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World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. The company was previously known as TitanSports, Inc. and has previously done business as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wide Wrestling Federation, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The logo of World Wrestling Entertainment from 2002. ...
Professional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches. ...
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling for monetary gain. ...
World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...
World Wrestling Entertainment is a publicly-traded company, but the vast majority (70%) of voting shares are owned by Chairman Vince McMahon, his wife, CEO Linda McMahon, his son, Executive Vice President of Global Media Shane McMahon, and his daughter, Vice President of Creative Writing Stephanie McMahon-Levesque. As of 2005, the headquarters of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. are located in Stamford, Connecticut. A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945), in Pinehurst, North Carolina, is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...
Linda Edwards-McMahon Linda Edwards-McMahon (born October 4, 1948 in New Bern, North Carolina) is an American businesswomen. ...
Shane Brandon McMahon Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15, 1970 in Gaithersburg, Maryland) is the son of World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon, brother to Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and the WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media. ...
Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) is the daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince McMahon. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Stamford is a city located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 117,083. ...
Early history In 1915, Roderick James "Jess" McMahon, grandfather of current WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, co-promoted a boxing match between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson. In the fight, on April 5, 1915, Johnson lost his title to Willard in Havana. A decade later, in 1925, McMahon joined Tex Rickard in promoting boxing events from the old Madison Square Garden, in New York, starting with the December 11, 1925, light-heavyweight championship match between Jack Delaney and Paul Berlenbach. Jess McMahon's enterprise focused on boxing and live concert/music promotion. 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945), in Pinehurst, North Carolina, is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
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Jess Willard, born December 29, 1881 in St. ...
John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 - June 10, 1946), better known as Jack Johnson, was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. ...
April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ...
1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
George Lewis Tex Rickard (1870-1929 ?) was an American boxing promoter, and founder of the New York Rangers NHL franchise. ...
Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and sometimes simply called The Garden has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city, by population, in the United States. ...
December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
It was not until 1935, the same year Jim Crockett Promotions was formed, that the McMahon family moved into the wrestling business. His son, Vincent Jess McMahon, began to take an increasing role in the running of the business, especially on the wrestling side. However, the McMahon family was not able to promote wrestling matches at Madison Square Garden due to Rickard's dislike of the sport. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Crockett logo from 1973-1988 Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett up until the late 1980s. ...
Vincent J. McMahon (July 6, 1914 - May 24, 1984) was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter. ...
Wrestling may refer to: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
This "no wrestling at the Garden" policy ended in 1948, when Joseph Raymond Mondt (better known as Toots Mondt), backed by millionaire Bernarr McFadden, managed to promote a wrestling show at the famous arena. Mondt's doing so was facilitated, in part, by the elder McMahon. Ray Fabiani, who helped Mondt take control of the New York territory after the death of Jack Curley, was influential in drawing the younger McMahon into an alliance with Mondt. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Toots Mondt is a former wrestling promoter in the mid-20th century who promoted with Vincent J. McMahon. ...
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Capitol Wrestling Corporation In January 1953, Jesse's son Vincent J. McMahon and wrestling promoter Toots Mondt took control of the Northeastern United States wrestling circuit as part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The NWA is a broad group of wrestling companies that recognized an undisputed champion, who went from wrestling company to wrestling company in the alliance and defended the belt around the world. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
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The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...
McMahon's company was called Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC). While originally running shows from the 2,000-seat Turner's Arena, the CWC would eventually control the territories of New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It was able to do this after signing an agreement with WTTG Channel 5, in 1956, to air live CWC wrestling shows. These shows were then syndicated. Capitol dominated professional wrestling in the Northeastern United States during the mid-20th century, when it was divided into strictly regional enterprises. Capitol Wrestling Corporation was the name of the holding company which owned the former World Wide Wrestling Federation. ...
Arena in Largo, Maryland that was an early home to the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (precursor of WWE) and birthplace of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association yearly tournament. ...
Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (acting) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th) - Land 19,231 km² - Water 3,378 km² (14. ...
State nickname: The QUENESE PERSON STATE Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd) - Land 116,074 km² - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...
1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
World Wide Wrestling Federation In 1963, "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers was the NWA champion and his bookings were controlled by Mondt. The rest of the NWA was upset with Mondt because he rarely let Rogers wrestle outside of the Northeast. It was decided that Mondt and CWC would part ways with the NWA, creating the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in the process. Mondt and WWWF wanted Rogers to keep the NWA title, but Rogers didn't want to lose his $25,000 deposit on the belt; wrestling champions at the time had to pay a deposit to ensure they would honor whatever commitments that came along with their titles. Rogers lost the NWA title to Lou Thesz in Toronto, Ontario on January 24, 1963. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Booking in the sense used in professional wrestling is the process of laying out in advance the general storyline of the match, to include what the eventual outcome will be. ...
