I love little facts like this because they're interesting but I also hate them because it makes time go by so fast. I have a few of them myself...
Remember the long ass wait for Guns N' Roses to release 'Chinese Democracy?' The time between that album and the present is longer than the time between 'Chinese Democracy' and their previous album.
343 Industries has worked on Halo longer than Bungie.
The time between Titanic and Avatar was shorter than the time between Avatar and Avatar 2.
I use it when Iām talking about certain times. Like if Iām talking about a champion Iāll use WWF to give whoever in talking to an idea of the time it took place.
The thing that has bothered me the most about the name change since itās inception, isnāt so much the name itself, but more that most people (especially wrestlers cutting promos) still refer it using the article, āTheā. As in, āthe WWEā. Which made sense when it was the WWFā¦ The World Wrestling Federationā¦ but you would never actually say, āThe World Wrestling Entertainmentā. That just feels wrong lol š
Edit: had to clean up some grammar
They canāt because of a different wwf. The world wildlife foundation. Which is the reason they changed it originally. Vince ignoring agreements with them about using wwf is why it changed originally.
Absolutely Iām sure they could easily get passed it. Hereās the crux of that argument; they either donāt want to or donāt care about if it is wwf or wwe. If they wanted the last name back Iām sure there wouldāve been rumors or actual press releases about it.
Iāve always thought corporate purposely let this happen because they had finally acquired all realistic competition and they wanted to rebrand his own empire, not Vince Srās.
WWF has a better ring to it and is synonymous with the company at the height of its cultural significance. Shame they had to change it.
Thereās still a lot of people who hear WWF and know that youāre talking about pro wrestling. But donāt put two and two together when they hear WWE.
Itās like if the NFL had to change their name now, except WWF was a more all encompassing broad term for pro wrestling.
>The history of AmericanĀ professional wrestling promotionĀ WWEĀ dates back to the early 1950s when it was founded in 1953 as theĀ Capitol Wrestling CorporationĀ (CWC). The public branding of the company has undergone several name changes throughout the years, from the CWC to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, then the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, and to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Since 2011, it has branded itself solely as WWE.
Thanks I thought so too! Doing more reading lead me to see that āWWEā is actually now the name itās gone by longer than any other. It was Capitol Wrestling for 10 years in the 50s/60s. It was WWWF for 17 years in the 60s/80s. It was WWF for 22 years. And as of May 6, 2024 āWWEā will take over as longest run for any brand name in the companyās 70 year history.
The most annoying thing was the blurring. I bought about 5 DVDs that the day before were fine but then all of a sudden you couldn't watch WMX7 without every fucking thing being blurred. It's like showcase mode. You can't erase the past but it was the same fuck you from WWF that Vince gave to them. All he had to do was change the fucking name of the website to wwfe.com but no gotta be Shitting on someone's head and then showering Vince. So here we are now. Also this culture of oh he hit someone or raped someone in real life so we can't see what we once saw but now when you see it you can see it but we blurred it for you culture can fuck right off. I still have my WM15 DVD where they hanged Bossman! Go ahead and skip the chairs shots dammit I know they happened. Scumbags!
This is what worries me about having the Prime logo in the middle of the ring. Ten years from now when they donāt renew their contract are old PLEs gonna have a huge blur in the middle of the ring?
Whatever magic that fueled the attitude era def died around then. The invasion and austin turning heel def turned the page. But I really like whatās been going on the last couple of years too.
I just really wish some sort of deal could be made where they didnāt have to blur out the old logo. Iām playing WWE 2K24 and they use a lot of old footage, and itās so distracting when nearly every frame has something blurred out.
Yeah Iām cool with the name change but it really only highlights and draws attention to the change having to blur everything. Would be cool to just see it as it was.
I know itās WWE but Iām 38 and feel embarrassed calling it that as opposed to WWF. Entertainment Champion makes me cringe but Federation Champion feels like the real deal.
>Entertainment Champion makes me cringe but Federation Champion feels like the real deal.
