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== Professional Wrestling ==
=== [[Trope Maker]] ===
* Arguably originated by [[Jerry Lawler]], Jimmy Hart, and Andy Kaufman, with the long-running Lawler/Kaufman feud. Qualifies as a Worked Shoot because some of the stunts Andy and Jerry pulled (like getting into a fight on the set of David Letterman's show) managed to convince a lot of people who weren't usually fooled into believing [[Kayfabe]].
** This was revisited during the filming of Kaufman biopic ''Man on the Moon'', with Lawler and [[Jim Carrey]] getting into a fistfight on-set. As the story was told, Carrey had gone into method-actor mode, would only answer to "Andy" on the set, and started picking fights with Lawler in order to get into Kaufman's head. This didn't spill over into the wrestling ring, unlike most worked shoots, but it did get a lot of airtime on [[WWE]] programming.
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*** The [http://andykaufman.jvlnet.com/fridays.htm night he hosted] ''Fridays'' was another such moment.
=== [[WWE]] ===
* To this day, it is still debated whether the [[Montreal Screwjob]] was a work, a shoot, or a worked shoot. [[Shawn Michaels]] has admitted that he was in on the screwjob after years of denying it, while [[Vince Russo]] claimed that was a work.
** In the civil suit over the death of [[Owen Hart]], both [[Bret Hart]] and [[Vince McMahon]] - under oath - said that it was a shoot, once again causing many wrestling fans to question the sanity of Mr. Russo.
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* [[The Miz]] actually did several of these throughout 2010 during his reign as the United States and later WWE Champion. He referred to the real life bullying he suffered in the lockerroom at the hands of [[John Bradshaw Layfield|JBL]].
=== [[WCW]] ===
* An example of a worked shoot gone awry is the "Loose Cannon" gimmick Brian Pillman did in [[WCW]]. Pillman said and did things that seemed specifically designed to tweak the noses of management, such as when he ended a PPV match (an [[Gimmick Matches|"I Respect You" match]] against booker Kevin Sullivan) about a minute in by shouting, "I respect you, bookerman!" Subsequently, he was "fired", and he convinced WCW to really release him from his contract in order to make the illusion complete; then, freed from contractual obligations, he went to ECW instead of finishing the storyline.
* WCW saw another Worked Shoot backfire when wrestler/booker Kevin Sullivan put together a storyline that had his (on-screen and real-life) wife, Nancy "Woman" Sullivan, sleeping with his rival, [[Chris Benoit]]. Sullivan was from wrestling's old school, and he made sure that Woman and Benoit traveled together, were spotted entering each others' hotel rooms, and otherwise spent a lot of time together in public, just to drive the angle home. The problem? After spending all that time together, Nancy fell in love with Benoit, and left Kevin for real to marry him. This led to Woman being moved into a non-speaking role as a valet for [[Ric Flair]], and Benoit getting [[Squash Match|squashed]] repeatedly by Sullivan in the most brutal matches he could come up with, until Sullivan was eventually replaced as booker. Benoit left the company when Sullivan re-gained the head booker position, as Benoit feared that Sullivan was still holding a grudge. Worse yet for WCW, his friends Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, and [[Eddie Guerrero]] all left for fear of becoming collateral damage; the quartet formed The Radicalz in the WWE, where Benoit and Guerrero became ''huge'' stars.
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* WCW once attempted to save an angle with a worked shoot. Dustin Runnels' new character, Seven, was hyped in a series of creepy vignettes that left the unfortunate impression that he was a child abductor. Turner Standards and Practices axed the gimmick, and in an attempt to get some use out of Seven's elaborate entrance and costume, had Dustin interrupt his own debut, rant about how Goldust had caused him to be stuck in silly gimmick characters, and swear vengeance on WCW for firing his father, Dusty Rhodes.
=== [[ECW]] ===
* One of the most famous classic worked shoots was a interview made by [[Mick Foley]] known as the "Cane Dewey" promo, during his time in [[ECW]]. The promotional interview was inspired by a sign Mick saw during a match against Terry Funk, with which read "Cane Dewey" - Dewey Foley being Mick's 5-year-old son. Mick became somewhat disillusioned with the wrestling business at this time and, at the advisement of ECW promoter and booker Paul Heyman, channeled that into his feud with Tommy Dreamer, which had Foley, then a [[Heel]] being against the "Hardcore" wrestling style, and attempting to get Dreamer, who had a Hardcore gimmick, to leave ECW for Ted Turner's WCW - which was at that time reviled by ECW fans.
=== [[TNA]] ===
* [[Vince Russo]] has continued to do [[Worked Shoots]] in TNA. One particularly atrocious Worked Shoot was the scene where [[Mick Foley]] goes backstage and meets [[Vince Russo]] and the writers. Foley tells them that they're doing a great job, and asks if they can write a scene where Dixie Carter returns his phone calls. Foley was clearly not happy about having to break the fourth wall in this fashion.
* At [[TNA]] Turning Point 2007, [[Samoa Joe]] was supposed to team up with [[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]] in a match against [[AJ Styles]], Tomko & [[Kurt Angle]]. However, Hall no-showed the event. Joe was asked before the match to go out and cut a promo to announce their replacement for Hall, Eric Young. However, Joe used the opportunity to bury Hall and voice his frustrations against the company for not properly using the younger talent and giving more breaks to the older, more established stars, frequently shooting nasty looks at his partner [[Kevin Nash]] and his opponent [[Kurt Angle]] while talking. [[Kevin Nash]] was shown to be visibly upset by Joe's words, as was TNA President Dixie Carter, who was sitting in the front row. Towards the end of his promo, Joe looked down into the crowd where Dixie was sitting, noticed she wasn't happy and said "Are you mad? No, go ahead, fire me. I don't care." After the match, Joe and Nash had an argument backstage that nearly became physical and the next day, Joe apologized to the TNA locker room for his comments.
** Not everyone in the crowd was sympathetic to Joe: Karen Angle (Kurt's now ex-wife) was close enough to the microphone that the words "Quit being a crybaby!" made it over the air.
=== Other Professional Wrestling Organizations ===
* The phrase was also applied to what is more popularly known as "shoot wrestling", a Japanese wrestling style reminiscent of MMA (in fact, many early UFC participants like Ken Shamrock or Dan Severn were veterans of groups employing this style). Although outcomes were predetermined (the "worked" part), holds and strikes were generally applied in a realistic manner (the "shoot" part). Many of these later became full-shoot MMA organizations.
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