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Capitol Wrestling Corporation was the name of the holding company which owned the former World Wide Wrestling Federation. It was controlled by promoter Vincent J. McMahon, who later sold it to his son Vince McMahon, who subsequently renamed the enterprise the World Wrestling Federation, and later, to settle a lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund over control of the initials "WWF"", to World Wrestling Entertainment.

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	Vince McMahon, Chairman of the Board of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), is a third generation promoter who has made WWE into the global phenomenon it is today.
	In 1982, he purchased the Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father and decided to take what had been a regional operation and turn it into a national venture.
	The names of all World Wrestling Entertainment televised and live programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans and wrestling moves and all World Wrestling Entertainment logos are trademarks which are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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