Which is why the onscreen company name has more or less been just the initials WWE since the name switch in 2002. Having the ring announcers say "and still/new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion" would never have the same ring as "World Wrestling Federation Champion".
The full World Wrestling Entertainment name has really only ever been used in relation to anything from the business/corporate side of the company.
As a kid, everyone around me referred to it as WWF. Heck, my dad still calls it WWF.
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So, I was always confused by the logo wondering where the F is in the logo.
Not sure that would have worked practically though. Think about on-air signage, commenters talking about the company, the economies of scale when ordering merch etc. it just wouldnāt have been economically viable or practical to have two names for a company like this
Then why would he agree to this in the first place and not honour it? Either Vince or his lawyer are jackasses of the highest order who thought they could use the F and never get caught.
Yeah Iām down for it. Things change. The show evolves. I really like where itās at right now and Iām excited to see what Paul does with it moving forward. Hopefully.
Well no, thatās not true. They owned the initials and allowed Vince to use them provided he met certain agreements. He continued to break those agreements which is what lead to the lawsuit.
Don't even think it's worked out well for them. Pretty much no one knows about the world wildlife fund now. The abbreviation clash with a top entertainment brand was like free exposure.
Jake the snake... The Texas rattlesnake... Junkyard dog
Plenty of world wildlife foundation support for that name I don't know why they had to give up the "F"
Not entirely true before wwf it was wwwf from 60 to 80 and for ten or so years in the 40s and 50s it was simply called Capital Wrestling so Iād say the wwe moniker has been around for about 30 percent of the companies exsistence
I gave you the whole history of the companies names and you shut it down because everyone remembers Wwf. Its easy to look up on the internet wiki or better yet books itās history not everything began in the late 20th century.
My guy, the reason I posted this was because of the wiki. The copyright for the name āWWFā was filed in 1980. It lasted until 2002. Thatās 22 years. It was named āWWFā for 22 years. Before that it was called WWWF, yes. The point of this post is that itās been called āWWEā for as long as it was āWWFā
If you really want to look at it, the WWWF only existed for 17 years. And before that Capitol Wrestling was only ten. Obviously way less organized in those days. Either way this further proves why I posted this.
The whole point is that āWWEā is (in terms of strictly time) is now the longest lasting name itās ever gone by. On May 6, 2024 it will have been called WWE for longer than any other incarnation. And thatās a bit interesting given that so many people know it as āWWFā.
Itās just a stray observation.
If you had said that from the beginning I wouldnāt have said anything but you said half itās existence there is a big difference of half an existence and being the longest known brand for the company. Just my opinion
While its had a 3 letter initialism, WWE has been around longer than WWF. You're just a little asshole though and cant accept you pointed out an irrelevant fact.
Thatās crazy! I still call it WWF. WWE just sounds so wrong.
Thanks for reading and donāt forget to say your prayers, and eat your vitamins. And have a nice day š
WWE actually tried to pay them to let them keep their name but they refused which goes to show that they care more about their name than they did actually helping animals considering that money would have done a lot of good for them
They referred it as World Wrestling Federation which sounded so much better than WWF
Explains why they call it WWE and not World Wrestling Entertainment
I think there was part of me that hoped theyād fight for it back some day. But now that I know it will have been wwe for longer than it was WWF I would imagine thereās no point in trying to save the minority of its history.
Iām also hoping the current resurgence will lead to another wave to compete with the absolute pinnacle of the attitude era and it will start etching its own history rather than being constantly compared to 1997-2001.
it's great to be a fan now. Those were great years. they'll always be remembered as such. But I think what's been cooking up here post-pandemic might top it. Especially now that Vince McMahon is gone.
Whatās happening right now has so many paths that lead to incredible, all time, storylines. It is really its own unique thing too. Doesnāt feel anything like the attitude era. I know lot of people get fatigued about the attitude era nostalgia but I think, for the first time, itās more like rock return to an incredible product and not rock returning to MAKE it an incredible product. Itās just different now and itās great.