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Lou Thesz was the stage name of Aloysius Martin Thesz, (April 24, 1916 in Banat, Michigan–April 28, 2002 in Orlando, Florida). ...
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January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In mid-April, Rogers was then awarded the new WWWF title after the WWWF claimed he won a (fictitious) tournament in Rio de Janeiro. He lost the title to Bruno Sammartino a month later on May 17, 1963 after supposedly suffering a heart attack shortly before the match. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
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Bruno Laopardo Franceso Sammartino (born October 6, 1935 in Abruzzo, Italy), is a former professional wrestler. ...
May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ...
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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The WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971 and their world title was dropped to the status of a regional title. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
Mondt (born in 1886) died in 1976. 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...
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The WWWF became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in mid-1979. The name change was purely cosmetic; the ownership and front office personnel remained unchanged during this period. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
World Wrestling Federation
WWF goes national
 This "old school" logo was the primary mark of Titan Sports/The World Wrestling Federation from 1984-1997. In 1979, Vincent K. McMahon founded Titan Sports, Inc., and in 1982 purchased the WWF from his father, Vincent J. McMahon. After discovering at age 12 that the wrestling promoter was his father, Vince became steadily involved in his father's wrestling business until the latter was ready to retire. The elder McMahon had already established the northeastern territory as one of the most vibrant members of the NWA by recognizing that pro wrestling was more about entertainment than sport. Against his father's wishes, McMahon began an expansion process that would fundamentally change the sport, and place both the WWF--and his own life--in jeopardy. Old school logo for the World Wrestling Federation (used as primary mark from 1984-1999) File links The following pages link to this file: World Wrestling Entertainment Categories: Images with unknown copyright status ...
A logotype, commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface/font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ...
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945), in Pinehurst, North Carolina, is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...
1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Vincent J. McMahon (July 6, 1914 - May 24, 1984) was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter. ...
Entertainment is an amusement or diversion intended to hold the attention of an audience or its participants. ...
Leaving the NWA for a second time in itself was not that big of a step; the AWA had long ago ceased being an official NWA member, and just over a decade earlier the WWWF itself had rejoined the NWA. But in neither instance did the defecting member attempt to undermine, and destroy, the Territory system that had been the foundation of the industry. AWA logo until 1991 American Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling organization, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...
The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...
Other promoters were furious when McMahon began syndicating WWF shows to stations across America. McMahon also began selling videotapes of WWF events outside the Northeast. He effectively broke the unwritten law of regionalism around which the entire industry had been based. To make matters worse, McMahon would use the income generated by advertising, television deals, and tape sales to poach talent from rival promoters. Wrestling promoters nationwide were now in direct competition with the WWF. A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ...
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According to several reports, Vincent Sr. warned his son: "Vinny, what are you doing?! You'll wind up at the bottom of a river!" In spite of such warnings, the younger McMahon had an even bolder ambition: the WWF would tour nationally. However, such a venture required huge capital investment; one which placed the WWF on the verge of financial collapse.
The future of not just McMahon's experiment, but also the WWF, the NWA, and the whole industry came down to the success or failure of McMahon's groundbreaking sports entertainment concept, WrestleMania. WrestleMania was a pay-per-view extravaganza that McMahon marketed as being the Super Bowl of professional wrestling. Official WrestleMania logo WrestleMania is the name given to the annual flagship pay-per-view event of World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the pinnacle of American football. ...
The concept of a wrestling supercard was nothing new in North America; the NWA had been running StarrCade a few years prior to Wrestlemania. However, McMahon wanted to take the WWF to the mainstream, targeting the general public who were not regular wrestling fans. He drew the interest of the mainstream media by inviting celebrities such as Mr. T and Cyndi Lauper to participate in the event. MTV, in particular, featured a great deal of WWF coverage and programming at this time, in what was termed the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection. StarrCade was the primary pay per view of the NWA, and later WCW from 1983 until 2000 (Making it older than the legendary WrestleMania). ...
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MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ...
The new formula of what McMahon deemed Sports Entertainment was a resounding financial success at the original WrestleMania. The WWF did incredible business on the shoulders of McMahon and his All-American babyface hero, Hulk Hogan, for the next several years, creating what some observers dubbed a second golden age for professional wrestling. However, by the 1990s the WWF's fortunes steadily declined as Hulk Hogan's act grew stale, hitting a low point in the wake of allegations of steroid abuse and distribution against McMahon and the WWF in 1994. McMahon was eventually exonerated, but it was a public-relations debacle for the WWF. Categories: Television stubs ...
