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== Professional Wrestling ==
* In 1999, ''[[WWE]]'' featured a long and convoluted storyline about [[The Undertaker]] and his [[Ministry of Darkness]] attempting to seize control of the WWE from [[Heel Face Turn|former bad guy]] [[Vince McMahon]] under the orders of a mysterious figure known only as "The Higher Power". This "Higher Power" turned out to be...Vince McMahon. The [[Ministry of Darkness]] then merged with [[The Corporation]] to become the Corporate Ministry, and about five months of storyline were thrown out the window.
* In [[WCW]], there was the infamous [[Wrestler/Sting|Sting]] vs. the Black Scorpion angle. In August 1990, after wrapping up another chapter in his on-again/off-again feud with [[Ric Flair]], Sting started being harassed by a mysterious masked man who spoke with a heavily altered voice. The standard "masked wrestler" plotline quickly got out of control, incorporating bizarre promos, "messengers" that attacked Sting at house shows, and ringside stage illusions. After four months of this nonsense, the Black Scorpion was finally revealed to be...Ric Flair. Behind the scenes, this was an [[Author's Saving Throw]]- WCW constantly alluded to the Black Scorpion actually being The [[Ultimate Warrior]] in an attempt to get Warrior to jump ship from WWF. When it didn't work, they shoehorned Flair in instead. [[Wrestlecrap]] has a [http://www.wrestlecrap.com/jotw-thescorpions.html detailed write-up]{{Dead link}} of the debacle.
* Another WWE mystery: "Who ran over [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]?" Well, the man driving the car was revealed to be Rikishi, whose lame [[Motive Rant]] killed any potential heat. Rikishi was so ill-fit for the [[Heel]] role that after one month the much better established [[Triple H]] was revealed to be [[The Man Behind the Man]].
** In reality, the mastermind couldn't have been anyone BUT Triple H. Triple H assaults Austin backstage, runs off, lures Austin out into the parking lot, where Rikishi just randomly happens to be in a car in the parking lot ready to run him over. Despite Triple H's insistence right before Rikishi's reveal that he was planning to lead to Austin to a beatdown, the variables are just too unlikely for it to be anybody but Triple H.
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