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That's way too long, there are plenty of Wrestlers who don't have Five Moves of Doom, it's nattery (how do you know what Punk thinks on the matter if you're just infering it?), and not possessing a trope is not an aversion; unless every wrestlers had Five Moves of Doom simply not having them is not worth noting.
5MOD isn't an Omnipresent Trope in Professional Wrestling, so listing an aversion isn't appropriate.
As for the entry, that Cena uses 5MOD is important to the trope. That CMP doesn't like it, and doesn't play along with one being used against him isn't important, especially if there isn't Word of God from CMP that he doesn't like it done to him. The wiki main pages aren't for speculation on a person's thoughts or mental processes.
Edited by Nohbody All your safe space are belong to TrumpHowever! If Word of God states that CM Punk specifically hates the Five Moves of Doom trope and refuses to have that tactic work in his matches, then that would make it a Defied Trope, which would be worth noting.
Also, that trope listing really is way too damn long.

Would it be erroneous to add Five Moves of Doom to the page of a wrestler who doesn't use them, and seems to resent them (averted trope), and even lampshades them at times? Pretty much every big time wrestler has his own Five Moves of Doom, and I think it's considered surprising when one wrestler doesn't, or when another wrestler has his 5MOD countered when they almost always get them off smoothly (that applies to Cena in the entry below).
For instance (actually, the whole reason I'm submitting this), I wrote this entry on CM Punk's page:
Five Moves Of Doom: Averted. Not only does Punk himself not have four or five moves that he does in the exact same order every match, but he seems to actually resent the idea itself. John Cena, perhaps the best example of the archetypal Five Moves of Doom, rarely gets them off in succession against CM Punk. One could infer that this is because CM Punk feels they aren't realistic and doesn't want his matches worked in that manner.
He even Lampshaded Cena's Five Moves of Doom at Night of Champions in 2012. Cena went for his shoulder block combo early, and CM Punk quickly countered, which resulted in a standoff. Punk then tapped his own shoulder twice, pantomimed a missed punch and shook his head while saying something to Cena, seemingly telling him that he's too smart (in kayfabe) to fall for that like everyone else.
In that same match, CM Punk actually did end up getting the two shoulder blocks and then missing a right hand, which Cena countered into an attempted Protoplex. CM Punk countered into a crossbody, however— perhaps (again, in kayfabe) CM Punk purposely threw the punch because he knew it would lead to the Protoplex, which he was prepared to counter.
NOTE: The separate paragraphs were indented, but I removed the indentations since this isn't a trope or a work page.
Anyways, another user removed it on the grounds that:
"If he doesn't have a Five Moves Of Doom move set, then don't add the trope."
The section on "Averted Tropes" in the "Playing With" guide reads:
Generally not worth noting except in cases where this is especially surprising, such as for a nearly universally-used trope or aversions known to have been deliberate; see also Enforced Trope below.
What's the verdict here?
Edited by RayAP19