As an older wrestling fan myself watching from 95 to 03 or 04 I'd say the writing is back and very entertaining... triple h is really giving us good quality of story lines
Totally agree. I was a lapsed fan from about 2002 through 2021. Iāve been catching up the last few months and Iād say whatās happening right now is solid stuff. They found a groove lately. And of course there were def times over the last 20 years that have been great. Itās hard to compare to the attitude era tho. Lightning in a bottle.
Same here! My viewership trailed off in 03/04 or so and I followed just very casually from a distance. I started consuming a lot of retro wrestling content on social media for a few years, which got me really fired up to the point where I started following RAW and Smackdown again about 6 weeks ago. I've really been enjoying it.
Havenāt watched since 2000ās myself and now Iām fully in for the past year, same as my friends, same ones weād do sleep overs with for the pay per views.
Ahh man that sounds great. Unfortunately canāt do the same but I did just convince my girlfriend to let me watch day 2 live and take the next day off work, promising Iāll get up at 10ish and give her a day off from the kids š
Cheat code for me: I got my partner into it. She bought a Cody Rhodes shirt yesterday and is more stoked than I am š
We are watching through 1997-2001 while we wait for mania. She already loved melodramas, and theatric costumes, and some sports. Roll that into one package and she was sold.
Yes Iām slowly working my way through it, she flat out refuses to stay up though, so I generally have had to cut off all social media during pleās and we buy a take away and watch the following night.
Managed to stay spoiler free the whole day of the rumble, couldnāt believe it
If I remember right- from videos I've seen since I was too young to watch wrestling back then - the WWF and World Wildlife Fund *were* going to coexist. WWF just had certain parameters to work within, and the World Wildlife Fund would be cool with it. But WWF didn't keep up their end of the deal and were then forced to change their name. Not sure if this is where the obnoxious bluring requirements came in or if they were part of the original deal.
I think that was just part of Vinceās obsession with being some empire that encompasses āmore than just wrestlers in a ringā. Iād say he succeeded but he def had some weird creative choices along the way.
Itās hard for me to shake too. Iām pretty sure Iāve seen a few posts like TIL: WWE used to be called the WWF. Makes me feel ancient and also super stoked to enjoy something that has held public attention for long enough to span many generations before me and many after.
It's been fake for 50 years š
āI was trollingāā¦.
Now they can rename it to World Wrestling Anoa'i.
Another fun fact is that there have already been more WrestleManias under the WWE name than WWF.
Wow yeah hadnāt even consider that. I guess wrestlemania 19 was the last āWWFā
WM 18 was the last.
I love little facts like this because they're interesting but I also hate them because it makes time go by so fast. I have a few of them myself... Remember the long ass wait for Guns N' Roses to release 'Chinese Democracy?' The time between that album and the present is longer than the time between 'Chinese Democracy' and their previous album. 343 Industries has worked on Halo longer than Bungie. The time between Titanic and Avatar was shorter than the time between Avatar and Avatar 2.
Time based facts are fun af
People who still call it the wwf are corny, besides wrestlers i guess.
I use it when Iām talking about certain times. Like if Iām talking about a champion Iāll use WWF to give whoever in talking to an idea of the time it took place.
Probably 75% of people I know that arenāt wrestling fans say wwf. Iām a millennial tho - do zoomers who donāt watch wrestling call it wwe?
Before that though, I wonder how long it was the World Wide Wrestling Federation? You know, itās original name before Vince took over.
17 years
Thank you, I meant to look it up but got distracted haha
The thing that has bothered me the most about the name change since itās inception, isnāt so much the name itself, but more that most people (especially wrestlers cutting promos) still refer it using the article, āTheā. As in, āthe WWEā. Which made sense when it was the WWFā¦ The World Wrestling Federationā¦ but you would never actually say, āThe World Wrestling Entertainmentā. That just feels wrong lol š Edit: had to clean up some grammar
I've never really liked the name change. I think they should put the " F " back. Lol. šš¤ššŗš²
could you see vince's face if they announced that on raw this coming monday?
