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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Ações Classe A Cotação Resumo Dados Descrição da Empresa (conforme arquivado na SEC) A WWE é uma empresa de mídia e entretenimento integrada. Estamos envolvidos no negócio de entretenimento esportivo há mais de 35 anos e desenvolvemos a WWE em uma das marcas mais populares no mundo do entretenimento hoje. Desenvolvemos conteúdo único e criativo centrado em torno do nosso talento e apresentá-lo através da nossa rede de subscrição (WWE Network), televisão, online e em nossos eventos ao vivo. No coração do nosso sucesso estão as habilidades atléticas e de entretenimento e apelação de nossas Superstars, e nossas histórias consistentemente inovadoras e multifacetadas. Nossa Rede WWE, eventos ao vivo e televisionados, mídia digital, entretenimento doméstico, produtos de consumo e longas-metragens oferecem importantes oportunidades de promoção cruzada e marketing que reforçam nossas marcas enquanto chegam efetivamente aos nossos fãs. Mais. 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Lucro por ação (TTM) Lucro líquido de uma empresa para o período de doze meses final, expresso como um valor em dólar por ações totalmente diluídas em circulação. Capitalização de Mercado Reflete o valor de mercado total de uma empresa. O teto de mercado é calculado multiplicando o número de ações em circulação pelo preço das ações. Para empresas com múltiplas classes de ações ordinárias, a capitalização de mercado inclui ambas as classes. Ações em circulação Número de ações que são detidas atualmente por investidores, incluindo ações restritas pertencentes aos diretores e integrantes da empresa, bem como aquelas detidas pelo público. Público Flutuante O número de ações nas mãos de investidores públicos e disponíveis para o comércio. Para calcular, comece com o total de ações em circulação e subtraia o número de ações restritas. Estoque restrito normalmente é aquele emitido para insiders da empresa com limites sobre quando ele pode ser negociado. Dividend Yield Um dividendo da empresa, expressa como uma porcentagem de seu preço atual das ações. Principais dados de ações PE Ratio (TTM) As cotações de ações em tempo real dos EUA refletem os negócios registrados apenas pelo Nasdaq. Cotações de ações internacionais estão atrasadas conforme exigências do câmbio. Os índices podem ser em tempo real ou atrasados ​​referem-se a carimbos de data / hora nas páginas de cotação de índice para obter informações sobre os tempos de atraso. Dados de cotação, exceto ações norte-americanas, fornecidos pela SIX Financial Information. Os dados são fornecidos como apenas para fins informativos e não se destinam a fins de negociação. 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A Lipper não será responsável por quaisquer erros ou atrasos no conteúdo, ou por quaisquer ações tomadas com base nela. As cotações de bônus são atualizadas em tempo real. Fonte: Tullett Prebon. Cotações de moeda são atualizadas em tempo real. Fonte: Tullet Prebon. Dados fundamentais da empresa e estimativas de analistas fornecidos pelo FactSet. Copyright FactSet Research Systems Inc. Todos os direitos reservados. WWE de combate então. Agora. Para sempre. WWE, abreviação de World Wrestling Entertainment, note Atualmente comercializado exclusivamente como WWE, mas World Wrestling Entertainment continua a ser o nome legal da empresa é um gigante de entretenimento global especializado em wrestling profissional. Era anteriormente conhecida como Capital Wrestling Corporation, World Wide Wrestling Federation e World Wrestling Federation. Em 2000, uma disputa com a marca sem fins lucrativos World Wide Fund para a natureza note Lost para a Panda 8212 Jim Cornette exigiu a empresa para resolver sobre o acrônimo atual. A companhia foi fundada em 19521953 por Roderick Jess McMahon (1882-1954) e por Raymond Toots Mondt (1894-1976) para promover fósforos wrestling na área de New York City. Vincent J. McMahon (1914-1984) assumiu em 1954, após a morte de seu pai. Vincent expandiu a empresa para cobrir todo o Nordeste dos Estados Unidos, de Washington, D. C. para Pittsburgh para Maine. Dirigido por Vincent K. McMahon (1945-), o então WWF revolucionou 8212 e monopolizou 8212 o mundo pró-wrestling na década de 1980. Usando uma série de eventos de transmissão em circuito fechado, personagens coloridos e inteligente promoção cruzada com a MTV para transformar o wrestling de uma indústria regionalizada com uma série de pequenos jogadores em uma confederação solta em seu Idaho privado e se transformando em um multi - Bilhões de dólares global entretenimento conglomerado. WWE atualmente tem cinco programas de televisão diferentes que produzem semanalmente: Raw e SmackDown. Que desde 2016 atua como duas marcas separadas uma vez contra desde a primeira marca dividida entre 2002 e cerca de 20112012, e são considerados A Shows, embora SmackDown poderia estes dias ser considerado um show B. Evento principal . 205 Live e NXT são shows de nível C, com o NXT como o show para seu talento de desenvolvimento. Um fenômeno recente foi NXT aumentando para o nível A de qualidade e produção aos olhos de muitos fãs. Mas, bem, veja a página NXT para obter mais informações sobre isso. Três revistas sobre WWE (WWE Magazine, WWE Kids e WWE Presents) também foram publicadas. WWE também produz veículos de estrela por seus talentos, principalmente comédia e direto para DVD. Por cada Scorpion King (Rock) e Marine (Cena), por exemplo, você recebe Leprechaun Origins (Hornswoggle) e The Chaperone (Triple H). A série Marine está mostrando vida saudável em Blu-ray, no entanto, com Cena sendo sucedido por Ted Dibiase Jr e The Miz. Preenchendo o nicho de ação B deixado por Van Damme e Seagal. A WWE lançou a sua própria subscrição 247 web-stream e serviço sob demanda, a Rede WWE, em 24 de fevereiro de 2014, que carrega pay-per-views e B-shows da WWE, bem como NXT, uma série de programas originais documentaryreality, E seleções da WWEWCWECWWorld classe tape abóbadas. WWE atualmente reconhece treze campeonatos em cinco marcas Tropes associados com WWE: Aborted Arc. Acontece não raramente, devido a muitas histórias só estão sendo desenvolvidos como eles vão junto ao invés de pré-planejado em sua totalidade, mais eles são jogados fora em um ambiente vivo volátil onde os participantes podem se machucar no meio do arco ou de outra forma cair de favor. As parcelas podem ser abandonadas abruptamente devido a uma resposta inicial desfavorável de altos escalões (como Vince McMahon), uma mudança de escritores ou reações de audiência inesperadas enviando os lutadores envolvidos em um caminho diferente ou mesmo através da HeelFace Revolving Door. Acrofatic. Houve numerosos lutadores que, apesar de seu volume, foram capazes de retirar alguns movimentos impressionantes mais adequado para lutadores mais leves: Dusty Rhodes foi capaz de obter no ar para dropkicks, Vader foi capaz de usar o turnbuckle superior de forma bastante eficaz. E, em seguida, há o Big Show que, quando hes no topo de seu jogo, tem um talento especial para tirar proezas que um homem de 500 libras não tem nenhum negócio tentando. Ação Menina. Cerca de metade das Divas se qualificam. Para a outra metade, espero que eles não estão sendo empurrados como lutadores. Affably Evil. Mick Foley. Especialmente em seus primeiros anos como um lutador psicótico com múltiples personas. Toda a cara americana: Hulk Hogan. Sgt. Massacre antes e depois de sua briga com Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, quando ele teve seu truque de motoqueiro, John Cena. Ao extremo. Subvertido com Kurt Angle. JBL. E Jack Swagger. Torrie Wilson vestido acima como o tio Sam (chapéu alto, revestimento listrado, e laço) para promover o 2004 grande americano Bash (embora este fosse claramente Fanservice mais do que qualquer outra coisa). John Bradshaw Layfield tentou a mesma coisa no ano seguinte - mas não passou também. Enquanto ele era normalmente subvertido por Kurt Angle, ele era jogado muito reto sempre que ele fez uma HeelFace Turn. Sgt. A chacina até abria o empenho da alegria a uma multidão que rugia. Invocado Alliterative Name. Caçador Hearst Helmsley. Mike O Miz Mizanin, Kofi Kingston. Michelle McCool. Hulk Hogan. Duque O Dumpster Droese, O Big Bossman. Carlito Carribean Cool, Navalha Ramon. Jeff Jarrett. Ambiguamente Gay não que Theres qualquer coisa errado com isso. Billy amp Chuck, até outubro de 2002, quando Chuck propôs a Billy e foi revelado uma semana mais tarde para ser apenas um golpe publicitário, dando Billy um CMOF quando o revelar veio. Billy: Im não gay, e mesmo se eu fosse, eu não iria casar Mandril. E isso é terrível. Se os Heels e os anunciadores não lhe dissessem quem eram os calcanhares, a maioria das pessoas não saberia quem boo. O artefato: Vários finalistas e cidades natal já não se encaixam com seus truques. O mais notável é o Triple H., que começou na WWE como um blueblood de classe alta, mas já que não é mais seu gimmick, seu finisher (The Pedigree), sua cidade natal (Greenwich, Connecticut) e até mesmo seu nome de anel Refere-se às iniciais de seu nome de anel original da WWE, Hunter Hearst Helmsley) não se encaixam. Embora ele realmente viva em Greenwich (mas ao contrário de seu truque original, não nasceu lá, na verdade vindo de Nashua, NH). Ainda mais flagrante é The Undertaker. Que, no que atualmente é retratado como uma liga de esportes de combate pelo menos semi-realista, é a própria Morte. Acredite ou não, Stone Cold Steve Austin era uma vez um tipo Gorgeous George com cabelo loiro. O nome do seu movimento final - o Stunner - é uma referência oblíqua a isso. O lutador ganês Kofi Kingston foi inicialmente faturado como jamaicano, e seu sobrenome de personagens é a capital da Jamaica. Seu agora reconhecido que hes de Ghana, mas o nome furou como o caráter remanesce um entusiasta jamaicano da cultura. No seu caso, ajuda que existem ghanaians reais com o nome de Kingston. Antes de mudar seu nome para o ajuste de atitude mais leve e mais suave, o movimento de finalização de John Cena, o FU, foi isso quando Brock Lesnar estava fora da lista, porque foi nomeado por sua semelhança com Lesnars, F5 Os bombeiros carregam a posição). Seu movimento de apresentação também é o STF, originalmente o STFU. O burro retrocede-o. Qualquer wrestler que usaria um butt-drop como um movimento, incluindo Yokozuna. Tremor de terra. Doink o palhaço. E Rikishi. Goldust usaria um ataque de bunda de salto (um butt-butt, o nome é o mais associado com o Grande Iceman King Parsons de 1980). Ass Shove: O JR colonoscopia sátira. O Rock vai levar algum objeto, geralmente sua bota, mas outras vezes assobia, uma câmera, o cinturão do Skull Skull, Curtis Hughes, e outros), brilhe até bonito e bonito, vire o sumbitch para os lados e colá-lo para cima Seu rabo de doces Rikishi usaria isso para atacar seus oponentes depois de derrubá-los no anel de torcedores, empurrando seu próprio rabo em seus rostos em um movimento apelidado de A Face Stink. Stone Cold Steve Austin fez isso com Vince McMahon com um cateter quando ele