why wwf changed to wwe?
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World Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2011) On May 5, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation announced it was changing both its company name and the name of its wrestling promotion to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after the company lost a lawsuit initiated by the World Wildlife Fund over the WWF trademark.
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WWE attempted a soft break from the brand split in 2019 when Vince McMahon returned to the program to institute the infamous Wild Card Rule. ... Another instance of the company ending the brand split came in 2011 when the flagship show was re-branded as the RAW Supershow and featured Superstars from both shows.
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Making a very long story short, they were a victim of the Time Warner-AOL Merger in 2000. Executive Jamie Kellner decided they wanted the new TW/AOL to be more upscale in its television properties (TNT and TBS) and so wrestling had to go. Without a TV deal, WCW was effectively dead.
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The former WWE Champion discussed the subject of superstars leaving WWE. When asked about former WWE superstar Jon Moxley aka Dean Ambrose, Kurt Angle said that Moxley left the company because of his own reasons. Kurt Angle claimed that Moxley wanted a change and was not appreciated enough by WWE officials.
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As The (Wrestling) World Turns: The WWE Is My Favorite Soap Opera. ... Pro Wrestling as we know it has developed from its grass roots beginning as a quasi-sport into a full fledged soap opera… But not just any soap opera, a male soap opera.
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Yes , Wwe matches are scripted . They hire writers to write script and according to their story line winners and losers are fixed to make the scenario more crowd pleasing and entertaining .
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TNA (now Impact Wrestling) tried unsuccessfully to compete with the WWE promotion. But with the rise of the new AEW company, McMahon and his crew are preparing for another wrestling war. AEW is only a few months young, but there's already a handful of uncanny resemblances they share with WCW.
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WCW handled their stars much better than WWE Compared to WWE, WCW knew how to handle its stars. For instance, WCW realized Goldberg was not capable of performing in long matches, and that is why it took a decision of giving him his long-undefeated streak.
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In the past few years, Philly has been rumored to be in the running to host WrestleMania. But Philadelphia has not held a WrestleMania since 1999, before the WWE began holding the event at stadiums every year. ... The City says WWE's history with Philadelphia dates back to 1974 in the Spectrum.
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Another Twitter user pointed out that Randy Savage used velcro during his WWE Title run in the 80s. Belt Fan Dan offered explanations on why they've gone back to the velcro strap. No official reason. Logic would lead towards the belts being larger and the wrestlers holding them being smaller.
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In 1996, Johnson secured a contract with the WWF and was promoted as the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history, as he is the son of Rocky Johnson and grandson of Peter Maivia. He rose to prominence after developing a charismatic persona of a boastful, trash-talking wrestler named The Rock.
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In 2001, Vince McMahon bought the company for a mere $2.5 million. If Turner surrendered just a few months before, WCW might still be around today. My, how the ego of one man can change things.
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In August 2012, the NWA discontinued its memberships and started licensing its brand to wrestling promotions. As of 2019, the NWA is no longer a governing body and has since become a singular wrestling promotion.
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British WWE star Paige has retired from competing in the ring due to a neck injury. The two-time WWE Divas Champion made the announcement on RAW After Mania in an emotional speech. She told fans: "Unfortunately due to neck injuries I can no longer perform as an in-ring competitor.
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WWE is moving! After 30 years of broadcasting wrestling action, Sky Sports, have lost the rights to show WWE in the UK. ... BT Sport will show all the WWE action from Raw, Smackdown and NXT on its standard channels while the pay-per-view events such as WrestleMania will be available on BT Sport Box Office.
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WWE ECW (also known as ECW on Sci-Fi and later ECW on Syfy, or simply ECW) is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by WWE, based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. ... It was replaced the following week with WWE NXT.
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WWF was becoming the more interesting show to watch with the Attitude era. So Time Warner who were the owners of WCW at that time decided to pull the plug. Vince Mcmahon gave them an offer to purchase WCW and its assets for a little over a million dollars and it was a done deal. WCW was finished.