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During the summer of 1999, WWF's parent company, Titan Sports, was renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (WWFE, Inc. or WWFE), and on October 19, 1999, became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $17 each, [46] and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2000. [47]
WWF LiveWire is a WWF television program that aired Saturday mornings on the USA Network from September 21, 1996 to September 23, 2000 and on TNN from September 29, 2000 to August 18, 2001. The show was used to summarize the weekly events in WWF programming and featured interviews with WWF personalities and allowed the fans to phone-in and ask ...
He signed former WWF stars and departed from their focus on in-ring action in favor of the WWF's approach. The WWF began to suffer immediately and started building new stars. The Monday Night War began in 1995, when WCW started Monday Nitro, a show that ran directly against Monday Night Raw.
After rejoining the NWA in 1971, the WWWF was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979 before the promotion left the NWA for good in 1983. In 2002, following a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In 2011, the promotion ceased branding itself as World Wrestling ...
Cecil Partee Academic Preparatory Center - occupied the old Hookway Elementary School; Chicago High School (1856–1880) - renamed Central High School in 1878, closed in 1880; building demolished in 1950 to make way for the Kennedy Expressway [14] Chicago Talent Development High School (2009–2014) Chicago Virtual Charter School (K–12, 2006 ...
The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship [36] 6 SummerSlam (1993) August 30, 1993 Auburn Hills, Michigan: The Palace of Auburn Hills: Yokozuna (c) vs. Lex Luger for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [37] 7 SummerSlam (1994) August 29, 1994 Chicago, Illinois: United Center: The Undertaker vs. "The Undertaker ...
The title was introduced into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1979. Pat Patterson , holder of the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship , was awarded the title (with the kayfabe explanation that he won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and unified the North American and South American titles).
Michael Francis Foley [16] [4] was born in Bloomington, Indiana, [16] on June 7, 1965. [4] [16] He is of Irish descent, [17] and has an older brother named John.Shortly after his birth, he moved with his family to the Long Island town of East Setauket, about 40 miles east of New York City, where he attended Ward Melville High School.