estava no hospital. O Assimilador. Desde a sua criação, o WWEs maior atrai cortar os dentes em outro lugar. Verne Gagne com seu AWA era o feiticeiro atrás da maioria dos anos 80 Superstars. A Era de Atitude foi dominada por ex-caras da WCW que Eric Bischoff despediu porque ele pensou que não poderia desenhar. Os anos 2000 afastaram-se da base do sul de WWEs para incorporar alguns nomes da costa leste. Mais tarde, a empresa principalmente escalfado ROH wrestlers. Ataque do anúncio político. Em 2004, Mick Foley pensou que as grandes telas gigantes vistas em convenções políticas se assemelhavam ao Titantron, e como a política era, aos olhos dele, uma imitação da WWE, ele imaginou que talvez a WWE pudesse imitar a política. Isso resultou em um arremesso para Vince McMahon para um ângulo onde Randy Orton faria anúncios de ataque político contra Mick Foley. Mick Foley alega ser uma lenda hardcore, mas ele é realmente McMahon riu e aprovou a idéia de enredo no início de 2004. Author Appeal: McMahon é um 62 (1,88 m) ex-bodybuilder próprio, e não é nenhum Vince secreto parece pensar alto , Homens muito musculosos fazem o wrestler ideal. Portanto, não é nenhuma surpresa esses tipos são muitas vezes o campeão. Basta perguntar Hulk Hogan. Ultimo guerreiro. Batista. Brock Lesnar. E Triple H. para citar alguns. Quando você está lutando na frente de 17-60,0000 fãs dentro de uma cúpula maciça, o tamanho do lutador não importa. E o estofamento extra vem a calhar quando você está tendo solavancos. O filósofo Kevin Nash o escreveu em seu estilo inimitável: Você colocou dois tipos de merda observando Chris Benoit e Eddie Guerrero na Wrestlemania XX. (Que eram grandes trabalhadores) que tinham a mesma altura que os árbitros, e. Desculpe, cara. Você vai assistir a um filme porno com um cara com um pênis de três polegadas Superstar Billy Graham tem as rodas girando sobre o conceito de um tipo maior do que a vida, carismático, tipo ex-bodybuilder. Hulk Hogan seguiu este esboço básico, mas sendo o megastar que era, ajustou o molde e era o protótipo verdadeiro de um superman patenteado do babyface de Vinnie Mac: Goofy, ganha frequentemente, merch do arco-íris-colorido, slogans dos spouts. Vince não se importa muito com pontos altos (merda flippy) ou artes marciais, eliminando assim o sorteio principal de divisões Cruiserweight. Quando eles aparecem no Raw. Normalmente envolve Cruiserweights dizendo fazer pontos Heavyweight (suplexes e detém). Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho. E Rey Mysterio Jr. são todos os superstars que descobriram como incorporar esses pontos em um jogo de estilo pesado. John Morrison parece ter descoberto como jogar o sistema, também. Evan Bourne é terrível. O mais notável de tudo foi X-Pac volta quando ele estava sendo empurrado uma série de lesões no pescoço obrigou-o a lutar como um homem grande, apesar de sua pequena estatura. NXT tem um pouco mais margem de manobra quando se trata deste estilo. Este é provavelmente um dos poucos que pode ser justificado Hayabusa uma vez perdeu um moonsault trampolim e didnt andar por uma década. Vinces forte desgosto de movimentos de alto vôo faz muito mais sentido quando você factor na responsabilidade das empresas e crianças ensinando (muitos deles menores de idade) para tentar esses movimentos letais em seu quintal. E então, há sempre Benoit. Dito isto, ou a posição dos Vinces contra os cruiserweights de vários tons está amolecendo ou alguém conseguiu convencê-lo de seu valor de nicho - em 2016, depois do que parecia anos de rumores, a divisão foi revivida primeiro com um torneio. Em seguida, com WWE assinando um grande pedaço do campo de contratos para uma divisão a ser destaque em RAW com seu próprio campeonato e, em seguida, com a divisão obtendo o seu próprio tempo de uma hora WWE Network bloco de tempo. Também se aplica a pessoas sob Vince. Triple H tem a mesma mentalidade de Vince, mas também tem chamado Ring of Honor - tipos, John Laurinaitis contratou modelos de biquíni (como Kelly Kelly) e pessoas com interesse no wrestling japonês (MVP), Jim Ross trouxe modelos de fitness Trish Stratus) e junto com Jerry Brisco gostam de trazer atletas da faculdade (Brock Lesnar. A equipe a mais grande do Tag dos mundos). Autor Avatar. A família McMahon (e até certo ponto, Triple H., que se casou com a família) Awesome Moment of Crowning. O vencedor do Rei do Anel. A raça de Harley originou o truque de desgastar uma capa e uma coroa do hermine, acompanhado às vezes por uma rainha que seja escolhida de seus valets 8212 no caso de Harleys, o magnífico Moolah. Sherri foi toda Lady Macbeth e atacou Macho King Randy Savage quando ele perdeu um jogo de aposentadoria. Sharmell reivindicaria o cetro enquanto casado com o vencedor Booker T. Bad Boss: Vince McMahon. Na verdade é a premissa toda para sua persona na tela. Antes de Vince, não havia chefes de calcanhares. Eric Bischoff também merece crédito por virar calcanhar depois de uma corrida como comentarista milquetoast WCWs embora sua posição como Produtor Exec de WCW estava dentro de conhecimento, sua volta de calcanhar tornou oficial, e ele assumiu WCW com a ajuda de seu estábulo, a Nova Ordem Mundial . Foi isso que inspirou o comentarista Vince a fazer o mesmo. Eric, como RAW gerente geral, melhor se encaixam este tropo 8212 como Paul Heyman como gerente geral da SmackDown e presidente da ECW. Longo tempo SmackDown gerente geral Teddy Long, no entanto, é uma inversão: Ele não tolera nenhum desrespeito ou Loophole Abuso pelos calcanhares. Barba de Badass: Triple H. Shawn Michaels (da variedade de Perma-Restolho), The Undertaker. Randy Savage. Pedra Fria Steve Austin. Daniel Bryan e Hillbilly Jim Edge. Em um de seus muitos retornos de um haitus relacionado com lesões, ele estava ostentando uma barba cheia de lenhador. Barba do mal. Jogado em linha reta com os primeiros 00s Triple H, Justin Gabriel durante seus dias no Nexus e corre, Daniel Bryan, a família de Wyatt. Motociclista Badass. The Disciples Of Apocalypse, The Undertakers American BadassBig O truque do mal, A Família Bullet Badass. Os Guerreros, os McMahons, os Samoanos, os HartsNeidharts, o Wyatt Family Badass Grandpa. Ric Flair. Undertaker, Batista (que se tornou um avô da Vida Real antes de completar 40 anos), ocasionalmente Mr. McMahon. Badass Longcoat. Undertaker, Edge Badass Boast. Se você não se vangloriar de algo, há algo de errado. Agora, quer lutar comigo, ou sentar e sangramento nota Isto foi dito a Brock Lesnar uma semana após a sua altercação na Raw, depois Triple H dividir Brocks cabeça aberta, e Triple H desafiá-lo a lutar na WrestleMania. Calvo de impressionante. Pedra Fria Steve Austin. Goldberg. Erick Rowan. Mau humor como desculpa. Usado em excesso por caracteres de calcanhar. Personagens rosto não são imunes a isso também. Em geral, é perigoso para o seu bem estar em torno de um lutador quando theyre frustrado. Faixa de batalha Muitos lutadores tirar suas camisas e casacos antes de um jogo, alguns realmente rasgá-lo fora. Grande ruim Vince McMahon. Quase constantemente. No ano de 2006, ele levou isso até Onze, pagando um desordenadamente diverso Carnaval de Assassinos (Shelton Benjamin, o Espírito Squad, Chris Masters e Umaga apenas para citar alguns) para converter para McMahonism. Livrar WWE de D-Generation X. ou ambos. Na verdade, praticamente todos os calcanhares em RAW (e até mesmo alguns de SmackDown e ECW) estavam na tomada ou pressionado em trabalhar para o Sr. McMahon. Bônus Bilingue: Às vezes pessoas como Rey Mysterio Jr. ou Maryse vai cortar parte de uma promoção em sua língua nativa, ou às vezes a coisa toda. Inadvertidamente invertido por Maryse na edição de 09.27.2010 de RAW: ela e Ted DiBiase receberam um pedaço de papel com a próxima semana, você será meu escrito sobre ele. Maryse leu em francês primeiro, dizendo: la semaine derniegravere, tu eacutetais agrave moi, que traduz como na semana passada, você era meu, que não é o que foi escrito. E provavelmente fez muitos fãs de língua francesa chorar. Moralidade preta e cinzenta. É verdade que quase todos os personagens da WWE tem sido um calcanhar em algum momento durante sua carreira. Muito poucos chegam perto de ser heróis em tempo integral como Tito Santana e Rey Mysterio. Moralidade preto e branco. Doesnt parar mais feudos de ser apresentado como este, embora. A era 80sHulkamania é provavelmente onde este foi jogado o mais reto, com todos os caras que são retratados essencialmente como superheroes da vida real e todos os saltos que estão sendo jogados como supervillains da vida real, com muito pouco quarto para a ambigüidade. Black and Gray Morality realmente decolou nos anos noventa, quando anti-heróis ea porta giratória HeelFace começou a se tornar muito mais comum. Abençoado com Suck. Qualquer pessoa que ganhe a pasta Money in the Bank irá, sem falha, começar a ir em uma série de derrotas. Isso tem sido evitado por alguns embora. E, em certo sentido, o titular do título atual (s), como ele coloca um bullseye gigante em suas costas como eles querem que para o seu próprio. Karma Laser-Guiado. E em um ponto tê-lo-á descontado neles. Quebrando a quarta parede: É extremamente raro que eles realmente fazer isso, em vez de apenas Leaning na quarta parede. Durante o casamento de Goldust e Aksana, Michael Cole se perguntou em voz alta por que Goldust estava se dando bem com seu irmão depois de aparentemente o odiar anteriormente, e Josh Matthews respondeu com Você sabe que isso é falso, certo Depois de alguns segundos de mock-incredulidade, eles voltaram a tomar a cerimônia pseudo-seriamente. NXT em geral tem cada vez mais começado a quebrar ou inclinar-se na quarta parede, seja através de seu comentário ou alguém como Dolph Ziggler acusando zombeteiramente um desafio de ser manipulado e Matt Striker simplesmente respondendo com Ya pensar Os profissionais em seus assentos também geralmente não estão em caráter E por isso não é incomum ver os vários calcanhares e rostos conversando ou de outra forma fazendo algo não relacionado ao show. Durante o seu agora-icônico shoot shoot promo em 2011, CM Punk fez referência brevemente à quarta parede, chegando mesmo a agitar diretamente para a câmera. Desde então, seu personagem deu a ele a liberdade de escapar dos limites da premissa shows a qualquer momento que ele quer. CM Punk: Woops, estou quebrando a quarta parede Os ângulos de tiro mais trabalhados são por padrão, uma vez que dependem de reconhecer que o wrestling é scriptado e as pessoas envolvidas estão jogando personagens e são reservadas para vencer o personagem que jogam. Muito disso aconteceu antes e durante o ECW One Night Stand PPV em 2005, particularmente de Joey Styles e Paul Heyman, onde fingiram filmar na WWE. Quebre o Cutie. Feito muito, muito cruelmente com Mickie James. Theres uma razão que mais de uma publicação wrestling chamou esse ângulo muito bem uma humilhação para a indústria. Breakout Breakout: A WWWF foi a primeira grande empresa de wrestling a romper os laços com a NWA e declarar seu próprio campeão mundial. Flash-forward para hoje ea WWE é uma indústria de bilhões de dólares, enquanto a NWA