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* TNA currently is WCW had WCW not been bought out by [[Vince McMahon]].
** In particular, TNA in 2010-2011 was almost exactly the same as WCW in 1996-1997. [[Face Heel Turn|Heel turn]] by [[Hulk Hogan]] and his emergence as the leader of a dictatorial faction (New World Order in WCW, Immortal in TNA), Eric Bischoff as his sycophant, and [[Wrestler/Sting (wrestling)|Sting]] as the [[Just Like Robin Hood|Robin Hood figure]] who leads a crusade to defeat them both.
** Interestingly, TNA usually refuses to acknowledge WWE by name (references are often highly elliptical) even though WWE took on all of WCW's canon as part of its own continuity when it incorporated it.
* In fact, [[Fleeting Demographic Rule|we have a similar trope that more specifically covers pro wrestling]].