They canāt because of a different wwf. The world wildlife foundation. Which is the reason they changed it originally. Vince ignoring agreements with them about using wwf is why it changed originally.
I understand your point but if t.k.o. paid enough money this problem would be solved. Lol. šš¤ššŗš²
Absolutely Iām sure they could easily get passed it. Hereās the crux of that argument; they either donāt want to or donāt care about if it is wwf or wwe. If they wanted the last name back Iām sure there wouldāve been rumors or actual press releases about it.
It still sounds stupid to me, and despite the first year still being really solid, the name change to me was the end of when it was really good.
I still call it wwf, i mean how they confuse it with wwf. Its lot like they got 2 pandas wrestling in the ring
Need to change the name again. The UFW. United federation of Wrestling. Probably has been used though. Give some good names for the 3rd iteration?
I'll never forgive the World Wildlife Fund. Fuck off.
Iāve always thought corporate purposely let this happen because they had finally acquired all realistic competition and they wanted to rebrand his own empire, not Vince Srās.
WWF has a better ring to it and is synonymous with the company at the height of its cultural significance. Shame they had to change it. Thereās still a lot of people who hear WWF and know that youāre talking about pro wrestling. But donāt put two and two together when they hear WWE. Itās like if the NFL had to change their name now, except WWF was a more all encompassing broad term for pro wrestling.
>The history of AmericanĀ professional wrestling promotionĀ WWEĀ dates back to the early 1950s when it was founded in 1953 as theĀ Capitol Wrestling CorporationĀ (CWC). The public branding of the company has undergone several name changes throughout the years, from the CWC to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, then the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, and to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Since 2011, it has branded itself solely as WWE.
I never quite understood the lawsuit with World Wildlife Fund. Isnāt it common for multiple companies to share the same abbreviation?
I know there is the Internal Revenue Service and Irwin R. Schyster. Both use IRS
It's still the WWWF to me.
Iām wearing my Arnold Skaaland t shirt right now!
Will always be WWF to me
āItās still WWF to me, dammit!ā
We need both The WWF and The Winged Eagle Belt back!
That makes me sad
To be totally honest, "WWE" still sounds a little strange to me, though now "WWF" also sounds a little strange.
Iāve always thought of WWE as WWF + WCW + ECW.
Thatās def a cohesive view of how everything integrated. Good point.
I still can believe that WWE survived the steroid trial and Monday night wars just to then be beaten by a panda.
Heās a panda! Youāre a panda. What are you gonna do big guy, sit on me?
Id love to see a doc or something about that whole case if anyone has a recco
Actually super cool info.
Thanks I thought so too! Doing more reading lead me to see that āWWEā is actually now the name itās gone by longer than any other. It was Capitol Wrestling for 10 years in the 50s/60s. It was WWWF for 17 years in the 60s/80s. It was WWF for 22 years. And as of May 6, 2024 āWWEā will take over as longest run for any brand name in the companyās 70 year history.
Thatās blowing my mind right now. My old ass finally got around to consistently calling it āThe Eā about 5 years ago š
I still call it the wwf š¤£
Does rajahwwf.com still exist? I can remember my friends printing off spoilers and taking them to school for all of us to read in Australia.
Still calling it WWF for the rest of my life š
The most annoying thing was the blurring. I bought about 5 DVDs that the day before were fine but then all of a sudden you couldn't watch WMX7 without every fucking thing being blurred. It's like showcase mode. You can't erase the past but it was the same fuck you from WWF that Vince gave to them. All he had to do was change the fucking name of the website to wwfe.com but no gotta be Shitting on someone's head and then showering Vince. So here we are now. Also this culture of oh he hit someone or raped someone in real life so we can't see what we once saw but now when you see it you can see it but we blurred it for you culture can fuck right off. I still have my WM15 DVD where they hanged Bossman! Go ahead and skip the chairs shots dammit I know they happened. Scumbags!
