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For nearly a decade, one of the biggest real-life feuds in wrestling was between World Wrestling Entertainment and its fans.
It was a fascinating culmination of an evolution of pro wrestling. On one side you had the fans, who would choose their favorites and whom they wanted to be the champions. And on the other side you had Vince McMahon and his minions, who, while wanting to satisfy the fans, believed they knew what the fans should want and what made the most sense in the economic big picture.
Each got their victories, but only in the short term.