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In 1999, WWF launched a secondary program known as SmackDown! on the UPN network to compete with WCW's Thunder. SmackDown! ' s pilot debuted as a special on April 29, 1999. Beginning on August 26, 1999, the WWF program was aired weekly. In 2000, WWF, in collaboration with television network NBC, created XFL, a new professional football league ...
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 ...
By the start of 1999, both shows were consistently getting ratings of 5.0 or higher, and over ten million people tuned in to Raw and Nitro every week. Wrestling continued to grow, as wrestlers made the mainstream media. From November 1998, the momentum was in the WWF's favor for the remainder of the War, with Raw dominating Nitro in the ratings ...
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The 2001 Backlash was the third Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on April 29, 2001, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois and was presented by Castrol GTX. Seven professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event ...
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).
Yokozuna (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship: June 13 King of the Ring: Nutter Center: Dayton, Ohio: 6,500 Bret Hart vs. Bam Bam Bigelow in the King of the Ring tournament final August 30 SummerSlam: The Palace of Auburn Hills: Auburn Hills, Michigan: 23,954 Yokozuna (c) vs. Lex Luger for the WWF World Heavyweight ...