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26-448: WWWF may refer to: World Wide Wrestling Federation , original name of what is now WWE WWWF-FM , a radio station (103.1 FM) licensed to serve Bay Shore, New York, United States WWFK , a radio station (107.1 FM) licensed to serve Dannemora, New York, United States, which held the WWWF call sign from 2017 through 2018 Topics referred to by

52-507: A ring announcer and commentator for WWWF television programs since 1969. Beginning in 1971, he began promoting events for his father in isolated regions of the WWWF territory, primarily in Maine . In 1982, Titan Sports, Inc. acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd., effectively relocating its headquarters from New York City to Greenwich, Connecticut . At the annual meeting of the NWA in 1983,

78-400: A conservative manner compared to other wrestling promotions of its time; it ran its major arenas monthly rather than weekly or bi-weekly, usually featuring a babyface champion wrestling various heels in programs that consisted of one to three matches. After gaining a television deal and turning the well-known tag team wrestler Lou Albano into a manager for Sammartino's heel opponents,

104-577: A series of predetermined pseudo-competitive exhibitions. Mondt convinced wrestler Ed Lewis , who then held the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship , and his manager Billy Sandow to embrace this new predetermined style of wrestling, with the three men forming a business partnership dubbed the " Gold Dust Trio ". The Gold Dust Trio formed what is considered the first modern promotion in professional wrestling history and were successful in getting many wrestlers of

130-399: A successful boxing , wrestling and concert promoter, who had worked with legendary Madison Square Garden promoter Tex Rickard . His parents were both of Irish descent. He had an older brother, Roderick James Jr., and a younger sister, Dorothy. McMahon saw the tremendous potential for growth that the professional wrestling industry had in the era following World War II , especially with

156-683: A territorial Northeast-based wrestling promotion into a worldwide entertainment organization. He died from pancreatic cancer at 69 years old on May 24, 1984. In October 2020, WWE's NXT brand introduced the "Capitol Wrestling Center", a new home studio in Orlando, Florida within the WWE Performance Center training facility, which was named as a tribute to the CWC. Vincent J. McMahon Vincent James McMahon (July 6, 1914 – May 24, 1984), also referred to as Vince McMahon Sr. ,

182-435: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages World Wide Wrestling Federation Jess McMahon was a successful professional boxing promoter who began working with Tex Rickard in 1926. With the help of Rickard, he began promoting boxing at the third Madison Square Garden . McMahon would later take over the wrestling side of Rickard's promotional business; Rickard

208-627: The DuMont Network . The telecast originated from an old barn in Washington, D.C. It was one of the struggling network's last live sports telecasts before it went out of business the following year; however, WABD, DuMont's flagship station in New York (Now Fox-owned WNYW ), kept the show after becoming an independent station, airing wrestling on Saturday nights until 1971. In her biography, wrestler The Fabulous Moolah claimed that McMahon

234-867: The McMahons and WWF employee Jim Barnett all withdrew from the organization. In 1984, in an attempt to make the WWF the premier wrestling promotion in the world, McMahon began a national (and later international) expansion that fundamentally changed the wrestling industry and brought an end to its territorial era. By 1985, Titan Sports moved its headquarters to Titan Towers in Stamford, Connecticut and, in 1987, reincorporated itself under Delaware General Corporation Law . Titan Sports later changed its name to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. in 1999, and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) in 2002. Vincent J. McMahon would not live to see his company transform from

260-636: The NWA World Heavyweight Champion, despite his loss to Thesz, until April 11 when they awarded him the inaugural WWWF World Heavyweight Championship . Rogers lost the WWWF title to Bruno Sammartino on May 17. Despite the change in the promotion's trade name , the company was still known legally as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd., which served as the holding company for the WWWF and later the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) until 1982. The WWWF operated in

286-628: The NWA board's booking decisions, largely due to their dominance in the heavily populated northeastern United States . In early 1963, the CWC pulled out of the NWA and transformed into the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), the precursor to current-day WWE , following a dispute over CWC wrestler Buddy Rogers being booked to lose the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Lou Thesz . McMahon and Mondt continued to promote Rogers as

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312-598: The WWF national and eventually worldwide in scope. "Had my father known what I was going to do", the younger McMahon told Sports Illustrated in 1991, "he never would have sold his stock to me." The younger McMahon's competitive tactics were successful, and the WWF quickly became the most prominent exponent of "sports entertainment". His son Vince has been at the helm of the McMahon family promotion, which since 2002 has been called World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). McMahon's grandchildren Shane and Stephanie used to work for