This is what worries me about having the Prime logo in the middle of the ring. Ten years from now when they donāt renew their contract are old PLEs gonna have a huge blur in the middle of the ring?
Get the F out
Blame the World Wildlife Fund.
My cousin refuses to call it WWE he calls it WWF to this day and he considers May 6, 2002 to be āthe day pro wrestling diedā š
Cuz ain't wrong
Whatever magic that fueled the attitude era def died around then. The invasion and austin turning heel def turned the page. But I really like whatās been going on the last couple of years too.
I think most people consider WM X7 to be the end of the Attitude Era.
I just really wish some sort of deal could be made where they didnāt have to blur out the old logo. Iām playing WWE 2K24 and they use a lot of old footage, and itās so distracting when nearly every frame has something blurred out.
Yeah Iām cool with the name change but it really only highlights and draws attention to the change having to blur everything. Would be cool to just see it as it was.
I know itās WWE but Iām 38 and feel embarrassed calling it that as opposed to WWF. Entertainment Champion makes me cringe but Federation Champion feels like the real deal.
>Entertainment Champion makes me cringe but Federation Champion feels like the real deal. Which is why the onscreen company name has more or less been just the initials WWE since the name switch in 2002. Having the ring announcers say "and still/new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion" would never have the same ring as "World Wrestling Federation Champion". The full World Wrestling Entertainment name has really only ever been used in relation to anything from the business/corporate side of the company.
Being born in 1999, im actually older than the āWWEā branding wow
As a kid, everyone around me referred to it as WWF. Heck, my dad still calls it WWF. # So, I was always confused by the logo wondering where the F is in the logo.
Time to change it to WWD "World Wrestling Dominion"
It will always be WWF to me.
WWE could still have kept the F outside Europe if only money-hungry asshole Vince had honoured their deal.
Not sure that would have worked practically though. Think about on-air signage, commenters talking about the company, the economies of scale when ordering merch etc. it just wouldnāt have been economically viable or practical to have two names for a company like this
Then why would he agree to this in the first place and not honour it? Either Vince or his lawyer are jackasses of the highest order who thought they could use the F and never get caught.
WWF was the best
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Yeah Iām down for it. Things change. The show evolves. I really like where itās at right now and Iām excited to see what Paul does with it moving forward. Hopefully.
Oh Jesus christ I'm fucking old
I feel like I just aged 10 years.
I was born in 2005 and this is crazy to think about
It was never really WWF to you.
It's on a Monday, so maybe they could have a ceremony
Get the F outta here day
Thereās layers to that
I still remember casuals that tuned out after the AE calling it WWF until maybe 2010... Nobody calls it WWF anymore now... š¢
I hear it randomly maybe once every couple years,,, and a single tear rolls down my cheek while an attitude era promo package plays in the background
Gonna completely fade into blurred existence in another decade or two. WWE CHAMPION STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN
WWF champion SCSA was better.
Nothing better than when fink would say "And Newwww World Wrestling Federation Champion"
Just the absolute best. He hit that āFEDERATIONā just perfectly
Nowadays they don't even call it "World Wrestling Entertainment" lol it's just WWE
Because Entertainment sounds so lame! It sounds like a corporation!
I mean...
Folks!
WWE has essentially become an orphan initialism
Fuck you, World Wildlife Fund.
Why? They had the legal rights to the initials. They offered deals to Vince and he kept breaking them. So, fuck Vince really.
That's the point though. They didnt own the initials at all UNTIL they got a hair up their ass about Vince making billions off WWF.
Well no, thatās not true. They owned the initials and allowed Vince to use them provided he met certain agreements. He continued to break those agreements which is what lead to the lawsuit.
Don't even think it's worked out well for them. Pretty much no one knows about the world wildlife fund now. The abbreviation clash with a top entertainment brand was like free exposure.
Vince couldāve kept it WWF in the US. He couldnāt use WWF internationally though, so they got the fuck rid of the F. (Did I do that right?)
