2006-11-24 06:50:43 · 17 answers · asked by Myrtle Block 3 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
Because the World Wildlife Foundation, WWF, filed suit and claimed rights to the acroynym.
2006-11-24 06:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Versatile 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why did the WWF change their name to the WWE?
The WWF have been in a court battle with the World Wildlife Fund since 1994 over the rights to the "WWF" initials. Both parties came to an agreement in which the World Wrestling Federation would use the "WWF" intials for limited use only. However, with the WWF becoming insanely popular in the late '90s the "limited use" agreement became a hard thing to obey which caused the World Wildlife Fund to take the WWF to court yet again.
As they years went by it appeared as if the World Wrestling Federation would overcome the court battle and not have to deal with the matter anymore. The court battle became very intense in late 2001 which many thought the World Wildlife Fund would win but only get writes to the "wwf.com" domain name.
Then in early May of 2002, the judge ruled in favor of the World Wildlife Fund for the rights to the "WWF" initials. Many believe the reason the judge ruled in favor of the World Wildlife Fund was due to the fact that the organization had been founded in 1961 while the World Wrestling Federation changed to the "WWF" initials in 1979. The WWF then changed their name to the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) as a result of losing the case.
The official website for the WWE can now be found at WWE.com instead of WWF.com.
2006-11-24 18:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by MJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the World Wildlife Fund filed a copyright claim on those initials. That's why when you see dvd releases that show old WWF footage, they have to "blur" out any WWF logos.
I believe WWE right now is trying to obtain the WWF usage again, and it's still in the determination process.
2006-11-24 14:54:20 · answer #3 · answered by Cruel Angel 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people are close. The World Wild life fund had a working agreement with Vince. It allowed him to use the acronym locally as long as he didn't use it in foreign markets like China and Japan. Of course Vince being Vince had to go on a power trip and force the issue by doing the opposite of what he agreed too. With the release of the nes dvd's. So he got sued and lost.
2006-11-24 17:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by cosmiccastaway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THERE WAS 2 WWF AND THE OTHER WORLD WILD LIFE FEDERATION.ORG WAS INSULTED AND FOR YEARS TRIED TO MAKE VINCE CHANGE IT.
WELL LIKE THE XFL, VINCE CHANGED IT TO THE WWE AND GOT THE F OUT!!! which was a great buisness saying for a great amount of time before it got old. but wwe got a nice cash flow because of that.
BUT THE WWE IS STILL THE BEST WRESTLING ENTERTAIMENT EVER!!!!!!!
2006-11-24 15:05:41 · answer #5 · answered by ALEX ROCKS 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they had a lawsuit filed against them because there was a wild life organization called the WWF. And so the org. won and that is why there is the WWE.
2006-11-24 14:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by Sleepy Shona 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
because wwf got sued for having the same name as the world wild federation, also none as the wwf
2006-11-24 15:12:35 · answer #7 · answered by twinkiller14 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because their were been sued by the some animal org. with the same intinal wwf. so the changed it to wwe.
2006-11-24 15:48:02 · answer #8 · answered by Twins of Twin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they got sued by another comany that has the initials of WWF, which stands for wildlife something im not sure. and they lost the so they had to change their name. the wildlife company i believe exisisted before the WWF began...hope that helps
2006-11-24 14:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They changed their name because their was another association named WWF. And they told them to try and change it.
2006-11-24 15:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Krystal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