In professional wrestling jargon, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving - that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites. The vast majority of wrestling angles (or storylines) - though not all - place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ...
Terry Hulk Hogan Bollea Terrence Gene Bollea, best known as Hulk Hogan and Hollywood Hogan (born August 11, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler and actor. ...
Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...
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1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
WWF The Next Generation
Monday Night Wars Under Eric Bischoff, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the new name for NWA superterritory Jim Crockett Promotions after its purchase by Ted Turner, began using its tremendous financial resources to lure established talent away from the WWF. Beginning in 1994, these acquisitions included Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Scott Hall, "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash, and many others. In 1995, Bischoff upped the ante, creating WCW Monday Nitro, a cable show on Turner's TNT network, to directly compete with the WWF's flagship show, WWF Monday Night RAW. Eventually, on the strength of its newly-acquired WWF talent and the groundbreaking nWo storyline, WCW overtook the WWF in television ratings and popularity. Eric Bischoff before having his head shaved by WWE wrestler Eugene. ...
WCW logo from 1999-2001. ...
Crockett logo from 1973-1988 Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett up until the late 1980s. ...
Robert Edward Ted Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. ...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Macho Man Randy Savage on The Weird Al Show Randy Poffo (born November 15, 1952), better known by his stage name Macho Man Randy Savage, is a professional wrestler who has worked for the WWE (WWF at the time) and WCW promotions. ...
Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell Pfohl also known as Lex Luger (born June 2, 1958 in Buffalo, New York) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player. ...
Scott Hall in TNA. This article is about the professional wrestler. ...
Kevin Nash Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional wrestler who has performed in both World Wrestling Entertainment and the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
WCW Monday Nitro was the weekly Monday night television program on TNT, put on by the now defunct Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW). ...
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Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is a cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner in 1988. ...
WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The nWo (New World Order) was both a professional wrestling storyline and the stable of wrestlers who were its central players. ...
In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline. ...
McMahon responded by stating that he could create new superstars to regain the upper hand in the ratings war, and at the same time tightening contracts to make it harder for WCW to raid WWF talent. Despite this, the WWF was losing money at a rapid rate. WCW's reality-based storylines drew attention away from the WWF's outdated (and childish) rock and wrestling-era gimmicks. In professional wrestling, a gimmick is slang that refers to a wrestlers on-screen personality. ...
The Montreal Screwjob - Main article: Montreal Screwjob
The WWF/WCW feud reached a new level in 1997, when McMahon decided to force then-WWF champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart out of the company. The previous year, Hart was offered a lucrative deal to jump to WCW. McMahon countered with an offer worth much less money, but for a 20-year term, and Hart agreed to stay. However, McMahon immediately regretted the deal. Claiming financial hardship, McMahon threatened to breach the contract and advised Bret to do his best to sign with WCW. The Montreal Screwjob is professional wrestling parlance for a genuine, unscripted incident that took place on November 9, 1997, during a match for the WWF Championship between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article refers to the professional wrestler. ...
While Hart's departure was not a surprise, the WWF was concerned about the fact that the man about to leave was the WWF Champion. Earlier in the WWF/WCW feud, the WWF Women's Champion, Alundra Blayze, signed with WCW while in possession of the belt and threw it in a trash can on WCW Nitro (imitating a heavily-publicized act by heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe). The WWF's worst nightmare was for Hart to appear on WCW Nitro while wearing the WWF belt. Bret promised that no such thing would ever happen and put an agreement in place that the announcement of his departure would be delayed until the belt could be transitioned to a new champion. However, McMahon was concerned that the word would get out and he sought a way to get the belt off of Hart before the deal could be announced on WCW Monday Nitro. John Cena after winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 21 The World Wrestling Entertainment Championship or WWE Championship or WWE Heavyweight Championship, is one of the two top prizes in WWE. It was exclusive to the Smackdown! brand from August 26, 2002 through June 6, 2005, while the World Heavyweight...
The WWE Womens Championship is the only diva-exclusive championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Madusa Miceli Debra Ann Miceli (born February 6, 1964 in Milan, Italy) better known as Madusa or Alundra Blayze, is a former professional wrestler for WCW and WWF. She is currently an active monster truck driver for Monster Jam. ...
Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is a former boxer who, just like Mike Tyson, was involved in many controversial fights of the 1990s. ...
Hart used his contractual control over his booking in the last 30 days of his deal, which would end with that year's Survivor Series PPV in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He let it be known to WWF management that he would willingly drop the title, but not to rival "HBK" Shawn Michaels in Montreal. McMahon would deviate from the agreed finish of their match at Survivor Series to allow Shawn Michaels to win the title from Hart. This would set the stage for the turning point in the WWF/WCW feud. Booking in the sense used in professional wrestling is the process of laying out in advance the general storyline of the match, to include what the eventual outcome will be. ...
