World Wrestling entertainment is a American based entertainment company which basically comprises of professional wrestling, the major revenues of this company comes from film productions, music, advertisement and also direct sales of various products. WWE aims to the promotion of professional wrestling which was earlier founded by McMahon and Mondt as Capitol wrestling Corporation.
Both of them later formed a Capitol Wrestling Corporation also known as CWC, which later became today's WWE. It was 1993 when then joined the National wrestling Alliance when they gave more legitimacy to the business. It was also later joined by Vincent McMahon which made sure that a McMahon will always be at the head of the business or company. The company soon witnessed the largest booking at the National Wrestling Alliance with a significant number. After few years it began aired their first wrestling show on television.
Just as in other professional wrestling promotions, the shows performed by the wrestlers of WWE are not legitimate but merely for entertainment. It has storyline, it is scripted and the matches held are choreographed, it includes moves and stunts that can be harmful for the wrestlers if not performed properly.
The WWE first came into existence in 1989 by its founder Vince McMahon just to avoid the taxes that were charged by the athletic commissions. It promoted their product as a sports entertainment, which provided information about the use of the products in competitive sports and dramatic theatre.
The major shares of the company are possessed by the McMahon family, in which Vince McMcahon is the chairman. Today's WWE came into existence in the year 1980. It was then known as the Titan Sports. It later incorporated the holding company of the World Wrestling Federation in 1982. The name of the company had to undergo several changes like World Wrestling Federation in 1998, then World Wrestling Federation in 1999 and then World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002. WWE is official name for the company and all its products are branded under this name, though the legal name of the company has not been changed.
The WWE has its headquarters at Connecticut. It has also opened other branches in various other cities all over the world such as London, Toronto, New York, etc. This makes it relevant that the WWE franchise does not only restrict itself to a part of the world. It has spread its wings to several countries across the world. It is considered to be a phenomenon more than a sport or an event. Individuals tend to fall for it once they watch it. Even you can get addicted to it if you watch it once and make sure you watch all the matches and events that happen in WWE.
Later WWE decided to start two branches of it, namely the RAW and the SmackDown. There were lot of talented wrestlers that couldn't find their place in the WWE ring, therefore providing them another platform was necessary. Raw and Smackdown followed the same protocols for entertainment. They continued to divide and create separate shows such as the ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). They also launched combined shows of Raw and SmackDown under the tag Raw Supershow.
McMahon was later found to hire Hulk Hogan and many other wrestlers and started selling the WWF television shows to several stations and on VHS outside the north-eastern territory. WWF got a great response from the viewers and it made a lot of publicity, but they also caught up in the conflicts with the NWA and other wrestling promoters. It began happening especially when McMahon started taking wrestlers from different groups. Despite of all the chaos it was McMahon's efforts that created the WWF which is today known as WWE or the World Wrestling Entertainment. It changed the way people enjoyed sports and made huge success in entertainment world.
Both of them later formed a Capitol Wrestling Corporation also known as CWC, which later became today's WWE. It was 1993 when then joined the National wrestling Alliance when they gave more legitimacy to the business. It was also later joined by Vincent McMahon which made sure that a McMahon will always be at the head of the business or company. The company soon witnessed the largest booking at the National Wrestling Alliance with a significant number. After few years it began aired their first wrestling show on television.
Just as in other professional wrestling promotions, the shows performed by the wrestlers of WWE are not legitimate but merely for entertainment. It has storyline, it is scripted and the matches held are choreographed, it includes moves and stunts that can be harmful for the wrestlers if not performed properly.
The WWE first came into existence in 1989 by its founder Vince McMahon just to avoid the taxes that were charged by the athletic commissions. It promoted their product as a sports entertainment, which provided information about the use of the products in competitive sports and dramatic theatre.
The major shares of the company are possessed by the McMahon family, in which Vince McMcahon is the chairman. Today's WWE came into existence in the year 1980. It was then known as the Titan Sports. It later incorporated the holding company of the World Wrestling Federation in 1982. The name of the company had to undergo several changes like World Wrestling Federation in 1998, then World Wrestling Federation in 1999 and then World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002. WWE is official name for the company and all its products are branded under this name, though the legal name of the company has not been changed.
The WWE has its headquarters at Connecticut. It has also opened other branches in various other cities all over the world such as London, Toronto, New York, etc. This makes it relevant that the WWE franchise does not only restrict itself to a part of the world. It has spread its wings to several countries across the world. It is considered to be a phenomenon more than a sport or an event. Individuals tend to fall for it once they watch it. Even you can get addicted to it if you watch it once and make sure you watch all the matches and events that happen in WWE.
Later WWE decided to start two branches of it, namely the RAW and the SmackDown. There were lot of talented wrestlers that couldn't find their place in the WWE ring, therefore providing them another platform was necessary. Raw and Smackdown followed the same protocols for entertainment. They continued to divide and create separate shows such as the ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). They also launched combined shows of Raw and SmackDown under the tag Raw Supershow.
McMahon was later found to hire Hulk Hogan and many other wrestlers and started selling the WWF television shows to several stations and on VHS outside the north-eastern territory. WWF got a great response from the viewers and it made a lot of publicity, but they also caught up in the conflicts with the NWA and other wrestling promoters. It began happening especially when McMahon started taking wrestlers from different groups. Despite of all the chaos it was McMahon's efforts that created the WWF which is today known as WWE or the World Wrestling Entertainment. It changed the way people enjoyed sports and made huge success in entertainment world.
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