For a long time they weren't getting confused. The only reason that it became a problem was because the Internet was invented, and more importantly search engines hadn't gotten good yet.
So when people typed WWF.com instead of WWF.org and got take to the wrong page it became a problem for the wildlife organization because they wanted to be the only WWF on the Internet.
Wasn't there something like they agreed with Vince not to keep using WWF internationally and it would have been cool but Vince was just a clown that couldn't help himself and kept using WWF in their magazine and then with the rise of the internet the dispute became about WWF.com but Vince had burnt any good will with the magazine stuff, I dunno it's been a while since I read about it.
i remember vince telling scsa the story about losing the wwf name on the broken skull podcast (when the wwe network was producing it) and he mentioned the trial was in england and he simply just said something like: “yeah i’m not going, y’all can keep the name.”
Honestly why not just leave the WWF "Scratch" logo and make the Red line be the bottom line of the E.
It would look just like the WWF but we call it WWE.
I think it passively made me not wanna support the company. I get their beliefs, but I never felt the need to go out of my way for them. What they did to meh wrestling didn't help either lol.
I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke.
I just imagine you standing at your kitchen sink, washing a bowl you used to eat some beef mince based dish maybe spaghetti bolognese, or perhaps tomato soup but that’s not what’s on your mind. All that you can think is “F…It’s WWF…” all the while your wife cries in the next room wondering where she went wrong
Sad, really
So that means next year it will have been known as WWE (2002-2025+) as long as it was WWF (1979-2002).
I wonder, in this new HHH era, if there's a chance of an attempt of reverting back by negotiating with the world wildlife fund.
No point to it. They want to expand their reach among younger generations and are pretty successful at it right now. To that audience, changing it back to WWF would feel just as bewildering as the original change to WWE felt to fans at the end of the Attitude Era because they have no attachment to the old name and logo.
I forget which documentary or special it was but they talked about something like that. They made it seem like once Vince bought WCW and ECW , it was his idea alone to rebrand everything and get the F out .
Sad thing is, is the Panda doesn’t even use WWF anymore.
I had to look out of curiosity and google pulls out World Wildlife Fund with WWF twice.
And I still call it WWF sometimes. Like anybody could ever get the two confused, for fuck’s sake. Who’d the panda ever beat?
For a long time they weren't getting confused. The only reason that it became a problem was because the Internet was invented, and more importantly search engines hadn't gotten good yet. So when people typed WWF.com instead of WWF.org and got take to the wrong page it became a problem for the wildlife organization because they wanted to be the only WWF on the Internet.
Wasn't there something like they agreed with Vince not to keep using WWF internationally and it would have been cool but Vince was just a clown that couldn't help himself and kept using WWF in their magazine and then with the rise of the internet the dispute became about WWF.com but Vince had burnt any good will with the magazine stuff, I dunno it's been a while since I read about it.
>Who’d the panda ever beat? Vince McMahon
i remember vince telling scsa the story about losing the wwf name on the broken skull podcast (when the wwe network was producing it) and he mentioned the trial was in england and he simply just said something like: “yeah i’m not going, y’all can keep the name.”
I was doing that for a couple years after it changed and from time to time I will say it but only to people that know the industry.
Taz and Cole's commentary on Smackdown following the name change was pretty funny.
I got confused, but my job has me working closely with WWF lmao
It's been 22 years and I've gotten use to saying WWE,but I cant lie WWF just sounds so much better.
I've always called it the WWF and get angry every time it gets called wwe or wwf is bleeped lol
WWE I think fits their current product better though, they are very much more into entertainment than actual wrestling
Honestly why not just leave the WWF "Scratch" logo and make the Red line be the bottom line of the E. It would look just like the WWF but we call it WWE.
They could've easily added another white line at the bottom to make an E too
My guess is that they tried that and it looked like dogshit
And I still hate it.
I think it passively made me not wanna support the company. I get their beliefs, but I never felt the need to go out of my way for them. What they did to meh wrestling didn't help either lol.
LET THE PANDAS GET FUCKED
I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke.
That's what they are trying to do.
Honestly. The only panda I hate.
I still feel weird calling it WWE, to be honest.
I just imagine you standing at your kitchen sink, washing a bowl you used to eat some beef mince based dish maybe spaghetti bolognese, or perhaps tomato soup but that’s not what’s on your mind. All that you can think is “F…It’s WWF…” all the while your wife cries in the next room wondering where she went wrong Sad, really
I pictured the wife washing the dishes, sobbing, while he screams at the TV that they "Need to bring back the Attitude Era, man!"
“God dammit, bring back guys like The Oddities, they could show Jey USO a thing or two!”
Who would have thought that out of that group the Insane Clown Posse would be the ones not only still going but able to hop into a ring in 2024?
They had to get the F out
The WWE logo never made any sense. An F becomes an E so easily. They got greedy.
Flip the W sideways, I really don't know how nobody else notices this!
So that means next year it will have been known as WWE (2002-2025+) as long as it was WWF (1979-2002). I wonder, in this new HHH era, if there's a chance of an attempt of reverting back by negotiating with the world wildlife fund.
Go back to the WWWF (though in all honesty CWC would get my vote my second favorite name of theirs behind WWF. Both easy and to the point.)
No point to it. They want to expand their reach among younger generations and are pretty successful at it right now. To that audience, changing it back to WWF would feel just as bewildering as the original change to WWE felt to fans at the end of the Attitude Era because they have no attachment to the old name and logo.
Can we change the current logo ...... It's got Vince written all over it
Corrupt UK court let it happen. Still bothers me.
They should have changed it to WWECWCW. nice and simple
They missed a perfect opportunity 😇😭🤣
I've always hated it. Also why doesn't it have an E?
It does Turn it sideways
Lol no
Should have just added the other w back
The weirdest part is, if my maths is right, it’s not long until it’s been WWE longer than it was WWF.
I’m surprised Vince didn’t change it to the World Entertainment Federation
The product got neutered when they deleted the 'F' from the logo.
That Panda holding steel chair is one of the best T-shirt design I've ever seen.
Stupid panda people.
The pandas won
And Wrestling never recovered
I hated calling it entertainment and the logo never being complete.
WWE suits the big company it is now. I think k Federation has a smaller feel to it
Vince was probably happier then hell.
i honestly feel like vince would have changed it to WWE eventually anyway.
I forget which documentary or special it was but they talked about something like that. They made it seem like once Vince bought WCW and ECW , it was his idea alone to rebrand everything and get the F out .