mal existe. Sempre que uma equipe de tag quebrar acima e um dos wrestlers faz melhor do que o outro. O exemplo mais proeminente é Shawn Michaels após a separação de The Rockers. Marty Jannetty foi o antigo Trope Namer por esta razão. A Família Wyatt e o Escudo são exemplos perfeitos. O primeiro tinha todos os três divididos individualmente, enquanto o último fez isso com cada membro vai para grande singles sucesso. Brick Joke: Durante o 900o episódio de Raw. Edge se referiu a Sheamus como Beaker. No episódio de Halloween 2011 da Raw, quando o convidado Muppets hospedado Raw para promover seu novo filme. Sheamus se encontrou cara a cara com Beaker. Acontece que eles são primos. Há mais de uma década e meia, havia um enredo envolvendo Mark Henry. Mae Young. E o último dar à luz uma mão. Aproximadamente 16 anos mais tarde em RAW 1000. o bebê da mão reaparece realmente. Nota como um jovem vestindo um traje de mão gigante Butt Monkey: Santino Marella. Após o seu rosto bebê inicial executado não conseguiu superar na Itália. Chavo Guerrero Jr .. Porque não há nada mais humilhante do que trabalhar para Hornswoggle repetidamente e outra vez. Ou fazê-lo usando um traje de águia. Quando seu tio Eddie Guerrero (que era apenas três anos mais velho, e como um irmão mais velho dele) morreu, ea companhia acoplou em aproximadamente um ano de o que os ventiladores referem irrisório como ao Eddiesploitation, era Rey Mysterio que começ o impulso grande como Eddies sucessor. Apesar do fato de que Mysterio e Eddie tinham pouca conexão além de ser hispânico e ter feuded várias vezes no passado. Tem sido dito que Chavo foi oferecido o grande impulso antes de Rey, mas recusou. Duas palavras: Michael Cole. Mais duas palavras: Jillian Hall. Card-Carrying Villain: Kaitai da Era da Atitude. Eles foram EEEEEVVVIIILLLL. DE FATO. Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase fez muitos vilões de Batman olhar subjugado, para chorar em voz alta. (Todo mundo tem um preço BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) A maioria dos calcanhares durante os anos 80 e início dos anos 90 contaria. Catch Phrase. E como Confira a página de personagens para obter exemplos. O brinquedo da mastigação. A Tabela Espanhola de Anunciantes. Que parece existir unicamente para que os lutadores consigam colidir com ele. Chickification. Os artistas masculinos da WWE são referidos como Superstars (depois da Superstar Billy Graham), enquanto os artistas da WWE são chamados de Divas (depois de mulheres catty, egoístas e de alta manutenção em todos os lugares). Eles são facilmente manchados por suas extensões de cabelo, implantes mamários e non-stop jigglingsquealing sempre que eles se movem. WWE tem mais exemplos na página dos tropes do que em qualquer outra série publicada. Saindo da longa carreira Fabulous Moolah, o enorme empate que foi Wendi Richter e a vilania zombada de Sherri Martel para a corrida prejudicial à carreira de Bertha Faye e lutas de travesseiros por divisão, a divisão de mulheres inteiras da empresa começou forte em 1956 Mas tem sido afligido com este tropo desde 1995. Durante o protótipo Diva Search (dez anos antes de ser oficialmente chamado que), John Laurinaitis imediatamente cortou uma tonelada de candidatos e disse a todos que a mensagem de cima era, estavam procurando 10s. A WWE está mais preocupada com contusões em sua cirurgia estética do que em colocar uma partida, uma vítima de Mickies explodindo o implante. Gail Kim estava ocupada jogando socos pouco convincentes quando ela pensou, não, fk, eu fiz durante uma batalha Royale e caminhou para a direita para fora. A coisa é, ninguém até mesmo notou até que ela stomped backstage e disse a Johnny Ace que ela parou. Ele riu em seu rosto. O Championship das mulheres próprio foi Chickified em 2010 em que aposentou o Championship das mulheres e substituiu-o com um cor-de-rosa e um borboleta de prata chique-shaped chamaram o campeonato das divas. Nenhuma história anterior transporta para o cinto, quer, o que é muito conveniente. Até mesmo JBL fez um comentário no ar sobre AJ sendo o mais longo campeão das divas de todos os tempos (o que tecnicamente é) por snarkily trazendo o Moolah Fabulous, que teve o maior reinado único com qualquer campeonato nunca. Agora, sempre que a empresa quer empurrar uma Diva, tudo o que eles têm que fazer agora é quebrar AJs streak, que não é difícil. Nikki Bella atualmente detém esta honra ilustre. Palavra é Bruce Prichard didnt pensar que as mulheres pertenciam em wrestling exceto como doces braço, e que foi o início do declínio. Havia sempre exceções como Mickie James e Trish Stratus (que começaram seu começo na modelagem) conseguindo transcender os papéis entregados a eles. Mas a WWE nunca mudou realmente com os tempos, e com a mudança de atitudes em relação às mulheres tanto em Hollywood como no MMA (para não mencionar a fácil disponibilidade de pornografia), o juvenilia dos anos 90 parece mais fora de lugar do que nunca, E a empresa perversamente treina modelos de maiô para ter maus jogos, como seu sexier dessa forma. Felizmente, graças a uma linha do Twitter entre AJ Lee e Stephanie McMahon, isso parece estar mudando finalmente. NXT Divas foram autorizados a trabalhar como os homens por um par de anos agora, colocando em alguns dos melhores jogos período nos últimos anos no NXT trimestrais TakeOver especiais, e 3 deles foram recentemente chamados para a lista principal para iniciar um Divas Revolução. Seu segmento de estréia na Raw ficou enorme Este é Incrível cantos, e desde então, não só têm os principais shows muitas vezes tinha dois diferentes Divas jogos marcados, mas os jogos se reservado normalmente, em vez do padrão de quebrar o banheiro de 5 minutos de duração mal reservado partidas Que estava fedendo a divisão Divas por anos. Síndrome de Chuck Cunningham. Um caso onde aconteceu a um título de campeonato. O título WWF Light Heavyweight foi infame por não só desaparecer com freqüência, mas também para os seus campeões a desaparecer uma vez theyd perdeu o cinto. No final de seu segundo reinado, Dean Malenko nem sequer se incomodou em levar o cinto ao ringue com ele. Quando o título foi finalmente desativado para o bem, X-Pac, que estava no auge do tropo que ele nomeou foi campeão e ficou ferido, tirando o título fora da empresa. Presumivelmente, ele ainda tem o cinto até hoje. Máscara fresca. Kane. Rey Mysterio. Humanidade. Sin Cara. Máscaras Frescas. Beira. John Morrison. Bret Hart. Cavalgada da continuidade. Kane dá um discurso delicioso sobre seu passado enquanto em uma classe de gerenciamento de raiva na edição de 27 de agosto de 2012 de Raw. Hilarity Ensues. Eu cresci preso em um porão, sofrendo severas cicatrizes psicológicas e emocionais quando meu irmão incendiou os meus pais. De lá, eu me movi ao redor entre uma série de instituições mentais até que eu era crescido, em que ponto eu enterrei meu irmão vivo. duas vezes. Desde então, Ive definir um casal de pessoas em chamas e abduzido vários colegas de trabalho. Oh, e eu, uh, uma vez eletrocutados um mans testículos. Anos atrás, eu tinha uma namorada chamada Katie, mas vamos apenas dizer que não resultou muito bem. Nota Referindo-se ao enredo de Katie Vick, um dos mais infames na história do wrestling e vencedor do Prêmio Gooker do WrestleCrap como o pior enredo de luta de 2002. Meu verdadeiro pai é um cara chamado Paul Bearer. Que eu recentemente preso em um armário de carne. Fui casado. Divorciado, quebrou o casamento de minha ex-esposa e destituiu o padre. E, por razões nunca explicadas, eu tenho uma obsessão insalubre de torturar Pete Rose. Nota Em três eventos WrestleMania consecutivos (XIV a XVI), o ex-beisebol grande teve um encontro com Kane história, cada vez terminando na extremidade de recebimento de um dos Kanes finais movimentos. Executivo Corporativo Corrupto. Em kayfabe, a WWE como apresentada é provavelmente a pior companhia de todos os tempos. Com funcionários corruptos, chefes abusivos e um aperto solto da lei (fusões de empresas, custódia de crianças, etc, sendo resolvido por jogos de luta livre), é estranho que a WWE nunca esteve sob investigação federal. Curb-Stomp Battle: Acontece de vez em quando. Geralmente, entre um Big Bad entrante e um Jobber. Ocasionalmente subvertido também. Drew McIntyre fez sua estréia como um jobber padrão (começando no ringue sem entrada). Apenas para acabar esmagando o superstar ele estava enfrentando e declarando-se o Escolhido. Isto foi tomado até onze no Rey Mysterio contra o fósforo de JBL em WrestleMania 25. Rey Rey ganhou o fósforo em uma matéria dos segundos. Ultimate Warrior fez uma carreira fora deles. Qualquer jogo com uma super estrela ou equipe tag é isso. Mais escuro e Edgier. A Era da Atitude. O período no final dos anos 1990 e início dos anos 2000, onde o produto foi carregado com ultra-violência e sex appeal. Dark não é mau: The Undertaker. Se hes um rosto. Taker é muitas vezes rivaled neste departamento por Randy Orton. Apesar de ser conhecido como The Viper e quase nunca sorrindo, ele recebe enormes elogios dos fãs. Deve ter sido um Draco na transição de calças de couro. Uma teoria popular sobre a popularidade de Ortons é que ele lembra os fãs de Stone Cold Steve Austin. Ele veste com roupas semelhantes (botas pretas e troncos), tem um apelido semelhante a uma serpente (The Viper comparado a Austins Texas Rattlesnake), trabalha um estilo lento e deliberado sem pregos semelhante ao Austins e seu finalizador, o RKO tem uma semelhança passageira Para Austins Stone Cold Stunner. Orton, casualmente (ou talvez deliberadamente) desde então raspou a cabeça e começou a usar a imprensa Lou Thesz. Stone Cold Steve Austin se encaixa também. Ele é um tipo V Antihero (herói de nome apenas) que se veste em cores escuras, bebe cerveja, ataca as pessoas não provocadas (às vezes até divas, civis e idosos) e é geralmente repugnante. Ele então transformou esse dial até 11 e exacerbou esse comportamento como parte de um FaceHeel Turn apesar dos anunciantes gritando o quão repreensível essas ações foram, e os outros lutadores condenando ele, os fãs continuaram a torcer ele simplesmente porque ele era Stone Cold Steve Austin. Em conseqüência, sua volta nunca teve completamente e foi girado para trás relativamente rapidamente. Um dia no Limelight. Todos - e eu quero dizer todos - fica um na WWE. Não acredite em mim Basta perguntar Hornswoggle. Deep South: Lance Cade e Trevor Murdoch, Jesse e Festus, Jamie Noble. Além disso, Jeff e Matt Hardy até certo ponto. Florida-born Michelle McCool is sort of a bitchy Southern belle as a heel. Hillbilly Jim (and his kin), full stop. Ditto the Godwinns. The Wyatt Family combines the Deliverance - style of this trope with a Manson-style cult. Demoted to Extra : This happens whenever a wrestler who usually who is in the midcard, and hishers storyline and feud ends, heshe all but disappears, but might show up just to have one off match against someone, as there is a another feud that is starting up. Can also happen in the top card and said wrestler get dropped to mid card (or lower). It can be due to they are not over enough, or someone