Did the Authority storyline go on to long?

[The Blue Nova]

10 years ago The Authority formed when Triple H attacked Daniel Bryan and Orton won the title from him. I think some good stuff came out of the storyline such as the shield face turn and the yes movement but in my opinion it should of at least ended at Wrestlemania 30 or even at Survior series 2014. but instead it continued till April 2016. I always felt it didn't even jump the shark because the storyline as a whole with Stephanie and triple h running roughshot was boring. plus when they added Big Show in 2014 which did nothing it just seemed it was around way past its due date.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Survivor Series 2014 was a cool moment, but it should've ended at WM 30 that year when The Shield squashed the NAO and Kane and HHH/Orton/Batista all lost to Bryan. Yet it continued for like 2 more years.

I was so excited when Seth cashed in at WM and won the title, but they ruined his reign very quickly for me by making him HHH and Steph's whiny son who they'd always yell at every week and couldn't do anything without their help. It made for some really brutal television.

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

The f***ing shit "I bring back The Authority" moment where they walked out and you know they knew it was bad content, but they get to win again because WWE's misery booking was on steroids and they enjoyed making purposely bad content.

Everyone who was involved in that moment should have been jailed for the rest of time, with a live feed of them on Twitch so you can watch them sit in solitary confinement for the eternity.

[Push R Truth]

Yes.

[fg]

You know that segment where John brought back the Authority to save Edge when Seth threatened to curb stomp him (remember Edge’s neck issues) if John didn’t bring back the Authority ? Here’s how they should’ve booked that segment. They should have booked it the same except when John says: “I will bring back the Authority.” Have him say: “Ok.” Seth falsely believes that the Aithority is back. He goes to attack Edge anyway. Cena saves him and when the Authority’s music plays, Cena says: “I said ok. Meaning ok. I will save Edge from Seth by attacking Seth. I NEVER ONCE SAID I WAS BRINGING BACK THE AUTHORITY.”

The heels get duped for being dumb.. Crowd cheers. End of show.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Aug 10, 2023 19:00:05 GMT -5 fg said:

You know that segment where John brought back the Authority to save Edge when Seth threatened to curb stomp him (remember Edge’s neck issues) if John didn’t bring back the Authority ? Here’s how they should’ve booked that segment. They should have booked it the same except when John says: “I will bring back the Authority.” Have him say: “Ok.” Seth falsely believes that the Aithority is back. He goes to attack Edge anyway. Cena saves him and when the Authority’s music plays, Cena says: “I said ok. Meaning ok. I will save Edge from Seth by attacking Seth. I NEVER ONCE SAID I WAS BRINGING BACK THE AUTHORITY.”

The heels get duped for being dumb.. Crowd cheers. End of show.

Heck, I’d have Sting show up here since it’d be Seth and Big Show two on one versus Cena.

“However, there is one guy I am bringing back…” says Cena. Cue the crow noise and Sting standing side by side with Cena as they clean house of the heels. Crowd cheers at the sight of wrestling’s two biggest good guy faces standing tall. End of show.

[Rolent Tex]

Just something about Sting that makes wrestling companies say, “Hey. You know that hot heel angle we’re running? That’s run that bitch a year past the expiration date!”

[fg]

Aug 10, 2023 20:10:13 GMT -5 Friday Night SmackOwn said:

Aug 10, 2023 19:00:05 GMT -5 fg said:

You know that segment where John brought back the Authority to save Edge when Seth threatened to curb stomp him (remember Edge’s neck issues) if John didn’t bring back the Authority ? Here’s how they should’ve booked that segment. They should have booked it the same except when John says: “I will bring back the Authority.” Have him say: “Ok.” Seth falsely believes that the Aithority is back. He goes to attack Edge anyway. Cena saves him and when the Authority’s music plays, Cena says: “I said ok. Meaning ok. I will save Edge from Seth by attacking Seth. I NEVER ONCE SAID I WAS BRINGING BACK THE AUTHORITY.”

The heels get duped for being dumb.. Crowd cheers. End of show.

Heck, I’d have Sting show up here since it’d be Seth and Big Show two on one versus Cena.

“However, there is one guy I am bringing back…” says Cena. Cue the crow noise and Sting standing side by side with Cena as they clean house of the heels. Crowd cheers at the sight of wrestling’s two biggest good guy faces standing tall. End of show.

That’s a great idea…but unfortunately we had to have what we had. That’s a shame since around this time we did have a few instances where the bad guys were duped.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Part of it was USA wanted the Authority back at some point... for some reason

[ChitownKnight]

I thought the Cena bringing back the Authority would be a catalyst for a heel turn since the Shield were on the rise. Boy was I wrong

[Nosnorb]

The simple answer is "F*** YES". It started in 2013, and was still going on in 2016 when Trips handed the title to Kevin Owens. I'm not sure exacty when the Authority actually ended, it seemed to just quietly fade into the background rather than have a definative ending.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

even if the Authority had to return, bringing in a babyface boss character to counteract Trips & Steph's evil boss shtick should've been done.

[Mozenrath]

I am of two minds. Ending it at WM 30 would have made a certain level of sense, but Evolution vs the Shield was a strong angle to run with.

Maybe focus on Triple H wrestling rather than Authority duties and have something where he and Stephanie grumble that they've been told they must be hands-off with Bryan, so even if they still run Kane vs Bryan, that at least would be wholly removed from the Authority, who then as what happened take out their frustrations on the Shield. Framing what we already got differently would have changed the connotations to people at least.

[Heartbreaker]

Is water wet?

[Feargus McReddit]

It’s one of the big reasons why Raw getting a 1.8 is considered a success instead of the 2-3m they were more consistently doing so absolutely.

[Lupin the Third]

YES.

[clc]

Yes it went on too long! I missed a bunch of this era becasue it made me stop watching, some of the comments are refreshing my memory.

John Cena bringing back the Authority to save Edge:
1 - John Cena and Edge hated each other. I know Cena was a superhero, but Cena should have called their bluff. He could have said, "Go ahead and break a retired crippled man's neck, that will be bad for business"
2 - After Cena does the anti-Spock and puts the needs of the one over the needs of the many, Sting should have come out and said, "I got rid of the authority for you to stupidly bring them back?" This should have lead to Cena vs Sting.