Wrestling, Now WWE
2006-10-30 10:27:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Wrestling
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2006-11-03 01:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by mani 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In 2000, the World Wildlife Fund (also WWF), an environmental organization now called the World Wide Fund for Nature, sued McMahon and WWFE. A British court agreed that Titan Sports had violated a 1994 agreement not to use the WWF initials outside North America. On Sunday May 5, 2002, the company quietly changed all references on its website from "WWF" to "WWE", while switching the URL from WWF.com to WWE.com. The next day, a press release announced the official name change to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., or WWE, and the change was publicized later that day during a telecast of Monday Night RAW. For a short time, WWE used the slogan "Get The 'F' Out".
2006-10-30 18:29:13 · answer #2 · answered by grant212021 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
World Wrestling Federation took the "F" out to emphasize "E" Entertainment which WWF/WWE right now is. Also World Wide Life Fund sued them so they can't use WWF anymore. They could still use World Wrestling Federation though.
2006-11-01 13:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The WWF and the WWE is the same company they had to change their name because their was already another orangization named WWF.
2006-10-30 19:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by 13DaysOfHell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the world wildlife federation aka wwf sued them over the name so wwf changed it to wwe. then wwe put promos that say get the f out.
2006-10-30 18:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by wwe and tna r = 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was some issue with the WWF the world wildlife foundation or something like that, anyway, they had to settle it in court so they had to change their brand name to wwe!
2006-10-30 18:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by jattyjattj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they changed it from federation to entertainment because people kept getting it confused with the world wildlife foundation
people that wanted the wildlife foundation would try to go to the website and put in wwf for short and it would go to wrestling
2006-10-31 17:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by optimakewl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The *****-*** World Wildlife Fund sued them over the WWF initials.
2006-10-30 18:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the World Wildlife Federation sued because they had the initials first.
before they were the WWF they were the WWWF(World Wide Wrestling Federation)
2006-10-30 18:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by chefzilla65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Science Teacher Tod Me There's A Wildlife organization or something to that extent that has those initials and sued them.
2006-10-30 18:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vince McMahon was forced to change names due to a clash with a wild life organization having the same name.
2006-10-30 18:31:00 · answer #11 · answered by hott_n_furious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