[2] The name of "The Authority" was introduced on October 7, 2013 on Raw during a match between The Shield vs Cody Rhodes, Goldust and Daniel Bryan.

[3] The Shield (Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose) formerly acted as The Authority's main henchmen to offer protection or carry out attacks until March 2014.

[4] The stable became inactive following WrestleMania 32, when Triple H was dethroned as WWE World Heavyweight Champion by Roman Reigns[5] and Shane McMahon received authority to run Raw.

[8] From June 2013, members of the McMahon family began to dispute various elements of the control of WWE, such as the fates of Daniel Bryan, as well as Raw and SmackDown General Managers Brad Maddox and Vickie Guerrero, respectively.

[9][10] On the July 15 episode of Raw, John Cena chose Bryan as his opponent for his WWE Championship defense at SummerSlam.

After the match, Triple H gave Bryan a Pedigree, allowing Randy Orton to cash in his Money in the Bank contract both turning heel for the first time since 2006 and 2010 respectively.

[15] That same night, The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins) began to work for Triple H as his enforcers.

He was then forced to sit at ringside during his friends' matches and watch them being attacked by members of The Authority at the risk of being fired.

The Authority later claimed that Big Show was broke (kayfabe) and forced him to knock out the likes of Bryan and The Miz, again at the risk of being "fired".

Big Show asked for his job back and a WWE Championship match against Orton at Survivor Series, which he received.

At Battleground, Rhodes won his job back after teaming up with Goldust by defeating Shield members Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in a non-title match.

[21] On the October 14 episode of Raw, The Rhodes Brothers defeated Rollins and Reigns again in a no disqualification match for the WWE Tag Team Championship after an attack by Big Show.

However, the following night on Raw, Triple H stripped Bryan of the title due to a fast 3-count by referee Scott Armstrong.

Triple H finally accepting the challenge on the March 10 episode of Raw, after Bryan rallied dozens of his fans to occupy the ring.

That same night, Evolution were once again defeated by The Shield in a No Holds Barred elimination six-man tag team match.

At the pay-per-view, Rollins won the Money in the Bank contract by defeating Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Rob Van Dam and Jack Swagger; however, both Orton and Kane were unsuccessful in winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by Cena.

[38] On the August 11 episode of Raw, Kane resumed his role as Director of Operations after relinquishing his mask the previous week.

Bryan took time off from the WWE to recover from his injury, so Stephanie McMahon began feuding with The Bella Twins by constantly putting Nikki in handicap matches.

[40] The following night on Raw, Rollins kayfabe injured Ambrose after being placed in a Falls Count Anywhere match following interference by Kane.

On the January 19 episode of Raw, Cena defeated Rollins, Kane and Big Show in a 3-on-1 handicap match, once again with the help of Sting, thereby reinstating Ziggler, Rowan and Ryback's jobs.

At the Royal Rumble, Rollins was unsuccessful in winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from Lesnar in a triple threat match also involving Cena.

In the Royal Rumble match, both Big Show and Kane were unsuccessful after Roman Reigns eliminated both men at the same time.

At Fastlane, Rollins, Kane and Big Show defeated Ziggler, Rowan and Ryback in a six-man tag team match.

Orton agreed to rejoin the stable, and he and Rollins were subsequently booked in a tag team match for later that night against Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns.

After losing his singles match against Orton earlier in the night, Rollins cashed his Money in the Bank contract during the main event between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, making it a triple threat match, becoming a world champion for the first time and bringing the title back to The Authority.

On November 4 at a live event in Dublin, during a match with Kane, Rollins suffered legitimate tears in his right ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus, and underwent surgery and would be out for 6–9 months.

At Survivor Series, after Reigns won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship during a tournament, Irish wrestler Sheamus cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated him for the title.

This new stable, composed of wrestlers who were born and became successful overseas, remained associates of The Authority while functioning as its own entity.

The Authority's 2016 last-ditch effort campaign began by forcing Roman Reigns to defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sheamus on the January 4, 2016 episode of Raw with Mr. McMahon serving as the special guest referee to ensure that Reigns would lose the championship.

Before she could start her acceptance speech, Shane McMahon returned for the first time since 2009 and demanded to gain control of Raw, claiming The Authority was running the company to the ground.