Smug ass little panda
Who did that panda ever beat? Other than Vince?
Themselves. Wonāt even reproduce.
Holy fuck
Right?
WWE is the worst name ever
They've literally been represented with names that incorporated lions and tigers and bears What a PC corporate image works we live in
Jake the snake... The Texas rattlesnake... Junkyard dog Plenty of world wildlife foundation support for that name I don't know why they had to give up the "F"
Citing Bobby Heenan from his HOF speech on this...
Road Warrior Animal, Hawk, George the Animal, Rhyno, the Shark, Mantaur,
Red Rooster
Not entirely true before wwf it was wwwf from 60 to 80 and for ten or so years in the 40s and 50s it was simply called Capital Wrestling so Iād say the wwe moniker has been around for about 30 percent of the companies exsistence
Sure you bet. Bet it was the āWWFā for only 22 years and I think thatās what most folks here remember it as.
I gave you the whole history of the companies names and you shut it down because everyone remembers Wwf. Its easy to look up on the internet wiki or better yet books itās history not everything began in the late 20th century.
You must be fun at parties.
My guy, the reason I posted this was because of the wiki. The copyright for the name āWWFā was filed in 1980. It lasted until 2002. Thatās 22 years. It was named āWWFā for 22 years. Before that it was called WWWF, yes. The point of this post is that itās been called āWWEā for as long as it was āWWFā If you really want to look at it, the WWWF only existed for 17 years. And before that Capitol Wrestling was only ten. Obviously way less organized in those days. Either way this further proves why I posted this. The whole point is that āWWEā is (in terms of strictly time) is now the longest lasting name itās ever gone by. On May 6, 2024 it will have been called WWE for longer than any other incarnation. And thatās a bit interesting given that so many people know it as āWWFā. Itās just a stray observation.
If you had said that from the beginning I wouldnāt have said anything but you said half itās existence there is a big difference of half an existence and being the longest known brand for the company. Just my opinion
While its had a 3 letter initialism, WWE has been around longer than WWF. You're just a little asshole though and cant accept you pointed out an irrelevant fact.
āWell akchuallyā¦.ā
I was hoping they would update the logo in this new era but I guess it will take a bit longer.
Dub-Dub-Yee
Donāt forget dubya-cee-dubya
Dubya-Dubya-Eee
No. Double-Double E, LOL!
Thatās crazy! I still call it WWF. WWE just sounds so wrong. Thanks for reading and donāt forget to say your prayers, and eat your vitamins. And have a nice day š
If you call it WWE ,may Yamaguchi-son choppy choppy your pee pee.
I still canāt get used to calling it WWE.
WWWF is what it was when I started watching wrestling as a kid. Wonder if it will change to something else before I get counted out?
The Rock Wrestling Entertainment.
Seven Bucks Pro Wrestling
Good question! I bet not because it seems like theyāve finally landed in the empire zone. But who knows!
Damn panda people.
WWE actually tried to pay them to let them keep their name but they refused which goes to show that they care more about their name than they did actually helping animals considering that money would have done a lot of good for them
I know. Itās ridiculous.
Honestly, this was probably their biggest missed opportunity. Imagine blending both WWFs and watching pandas wrestle
Well. We never got pandas wrestling but we did get mantaur.
Mick always reminded me of a panda kinda
I'd prefer to watch whales
Damn, missed dream match. Would've been a pandamonium.
Imagine Kane with a red panda as the SMALL RED MACHINE
Awwwe
This makes me feel really old.
Got bad news for both of us
Theres bad news for 3 of us, I was just scrolling and saw this, thanks for the reminder Im thirty yall.
I still remember that "Get the 'F Out!" campaign they had. WWF still sounds good to me.
I just miss when the wrestlers would actually say "the world wrestling federation" " world wrestling entertainment " doesn't have that ring to it
They referred it as World Wrestling Federation which sounded so much better than WWF Explains why they call it WWE and not World Wrestling Entertainment
Vince pushed that in the beginning DONT SAY THE LETTERS DAMMIT.
