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Roderick McMahon grandfather of the current Vince K. McMahon started the company with legendary wrestler Toots Mondt as Capitol Wrestling Corporation which quickly became the richest wrestling company due to being the only promotion in a big, heavily populated territory (everywhere between Maine, Washington DC and Pittsburgh.)
The company grew in popularity under Vince J McMahon, they became the World Wide Wrestling Federation and disassociated itself from the NWA umbrella group, setting itself up as an alternative with its own champions etc, though the company stuck to its NWA approved territory.
Vince K McMahon, the current owner, formed Titan Sports and bought his Dad's share of the WWWF from under him. His plan was to make the company and genuinely worldwide phenomena with regular TV shows etc. It was at this point that it became WWF and started touring all over America, syndicating TV shows to local TV and selling videos through Titan Sports' Colosseum Video imprint, basically breaking the unwritten laws of regionalsim upon which wrestling had been based for decades.
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Why did vince McMahon change the wwf to the WWE?
Because The World Wrestling Federation had The Same Initials (wwf) As The World Wildlife Fund... The wildlife fund had the initals for Longer so the Wrestling Federation Had to Change There Name. As Sad As It was but before in the early 1990's they got limited use but the high popularity of wwf in the late 90's caused the sue
What year did wwf turn to WWE?
The World Wildlife Foundation took The World Wrestling Federation to court to make them change their name.The World Wildlife Foundation had their name first, and so the court mandated that the World Wrestling Federation change their name, in the past, present and future.because it got to old
Give meaning of WWE?
WWE stands for : World Wrestling Entertainment. It was previously known as the WWF, or World Wrestling Federation., but was ordered to change all branding to WWE following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund. world wide entertainment
Did the World Wildlife Fund sue the World Wrestling Federation?
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) sued the World Wrestling Federation (then also WWF, now WWE) as the Federation was misusing it's 'W.W.F.' initials.According to a 1994 agreement, the Federation had limited use of the initials overseas, and the Federation was severely violating it, particularly in merchandise.WWE are allowed to refer to the company as World Wrestling Federation, only the initials are disused, which means WWE cannot take legal action against the initials' use, notable examples are:The Ultimate Warrior signed autographs in a hotel near WrestleMania XXIV, but as the signs all said 'Former WWF Champion', they could not prevent the signingsTNA refer to the WWE usually as WWF and thus cannot be prosecuted for using the company's name or any other reason.The last WWE event to use the old WWF logo was the pay-per-view Insurrextion on 5 May 2002.
What does WWE stand for in wrestling?
WWF the wildlife organisations logo is the panda! WWF stands for world wildlife fund If you type in Google WWF definition it will come up with the meaning on the site! WWF Official site is great aswell! Hope I helped It stands for World Wildlife Federation. This and any other charities that have something POSITIVE to do with animals are my favorite charities! Such as the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). They are the best! It also stood for World Wrestling Federation.