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Shawn Michaels performing his trademark entrance pose with pyros in background Michael Shawn James Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is a professional wrestler better known as Shawn Michaels or the Heartbreak Kid (HBK). ...
McMahon used the backlash from the event to cast himself as the evil company owner "Mr. McMahon" in WWF programming, a dictatorial ruler who favored wrestlers who were "good for business" over "misfits" like Stone Cold Steve Austin. This led to the Austin vs. McMahon feud, which was the cornerstone of the new WWF Attitude concept. Stephen Williams (born December 18, 1964) better known by his stage name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is a professional wrestler from Victoria, Texas. ...
WWF Attitude
 This logo was phased in with the Attitude era. Included is the "Attitude" wordmark which disappeared after a few years. This is the earliest variation of the current WWE logo. It is rumored this logo was originally doodled during a meeting by a bored Shane McMahon. Running with the momentum from the Montreal Screwjob, McMahon took the WWF in an edgier, reality-based direction he called WWF Attitude, and in the process created a new corporate logo. Borrowing many of the exciting wrestling and storyline styles from then-insurgent wrestling promotion ECW, the WWF Attitude Era was based largely on the growing popularity of the wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin. Popular with the fans ever since winning the King of the Ring tournament as a heel in 1996, Austin's rough-and-redneck style won over enough fans that the WWF was forced to turn him into a fan favorite at Wrestlemania XIII in spring 1997 (in a rare double-switch in which the increasingly whiny Bret Hart turned heel after a legendary match between the two wrestlers). During the summer and fall of 1997, Austin enhanced his status as a rebel willing to challenge any authority by giving his Stone Cold Stunner finishing move to WWF announcer Jim Ross, then-Commisssioner Sgt. Slaughter, and eventually WWF owner Vince McMahon himself. Hints of the Austin-McMahon feud in WWF storylines began after Stone Cold won the 1998 Royal Rumble to become #1 Contender for the WWF Title at Wrestlemania. McMahon said in a pre-Wrestlemania press conference that it was not in the WWF's best interest to have Austin as champion. The relationship would deteriorate over the next few years of WWF programming. The WWF Attitude logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
The WWF Attitude logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
Shane Brandon McMahon Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15, 1970 in Gaithersburg, Maryland) is the son of World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon, brother to Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and the WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media. ...
ECW logo from 1994-2001. ...
In professional wrestling, a heel is a character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in professional wrestling storylines. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
In professional wrestling, a turn occurs most frequently when a wrestler develops a new gimmick (persona) and changes, frequently from face to heel or sometimes vice versa. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jim Ross James W. Ross, also known as Jim Ross, J.R., or Good Ol J.R., is a professional wrestling play-by-play announcer working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ...
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A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
The Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The Attitude era kicked off in earnest at WrestleMania XIV, when professional boxer Mike Tyson appeared as a special guest referee for the WWF Title match between Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The highlight was the verbal confrontation between Austin and Tyson ending with Austin flicking off Tyson. Fans who purchased the pay-per-view were amazed by what they saw; this certainly was not the childish Rock and Wrestling era they still expected from the WWF. Many more fans who had not bought WrestleMania, including fans of WCW, tuned in to watch RAW the next day and in subsequent weeks. This was the start of the epic feud between "evil promoter" Mr. McMahon and Austin. For the first time in 18 months, the edgier WWF would beat the weekly WCW Monday Nitro in the ratings. Wrestlemania XIV was held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
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Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966, New York City, USA) is a former professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion and is considered by some to be one of greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. ...
Over the coming year, the WWF would see new fan favorites. The Rock would become one of the most popular professional wrestlers in history. Where earlier WCW's edgy WCW vs. nWo angle managed to almost lead the WWF to financial ruin, it was now becoming stale, and fans turned back to the WWF. Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an actor and former professional wrestler known as The Rock. ...
The nWo (New World Order) was both a professional wrestling storyline and the stable of wrestlers who were its central players. ...
This change was not without critics. Many family groups were outraged at the graphic violence employed by the WWF. They, along with feminist groups, found the regular use of scantily-clad women to attract viewers as offensive. One group, the Parents Television Council, waged a sustained boycott campaign against the WWF. However, the controversial new presentation made the WWF more appealing than ever to its core audience. The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a US-based lobby group which aims to restore television to its roots as an independent and socially responsible entertainment medium. Although ostensibly non-partisan, the group tends to be highly conservative and faith-based. ...
A boycott is a refusal to buy, sell, or otherwise trade with an individual or business who is generally believed by the participants in the boycott to be doing something morally wrong. ...
