when did the wwf change to the wwe
WWE On May 5, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation announced it was changing both its company name and the name of its wrestling promotion to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Although mainly caused by an unfavorable ruling in its dispute with the World Wildlife Fund regarding the "WWF" initialism, the company noted it provided an opportunity to emphasize its focus on entertainment.[40]
WrestleMania I WrestleMania (sequentially known as WrestleMania I) was the inaugural WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event (only in selected areas),[1][2] produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The attendance for the event was 19,121. The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television, making it the largest showing of a wrestling event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time.