History of WWE

  • Vince McMahon Takes Control.

    Vince McMahon Takes Control.
    Vince McMahon purchased the company from his father and transformed the Capitol Wrestling Corporation into the WWF.
  • Vince Signs TV Deals

    Vince Signs TV Deals
    Vince wanted to show how much he could do for the sport and entertainment so he signed TV Deals to air WWF across the United States.
  • Hulk Hogan vs. The World

    Hulk Hogan vs. The World
    Hulk Hogan was launched into stardom and this helped draw attention to the Golden Era of WWF and it ended up being a crucial movement for Vince to prove he was branching off and making WWF its own entity.
  • Wrestling or Entertainment

    Wrestling or Entertainment
    Vince McMahon decided to go for more entertainment and "Wow" factors like more Pay-Per-Views, and more celebrities/interesting storylines to draw in more fans.
  • The First Wrestlemania

    The First Wrestlemania
    The WWF launched its first Wrestlemania and it gained attention with superstar power matches and having celebrities everyone loved, showing a new face of the entertainment with the like of Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Mr. T, and Muhammed Ali.
  • WWF Goes RAW

    WWF Goes RAW
    WWF went into its prime with the airing and live shows of Monday Night RAW, starting new waves in the WWF.
  • WCW Launched

    WCW Launched
    WCW was created to compete with WWE, starting a brand war between companies to bring in revenue and viewership leading to Monday Night Wars, a show between both companies.
  • Attitude Era Begins

    Attitude Era Begins
    Vince McMahon announced the start of the Attitude Era, having edgier characters and edgier content starting the rise to great characters like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Triple H.
  • WWF Reigns Supreme

    After 84 weeks of continuous brawls between brands, Monday Night RAW came out victorious against WCW Monday Nitro, and this led to WWF being the leading wrestling show in the world.
  • Smackdown Airs

    Smackdown Airs
    WWF airs Smackdown to bring in more revenue and give people more shows from the leading wrestling organization in the world.
  • Name Change

    Name Change
    WWF had a lawsuit filed on them by the World Wildlife Fund. They lost and changed the name of WWF to WWE, standing for World Wrestling Entertainment.
  • The PG Era

    The PG Era
    Vince McMahon decided to step away from edgier content and the Ruthless Aggression Era or Attitude Era was over, but this started the PG Era for WWE, with family friendly content and John Cena being the poster boy for this era.
  • Final Era

    Final Era
    The PG Era slowly faded and WWE became more like reality shows where real life events would effect the outcomes of matches and how shows would go, and this marked the start of the Reality Era with Daniel Bryan as the first champion to mark the start of this era.
  • Women Wrestling's All Time High

    Women Wrestling's All Time High
    The attention of women wrestling became higher than ever before and this led to more women's matches and more events being held with screen time being split perfectly between demographics thanks to the help of Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, and Becky Lynch.
  • McMahon Steps Down

    McMahon Steps Down
    Vince McMahon stepped down from WWE as the CEO and chairman of the brand and leaving his estate to his daughter, Stephanie, and leaving the creative ideas of WWE up to his son-in-law, Triple H.