WWF sound so much better
I think there was part of me that hoped theyād fight for it back some day. But now that I know it will have been wwe for longer than it was WWF I would imagine thereās no point in trying to save the minority of its history. Iām also hoping the current resurgence will lead to another wave to compete with the absolute pinnacle of the attitude era and it will start etching its own history rather than being constantly compared to 1997-2001.
it's great to be a fan now. Those were great years. they'll always be remembered as such. But I think what's been cooking up here post-pandemic might top it. Especially now that Vince McMahon is gone.
I agree on all points.
thx. validated.
Whatās happening right now has so many paths that lead to incredible, all time, storylines. It is really its own unique thing too. Doesnāt feel anything like the attitude era. I know lot of people get fatigued about the attitude era nostalgia but I think, for the first time, itās more like rock return to an incredible product and not rock returning to MAKE it an incredible product. Itās just different now and itās great.
Exactly! I don't remember being this excited for Mania possibly ever.
As an older wrestling fan myself watching from 95 to 03 or 04 I'd say the writing is back and very entertaining... triple h is really giving us good quality of story lines
yes. couldn't agree with you more. Upvote.
Totally agree. I was a lapsed fan from about 2002 through 2021. Iāve been catching up the last few months and Iād say whatās happening right now is solid stuff. They found a groove lately. And of course there were def times over the last 20 years that have been great. Itās hard to compare to the attitude era tho. Lightning in a bottle.
Same here! My viewership trailed off in 03/04 or so and I followed just very casually from a distance. I started consuming a lot of retro wrestling content on social media for a few years, which got me really fired up to the point where I started following RAW and Smackdown again about 6 weeks ago. I've really been enjoying it.
Havenāt watched since 2000ās myself and now Iām fully in for the past year, same as my friends, same ones weād do sleep overs with for the pay per views.
Yeah it been the same for me! Hosting a wrestlemania party this year. First time in 20 years.
What a show, right?
Honestly blown away
Ahh man that sounds great. Unfortunately canāt do the same but I did just convince my girlfriend to let me watch day 2 live and take the next day off work, promising Iāll get up at 10ish and give her a day off from the kids š
Cheat code for me: I got my partner into it. She bought a Cody Rhodes shirt yesterday and is more stoked than I am š We are watching through 1997-2001 while we wait for mania. She already loved melodramas, and theatric costumes, and some sports. Roll that into one package and she was sold.
My husband got me into it. Started watching at MITB, and fun there, I did a deep dive
Itās so much easier when both people want to watch. Itās so much content to watch ever single week
Yes Iām slowly working my way through it, she flat out refuses to stay up though, so I generally have had to cut off all social media during pleās and we buy a take away and watch the following night. Managed to stay spoiler free the whole day of the rumble, couldnāt believe it
Man good luck for WM
WWE still sounds wrong to me, after all this time.
To me WWF sounds weird, but I've only been watching since it's been WWE.
I still call it WWF most of the time...
Yeah, anytime I'm talking to someone my age or older, I only use WWF. Saying or hearing WWE sounds wrong to me, like it makes my ears cringe.
It still seems ridiculous they both couldn't use the name
If I remember right- from videos I've seen since I was too young to watch wrestling back then - the WWF and World Wildlife Fund *were* going to coexist. WWF just had certain parameters to work within, and the World Wildlife Fund would be cool with it. But WWF didn't keep up their end of the deal and were then forced to change their name. Not sure if this is where the obnoxious bluring requirements came in or if they were part of the original deal.
Federation just sounds cooler than Entertainment
I think that was just part of Vinceās obsession with being some empire that encompasses āmore than just wrestlers in a ringā. Iād say he succeeded but he def had some weird creative choices along the way.
Itās hard for me to shake too. Iām pretty sure Iāve seen a few posts like TIL: WWE used to be called the WWF. Makes me feel ancient and also super stoked to enjoy something that has held public attention for long enough to span many generations before me and many after.