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Vince McMahon, owner of then World Wrestling Federation, changed professional wrestling fundamentally in the 1980s. Fortune for the WWF came at the expense of the AWA and WCCW. On January 23, 1984, Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden. Shortly after the match, the WWF began promoting ...
WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion and entertainment company based in Stamford, Connecticut. [1] Former employees in WWE consist of professional wrestlers, managers, valets, play-by-play and color commentators, announcers, interviewers, referees, trainers, script writers, executives, and members of the board of directors.
[2] [3] In 2002, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The title, now renamed the WWE Championship, was then designated to the SmackDown brand while WWE established an alternate world title known as the World Heavyweight Championship for the Raw brand.
First mention of the Intercontinental title took place on the August 22, 1979 Championship Wrestling program, which aired August 25, 1979 in an interview after Patterson defeated Johnny Rivera. [1] [5] [6] 2 Ken Patera: April 21, 1980: WWF on MSG Network: New York, NY: 1 231: 230 [7] 3 Pedro Morales: December 8, 1980: WWF New York, NY: 1 194: ...
PWI Wrestler of the Year: Bob Backlund: PWI Tag Team of the Year: Jimmy Snuka and Ray Stevens: PWI Match of the Year: Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko (Showdown at Shea) PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year: Mr. Wrestling II: PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year: Larry Zbyszko: PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year: Tony Atlas
Killer Khan, the stage name of WWE professional wrestler Masashi Ozawa, is seen putting the “Asiatic hold” on Hulk Hogan during a bout on Sept. 12, 1987, in Boston.
Randy Colley and Bill Eadie created the Demolition gimmick and worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They debuted as a heel tag team on January 4, 1987, at the Springfield Civic Centre in Massachusetts, alongside manager Luscious Johnny V, defeating the team of The Islanders and later participating in a battle royal won by Pete Doherty. [11]
"Unified" was dropped from the name, but the WWE Tag Team Championship continued to be defended on any brand. [40] 33 Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre: September 19, 2010: Night of Champions: Rosemont, IL: 1 35: 34 This was a Tag Team Turmoil match, also involving The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov, and Evan ...