, and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. [[spoiler: Subverted with VinceMcMahon, as he was [[EvilAllAlong the mastermind behind the Corporate Ministry]]. ]]