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unusual facts about World Wrestling Federation



Brian Hildebrand

Cody Michaels developed and promoted the event, which is viewed by wrestling insiders and experts as one of the truly memorable events in history that actually brought together the major companies at the time, World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, in support for one of the most genuinely loved workers in the industry.

Cibernético

During AAA's short partnership with the World Wrestling Federation, he participated in the 1997 Royal Rumble and wrestled on Raw is War and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, often teaming with Pierroth, Jr. He is a former AAA World Heavyweight Champion as well as a former three time Campeón de Campeones, the predecessor to the AAA world championship.

D-Generation X: In Your House

D-Generation X: In Your House (also spelled as Degeneration X: In Your House) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and presented by Milton Bradley's Karate Fighters.

Doug Furnas

As a wrestler, Furnas worked for, among other promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) best known for being part of the tag team Can-Am Express with tag team partner Phil Lafon.

Doug Somers

He would also be a last minute replacement for Boris Zukhov (who jumped to the World Wrestling Federation) as Soldat Ustinov's tag team partner in a title defense against Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee.

Eddy Barrows

His first work was a tie-in comic for the then-World Wrestling Federation on Stone Cold Steve Austin at Chaos Comics.

Gary Michael Cappetta

Cappetta is familiar to TV wrestling fans who watched him on World Wrestling Federation broadcasts from 1974 to 1985, followed by stints on ESPN with the American Wrestling Association or the AWA and Turner Broadcasting System’s World Championship Wrestling shows.

Harvey Martin

Following his retirement in 1984, Martin briefly served as an NFL analyst for NBC, participated in the battle royal at WrestleMania 2 (1986) for World Wrestling Federation, and appeared several times in World Class Championship Wrestling and the Global Wrestling Federation as a ringside commentator.

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is a 1998 documentary film, written by Paul Jay, which follows World Wrestling Federation superstar Bret Hart during his last year in the WWF, from his WWF Championship victory at SummerSlam to his final match with the company and the infamous Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series on November 9, 1997.

In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings

In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on December 17, 1995 at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

In Your House 9: International Incident

In Your House 9: International Incident was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), that took place on July 21, 1996 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Jerry Sags

In late 1990, they went to the World Wrestling Federation where they were managed by Jimmy Hart and won the World Tag Team Titles from The Hart Foundation before feuding with and losing the titles to the Road Warriors.

Jim Crockett, Jr.

Tunney's nephew Jack Tunney switched Maple Leaf Wrestling's working agreement to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Main Street Armory

The main event saw World Wrestling Federation Hall of Famers Jimmy Snuka and Tito Santana in action.

Moondog King

Edward J. "Ed" White (May 18, 1949 – August 25, 2005) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known as Moondog King of the Moondogs when he joined the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in the early 1980s.

Mr. Águila

Delgado made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the November 3, 1997 episode of Raw is War as part of its newly relaunched Light Heavyweight division at the age of 18, wrestling under the Ring name Águila.

New York/New Jersey Hitmen

This team was part of the failed XFL begun by Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Federation and by NBC, a major television network in the United States.

Paul Christy

Paul Christy (born Paul Christerson on March 20, 1939 in Chicago Illinois) is a former professional wrestler known mainly for his work in the National Wrestling Alliance and International Championship Wrestling as well as a very short stint in the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-'80s.

Randy Colley

Colley competed in the World Wrestling Federation, where in 1981 he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Moondog King (later replaced by Moondog Spot) as the Moondogs.

Susan Saint James

Saint James also was a celebrity and commentator for World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s WrestleMania 2 event in 1986 along with Vince McMahon.

The Can-Am Connection

The Can-Am Connection was a tag team composed of Rick Martel and Tom Zenk in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) through 1986 and 1987.

The Commandant

He was known in the WWF as the Commandant, who managed the South African Truth Commission for a short time in 1997.

The Diamond Exchange

As many other promising-yet-underexposed AWA stars had before him (including Hulk Hogan, Rick Martel, and Bobby Heenan), Hennig left the AWA for the World Wrestling Federation in the fall of 1988, weeks after his AWA Title reign ended.

Thumb Wrestling Federation

Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF is based on large Professional Wrestling promotions such as the World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly World Wrestling Federation).

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino

Although the World Wrestling Federation billed the events as being held at the Trump Plaza and Casino, in reality Trump was only the sponsor of both events, which were in fact held at the nearby Atlantic City Convention Hall.

Virtual Pro Wrestling

The games served as the basis for several games published by THQ and based on the American wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.

Z Channel

In the late 1980s, Z Channel broadcast a number of the World Wrestling Federation's live events from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, but nowhere near as many as Madison Square Garden (MSG Network), Boston Garden (New England Sports Network) or the Philadelphia Spectrum (PRISM).


see also

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

As his contract nears expiration in March 1996, professional wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart was torn between two companies, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during the Monday Night Wars.

Jim Arvanitis

Arvanitis' interest in grappling brought him in contact with many former professional wrestlers from the old NWA and World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) including the likes of Lou Thesz, Bruno Sammartino, and Walter "Killer" Kowalski.

Mankind

Mick Foley (born 1965), who used the gimmick Mankind during parts of his tenure in World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment

Michael Angeli

Angeli is co-author of the autobiography of World Wrestling Federation performer Chyna.

Pamela Fischer

She helped win a $18 million settlement from World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) after Canadian wrestler Owen Hart fell to his death at a wrestling match.

Sue Green

Also in the 1970s, Green toured with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (later the World Wrestling Federation) and Leroy McGuirk's Mid-West territories.

The Union Underground

In March 2002, The Union Underground released the song "Across the Nation" which was used by the World Wrestling Federation, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment as the theme song for their RAW brand until October 2006.

Vince McMahon, Sr.

In 1982, McMahon sold the parent company of the then-WWF (having been rechristened the World Wrestling Federation) to his son Vincent Kennedy McMahon and his company Titan Sports, Inc. The younger Vince, much to his father's initial concern, set out to make the WWF national and eventually worldwide in scope.