The death of Owen Hart Tragedy struck on May 23, 1999, in Kansas City. Owen Hart, as his "Blue Blazer" superhero character, was scheduled to make a dramatic appearance on that night's Over the Edge pay-per-view telecast, "flying" into the ring by being lowered from a harness attached to the roof of the arena. As Hart was being lowered into position in preparation for this entrance, his harness suddenly disengaged, sending him plummeting almost 80 feet to the ring below. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Kansas City is a city covering parts of Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties in Missouri. ...
Owen Hart Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian professional wrestler and entertainer. ...
A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and who usually has a colorful name and costume and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. ...
Over the Edge was a WWF pay-per-view held in 1998 and 1999. ...
Those watching the pay-per-view telecast at the time were spared the sight because the director cut away to a pretaped interview just before the accident occurred. Hart was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. A stunned Jim Ross made the solemn announcement to the pay-per-view audience once word had reached the arena. The fans in attendance at the Kemper Arena were not informed of Owen's death. The decision to continue the event was (and still is) a controversial one. In professional wrestling, a promo is slang for promotional interview, a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. ...
Kemper Arena is an indoor arena in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
The following night, the WWF dedicated its entire two-hour RAW telecast to Owen's memory, as various WWF performers and employees broke character and shared memories of their fallen friend.
Business advances On April 23, 1999, the WWF launched a special program known as SmackDown! on the fledgling UPN network. The show became a weekly series on August 24, 1999. It has remained UPN's most successful program overall ever since. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
WWE SmackDown! is a professional wrestling show that airs in the USA on the United Paramount Network (UPN) and in Canada on The Score Network. ...
The official logo for UPN. UPN is a television network in the United States, owned by Viacom Inc. ...
August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...
Off the back of the success of the Attitude era, on October 19, 1999 the WWF's parent company, World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., became a publicly traded company. WWF announced its desire to diversify into other businesses, including a nightclub in Times Square, film production and book publishing. October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...
Times Square Times Square is also the name of a station on the Detroit People Mover. ...
In 2000 the WWF, in collaboration with television network NBC, announced the creation of the XFL, a new professional football league, but the league had dismal television ratings and NBC pulled the plug after a year. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. ...
The XFL was a professional American football league which played for one season in 2001. ...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
Acquisition of WCW With the massive success of WWF Attitude, WCW's financial situation deteriorated significantly, and its newly-merged parent company AOL Time Warner looked to cut the division loose. In March 2001, WWF Entertainment, Inc. acquired WCW from AOL Time Warner for $7 million. During the final WCW Monday Nitro, Vince McMahon (as the character Mr. McMahon) took over the broadcast during the last half hour and Monday Night Raw was seen on TNT. Months later, McMahon and Bischoff reconciled their personal differences, and Bischoff signed with WWF to perform as the storyline General Manager of Raw. Time Warner Inc. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21. ...
Since WCW's peak in the late 1990s, wrestling fans had dreamed about a feud between the two promotions. The original plan was to have WCW "take over" RAW, turning it back into WCW Monday Nitro. However, many big-name WCW stars such as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, Goldberg, and Sting were still contracted to WCW's former parent company (McMahon decided not to buy them out), and all chose to sit out the duration of their contracts rather than work for McMahon for less money. The lack of major WCW star power, combined with McMahon deciding that WWF wrestlers generally should not lose to WCW wrestlers, ended the "InVasion" storyline quickly. Even the inclusion of ECW wrestlers and trademarks did not save it. Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...
William Scott (Bill) Goldberg (born December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former football star turned wrestler, often promoted simply as Goldberg. ...
Sting, in his Crow persona. ...
The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the WWF that began shortly after the WWFs purchase of WCW. It involved the WCW wrestlers invading WWF TV in an attempt to take over the WWF. History In March 2001, WWF purchased WCW, and on the final WCW Monday Nitro...
Many people believe that the story would have gone much better if WWE and McMahon waited a couple of years, as many WCW and ECW superstars joined after the end of the WWF vs. WCW feud. The feud was a contributor to the company's decline in the ratings as well as in attendance and financially, athough the company to this day still has a profitable quarter.
Some people think the WWF Attitude era ended at the end of WrestleMania X-Seven (17) and others say November 2001 when WWF beat WCW. It is still a debate amongst wrestling fans. Wrestlemania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event held on Sunday, April 1, 2001, by WWE at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas Results Chris Jericho pinned William Regal to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship Tazz & APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) defeated Right to Censor Kane defeated...