338-571: The WWF/E. McMahon was posthumously inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame Class of 1996 , by his grandson, Shane . McMahon had two sons with his first wife Victoria "Vicky" H. Askew (née Hanner; 1920–2022): Roderick James "Rod" McMahon III (1943–2021) and Vincent K. McMahon (born 1945). He married his second wife, Juanita Wynne Johnston (1916–1998), and the couple retired to Fort Lauderdale, Florida . McMahon would not live to see his company grow from

364-401: The WWWF began doing sell out business and, by 1970, became one of the largest promotions of wrestling's territorial era . After disagreements over television deals which were compounded by issues caused by his gambling addiction , Mondt was "muscled out" of the leadership of the WWWF and ultimately sold off his shares to McMahon in the mid-1960s. McMahon later made Mondt a salaried employee of

390-505: The WWWF, an arrangement that continued until Mondt's death on June 11, 1976. The WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971. By March 1979, for marketing purposes, the World Wide Wrestling Federation was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The following year, Vincent J. McMahon's son, Vincent K. McMahon , founded Titan Sports, Inc., which incorporated on February 21, 1980, originally in Massachusetts . Vincent K. McMahon had served as

416-601: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF), came to dominate professional wrestling in the 1950s and 1960s in the nation's most populous area, the Northeast . His control was primarily in Baltimore, New York, and New Jersey. Despite its name, the WWWF was, like all professional wrestling promotions of that era, mostly a regional operation. It was however the one that came to dominate the most lucrative region. In 1956, McMahon began airing his matches on television on Wednesday nights on

442-496: The development of television and its need for new programming. Similar to boxing , wrestling took place primarily within a small ring and could be covered adequately by one or two cameras, and venues for it could readily be assembled in television studios, lessening production costs. McMahon's group, the Capitol Wrestling Corporation , which was later renamed World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and

468-517: The founder of the CWC was. Some sources state that it was Jess' son Vincent J. McMahon while other sources (including the website of the CWC's successor, WWE ) credit Jess himself as the founder of the CWC. Shortly after its founding, the CWC joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Mondt soon after joined the CWC. Together, Vincent J. McMahon and Toots Mondt were very successful and controlled approximately 70% of

494-423: The issue. He rehired Hogan as his top star and avidly supported wrestlers branching out into other fields, as well as cross-promotions with various musicians, actors, and other personalities outside of wrestling. In 1982, McMahon sold the parent company of the World Wrestling Federation to his son Vincent K. McMahon and his company Titan Sports, Inc. His son, much to his father's initial concern, set out to make

520-494: The movie The Wrestler in a cast that was dominated by contemporary wrestlers, he believed that wrestlers should remain wrestlers and not branch off into other forms of media. Accordingly, he disapproved of Hulk Hogan 's appearance in Rocky III in 1982, leading to Hogan's temporary departure from the WWF for Verne Gagne 's American Wrestling Association . When his son purchased the WWF, he felt differently than his father on

546-491: The predetermined nature of wrestling to the area's sports writers, harming wrestling's popularity in the city. Mondt additionally had major disagreements with his top star Antonino Rocca , which led to Mondt's partner Ray Fabiani aligning with other promoters to appease Rocca. On January 7, 1953, the first show under the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) banner was produced. It is not certain who

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572-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WWWF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WWWF&oldid=1215782101 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

598-603: The time to sign contracts with their promotion. After much success, a power struggle amongst its members caused the trio to dissolve and, with it, their promotion. Mondt later formed partnerships with several other promoters, including Jack Curley in New York City . Curley's ill health led to Mondt, aided by Jess McMahon and others, taking over the New York City wrestling scene. Mondt's control over wrestling in New York City ended after promoter Jack Pfefer revealed

624-679: Was an American professional wrestling promoter . He is best known for running the Capitol Wrestling Corporation , later known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the World Wrestling Federation (and now known as WWE ). His father, Jess McMahon , and his son Vince McMahon were also professional wrestling promoters. Vincent James McMahon was born on July 6, 1914, in Harlem, New York to Rose (née Davis) and Roderick James "Jess" McMahon ,

650-407: Was noted for disliking wrestling and prevented wrestling events from being held at Madison Square Garden. A few years prior to 1926, professional wrestler Toots Mondt had created a new style of professional wrestling that he called “Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling”. The advent of Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling ultimately transformed professional wrestling from a legitimate combat sport into

676-481: Was one of the first promoters to split gate proceeds with his wrestlers. Unlike his son, McMahon believed that the job of a promoter should be kept backstage or behind the scenes and should never interfere with the action in the ring. As a result, McMahon almost never came down to the squared circle. He can however clearly be seen standing ringside during the infamous Madison Square Garden "Alley Fight" between Sgt. Slaughter and Pat Patterson . Though McMahon appeared in

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