Events
7 January 1952:
-Foundation of the
Capitol Wrestling
Corporation1953:
-CWC Start
Working With The
National Wrestling AllianceNovember 1954:
-After the death of his father
Vincent James Mcmahon take his place
-Both Mondt & Mcmahon leave the company
after a dispute to create the WWWF
(World Wide Wrestling Federation )1979 :
-The company become the World Wrestling Federation
-Vincent Kennedy Mcmahon & his mother Linda Mcmahon
create Titan Sportsin south Yarmouth in Massachusetts.1982 :
-Vince Mcmahon buy the company
from his father, taking full control of it1983 :
-The McMahons leave the NWA organization
-Vince Mcmahon manage to get a TV deal across the USA
and put down the territories system
that was in use since the 40's31st March 1985 :
-The first Wrestlemania take place
at the Madison Square Garden11th May 1985:
-Saturday Night's Main Event Debuts on NBC29th March 1987:
-Wrestlemania III1992 :
-Huge scandals with allegations of steroid abuse
and distribution of steroids in WWF.
There was also allegation of sexual harassment
by some employees11th January 1993 :
-WWF launch their Show
Monday Night Raw on
USA Network13th April 1998 :
-Raw's ratings beat Monday Nitro 's
ratings for the first time in 84 weeks1999 :
-The company start an initial public offering
as a publicly traded company
trading on the New York Stock Exchange29th April 1999 :
-The First Episode of
Smackdown air on UPN !2001 :
-WWF buy Extreme Championship Wrestling
& their main rival, WCW2002 :
-WWF is forced to change it name to
World Wreslting Entertainment due to
a dispute with the World Wildlife Fund who was
also using the WWF initialism2008 :
-The TV Product become PG2010 :
-Launch of NXT on Syfy
-New Monday night wars with their new Rival,
Impact wreslting2011 :
-WWE drop the World Wrestling Entertainement Name
to be known as WWE, making their name
an Orphan Initialism23rd July 2012 :
-Raw's 1000th episode is airing2013 :
-Opening of the Performance Center24th February 2014 :
-WWE launch their own network
named the WWE Network27th February 2014:
-First Ever NXT Takeover Event2016 :
-First edition of the Cruiserweight Classic2017 :
-First edition of the Mae Young ClassicPeriods
From 1955 to the late 1960's:
-WWWF become one of the biggest wrestling company in the USA
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