Ministry of Darkness: Difference between revisions

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It was then revealed that [[The Undertaker]]'s goal was to take control of the WWF from [[Vince McMahon]], [[Evil Versus Evil|starting a feud with]] [[The Corporation]], as well as reveal that he was taking orders from a [[The Man Behind the Man|"Higher Power"]]. The Ministry then threatened Vince's daughter [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie]], prompting Vince to go into [[Papa Wolf]] mode and eventually a [[Heel Face Turn]]. The Ministry then abducted Stephanie and [[The Undertaker]] [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|attempted to marry her]], but [[Big Damn Heroes|this was thwarted by]] Vince's own [[Arch Enemy]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]. After this it was revealed that Vince's son Shane (who had taken over the Corporation) was in cahoots with [[The Undertaker]] the whole time, and the Corporation merged with the Ministry to become the Corporate Ministry. It was then finally revealed that the "Higher Power" who masterminded the whole thing was none other than....... [[Vince McMahon]], and [[Hijacked By Ganon|it was all part of a plan to get the WWF title off of Austin once more]]. <ref> Vince wasn't planned from the beginning to be the Higher Power, as should be obvious. The [[Shocking Swerve]] was due to no one else really being able to fill the role at the time ''but'' Vince. One possibility was to have [[Mick Foley]] be the Higher Power, but he backed out.</ref>

It was then revealed that [[The Undertaker]]'s goal was to take control of the WWF from [[Vince McMahon]], [[Evil Versus Evil|starting a feud with]] [[The Corporation]], as well as reveal that he was taking orders from a [[The Man Behind the Man|"Higher Power"]]. The Ministry then threatened Vince's daughter [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie]], prompting Vince to go into [[Papa Wolf]] mode and eventually a [[Heel Face Turn]]. The Ministry then abducted Stephanie and [[The Undertaker]] [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|attempted to marry her]], but [[Big Damn Heroes|this was thwarted by]] Vince's own [[Arch Enemy]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]. After this it was revealed that Vince's son Shane (who had taken over the Corporation) was in cahoots with [[The Undertaker]] the whole time, and the Corporation merged with the Ministry to become the Corporate Ministry. It was then finally revealed that the "Higher Power" who masterminded the whole thing was none other than....... [[Vince McMahon]], and [[Hijacked by Ganon|it was all part of a plan to get the WWF title off of Austin once more]]. <ref> Vince wasn't planned from the beginning to be the Higher Power, as should be obvious. The [[Shocking Swerve]] was due to no one else really being able to fill the role at the time ''but'' Vince. One possibility was to have [[Mick Foley]] be the Higher Power, but he backed out.</ref>

The Ministry collapsed after Vince was "banished" from the WWF (he came back), though a few members continued to follow [[The Undertaker]] until he took time off to heal injuries, then came back with his Biker gimmick. The Brood ultimately went their separate ways to varying degrees of success, and the Acolytes continued to exist as a tag team in the form of the APA (Acolyte Protection Agency) for a few more years. However, the group briefly resurfaced in 2004, when former member Bradshaw (now called [[John Bradshaw Layfield]] with a [[Rich Bitch|Rich Bastard]] gimmick) hired Gangrel and Viscera to attack the Undertaker. They were simply known as The Ministry. They didn't last long at all, as [[The Undertaker]] took both of them out quickly, though Viscera did linger on for a time before changing his gimmick. Undertaker referenced the gimmick again a couple weeks later by [[Unwilling Suspension|making a sacrifice of Orlando Jordan on his symbol]] to play mind games with JBL.

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* [[Ascended Extra]]: A few of the Ministry's Mooks went on to become stars in their own right, such as [[Edge]], JBL, and [[Christian]].

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Ken Shamrock accused [[The Undertaker]] of letting his character take over who he really was, referring to him by his real name, Mark, in order to try to get him to come back down to Earth.

* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|[[Vince McMahon]], [[Hijacked By Ganon|aka The Higher Power]]}}.

* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|[[Vince McMahon]], [[Hijacked by Ganon|aka The Higher Power]]}}.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Stone Cold [[Invincible Hero|somehow]] rescuing Stephanie despite being outnumbered.

* [[Black Cloak]]: Undertaker's wardrobe.

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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Mideon especially.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: [[The Undertaker]] was this in spades during this era. Right before [[The Reveal]] of the Higher Power, [[Vince McMahon]] (via titantron) demanded that the "evil demonic SOB show his face to the world now". Right after this {{spoiler|Vince revealed himself to be the Higher Power in an over-the-top villainous, gloating manner. So he basically called himself evil and demonic and was proud of it.}}

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: {{spoiler|[[Vince McMahon]] [[Hijacked By Ganon|revealing himself as the Higher Power]] is one of the most famous examples in wrestling. "IT'S ME AUSTIN!!!! IT'S ME AUSTIN!!!! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN!!!!"}}

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: {{spoiler|[[Vince McMahon]] [[Hijacked by Ganon|revealing himself as the Higher Power]] is one of the most famous examples in wrestling. "IT'S ME AUSTIN!!!! IT'S ME AUSTIN!!!! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN!!!!"}}

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Somewhat in 2004, when JBL brought back Gangrel and Viscera as the Ministry, there was no mention of JBL being a member of the Ministry in the past. In fact it was simply just said he paid them off, most likely to help sell JBL's [[Rich Bitch|rich bastard]] gimmick. Though a couple of years later while on commentary JBL [[Continuity Nod|referenced that he was part of the Ministry.]]

* [[Cool Chair]]: Undertaker's throne, shaped like his symbol.

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* [[Fat Bastard]]: [[Paul Bearer]], of course.

** The 500 lbs Viscera

* [[Hijacked By Ganon|Hijacked by ]][[Vince McMahon]]

* [[Hijacked by Ganon|Hijacked by ]][[Vince McMahon]]

** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Hijacked by McMahon-on?]]

* [[Hollywood Satanism]]

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* [[Sinister Minister]]: [[The Undertaker]], obviously.

** Also, [[Paul Bearer]] when he presided over Undertaker and Stephanie's "wedding".

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]: Undertaker on Stephanie.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Undertaker on Stephanie.

* [[Take Over the World|Take Over the WWF]]: [[The Undertaker]] revealed that his goal was to take control of the WWF from [[Vince McMahon]] ({{spoiler|though it was subverted when it was revealed Vince himself was the Higher Power, whose REAL goal was to get the title off of [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]}}).

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: [[The Undertaker]]'s "Higher Power" who turns out to be {{spoiler|[[Vince McMahon]]}}.

* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|[[Vince McMahon]]}} was the Higher Power.

* [[Touched By Vorlons]]: Mideon, who gains psychic powers.

* [[Touched by Vorlons]]: Mideon, who gains psychic powers.

* [[Unwilling Suspension]]: Their sacrifices usually consisted of tying someone to an Undertaker symbol and hanging them from the rafters.

** [[The Undertaker]] also "hung" Big Boss Man at ''Wrestlemania 15'', at the end of a Hell in the Cell match that most people found very disappointing. Of course, [[Unexplained Recovery|he got better]], and in fact nobody ever mentioned it again.