History Wrestling / TheCorporation

* DistractedByTheSexy: During The Bossman and Shamrock's feud with Wrestling/OwenHart and Wrestling/JeffJarrett, their manager Debra managed to cost the Corporation a shot at the tag team titles, causing Vince to feed The Bossman and Shamrock salpeter powder to inhibit their sex drives for the next match.

* FleetingDemographicRule: 2013 saw Triple H form a very similar stable, "the Authority", nicknamed "The New Corporation" by fans, with Randy Orton and the Shield, which was focused around protecting what was "best for business", preventing DanielBryan from becoming champion, and punishing any wrestlers who spoke out against HHH's regime.

* [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Vince [=McMahon=]]]: The Corporation turned against Vince [=McMahon=] and it was shortly revealed that Shane was in league with 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]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: During The Bossman and Shamrock's feud with OwenHart and JeffJarrett, their manager Debra managed to cost the Corporation a shot at the tag team titles, causing Vince to feed The Bossman and Shamrock salpeter powder to inhibit their sex drives for the next match.

->"''No chance, say that's what you got\\

'Cause it's just a matter of time''"

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 WWE World Heavyweight 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]].

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]]).

The Corporation would use "No Chance In Hell" as it's theme music following the 1999 Royal Rumble (which the song debuted as the PPV's them), and it would later exclusively become Vince's theme. After it merged with the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness their theme became a DarkReprise of "No Chance in Hell".

-->"''No chance, say that's what you got\\
Up against a machine too strong\\
Greedy politicans buying souls for us are puppets\\
Won't find their place in line\\
Now, tie a string around your finger now, boy\\
'Cause it's just a matter of time''"
-->--"''No Chance in Hell''"

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

'''The Corporation''' was a PowerStable in Wrestling/{{WWE}} led by WWE owner/chairman [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]. The group represented Vince's corporate empire and its purpose was to enforce his authority and punish those who defied it, such as Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and [[Wrestling/DGenerationX [=DeGeneration=] X]].

* VillainTeamUp: Once Vince and Rock left the stable, Shane had to merge with the Ministry Of Darkness to keep the Corporation from completely dissolving, [[spoiler: though the real reason was because Vince [=McMahon=] was the Greater Power controlling both stables all along]].

* DistractedByTheSexy: During The Bossman and Shamrock's feud with OwenHart and JessJarrett, their manager Debra managed to cost the Corporation a shot at the tag team titles, causing Vince to feed The Bossman and Shamrock salpeter powder to inhibit their sex drives for the next match.

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]], crossing the MoralEventHorizon 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]]).

[[caption-width-right:250:Ken Shamrock, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]], and the Wrestling/BigBossman]]

* FleetingDemographicRule: 2013 saw Triple H form a very similar stable, nicknamed "The Powers That Be" and "The New Corporation" by fans, with Randy Orton and the Shield, which was focused around protecting what was "best for business" and punishing any wrestlers who spoke out against HHH's regime.

* FleetingDemographicRule: 2013 saw Triple H form a very similar stable with Randy Orton and the Shield, which was focused around protecting what was "best for business" and punishing any wrestlers who spoke out against HHH's regime.

* FaceHeelTurn: The Rock (whose turn kicked the Corporation into high gear, to be precise), Shane [=McMahon=] [[hottip:*:Prior to aligning with the Corporation, he had been helping a recently-fired Stone Cold out.]] Chyna, Triple H, & Ken Shamrock.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Mean Street Posse, Shane's UpperClassTwit friends Rodney and Pete "Gas" from Greenwich, plus Joey Abs[[note]][[AscendedExtra formerly]] a {{Jobber}} under his own name of Jason Ahrndt and who also competed in [[Wrestling/MattHardy the]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardyz]]' OMEGA promotion.[[/note]]

'''The Corporation''' was a PowerStable in Wrestling/{{WWE}} led by WWE owner/chairman [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]. The group represented Vince's corporate empire and its purpose was to enforce his authority and punish those who defied it, such as Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/DGenerationX.

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 TheUndertaker all along and the Corporation would merge with the Ministry Of Darkness 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 VinceMcMahon [[HijackedByGanon himself]], crossing the MoralEventHorizon for masterminding his own daughter's kidnapping just to get the WWE title off of Austin. 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]]).

!!Tropes associated with The Corporation:
* ArchEnemy: StoneColdSteveAustin, MickFoley, and DGenerationX all together and separately fought the Corporation at the same time.

* BattleButler: KenShamrock was Vince's major enforcer in The Corporation, and stayed loyal to Vince when he was ousted and the Corporate Ministry was formed. [[spoiler: When Vince revealed himself as the "Higher Power", Shamrock was less than pleased, declaring, "You USED me... NOW I'M GONNA ABUSE YOU!"]]
* BigBad: VinceMcMahon

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

* EvilOverlord: VinceMcMahon
* FaceHeelTurn: The Rock (who's turn kicked the Corporation into high gear, to be precise), Shane [=McMahon=] [[hottip:*:Prior to aligning with the Corporation, he had been helping a recently-fired Stone Cold out.]] Chyna, Triple H, & Ken Shamrock.

