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Post by 2 Cold Scorkum on Jan 7, 2013 19:16:22 GMT -5
We all know that WWE has a ton of insistent terminology that ranges from acceptable and natural(Superstar) to forced and irritating(WWE Universe). My question is, when did they start using these terms? Here's a few of the terms I can think of off the top of my head:
Superstar for male wrestler
Diva for female wrestler
Championship for title belt or strap
Live event for house show(speaking of that, I am surprised they haven't invented a term for Pay-Per View yet)
WWE Universe for fans in general
Sports entertainment(or ugh, just "entertainment") for professional wrestling
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 7, 2013 19:25:54 GMT -5
WWE Universe was like 2009 or so.
Sports-Entertainment was I think mid 1980s.
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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Jan 7, 2013 19:29:20 GMT -5
I remember 'WWE Universe' first being used as the keyword for one of the Million Dollar Mania drawings. I think the term is fine if they applied it to the way Marvel has their 'universe' (historical index of storylines, heroes, villains, battles, etc), but apparently the fans are the 'universe' which makes no sense to me.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 7, 2013 19:32:37 GMT -5
WWE Universe started in 2008 as they tried to use WWE Fan Nation (thus the YouTube URL) at first to tie into a USA promotion of there being a RAW Fan Nation. They changed it when they launched their social media site that bombed horribly.
I think Diva started in 1999 or 2000, when they started to see marketing possibilities thanks to Sable in Playboy.
WWE also tried to own the term pay-per-view and PPV but failed. They do actually own payperview.com though.
Banning of/Pushing of championship for belt/strap goes back to 2006.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jan 7, 2013 19:36:32 GMT -5
WWE Universe was like 2009 or so. Sports-Entertainment was I think mid 1980s. I thought it was around the same time as Hulkamania started. That whole rock and wrestling era kind mixed into that. |
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 7, 2013 19:38:43 GMT -5
WWE Universe was like 2009 or so. Sports-Entertainment was I think mid 1980s. I thought it was around the same time as Hulkamania started. That whole rock and wrestling era kind mixed into that. It was Vince's way of skirting around tax laws. |
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 7, 2013 19:56:38 GMT -5
There was a WWE DVD from 1999 about the WWE Divas. It was about the Attitude Era divas like Chyna, Ivory, Tori, Debra, Terri and Jacqueline.
Superstar has been probably since the 80s. I don't think it was necessarily to take away the term "wrestler" but I think Vince wanted to put over his talent. They weren't just "wrestlers", they were "superstars". I don't get the hate for this term, because it's just simply to put over the wrestlers.
I do accept the logic behind the Championship. From what I gather, Vince doesn't feel the terms "belt" and "strap" are good enough for the titles in WWE. A belt holds up one's pants. A belt can be bought at the concession stands. But, the particular belt that say, CM Punk holds, is the WWE Championship, and has meaning and history behind it. The physical belt is different from the physical belt that Bruno Sammartino held, but the "Championship" is the same, if you get me.
WWE Universe was the new term after WWE Fan Nation either failed to get over, or they simply hated it. WWE even started up their youtube account in 2009 under the Fan Nation banner, not knowing how much they would use their youtube account, and not knowing they were going to change their name. I guess they got the WWE name as well, but they can't change the base address, being WWEFanNation. I don't know why they don't refer to them as fans, but my guess was they wanted the WWE fans to be more apart of WWE.
As for Sports Entertainment, back in the 80s, they talked about being the leader in Sports and Entertainment. In the 90s, their little intro was "For over 50 years, the Revolutionary force for Sports Entertainment" and I think that's when they officially used the term more frequently.
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Post by molson5 on Jan 7, 2013 19:58:23 GMT -5
"sports entertainment" was mentioned in the bumper of all the old Colosseum home videos back to probably 1984.
I think "live event" started in the mid 90s. In the early 90s, right after house shows declined in importance, they started calling them "tours" - I remember there was the "Hart Attack Tour". I think they needed to start calling them "live events" around when the website started in the mid-90s, as a way to distinguish them from TV show tapings in event listings.
"Diva" I actually looked up, it was a little later than I thought, Sable first used the term in 1999, and they started using it for the woman's division as a whole around 1999-2000
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Post by Sparvid on Jan 7, 2013 22:05:59 GMT -5
Wasn't WWE Universe the name for their social media site first? I seem to recall when they started to use the term on air to describe fans in general, I was wondering what their uninteresting site had to do with anything.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 7, 2013 22:08:07 GMT -5
What's so bad about "sports entertainment" or "entertainment"? Professional wrestling by definition, is a form of entertainment.
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 7, 2013 22:26:53 GMT -5
What's so bad about "sports entertainment" or "entertainment"? Professional wrestling by definition, is a form of entertainment. As I said, Vince invented the term so he could legally break the law. If that makes sense. |
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