World Wrestling Entertainment
This t-shirt was part of the promotional campaign to raise awareness about the WWF's name change to WWE. Following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund (also WWF), the Federation changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. Its parent company, World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, also chose to adopt this name. The lawsuit dealt with the wrestling company's breaching of an agreement with the Fund over use of the initials "WWF" in the United Kingdom. Rather than attempt a financial settlement with the Fund, McMahon changed the name of the company. The logo was altered, and a promotional campaign called "Get The F Out" was used to publicize this change. Also, all verbal and visual references to "WWF" and the World Wrestling Federation logo from the "Attitude" era were edited out from old broadcasts. Some observers saw the new name as further acknowledgement by the company on its emphasis towards the entertainment rather than athletic aspects of professional wrestling. This t-shirt was part of the promotional campaign to raise awareness about the WWFs name change to WWE. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
This t-shirt was part of the promotional campaign to raise awareness about the WWFs name change to WWE. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ...
Without WCW as competition, the WWE decided to split the promotion into two "separate" brands based on its two largest television shows, RAW and SmackDown! Under this "split brands" arrangement, each brand maintains a separate and non-overlapping roster of wrestlers, has championships exclusive to that brand (example: the World Heavyweight Championship on RAW and the WWE Championship which was originally on SmackDown! but is now on Raw as well), and is run by a different onscreen general manager. The two brands join together as co-sponsors of each of the four original WWE pay-per-view cards: Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Summerslam, and Survivor Series. Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
A professional wrestling card is the lineup of the matches that will be staged at a given venue for a given perfomance. ...
The Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Official WrestleMania logo WrestleMania is the name given to the annual flagship pay-per-view event of World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
WWE SummerSlam is an annual WWE pay-per-view event that is held in August of every year. ...
Survivor Series 2004 Poster Advertisement. ...
Programming
RAW brand - RAW - WWE's flagship show, airs live on Monday nights at 9 PM EST on Spike TV in the United States, live in Canada on TSN, and live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports.
- Sunday Night Heat - Sister show to RAW, airs Sunday nights at 7 PM EST on Spike TV.
- Bottom Line - Syndicated show that recaps the past week's events on the RAW brand. The show is hosted by Marc Loyd.
The Spike TV deal will expire in September, 2005, and Viacom (owner of Spike TV) has announced they will not seek to extend it. [1] (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050311/tv_nm/television_wwe_dc_1) On April 4, 2005, WWE announced a new 3-year agreement with NBC Universal to air RAW on the USA Network once again, a deal that also reportedly included occasional WWE programming on Telemundo and NBC. In addition, WWE will broadcast a twice-yearly 90-minute "special event" on Saturday nights on NBC. [2] (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7380373/) WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Spike TV logo Spike TV is a cable television network that began as The Nashville Network (TNN), founded by Gaylord Entertainment Company and Group W Satellite Communications in March 1983. ...
The Sports Network (TSN) is English Canadas leading 24-hour national television broadcaster of sports. ...
WWE Sunday Night HEAT also known as Sunday Night HEAT or HEAT is the Sunday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Spike TV logo Spike TV is a cable television network that began as The Nashville Network (TNN), founded by Gaylord Entertainment Company and Group W Satellite Communications in March 1983. ...
September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) [pronunciation: pre-Redstone/pre-1987: vee-a-com; post-Redstone acquisition: vi-a-com] (NYSE: VIA), (NYSE: VIAB) is an international media conglomerate. ...
April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ...
The USA Network is a popular cable TV network based in the United States with about 87 million household subscribers as of 2003. ...
Founded by Angel Ramos in the early 1950s in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Telemundo is an international media network with a conglomerate of Spanish-language television channels as its base. ...
The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. ...
The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. ...
SmackDown! brand - SmackDown! - WWE's secondary show, airs Thursday nights at 8 PM EST on UPN in the United States (moving to Friday nights in September 2005) and in Canada at 7 PM EST on The Score.
- Velocity - Sister show to SmackDown!, airs on Saturday nights at 11 PM EST on Spike TV. It is usually taped the hour before SmackDown! tapes. The current play-by-play commentator is Steve Romero and the current color commentator is Josh Matthews. Matthews formerly did play-by-play comentary with color analyst Bill DeMott.
- Afterburn - Syndicated show that recaps the past week's events on the SmackDown! brand. The show is hosted by Josh Matthews.
WWE SmackDown! is a professional wrestling show that airs in the USA on the United Paramount Network (UPN) and in Canada on The Score Network. ...
The official logo for UPN. UPN is a television network in the United States, owned by Viacom Inc. ...
The Score logo and ticker The Score, launched in 1997, is a sports news television channel in Canada. ...
WWE Velocity is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Spike TV logo Spike TV is a cable television network that began as The Nashville Network (TNN), founded by Gaylord Entertainment Company and Group W Satellite Communications in March 1983. ...
Play-by-play, in broadcasting, means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ...
A commentator is an individual who comments on sports, politics, current events, or public issues; synonyms include pundit. ...
