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Post by auph10imitated on May 9, 2022 10:39:27 GMT -5
20 years this week since the panda people made them change from WWF to WWE
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Post by CeilingFan on May 9, 2022 10:41:43 GMT -5
The World Wildlife Fund ruined the history of Pro Wrestling.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2022 10:42:21 GMT -5
I did used to have an easier time casting them as the good guys in all this, since WWE reneged on a number of conditions set forth. Then, WWF sold NFTs, so I guess I am a bit less sympathetic.
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Post by Instant Classic on May 9, 2022 10:50:02 GMT -5
I only remember watching WWF less than a year before it became WWE, so it’s always been WWE to me.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 9, 2022 10:56:55 GMT -5
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 9, 2022 11:04:14 GMT -5
The World Wildlife Fund ruined the history of Pro Wrestling. Or maybe WWE ignored a legal agreement they had made with the Fund and were called out on it. |
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Post by CeilingFan on May 9, 2022 11:20:19 GMT -5
The World Wildlife Fund ruined the history of Pro Wrestling. Or maybe WWE ignored a legal agreement they had made with the Fund and were called out on it. What was the agreement? |
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Post by jason1980s on May 9, 2022 11:24:59 GMT -5
I have to believe Vince had the idea for WWE or something like that in his mind earlier. He wants a global entertainment brand to be recognized, not just a russling company. The Wildlife Fund may have forced him to move quicker but Vince surely would have come up with a name at some point. It's not World Wrestling Entertainment, it's WWE. People call it WWE, non fans know WWE even if they don't watch.
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Post by MiLB Fan on May 9, 2022 11:25:26 GMT -5
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Post by MrElijah on May 9, 2022 11:25:29 GMT -5
The World Wildlife Fund ruined the history of Pro Wrestling. Or maybe WWE ignored a legal agreement they had made with the Fund and were called out on it. Why don't Vince slide them some bucks to use the WWF name? They can damn sure afford it. |
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Post by Hit Girl on May 9, 2022 11:28:22 GMT -5
The company has been in creative decline since then, ironically becoming far less entertaining.
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Post by CMWaters on May 9, 2022 11:32:01 GMT -5
Or maybe WWE ignored a legal agreement they had made with the Fund and were called out on it. Why don't Vince slide them some bucks to use the WWF name? They can damn sure afford it. Well, ignoring whatever pride or ego may factor into this with Vince the person...I feel it's too late at this point. We're almost equal to the time the company was called World Wrestling Federation (changing in 1979 from World Wide Wrestling Federation) to it being known as World Wrestling Entertainment or just WWE. Had it been closer to the time of the change, I'm sure something could have been worked out, but at this point an entire generation knows the company as WWE, and thus even if they had the option to revert, I don't think they would. I do wonder though as I've never researched: was there something preventing them from just adding another line in the logo to actually represent the letter E in it? |
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Post by cjh on May 9, 2022 11:32:56 GMT -5
I have to believe Vince had the idea for WWE or something like that in his mind earlier. He wants a global entertainment brand to be recognized, not just a russling company. The Wildlife Fund may have forced him to move quicker but Vince surely would have come up with a name at some point. It's not World Wrestling Entertainment, it's WWE. People call it WWE, non fans know WWE even if they don't watch. They tried just using the initials for awhile but dropped that idea. The copyright/TM notice at the end of the shows says "World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc." |
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2022 12:47:09 GMT -5
I have to believe Vince had the idea for WWE or something like that in his mind earlier. He wants a global entertainment brand to be recognized, not just a russling company. The Wildlife Fund may have forced him to move quicker but Vince surely would have come up with a name at some point. It's not World Wrestling Entertainment, it's WWE. People call it WWE, non fans know WWE even if they don't watch. They tried just using the initials for awhile but dropped that idea. The copyright/TM notice at the end of the shows says "World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc." Yeah, seems like a really vague thing to try and trademark. And, like the other thread, I’m on the side of “Vince was a prideful idiot whose ego was massive after WCW ended so he basically shot his company in the foot for no reason.” If this happened in 2022? Nick Khan would tell him to sit this one out and settle and he’d listen because Khan seems aware of the brand he’s helping run. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 9, 2022 13:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by thecrusherwi on May 9, 2022 14:05:34 GMT -5
In three years it will have been WWE longer than it was ever WWF.
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Post by DSR on May 12, 2022 11:25:50 GMT -5
Or WW, which is what Weight Watchers is calling themselves now. |
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Post by Hypnosis on May 12, 2022 11:31:11 GMT -5
Or WW, which is what Weight Watchers is calling themselves now. |
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Post by Feyrhausen on May 12, 2022 12:29:47 GMT -5
Or maybe WWE ignored a legal agreement they had made with the Fund and were called out on it. Why don't Vince slide them some bucks to use the WWF name? They can damn sure afford it. I remember reading that at the time they offered to let him have unlimited use of the initials for a million or so a year donation. Vince refused and went to court, and lost. |
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Post by eudypfohl on May 13, 2022 0:50:04 GMT -5
I still sometimes slip and say WWF. Of course...it will always be WWF to me in a way
Still they were forced to make the change, not like they wanted to. And the whole "Get the F Out" campaign I thought was pretty effective and catchy
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