The way Vickie Guerrero was "fired" last year is a great example of this angle actually working, but it's only really when fans know someone is legitimately leaving that the words "You're fired!" have even a modicum of meaning they can buy into as a viewer. Look no further than the recent firings of Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, and Ryback. They were gone, what, two or three weeks? For starters, why have The Authority fire them, only to give John Cena multiple chances to win their jobs back? If firing problematic employees is so easy, why did they never fire Daniel Bryan? Hell, even Cena for that matter! Vince and Stephanie McMahon are so great at spewing these words, it's hard to hate hearing them said, but you know what they say about too much of a good thing! That's unfortunately become the case here, and WWE would be better off leaving storylines about fired superstars well alone in the near future. Suspension of disbelief is required with any TV show, but this is one angle which has most definitely outstayed its welcome.