got hurt and they just get dropped as a result. Since the 2010s, many prominent mid-carders such as Kofi Kingston. Damien Sandow. Cody Rhodes. and Wade Barrett have been pushed aside by the likes of such part-time talent like The Rock and Brock Lesnar for one simple reason: part-timers sell, most of the mid-card do not. Averted for now by Kingston, whos now part of the extremely entertaining heel stabletag team The New Day. Designated Villain. invoked Some of the heels who get the most negative reactions from audiences are really more annoying or misguided than truly evil. Jillian Hall (whose only real crime is having an atrocious singing voice and not realizing it) is a perfect example. If such a heel is booked to be part of an important or semi-important storyline, the writers will usually have him or her quickly kick dogs . Discontinuity Nod : In a 2007 promo on Raw . Shawn Michaels and Triple H took shots at the infamous Katie Vick angle. Shawn Michaels : I dont know who writes this garbage. but this is the worst debacle since that whole Katie Vick thing years ago CM Punk also took shots at Katie Vick in an episode of Raw . CM Punk : Just look it up on YouTube. and itll drive you to drink, and then you can come to me and Ill save you Kane s anger management speech on a 2012 episode of Raw also referred to the Katie Vick storyline. See Continuity Cavalcade above. Amidst the bizarrely entertaining hodgepodge of half-intentional comedy that is NXT season 3, there have been at least a few of these for example, during the GoldustAksana wedding, Michael Cole said of the minister Is that Al Wilson (See Out with a Bang below.) Disproportionate Retribution. Very popular with heels, and often a starting point for a feud. Faces arent exactly innocent of using this either. The Dragon. Shane OMac to his father Vince when both are heels. Alternatively (or perhaps at the same time ), Vince will use a top heel wrestler as this. The best example is The Rock when he was the Corporate Champion. Randy Orton in Evolution, with Flair playing The Evil Genius and Batista playing The Brute and Triple H being the Big Bad . Dragon Ascendant. The Rock in The Nation of Domination and Triple H in D-Generation X . Dumb Muscle : Often played straight, with a cocky heel accompanied by large, silent. not-especially-bright Mooks but sometimes subverted: some very muscular wrestlers like Batista, Bobby Lashley or Triple H. although not being geniuses, arent stupid either. One of Triple H s Red Barons is even The Cerebral Assassin. Enemy Mine : Virtually a given in any Triple Threat Match. Is especially funny in the Royal Rumble Match, particularly in 2005 when Muhammad Hassan tried to participate. He didnt last too long. The build up to Team WWE vs. The Nexus at Summerslam 2010 involved John Cena and Bret Hart forging a fragile alliance with Edge and Chris Jericho. In a matter of weeks, Edge and Jericho would join the team, quit the team, and rejoin six days before the match. The only thing that kept the team together was mutual hate for Nexus, and it only lasted until Edge and Jerichos eliminations from the team. Even the Girls Want Her. Kelly Kelly. There was more than a little Les Yay evident when Candice Michelle enthusiastically accepted Kellys invitation to join her in an ECW dance performance. Before that, Trish Stratus and TORRIE WILSON. though they were not happy about it. Even the Guys Want Him. John Morrison and Shawn Michaels. notably. Evil Is Petty. Often used to gain heel heat, especially if said heel isnt getting the right kind of audience reaction. Kurt Angle once tried every offense tactic in the book in one promo and these people still cheer for him Evil Laugh. Ted DiBiase Sr.. DOINK THE CLOWN. THE BOOGEYMAN. Vickie Guerrero. many. Evil Power Vacuum. The injury epidemic of early 2016 was so bad that, at one point, there was only one active main eventer in the entire main roster (Dean Ambrose ). Everyone else was either a part-timer or injured. This was particularly bad, as that was during the Road to WrestleMania . After that, the company made more of an effort to push more people to the top 8212 WrestlingAJ Styles, Finn Blor. and Kevin Owens carved out a place in the main event scene by winning world titles and feuding with the already established main eventers: the former members of The Shield. John Cena. and Randy Orton . Expy : Some of the next generation of wrestlers like Randy Orton and John Morrison seem a bit like theyre a call back to previous superstars. Randy as mentioned above has crossed into Steve Austin territory while John Morrison wouldnt seem too far out of place alongside Shawn Michaels . Ted DiBiase Jr. was one to his father during his heel run. Husky Harris was repackaged in NXT as Bray Wyatt. an expy of Dan Spivey s short-lived Waylon Mercy character from the mid-90s which was itself an expy of Max Cady, Robert De Niro s character from the movie Cape Fear . The Face. Someone who comes along just once a decade. The Big Five. Namely, Bruno. Hogan, Austin, Rock (more or less a torch-carrier for Austin after the injury), and Cena guys who fundamentally changed wrestling and left WWE far different than they found it. Billy Graham also deserves a ton of credit for introducing feuds: a long-running story arc leading up to the big blowoff. (In the olden days, heels never stood a chance unless it was against a midcard scrub, and then only to make the face look even more powerful.) FaceHeel Turn. A standard procedure. Often used to start a new storyline or to advance an old one. HeelFace Turn. This is pretty common among the main-eventers, as fans start to want to cheer for a fascinating heel but dont want to feel dirty doing it. HeelFace Revolving Door. Happens when a wrestler turns within months of previous turn. Kane and The Big Show are prone to this, and most Divas switch between the two without much notice or setup. The Miz in 2013 pulled this off several times. Chyna was notorious for switching sides multiple times on the same show. Fascinating Eyebrow. The Rocks The PeoplesCorporate Eyebrow Fat Bastard : King Kong Bundy. Earthquake. Yokozuna. Bastion Booger, Rikishi, Big Daddy V to name a few. Subverted by Haystacks Calhoun. who was grotesquely fat but hailed as a hero by the fans. Also subverted during Rikishis face periods. Five Moves of Doom. Trope Namer is Bret Hart. though the Trope Codifier is John Cena and an Ur-Example is Hulk Hogan . Foreign Wrestling Heel : Played straight with The Iron Sheik. Kamala. Vladimir Kozlov. William Regal. the Great Khali, practically every Canadian heel ever, and Finlay when he was heel. Averted by the likes of Kofi Kingston. Yoshi Tatsu and Finlay as a face, but played so straight with practically everyone of foreign extraction ever seen in WWFE at some point in their careers, its become one of Vinnie Macs defining tropes - not that its ever been confined to WWE, of course. Even applied to wrestlers who are not actually foreign or even of the same racial background as the character portrayed. providing they dont need to speak a lot - e. g. Jimmy Yang, a Korean-American, played Tajiri s Mook Akio in a Japanese stable (some time before he subverted this trope by becoming Jimmy Wang Yang, a foreign-looking chap who happens to act like hes a cowboy. which is therefore amusing), or Yokozuna, a quasi-Japanese Polynesian wrestler played by Rodney Anoai of the great Samoan wrestling dynasty. Many of this family have been presented as semi-savages when their ethnic background is recognized, from the Wild Samoans to Umaga. The Canadian Bret Hart got massive heel heat in America by proclaiming his home countrys superiority, yet simultaneously retained a fanatically loyal Canadian fanbase that kept the Hitman face north of the border (and in the rest of the world) which presumably made his opponents Evil Foreigners from a Canadian perspective. Years later, the various incarnations of La Resistance were always Evil Foreigners (whether billed as from France or Quebec, except for one delirious babyface night in Montreal), which led to the absurd commentary habit of referring to them as first French sympathizers and subsequently Quebec sympathizers prompting some mystification amongst those who had missed the exact point at which the USA or indeed WWE had declared war on France and Quebec. WWE had always been rather supportive of the armed forces (witness Tribute to the Troops). That might explain it. Subverted when WWE did the Kerwin White gimmick with Chavo Guerrero, showing him pretending to want to be a stereotypical preppy white dude. After his Uncle Eddies death, the gimmick died with him. (It should be noted that both Eddie and Chavo wereare American.) As of 2010, WWE has toned down their usage of this trope - WWE now has a plethora of foreigners (such as Wicked Cultured Alberto Del Rio. Genius Bruiser Wade Barrett. Miles Gloriosus Sheamus. Violent Glaswegian Drew McIntyre ), and while many of them are heels, none of them are evil because they are foreign - each has a full-on heel gimmick to get heat. And as of 2012, an equal number of foreigners who are face. As with the heels, theyre the good guys with their own characters rather than using their foreigner status as their sole defining feature. Revived by Rusev and Lana in 2014 (previously using the gimmick in NXT as well) despite generally being thought of as a Dead Horse Trope. and its been surprisingly successful at garnering heat considering Cesaro got almost no heat at all while he did his anti-American United States Champion run just a few years earlier. Friendly Neighborhood Vampire. Gangrel. (He never really got the stardom to be a face or a heel.) Fun with Acronyms. Lets see: I rwin R . S hyster, the wrestling taxman. H enry O . G odwin and P hineas I . G odwin, wrestling swine-farmers, M ontel V ontavious P orter, the Captain Ersatz for Terrell Owens, Rosey the S uper H ero I n T raining. Genre Shift. NXT went from being a show of finding the next breakout star, full of challenges and the like, to become sort of a third brand in 2012 after they had abandoned the challenges some months prior, to then becoming a show for their developmental talent. It was broadcasted on WWE up until the end of season 5, then it was moved to Hulu, so not many were aware of this. Its now part of the WWE Network, and are being talked about more, so the awareness factor has increased. Geodesic Cast. The Brand Extension to Raw and Smackdown (and briefly ECW ). Again by 2016 with the Brand Extension happening a second time. Raw and Smackdown split again. Add NXT, which is now as recognizable a brand as either TV program and the soon-to-debut 205 Live . which each have its own rosters, and it most certainly applies. Getting Crap Past the Radar. When the WWF became WWE, they ran ads saying Get the F Out The Giant. Andr the Giant. Kevin Diesel Nash. The Big Show and The Great Khali, and to a lesser extent, Kane. and The Undertaker . Gimmick Matches. Hell in a Cell, the Royal Rumble, the Elimination Chamber, Money in the Bank, etc. Hammerspace. Under the ring is pretty much