Josh Lomberger Josh Lomberger is a professional wrestling personality who appears on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) television under the name of Josh Mathews. ...
William DeMott William DeMott aka Bill DeMott born November 10, 1966 in Titusville, Florida is an American former professional wrestler who worked under the stage names Man of Question, Hugh Morrus, and General Hugh G. Rection for promotions like WCW. After a short run with WWE, under the name Hugh...
Pay-per-view WWE is currently one of the leaders in pay-per-view content for cable and satellite television. Pay-per-views account for approximately 25% of WWE revenues ($95.3 million in the 2004 fiscal year). The World Wrestling Entertainment monthly hold an annual pay-per-view event. ...
The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
- 15 live shows for the North American market.
- 4 live shows for the European market.
- 2 live shows for the Asian market.
- 4 live shows for the Australian market
All pay-per-views can be purchased and viewed on WWE.com as well.
WWE online World Wrestling Entertainment has had a large Web presence since 1996 and was nominated for a "Streaming Media Award" in 1999 for its online content. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Streaming media has been one of the most important roles of the WWE.com "New Media" department and the output of videos is immense. With over fourteen million played video streams a month, WWE.com is a major contributor of online media.
The WWE has a large media repository dating back to the late 1960s and their goal was to stream most of this content online using a subscription service. Unfortunately, the lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund has kept WWE.com from showing any content from the "Attitude Era" (1998-May 2002). Furthermore, WWE.com provides the same services for its online pay-per-view content. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...
Shane McMahon is Executive Vice President of Global Media within World Wrestling Entertainment and is in charge of WWE.com. The younger McMahon was once a major character in WWF/WWE storylines in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but has since become seldom seen on television to concentrate his time exclusively on the Global Media division. Shane Brandon McMahon Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15, 1970 in Gaithersburg, Maryland) is the son of World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon, brother to Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and the WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media. ...
Other - The WWE Experience - A show aimed at the younger audience that recaps the past week's events in WWE. Airs Sunday mornings at 11 AM EST on Spike TV. The hosts are Todd Grisham and Ivory, although Josh Matthews has also guest hosted with Ivory.
- Tough Enough - WWE's version of a reality show. It followed groups of men and women who were competing to become a WWE wrestler. This resulted in many new wrestlers being added to both brands. It aired as a separate show on MTV for three seasons, but integrated itself into regular SmackDown! programming in its fourth iteration, with a $1 million-dollar (US) contract awarded to the winner over four years. Daniel Puder, a former cage fighter, won the $1,000,000 Tough Enough.
- WWE Confidential - This was a "behind the scenes"-type show hosted by "Mean" Gene Okerlund and featured many exclusive stories on WWE wrestlers. The final episode of this show aired on April 24, 2004.
- WWE 24/7 - In 2004, the WWE officially announced a new video on demand service for digital cable users, allowing subscribers to the service access to matches in the promotion's extensive video library.
Todd Grisham (born January 1976 in Mississippi) is a presenter/announcer currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Lisa Moretti Lisa Mary Moretti (born November 26, 1961 in Torrance, California), better known by her stage name of Ivory is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand and as a host on WWE Experience. ...
Josh Lomberger Josh Lomberger is a professional wrestling personality who appears on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) television under the name of Josh Mathews. ...
WWE Tough Enough is a reality television show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wherein a selection of hopefuls compete for a contract with the professional wrestling company. ...
MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Video on demand systems are systems which allow users to select and watch video content over a network as part of an interactive television system. ...
Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ...
WWE Films Since 2003, WWE has produced its own movie productions. Instead of focusing on wrestling movies, WWE is planning to produce movies that are non-wrestling related (excluding the first movie under the WWE Films name, which was a short documentary on WrestleMania XIX included on the WrestleMania XX DVD). 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
WWE Films is a company within the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...
WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth edition of WrestleMania. ...
WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WWE WrestleMania event, which took place on Sunday, March 14, 2004 in New York, New York at the world-famous Madison Square Garden. ...
WWE Films is located in Hollywood, California and their first feature is named The Marine, starring John Cena. WWE Films will also produce Goodnight with WWE wrestler Kane. Stone Cold Steve Austin recently signed a three-movie deal with WWE Films in January, 2005. His first movie will be titled, The Condemned. Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...
John Cena with his customized WWE Championship after winning it at WrestleMania 21. ...
Glen Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967 in Madrid, Spain, but raised near Nashville, Tennessee, currently residing in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand, best known for wrestling as Kane. ...
Stephen Williams (born December 18, 1964) better known by his stage name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is a professional wrestler from Victoria, Texas. ...
