NEW YORK — Vince McMahon, chairman of the World Wrestling Federation, has achieved a virtual monopoly in U.S. pro wrestling by purchasing the competing WCW (World Championship Wrestling) from AOL Time ...
I can remember the night. Oh wow, it was something every WWF fan wanted. Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon being broadcast on both Raw and Nitro on the same night. The announcement: The WWF had ...
In July 2001, WWF nearly made one of the wildest decisions of the post-WCW buyout era. Jerry “The King” Lawler was close to returning to WWF — not to Raw or SmackDown, but as the colour commentator ...
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the World Wrestling Federation’s purchase of rival company World Champion Wrestling, marking the end of a historic rivalry that defined one of wrestling’s most ...
Picking up steam over the course of the early to mid-'90s, ECW grew from an NWA territory to the third-biggest wrestling promotion in the United States. However, it simply wasn't meant to last. For ...
During an appearance on his "Franchise University" podcast, former WWE Intercontinental Champion Shane Douglas explained why he returned to World Championship Wrestling in 1999 after leaving Extreme ...