this. In addition to the fact that pretty much anything can be found underneath it, Hornswoggle lives under it in kayfabe. And DX once had to go under it as part of a storyline where Hornswoggle sued them, discovering an entire building under the ring populated by people of Hornswoggles size. This was previously mentioned by JBL, but no one believed him. Hide Your Gays. Zigzagged with Darren Young, the first openly gay superstar to come out while still in the company. On the one hand, the company hasnt tried to cover up anything about his sexuality. and has in fact been very supportive of it. On the other hand, he was purposely left out of a company tour of the United Arab Emirates, since homosexuality is illegal in that part of the world. and his boyfriends face was later airbrushed out of a skit on WWE Swerved. This later turned out to be a triple - subversion, since Titus ONeils kids were also given the airbrush treatment, leading to many people suggesting that Darrens boyfriend simply hadnt given WWE permission to show his face on TV. (Conversely, WWE not only later put Tituss real-life sons onscreen, but featured them in a TV angle.) Hijacked by Ganon : Dr. Harvey Wippleman unleashing the Giant Gonzales on The Undertaker at Royal Rumble 1993 as revenge for Taker having defeated Kamala in the casket match at Survivor Series 1992, leading to Kamalas HeelFace Turn and his siding with Reverend Slick. Vince McMahon as the Higher Power in 1999. Triple H hijacking Test s kayfabe wedding to Stephanie McMahon (and push) in the same year. Stone Cold Steve Austin getting run over by a car driven by Rikishi: Triple H was revealed as the mastermind out of nowhere a month into the feud. History Repeats. Those who wanted a second Attitude Era have thus far remained disappointed however, the apparent re-focus on match quality, the revival in particular of women as wrestling talents as opposed to (or more accurately, along with ) being nice to look at, and the heavy influx of talent resulting in an outright brand split, the mid-2010s are taking a very similar path to the Ruthless Aggression Era of the 2000s. I Ate WHAT. Al Snow s Pepper steak and the infamous gassy burrito given to Big Show by Eddie Guerrero. Also Earthquakes Quake Burgers supposedly made from Jake Roberts pet snake Damien. I Have Many Names. Most of the wrestlers have had more than one name (or at least more than one gimmick) during their runs. The company itself has gone through this. From Capitol Wrestling Corporation to World Wide Wrestling Federation to World Wrestling Federation to World Wrestling Entertainment to WWE, Inc. (World Wrestling Entertainment is still the legal name of the company.) Subverted by Mark Calaway, AKA The Undertaker. While the gimmick has changed during his run 20 year run, hes been The Undertaker through pretty much his entire run. Hes only wrestled under a different name, Kane the Undertaker, at the very beginning of his WWE career, and only for the first couple of weeks. Idiot Ball. The most frequently-occurring case is when a wrestler completely switches focus from the opponent they have lying on the mat to yell at someone (either the ref, or whomever came to the aid of their opponent) in the opposite direction or outside the ring. 9 times out of 10, this results in them turning and walking straight into the opponents finisher the remaining 1 is a successful roll-up. This can happen merely when an interlopers entrance music is played. Informed Ability. NXT rookie Michael Tarver never knocked anyone out in 1.9 seconds on screen. That is, until the NXT riot. His first victim John Cena . Insistent Terminology : Professional wrestling soon gave way to Sports Entertainment and, as of 2010, Live Entertainment. As mentioned by Joey Styles in a Worked Shoot. WWEs insistence upon calling the wrestlers Superstars (Which, to be fair, they have done since the 80s) Likewise, from the Attitude Era until April 2016, female wrestlers were referred to as Divas, despite the negative connotations the word carries about a woman being egotistical, flighty, and overbearing andor with a large sense of entitlement. It sort of made sense in the 90s Anti-Hero enviroment of the Attitude Era but at best comes off as really 1990s when used with no sense of irony in any era since. This even carries over to the WWE womens singles title being the Divas Championship, choosing to eliminate the Womens Championship that had been in WWE for over fifty years. Somewhat averted by AJ Lee in her 2014 worked shoot on Stephanie McMahon. where she repeatedly used the word woman to refer to herself and other female talent. Afterwards it became more common for announcers and wrestlers to use woman or girl where Diva would have been ordinarily used, before the term was effectively retired at WrestleMania 32 . with the Divas Championship being retired and replaced by a second Womens Championship. WWE doesnt have bookers, it has writers. They dont work angles, they run storylines. The superstars dont have gimmicks. but characters, superstars dont operate in the locker room but backstage. This started to become true to an extent, as WWE began favoring soap opera and Hollywood writers over pro wrestling bookers, resulting in WWE programming becoming more heavily scripted. Superstars are often told what to say word for word and sometimes have their matches planned out hold to hold in advance. For better or worse, WWE has effectively distanced itself from a lot of what makes pro wrestling, with some superstars prioritizing acting classes over tapes or training. Because of WWEs size and wide distribution, occasionally workers from other companies talk about characters or writers even if nothing of the sort is present just because WWE is so pervasive. In fact, one can judge WWEs foothold in any given area by going to a wrestling event and taking note of how much or how little of its terminology they fall into. Taken to the next level when TVWeek wrote a press release about Drew Carey being inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame (referring to the WWE Hall of Fame) and the WWE demanded the headline be changed because it included the words Pro Wrestling. Read more about it here . To be fair, the WWE Hall of Fame does not represent the industry as whole, so there were likely more reasons beyond simply the terminology, plus there is an actual independently-run Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame as well. The WWE does not have fans. Rather, they have the collective WWE Universe. Championship belts are almost never referred to as objects in the modern era. Instead, they are referred to as the championship the belt represents, rather than as a belt ex: John Cena is holding up the WWE championship, as opposed to He is holding up the championship belt note This led to a comical bit when Mick Foley was on commentary and slipped up, then tried to cover himself when he said a wrestler was looking at the World Heavyweight title belt. which is representative of being the World Heavyweight champion If youre lucky, youll find them referring to it as title, but never belt. Personal pronouns, while not forbidden on commentary, are unusually rare. Its very common to hear a wrestler referred to by name and then referred to by name again in the very next sentence, even after its been clearly established who the announcers are referring to and a pronoun (he, she, them, etc.) would be perfectly acceptable. Invincible Hero : Hulk Hogan for most of his career, Triple H and John Cena at times (2005-2006, 2008-2012) The Ultimate Warrior was arguably the worst offender. How many times did you EVER see the Ultimate Warrior put someone over clean Answer for most fans: zero times. Jobber. In the 1990s, it was Barry Horowitz. Also, Al Snow and the J. O.B. Squad. Steve Lombardi. the Brooklyn Brawler, was the traditional virgin-slayer in the 80s and 90s, just about everyone who wasnt jobbing got their first win over him. In 2008 Colin Delaney lost so often, losing actually became his gimmick. These days, the go-to jobber is Heath Slater. to the point that he led a stable many consider to be the modern-day J. O.B. Squad 8212 The Social Outcasts. With Slater in this faction are regular enhancement talents Bo Dallas. Curtis Axel. and Adam Rose . Juxtaposed Halves Shot. They have a strange love of them. The posters for the WWE Invasion PPV had half Vince McMahon and half Shane McMahon, since the invading force was the WCWECW contingent led by Shane. WWE Superstars always opened with a montage of them. Kid-Appeal Character. Hulk Hogan. Rey Mysterio Jr. and John Cena. Jeff Hardy to a lesser extent. Kids Prefer Boxes. This Christmas promo for WWEshop and the Elimination Chamber playset. CMOF for Shawn Michaels. Lame Comeback. Very often, a face and a heel will converse and the face will mock and insult the heel. And virtually every single time, the heel will either respond with spluttering outrage or by saying some variation of You think youre pretty funny, huh Lampshade Hanging. WWE posted this job opening 9674 for the RAW General Manager position when it was vacant in-universe in late 2011. Large Ham : Vince McMahon. YOUUUUURE. FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED Also, Santino Marella . World of Ham. This is actually the manner in which many of the wrestlers portray themselves, showing their own personalities turned Up to Eleven . Lantern Jaw of Justice. Great Khali, so, so much. Laxative Prank. Eddie Guerrero did this to The Big Show using a bagful of spiked burritos. Le Parkour. John Morrison practices this both in-ring and outside. Leaning on the Fourth Wall : Many, many instances. Triple H. especially, loves this one. During most of the backstage segments that arent direct promos or interviews, most superstars dont acknowledge that there is a camera crew right there in the room with them. Theyll sometimes openly discuss secret plans as if they were the only ones in the room and the people whos backs theyre sneaking behind couldnt just watch the show later on DVR. Kane is a notable exception towards the end of most backstage skits hes in, hell give an evil stare directly into the camera. NXT season 3. The show was due to be cancelled mid-season in order to bring Smackdown to the SyFy network, and WWE apparently took this as an opportunity to launch into full-blown self-referential insanity, especially at the commentary table. Michael Cole constantly derided the show as being terrible and quit at one point. He was briefly replaced by CM Punk. which resulted in an episode where the commentary (aside from seeing a substantial increase in quality) reached a nearly Mystery Science Theater 3000 level of mocking, and it stayed right around that level ever since. In addition to just trashing the show in general, the commentary frequently danced around kayfabe. Lesser Star. The reason fans (and some wrestlers ) whine so much about getting into the main event is because unless you are in the main event, you arent going to get a compelling, sustained storyline in WWE. Everything else is a halftime