2007-01-04 06:43:50 · 9 answers · asked by L.J. Grindstar Skate-Team 1 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
They were having legal troubles with the World Wildlife Foundation, that preserves the lives of animals, and people were getting them mixed up with the World Wrestling Federation, somehow Vice McMahon and his execs lost, and changed the name a few years ago to World Wrestling Entertainment. I still wwf in my head because it was like that for so long, it still is weird calling it wwe.
2007-01-04 07:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by HustleGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 2000, the World Wildlife Fund (also WWF), an environmental organization now called the World Wide Fund for Nature, sued the WWF. A British court agreed that Titan Sports had violated a 1994 agreement which had limited the permissable use of the WWF initials overseas, particularly in merchandising.[4]
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 from World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. 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".[5] The company had also been ordered by court to stop using the old WWF Attitude logo on any of its properties and to censor all past references to WWF, as they no longer owned the copyrights to the initials WWF in 'specified circumstances'.[6]
2007-01-04 15:16:19 · answer #2 · answered by Matt: aka; Edge is world champ!! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The World Wildlife Foundation Sued The World Wrestling Federation for the WWF Name So long story short WWE Get sued by animal place
2007-01-04 15:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The World Wildlife Foundation Sued The World Wrestling Federation for the WWF Name So long story short WWE Get sued by animal place
2007-01-04 15:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sued for the right to use those initials and won so the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) had to change to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
2007-01-04 15:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Chris L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The people that screw polar bears and other animals sued Vince for the use of the WWF logo.
Stupid animal screwers.
I have a mink coat and I love it! (It was my grandmom's. That's why I love it).
Animals were put on this earth for two reasons.
1. To eat
2. To wear.
Pets are totally different.
Those who hate people who weat fur coats probably can't afford them. Sucks to be them!
2007-01-04 15:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by Jim F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They got sued by the World Wildlife Fund.
2007-01-04 17:20:07 · answer #7 · answered by Tigonee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vince McMahon was looking for an way to use the phrase "Get the F Out" without getting in trouble with the censors.
2007-01-04 16:14:50 · answer #8 · answered by Jaden 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because of stupid world wide foundation
2007-01-04 15:17:43 · answer #9 · answered by IVERSON'S #1 FAN 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