** TheBigBad: VinceMcMahon [[spoiler: directly as well as behind-the-scenes as the "Greater Power"]]
** CoDragons: [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Triple H

** TheBrute: Ken Shamrock, {{Test}}, {{Wrestler/Kane}}, TheBigShow

* HeelFaceTurn: ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, TheBigShow, [[ThoseTwoGuys The Stooges]], Ken Shamrock, {{Test}}, and [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. [[spoiler: Subverted with VinceMcMahon, as he was [[EvilAllAlong the mastermind behind the Corporate Ministry]]. ]]
* [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Vince McMahon]]: TheCorporation turned against VinceMcMahon and it was shortly revealed that Shane was in league with 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 TheCorporation the whole time]]
* HourglassPlot: With DGenerationX. By the time late 1999 had come around, every single member of TheCorporation 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.

** The Heir Apparent: Ken Shamrock, later TripleH

** The Enforcer: The Big Boss Man, Chyna
** The Muscle: TheBigShow, {{Test}}, Wrestler/{{Kane}}

** The Manager: Vince, Shane, ShawnMichaels
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Mean Street Posse, Shane's UpperClassTwit friends from Greenwich.
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: When Vince assembled a stable known as "The Union" 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]]

* VillainTeamUp: Once Vince and Rock left the stable, Shane had to merge with the Ministry Of Darkness to keep the Corporation from completely dissolving, [[spoiler: though the real reason was because VinceMcMahon was the Greater Power controlling both stables all along]].

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

'''The Corporation''' was a PowerStable in Wrestling/{{WWE}} led by WWE owner/chairman Wrestling/VinceMcMahon. The group represented Vince's corporate empire and its purpose was to enforce his authority and punish those who defied it, such as Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/DGenerationX.

The Corporation would use "No Chance In Hell" as it's theme music following the 1999 Royal Rumble (which the song debuted as the PPV's them), and it would later exclusively become Vince's theme. After it merged with the MinistryOfDarkness their theme became a DarkReprise of "No Chance in Hell".

* VillainTeamUp: Once Vince and Rock left the stable, Shane had to merge with the MinistryOfDarkness to keep the Corporation from completely dissolving, [[spoiler: though the real reason was because VinceMcMahon was the Greater Power controlling both stables all along]].

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Stooges, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco, who were two former high-class wrestlers who got to act like absolute buffoons.

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 TheUndertaker all along and the Corporation would merge with the Ministry Of Darkness 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 VinceMcMahon [[HijackedByGanon himself]], crossing the MoralEventHorizon for masterminding his own daughter's kidnapping just to get the WWE title off of Austin. 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 (he came back a couple of months later of course).

[[caption-width-right:250:Ken Shamrock, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]], and the Wrestling/BigBossman]]

TheCorporation was a PowerStable in Wrestling/{{WWE}} led by WWE owner/chairman WrestlingVinceMcMahon. The group represented Vince's corporate empire and its purpose was to enforce his authority and punish those who defied it, such as Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/DGenerationX.

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 WWE World Heavyweight Championship]] in a tournament. Vince and his corporate stooges Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, Wrestling/BigBossman, [[ThoseTwoGuys Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco]], were joined by [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Vince's son 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]].

!!'''Tropes:'''

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 WWE World Heavyweight Championship]] in a tournament. Vince and his corporate stooges Wrestlign/SgtSlaughter, Wrestling/BigBossman, [[ThoseTwoGuys Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco]], were joined by [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Vince's son 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]].

TheCorporation was a PowerStable in Wrestling/{{WWE}} led by WWE owner/chairman VinceMcMahon. The group represented Vince's corporate empire and its purpose was to enforce his authority and punish those who defied it, such as StoneColdSteveAustin and DGenerationX.

The group was formed at Survivor Series 1998 when Vince not only screwed Austin, but [[MickFoley Mankind]], whom had been loyal to Vince for several months, out of the WWE championship in a tournament. Vince and his corporate stooges Sgt. Slaughter, BigBossman, [[ThoseTwoGuys Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco]], were joined by [[ShaneMcMahon Vince's son Shane]] (who screwed Austin out of the tournament after pretending to be his ally) and his new [[TheDragon "Corporate Champion"]], [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] (who Vince "feuded" with heading into the event, and who won the WWE title in a remake of the MontrealScrewjob). They were later joined by Ken Shamrock, ShawnMichaels (who replaced Sgt Slaughter), {{Test}}, {{Wrestler/Kane}}, {{Chyna}}, TheBigShow, 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]].

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), {{Wrestler/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 TheUndertaker all along and the Corporation would merge with the Ministry Of Darkness 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 VinceMcMahon [[HijackedByGanon himself]], crossing the MoralEventHorizon for masterminding his own daughter's kidnapping just to get the WWE title off of Austin. 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 (he came back a couple of months later of course).

* DragonInChief: [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] sort of became this after Vince, TheCorporation's BigBad, was kicked out, and the group was forced to merge with the MinistryOfDarkness to form the Corporate Ministry after Rock was also kicked out. Then it was subverted, as the Corporate Ministry became a powerful group itself, and it would be revealed that Shane was in cahoots with TheUndertaker all along [[spoiler: and that Vince was the "Greater Power" they were taking their orders from the whole time, thus the merger was actually part of their plan. It was only when Vince, the BigBad, was "banished" by StoneColdSteveAustin that the group finally collapsed for good.]]

TheCorporation was a PowerStable in WorldWrestlingEntertainment led by WWE owner/chairman VinceMcMahon. The group represented Vince's corporate empire and its purpose was to enforce his authority and punish those who defied it, such as StoneColdSteveAustin and DGenerationX.

* ShockingSwerve: Was created in the wake of Survivor Series 1998, which had Vince and then-face Rock pull a MontrealScrewjob on MickFoley, who was Vince's MoralityPet at the time.