show. In the 80s this wasnt an issue in the WWF because the secondary and tag titles held some importance. The Intercontinental champ seemed like a big deal. Those same titles are no longer valued by the company, and so the fans ignore them in turn. Lighter and Softer : Well, they discontinued WWE Magazine . but kept the kids version of it. Since WWEs free shows became rated TV-PG, starting in 2009. The pay-per-views were rated TV-14, until the Hell in a Cell PPV, which was rated TV-PG. Thats just the culture of the Aughts, though: Attitude was a reflection of the 90s, South Park and Jerry Springer. WWE has always been a funhouse mirror of popular culture, and if the culture isnt as edgy, and more PC, then so it with WWE. Its quite possible that VKM is now basing his decisions, also, as a grandfather rather than a businessman. The general consensus on the revived ECW (WWECW) brand. Despite several warnings (from Heyman and others) that it was a terrible idea to stick to formula in one of the former ECW strongholds and to only throw in one of the original ECW guys to keep the crowd happy. One Night Stand played out no differently from Raw . with Show main-eventing with Batista. The crowd, which had been pretty affable until this point, started booing like crazy which Joey Styles actually tried to play off as a mixed reaction. Maybe he meant mixed between those giving the finger and those chanting for refunds. December to Dismember . broadcast from Georgia later that year, was nothing more than an Elimination Chamber event attended by actively hostile southerners. Also visible in the crowd are businessmen in suits waving inflatable kendo sticks. Yikes. These were preceded by a pair of not-bad PPVs, One Night Stand 05 and 06 . which at least featured some tables and ladders. The addition of little-person wrestler Hornswoggle and his inclusion in many storylines seemed to come at the very beginning of this new phase of the WWEs existence. Curiously, many fans dont seem to like the panto matches hes involved in very much. Actually, nowadays JBL and Cole go out to lunch whenever the Little Bastard appears, as if theyre tired of him as well.. Saturday Morning Slam on The CW s Vortexx Saturday morning block is even more lighter amp softer than its other programming, being rated TV-G as opposed to TV-PG. The show places more of an emphasis on colorful characters to appeal to a younger audience, and matches featured on the show tend to focus on the athletic aspects of pro wrestling, with WWE higher-ups even forbidding moves that target the head. Shortly before her release, the company had Sherri put over Todd Pettengil . the geeky host of the kids-themed WWF Mania (causing a young RD Reynolds head to explode). Judging by her excitement, youd think she was off to meet Benedict Cumberbatch. Loads and Loads of Characters. There is a reason we have Raw and Smackdown. And if one where to check out their Alumni page on Wikipedia you see how many have been employed at one point or another. Loads and Loads of Roles : Mick Foley s four wrestling personas - Cactus Jack, Dude Love, Mankind and himself - are all completely separate characters. Unlike Isaac Yankem DDS and Kane, say, who were played by the same person but are totally separated characters, it is openly acknowledged that Foley is one guy in 4 roles. It was even lampshaded when he once entered a Royal Rumble match three times (he wasnt 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. Loser Leaves Town. The Career Threatening Match forces a wrestler to leave the company if he loses said match. Comes in numerous variants, including the Exactly What It Says on the Tin Loser Gets Fired match. When the Brand Extension was in full force and you didnt move between Raw or Smackdown unless there was a Draft, you had the Loser Leave RawSmackdown, and had to move over to the other brand. Loud Gulp. Vince McMahon has turned this into an art. MacGuffin Melee : For a while the Hardcore Title was defended on the 247 rule. Anybody could challenge for the belt at any time 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, no matter what the champ was doing, as long as they had a WWF ref to call the match. Frequently the new champ would then be attacked by one of his friends, who would win the belt only to be challenged in turn, and so on. Manipulative Bastard. Edge and Triple H. and sometimes Mr. McMahon. Manipulative Editing. Used in-universe for a John Laurinaitis People Power video package for Over The Limit 2012 in the style of a business commercial. John Laurinaitis, the heel authority figure who is routinely booed, is made to look like a well-loved politician as the praises of People Power are sung by the charts and voiceover. Mle Trois. Triple Threat Matches and Fatal x - Ways, usually. Upped to always when a titles on the line. Misplaced Accent. Kofi Kingston is from Ghana (West Africa) but was initially billed as Jamaican and used an accent approximately more like hes from Jamaica. Mondegreen : Shelton Benjamins music has been modified several times because of this. Sheamus s theme song is a wealth of humorous Mondegreens. On some forums, he has gotten the nickname Lobster Head due to his red hair and the lyric lost your head, and the line Too many lies has been Mondegreend as Too many limes They can still be seen on signs in the WWE Universe occasionally. He also has a few mondegreens in some of his lines, thanks to his Irish accent: Fact isfuck this and in front ofand fucked for starters. Matt Hardy s song is another popular source for them. The opening line, I can slam a tornado, I can fly over seas has had many, many unflattering Mondegreens (example: I can slap a tomato, I can make BLTs .) Whenever Motrhead plays Triple H s theme live (theyve done it several times at WrestleMania ), Lemmy can never get the lyrics right. Mooks. If Vince McMahon is a heel. pretty much every heel can be considered this, since he can summon them whenever he wants. To a lesser extent, a lower-level heel authority figure or even main heel wrestlers can use lower card heels this way, especially if they have a Power Stable thats larger than a Five-Bad Band . Mugged for Disguise. In one episode, the Bella Twins stole Paiges outfit just before a match. Paige compensated by grabbing a random Rosebud (a Cameo from indie wrestler Leva Bates) and dragging her into a dressing room. Cue Paige making her ring entrance in the unfortunate fans purple fairy costume. Mundane Made Awesome. Some of the wrestlers signature moves count as this, as theyre made to look more devastating during a match than they would be in reality. The Peoples Elbow is a perfect example its nothing more than a standing elbow drop, but thanks to The Rocks charisma, its sold as a finishing move, and the crowd goes crazy for it. Also of note is The Big Shows knockout punch - which doesnt need much to be sold as a finisher as its being delivered by a 7 foot tall, 500 pound behemoth. Named by Democracy. The fans were asked to name every program on the WWE Network. Also how Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston ) and Team Hell No got their names. Never Heard That One Before : Yes, we DO know that its fake, thank you. You can stop informing us. One fan at WrestleMania XXVI held a sign that stated, Its still real to me, dammit Yes, we heard that Triple H monopolizes creative control. So did Hulk Hogan. Ric Flair. Kurt Angle. Shawn Michaels. Dusty Rhodes. Jeff Jarrett. uh everybody whos ever had creative control has done that. Never My Fault. Commonplace. A heel can never accept they lost a match legitimately, they will accuse their opponent of using illegitimate tactics or manipulating a weakness. Can often lead into another feud arc if they blame their loss on an ally involved (and usually try beat that point into them). 90s Anti-Hero. Stone Cold Steve Austin pretty much codified the trope for Professional Wrestling. let alone WWE. He was followed by Bikertaker. The Rock (as a face) and Triple H s non-DX face character. Non-Indicative Name. For sixteen years the WWF Light Heavyweight title was under the jurisdiction of the International Wrestling Grand Prix and Universal Wrestling Association. When the WWF finally got around to using the belt, they ignored everything IWGP, UWA and anyone else for that matter, had done with it. Not Using the W Word : WWE is notorious for frequent attempts to distance itself from the concept of wrestling instances include (but are not limited to) billing itself as Sports Entertainment rather than professional wrestling, press releases to magazines playing the trope straight, exclusively referring to wrestlers as Superstars rather than wrestlers, referring to Fans as the WWE Universe and, most lately, discarding its own name (World Wrestling Entertainment) WWE is now officially not an acronym although the companys legal name is still World Wrestling Entertainment, it does business exclusively as WWE. Zigzagged now the word wrestler is part of WWE Champ CM Punk s Insistent Terminology. and WWE has relented somewhat on the policy, reportedly due to falling ratings. Now Buy the Merchandise : Listen up kids, if you want to become a champion, theres 3 things that you have to do: Do your exercises, say your prayers, and eat your. ice cream bars. Six a day if possible. Sensational Sherri approves. 9674 Omniscient Council of Vagueness : The anonymous RAW general manager (played by a laptop) was a bit of a mixed bag. It really depended on who was reading hisher emails. A heel like Cole could get away with murder while escaping responsibility for what the GM ordered. Other times, the GM would help out the babyfaces. It seems like WWE is publicly owned even in kayfabe now, hence the implication that the Board of Directors is independent of Vince and can go over him. This used to be the role of the President who seemed to have all the executive power. (Back when Vince was still just a color commentator.) Jack Tunney was a sort of super-commissioner. In kayfabe, the WWE board of directors are mostly faceless and nameless. The board is by design ambiguous: It can either help The Authority or hurt them (e. g. The same board that fired Vince also fired HHH during the walkout storyline). In terms of power, the board seems to rule over all: they can hirefire anyone they want, they can cook up any match that they want, and they can choose to strip a title if they want. It seems that this power is kept in reserve, as the day-to-day issues are handled by the McMahons. Vince is the Chairman in reality, but in Kayfabe the last times he was on television, it was as a figurehead. Stephanie and Hunter are the ones answering to the BoD right now. The board kept the Authority from doing stuff like firing Bryan when he became a threat to Ortons title reign, and maintains a check on Stephanies rasher decisions. The Only One Allowed to Defeat You. Sheamus justification for helping John Cena against The Nexus. on an episode of Raw. Out with a Bang. Al Wilson, in whats probably an angle most people have repressed. Overly Long Gag. Admit it - the fans