January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
WWE and Vince McMahon were credited for production of the films The Scorpion King 2002, The Rundown 2003 and Walking Tall 2004 all starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. This was due to the fact that, at the time, WWE owned the rights to the name "The Rock". Since then, Johnson has obtained dual ownership of "The Rock" name with WWE. Promotional poster for The Scorpion King The Scorpion King is a 2002 movie starring The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, and is directed by Chuck Russel. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Spoiler warning: The Rundown is an action mixed comedy film about a bounty hunter named Beck who must head for the Amazon jungle to capture someone who, it turns out, is not the bad guy hed been warned about. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Walking Tall is the name of three old movies, a TV series and a new movie based on the real-life story of Buford Pusser, whose fight with law breakers in his rural Southern community led him to become sheriff and run some powerful local businessmen out of town. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an actor and former professional wrestler known as The Rock. ...
Current champions WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The World Heavyweight Championship, informally known as The Big Gold Belt, is one of two top-level championships on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment, the other being the WWE Championship. ...
Batista David Michael Bautista better known simply as Batista (born January 18, 1969 in Arlington, Virginia) is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand, and is the brands current World Heavyweight Champion. ...
WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
John Cena after winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 21 The World Wrestling Entertainment Championship or WWE Championship or WWE Heavyweight Championship, is one of the two top prizes in WWE. It was exclusive to the Smackdown! brand from August 26, 2002 through June 6, 2005, while the World Heavyweight...
John Cena with his customized WWE Championship after winning it at WrestleMania 21. ...
WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Intercontinental Championship belt used from 1985-1997. ...
Carlito Caribbean Cool Carlos Colon, Jr. ...
WWE SmackDown! is a professional wrestling show that airs in the USA on the United Paramount Network (UPN) and in Canada on The Score Network. ...
WWE United States Championship Belt Orlando Jordan as WWE United States Champ The WWE United States Championship was formerly the WCW United States Championship but is now a WWE title exclusive to the SmackDown! brand. ...
Orlando Jordan Orlando Jordan (born in Richmond, Virginia) is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment in its SmackDown! brand. ...
WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The World Wrestling Entertainments World Tag-Team Championship is the WWEs original tag-team championship and is now exclusive to the RAW brand. ...
Hurricane and Rosey aka The Super Heros are a professional wrestling tag team with the gimmick of Superheros on World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand consisting of The Hurricane (Gregory Helms) and Rosey (Matt Anoai). ...
WWE SmackDown! is a professional wrestling show that airs in the USA on the United Paramount Network (UPN) and in Canada on The Score Network. ...
SmackDowns WWE Tag Team Championship The World Wrestling Entertainment Tag-Team Championship is the tag-team championship currently being contested for on the World Wrestling Entertainments SmackDown! brand, exclusively. ...
MNM is a heel professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment, consisting of Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro and their manager Melina. ...
Joey Matthews Adam Birch, better known as Joey Matthews, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as Joey Mercury, part of the SmackDown! roster. ...
John Hennigan John Hennigan, also known as Johnny Nitro, is a professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Melina Perez Melina Perez is a professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The WWE Womens Championship is the only diva-exclusive championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), better known by her stage name, Trish Stratus, is a Greek Canadian fitness model and professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment under its RAW brand; she is the brands current Womens Champion. ...
WWE SmackDown! is a professional wrestling show that airs in the USA on the United Paramount Network (UPN) and in Canada on The Score Network. ...
The WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a title for competitors weighing under 220 lb (100 kg), and is exclusive to the SmackDown! brand. ...
Paul London Paul London is a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown! brand. ...
See also List of WWE Champions Notice: Please do not post title changes if the match has not yet aired on TV. 1st Nature Boy Buddy Rogers 2nd Bruno Sammartino (1st time) 3rd Ivan Koloff 4th Pedro Morales 5th Stan Stasiak 6th Bruno Sammartino (2nd time) 7th Superstar Billy Graham 8th Bob...
Triple H with the World Heavyweight Championship The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title. ...
This is a great yet incomplete categorised list of professional wrestlers, commentators, managers, road agents and other workers associated in professional wrestling. ...
The WWE Hall of Fame is a group of noteworthy former professional wrestlers and other performers and employees of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) during its existence. ...
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American Independent professional wrestling Promotion based in Louisville, KY. OVW is the most recognized facilities for up and coming wrestlers and serves as the official training grounds for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
The WCW logo used in the WWF during the Alliance. ...
External links - Official WWE site (http://www.wwe.com/)
- Official WWE RAW Page (http://raw.wwe.com/)
- Official SmackDown! Page (http://smackdown.wwe.com/)
- Official Pay Per View Page (http://ppv.wwe.com/)
- Official WWE Corporate website (http://corporate.wwe.com/)
- WWE Stock (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=WWE)
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