shouting out WHAT grates on the nerves, seeing as Stone Cold (who started it up) has long been largely out of the picture, and it was only relevant during his brief heel run a decade ago. Parts Unknown : The Ultimate Warrior. of course Luna Vachon. from The Other Side of Darkness Damien Demento, from The Outer Reaches of Your Mind The Boogeyman, from The Bottomless Pit Shawn Stasiak, from Planet Stasiak Who (Jim The Anvil Neidhart), from Who Knows Where Peoples Republic of Tyranny. Invoked by John Laurinaitis with People Power. Pint-Sized Powerhouse. Rey Mysterio Jr. may be short, but hes also noticeably quicker than the vast majority of the guys he wrestles against. Hes held his own against more than his share of big guys. Playing with Fire. Kane the Inferno Match occasionally the wrestlers pyros. Politically Incorrect Villain. Inverted by Muhammad Hassan. Thuggin and Buggin Enterprises was a straight example. Kerwin White was the most extreme. Zeb Colter takes this Up to Eleven . Poke the Poodle. One storyline had Tyson Kidd feuding with Yoshi Tatsu. Tysons claim to villainbig heel act to get Yoshi angry He broke Yoshis action figure. Power Stable. Some examples: The Heenan Family (80s-92) The New Hart Foundation (1997) D-Generation X (1997-2000) Ministry of Darkness (1998-1999) The Corporation (1998-1999) Evolution (2003-2005, 2014) The Cabinet (2004-2005) La Familia (2007-2008) Legacy (2008-2010) The Nexus (2010-2011) The Corre (2011) The Shield (2012 - 2014) The Authority (2013-Present) The Club (2016-Present) Prejudiced For Pecs. Rick Rude told Austin that. Dammit, Steve, this is an upper body business. WWE is behind the inflated size expectations of wrestlers in USA, though WCW shares the blamecredit. Before the WWF got a national TV deal, a 180 lbs man was considered on the small side but still a valid heavyweight. In WWF and WCW 220 lbs was considered too small 9674 for a heavyweight. On the womens side WWE deflated size expectations. A 130 lbs woman used to be considered on the small side but still a valid heavyweight (which is itself a deflation, as the 138 Fabulous Moolah was initially considered too small to be a heavyweight by Jack Pfefer and got the Womens championship by virtue of the NWA deciding to not put a weight limit on the belt). By 2003 or so, 120 lbs was considered standard for WWE divas. Thus watching WWE shows can be a pretty jarring experience for fans of US independent or foreign shows when they see wrestlers normally considered towering (Claudio Castagnoli ) or tiny (Jacqueline ) suddenly look pretty average. WWE occasionally does go against the grain, such as with 190 lbs Daniel Bryan or 180 lbs Chyna but they tend to be exceptions that prove the rule. Bryans first World Championship reign was presented as him comically fleeing from Big Show and Mark Henry while Chyna was more famous for fighting men as none of the other woman gave her any real challenge-Lita got credit for simply not being squashed by her. After the fall of WCW the 220 lbs Chris Benoit as World Heavyweight Champion was a big deal in 2004. With the C ruiser W eight C lassic in 2016, it was stated the weight limit would be 205 lbs, which theoretically means anyone weighing at least 205 can also be a heavyweight champion in WWE, still higher than contemporary boxing but lower than any other major pro wrestling promotion with weight classes. This may not change who actually gets the belt, but its a step. Prosthetic Limb Reveal. This was Zach Gowen s introduction. Hes planted in the audience, Roddy Piper drags him into the ring, and gives him a step over toe hold - only for his leg to pop off. Put on a Bus. Whenever someone is out due to injury, gets suspended or leaves the company. They usually come back after a while. For some it takes longer than others. Real Men Wear Pink. At least if its Cancer Awareness Month, something WWE has every year in October. The Harts always wear pink. Reasonable Authority Figure. Any face GM. Mick Foley. Daniel Bryan and Booker T come to mind. Tyrant Takes the Helm : Whenever a heel get GM power. Vickie Guerrero. John Laurinaitis . Really, most times Vince asserts his authority. Recognizable by Sound. Regularly employed in WWE productions, where a wrestlers entrance music indicates he is on his way to the ring, often to the detriment of the wrestler already in the ring. Wrestler A . I throw out an open challenge to anyone backstage Reformed, but Not Tamed. A number of wrestlers will make a HeelFace Turn and still behave like heels. The noticeable change is that they start feuding with heels instead of faces and stop insulting the audience in their promos. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock are prime examples. Religion of Evil : Undertaker and the entire Ministry of Darkness during the Attitude Era. Also an inadvertent Cosmopolitan Council . Vince McMahon would briefly create McMahonism, mostly as retaliation for Shawn Michaels newfound born-again status. The cult of straight edge appeared to look this way thanks to CM Punk and his now-defunct Straight Edge Society. Whatever the hell The Wyatt Family follows - or at least Rowan and Harper. (Bray already believes himself to be a god. so. ) Ring Oldies : Finlay is 52 years old. Undertaker and Shawn Michaels are 48. Kane is 46, and Triple H is 44. Hulk Hogan is nearly 60. However, special mention goes to Wrestling Ric Flair who (after retiring at 59) wrestled until 63, finally retiring from in-ring work shortly after Jerry Lawler (born in the same year as Flair) suffered his near-fatal heart attack on Raw . None of them can hold a candle to The Fabulous Moolah, who won a match on her 80th birthday. Or Mae Young who took a table bump (to clarify for non-fans, that means getting smashed through a table) from the Dudleys in her 80s. and who claimed to have a standing invitation to wrestle Vince McMahon s (currently preschooler) granddaughter, Aurora Levesque, on Maes 100th birthday. Young would have turned 100 in the year 2023, at which point young Aurora will be sixteen plus change. Unfortunately, she died in 2014. so that wont happen. Running Gag. Whenever Raw or Smackdown comes to Corpus Christi, its become a tradition that something - or someone - will get tossed into the Gulf of Mexico. Sdrawkcab Alias. While not in the typical sense, the WWE loves to take a wrestlers real names and change it around to get their ring name. Bryan Danielson became Daniel Bryan, and Curtis Jonathan Hussey became Johnny Curtis. This isnt a new thing, either. Shawn Michaels is legally named Michael Shawn Hickenbottom. Still the Leader. Faarooq. after The Rock took over leadership of the Nation. Suplex Finisher. Somewhat surprisingly, very few wrestlers use a suplex as an actual finishing move. The most notable examples are probably Mr. Perfects Perfectplex and the T-Bone Suplex of Shelton Benjamin. There are also, to some extent, Goldust s Final Cut, Goldberg s Jackhammer and Al Snows Snowplow brainbuster. Notable examples where a variety is used as the direct set-up for a finisher include Eddie Guerrero s Three Amigos twisting snap suplexes (for the Frog Splash), and the trifecta of German suplexes often used by Chris Benoit (for the Diving Headbutt) and Kurt Angle . Tag Team. Including many Tag Team Twins such as the Killer Bees, Jimmy and Jey Uso and the Bella Twins. the Blu Twins and Gymini. Talk Show with Fists. Just to name a few: WWE Prime Time: A SportsCenter type panel, usually centered around Heenan and Gorilla catfighting from across a table while Vince tried to keep order. Wrestling Spotlight . Miss Elizabeth (the Kelly to Vinces Regis) and Vince reacted to each match from the comfort of a TV studio. After Macho dumped her, Liz went on a sabbatical, saddling Vince with Queen Sherri. She made quick work of him, demanding a huge throne for herself and using the show to put the heels over. Vince was replaced by an even wimpier host. Sean Mooney, who regularly had his life threatened by the heel guests. Pipers Pit The Brother Love Show. a parody of televangelists on deep cable. Brutus Beefcakes Barber Shop The Kings Court The Heartbreak Hotel. with a heart-shaped bed in lieu of chairs. Classic. The Funeral Parlour The Cutting Edge The Peep Show The Highlight Reel MizTV Carlitos Cabana MVPs VIP Lounge Ambrose Asylum Take That : During the Monday Night Wars. and against those who left the WWE on bad terms. Billionare Teds Wrasslin War Room . WWF made fun of how WCW was basically a retirement home. featuring such greats as the Nacho Man, the Huckster, and Scheme Gene. (Huckster is so old he can no longer do moves. so instead, he poses). The Moral Guardians. the Right To Censor, is a Take That towards the Parents Television Council. Tears of Joy. Whenever someone wins their first championship. Third-Person Person. The Rock says that The Rock hasnt been mentioned yet Tone Shift. The history of WWE is defined by its main eventers: Rock n Wrestling Era: In the late 80s, fans grew up watching Hulk Hogan telling us to eat your vitamins and say your prayers. They grew up watching a dead man wrestle. A guy with a red Mohawk who acted like a rooster. A guy from the G. I. Joe cartoons who then turned on America. A male supermodel. A man named after a boat. A barber. We can keep going. The new generation in the WWE isnt thought of as highly as others simply because they didnt have Hogan and Savage (and others like them), over-the-top larger-than-life personalities with the charisma to sell ice cubes to Eskimos. New Generation Era: The WWF was trying to transition from a live-action cartoon back to a wrestling company, and the fans were. not as receptive as the WWE had hoped. 93-96 was the eye of the hurricane so to speak, the calm between the storms: The WWF at the time was going through a turnover in talents after WCW had cleaned them out. They lost some of the gimmickry eventually and pulled off a more athletically-driven program prior to Attitude taking over, but in the early-to-mid 90s, there was a trashcan, a repo man, hog farmers, a Native American dude, Arachnaman, Max Moon, a dentist, a hockey player, and so on. They repackaged the company after the steroid trials, trying to clean up their act with guys like Bret Hart, Hennig, Flair, and Shawn Michaels. Attitude Era: 1997-2001. This era changed wrestling from being aimed at kids, to being aimed at teenagers. The landscape isnt the same today as it was then. Austin, HHH, Shawn, Foley, Taker etc. were veterans who toiled in the midcard for years. They were competitive. They were hungry to succeed. They had their pick of WWE, WCW and ECW. After the Montreal Screwjob (which created the evil Mr. McMahon character), and Austin defeating Shawn Micheals for the WWF title, thus igniting the Attitude Era. WWF changed from a warm amp fuzzy program to a much more controversial one revolving around the Austin character, who drank beer on TV, gave everyone the middle finger, and raised hell. DX and Goldust were making sex jokes, groping audience members and acting like total degenerates. Women were used as eye candy to appeal to male viewers. It was all about controversy and getting ratings. Smackdown debuted as a B-Show based on one of The Rocks edgier catchphrases. In some ways, the most embarrassing chapter in the companys history, and in others the most exciting (because its just so unpredictable). Ruthless Aggression Era: 2001-2008. Like the New Generation era, was a transitional period for WWE. With the demise of WCW and ECW, the company regressed back to its roots, though not entirely: Wrestling was still TV-14 at this time, allowing sexuality, swearing, blood, among other things. The RA era was an extension of the Attitude Era a mix of new talent and old talent, and a rebuilding time for WWE. An era that made many of its own historic moments, such as Raw having a Womens Main Event, having the Cruiserweight Title Match as a main event (when Matt Hardy took on Rey Mysterio) and, for the first time, TLC was featured as a singles match. Other highlights include the formation of the group Evolution that launched the careers of both Batista and Randy Orton, the return of HBK to wrestling from a 4 year hiatus, and the start of John Cenas career (in which he stumbled upon his rap gimmick that launched his popularity). PG Era: 2008-2016. Many claim that wrestling went PG because Linda McMahon was running for senate and she wanted a squeaky clean image, divorced from the past decade of debauchery and sophomoric humor (she lost both races in part due to her televised appearances during the Attitude Era). However, the shift back to a safer family-oriented show was out of necessity for the WWEs survival. Rampant drug and alcohol abuse, wrestler after wrestler being crippled by the dangerous stunts, wrestlers dying from drug abuse, governmental scrutiny (that means the FBI), and every talking head known to man out to crucify pro wrestling in general and the WWE in particular8212all of that meant big-money advertisers pulling out. It was quickly discovered that Cena appealed to women and children more than the diehard male 18-34 male demographic of wrestling fans thus WWE attracted a more mainstream audience, which meant more money. Other popularity-driven decisions included bookings of The Shield and experiments with new talent, including call ups from NXT. Indeed, the WWE has made a remarkable turnaround: Its seen (again) by the mainstream as family entertainment. Big-money advertisers are lining up, the government isnt hounding them anymore, the media has stopped digging around WWE trash cans looking for scandals, WWE performers (especially John Cena) are in high demand in other forms of entertainment and make frequent media appearances. For a while, the downgrade to PG ironically destroyed what little credibility and class the womens division had, as it was forbidden for women wrestlers to get beaten up, so they had catfights for the audiences amusement. The New Era: 2016-current. By the end of the PG Era, audiences, on-air talent, and even authority figures were occasionally letting it be known that the companys direction wasnt quite where it could be. A series of changes were instituted to adjust the companys business model. Women were once again billed as legitimate wrestling talents and not Divas, thanks largely to the efforts of the Four Horsewomen and Paige, who came up during the PG Era. Several high profile performers were called up from developmental, signed, or pulled away from top competing brands like NJPW and independent promotions, and, unusually, allowed to keep their same monikers, the prime example being AJ Styles. Shane McMahon returned as a Reasonable Authority Figure to balance out the rest of his family, resulting in Smackdown (now Smackdown LIVE ) and RAW once again being treated as competing A-shows. The Cruiserweight Classic tournament led to the resurrected division getting its own show, the UK Championship tournament and other efforts similarly signaled expansion, etc. All of the above was the first year of this New Era, and it remains to be seen where it goes from there. Took a Level in Badass : Jeff Hardy. full stop. When he and his brother Matt debuted in the company in the late 1990s, they lost every single one of their matches for a while. Ten years later, Jeff won the WWE Championship. Matt is a good example as well The Miz transformed over time from a clownish Dirty Coward to a legitimately threatening heel. When he became WWE Champion in November 2010, its a bit surprising that the entire universe didnt explode as a result . Stacy Keibler - After more than three years of mostly being used as eye candy, Stacy finally got a push of sorts in October of 2004 when she pinned Molly Holly to become Number One Contender to Trish Stratus s Womens Championship. Although she didnt win her one-on-one with Stratus, Keibler got a second opportunity soon afterward when she entered a seven-woman Battle Royal at Taboo Tuesday and made it two-thirds of the way through before getting eliminated by Holly. Candice Michelle - She will go down in history as the first Diva Search contestant (2004) to win the Womens Championship. She accomplished this in June 2007, when she pinned then-champion Melina at the first-ever Night Of Champions . She held the title for nearly four months, finally losing it to Beth Phoenix . Maria Kanellis - Another 2004 Diva Search contestant, she started out as a dim-witted backstage interviewer for comic relief on Monday Night Raw . She made occasional forays into the ring over the next few years, finally becoming more or less a full-time wrestler in 2008. Thats when she became the first Diva to pin Beth Phoenix since Phoenix had won the Womens Championship (though the match was non-title, and Kanellis needed some help from Candice Michelle to score the win). Kanellis and Phoenix met again at WrestleMania XXIV in a tag-team match that also included Ashley Massaro and Melina Perez, and Kanellis almost certainly would have pinned Phoenix clean if it hadnt been for interference by Santino Marella . Kelly Kelly - She joined the relaunched ECW on SyFy in June of 2006 as an exotic dancer (exhibitionist, to use her term) with practically no wrestling skills. After just over a year of training, she began to appear in the ring sporadically and then full-time after being drafted to Monday Night Raw in 2008. She appeared in back-to-back (2008 and 2009) Divas Elimination Matches at Survivor Series . eliminating two Divas between them. Finally, she won the Divas Championship from Brie Bella on June 20, 2011, after being voted Number One Contender by the fans. Trish Stratus - Seven time Womens Champion, who started out as a valet for TampA and eye candy for Vince McMahon, and who was initially so bad in the ring that she could botch a catfight . In fact, much like how WWE saw its tag team division more so as a Breakup Breakout factory than anything else over time ever since Shawn Michaels went from one of the Rockers to one of the greatest of all time, WWEs insistence on turning models into wrestlers is largely due to this trope working so well for Trish. John Cena went from a comic-relief white-boy rapper to possibly the biggest face in the federation. Key moments in the transition included marking his return from injury by lifting Rikishi above his head. and slapping Vince in the face. Trash The TitanTron : Happens each time when the WWE upgrades its TitanTron. For example, on an episode of Raw in 2007, Triple H throws his sledgehammer at the TitanTron to make way for the current TitanTron HD set used on Raw, SmackDown, ECW, and Superstars. The NXT rookies took this one pretty literally on the 6710 Raw, when they took out everyone at ringside (down to the bell-ringer and medical personnel) and gave a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown to John Cena . Un-Person : Chris Benoit. though he is still mentioned in WWEs official title histories, match results, etc. as well as 2009s WWE Encyclopedia. It doesnt even mention that hes dead Vince McMahon tried to invoke this with CM Punk after he left the company after winning at the Money in the Bank PPV, and taking the WWE Championship with him. Off course this only lasted one or two weeks, as he came back after they had held a tournament to crown a new winner. Has unfortunately come true with his 2014 walkout. Unrelated Brothers : Long-time childhood friends Edge and Christian. Whose being kayfabe brothers in the past is no longer acknowledged. Kane and The Undertaker. Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins was for a short while in WWE listed as the Major Brothers, before their name change. The Basham Brothers. Despite their similar appearance, Doug Basham (his real name) and Danny Basham (born Daniel Hollie) are not related, much less twins as Doug is six years older. Vinces 2000-inch Titantron, the obscenely expensive Jeritron 5000 Wham Episode. 41111. Edge retiring. June 7th 2010, The Nexus wrecks havoc on Raw. And a bunch of other memorable moments . Wild Card. Whoever is currently the commissioner of WWEGM of Raw . Gorilla Monsoon took over in 1995, followed by Roddy Piper, then Gorilla again. When Gorilla retired in 1997, the Presidency was officially replaced with the Commissioner position. Michaels, Foley, and Regal have each served as commish. Past GMs include Bischoff, Maddox. and Vickie. Sometimes the GM has unlimited power, sometimes none. Wild Samoan. The Wild Samoans, Umaga. Haku. Jimmy Snuka. and Rikishi. Averted by Yokozuna (who was Samoan but played a Japanese-style sumo wrestler), Manu, Rosey, The Usos. Tamina. and Roman Reigns. Oh, and The Rock. There were also The Headshrinkers and The Islanders (though Haku was a Tongan). Worlds Strongest Man. Nickname used by several wrestlers including Mark Henry. Ted Arcidi, Ken Patera. and Dino Bravo. Wrestling Doesnt Pay. Especially egregious in the late 80s and early 90s. Later examples include Simon Dean. The Boogeyman, and Fandango . Wrestling Monster. Vader. The Undertaker, Papa Shango, Kane, Bill Goldberg, The Boogeyman, Kharma. Yes-Man. The general attitude of Vince McMahon to some people is that he refuses to take no for an answer. Pretty much a job description for anybody on the writing team not related to the McMahons, according to virtually everyone. You Keep Using That Word. Strangely, WWE in 2014 started picking an episode of Raw and SmackDown sometime in mid-August note The start of the traditional American television season. and billing them as the season premiere, despite that fact that both shows run year round, meaning theres never really a new season to premiere any more than there is for the also-year-round morning news. Its also strange considering WWE somewhat operates on a WrestleMania to WrestleMania schedule, when story-lines culminate on camera (with loose ends often being tied up at the next PPV), and there seems to be some house cleaning (read: lower-card firings) and starting fresh behind the scenes as well, meaning that if WWE really wanted to do a true season premiere, it should actually be sometime in April. Alternative Title(s): WWF. World Wrestling Entertainment. World Wrestling Federation