Guest The Mountie Report post Posted June 7, 2002 Fair enough, the lawsuit means that Vince McMahon cannot refer to his company as ‘WWF’ any longer, but the way in which the company are re-writing history by substituting ‘WWE’ for ‘WWF’ when referring to the past is ridiculous and insulting to fans and wrestlers alike. “The 1993 King of the Ring marked Hulk Hogan's final WWE match for almost a decade…Yokozuna defeated Hulk Hogan via pinfall to capture the WWE Championship” (KingoftheRing.com) Yokozuna was never a ‘WWE’ champion he was the WWF Champion and should be remembered as such as should everyone else who gave their blood, sweat and tears for the Federation. I think that rather than referring to ‘WWE’ history when discussing the pre-2002 era, they should refer to it as ‘company history’ as this is correct and will not put-off the long-time WWF fans as much as references to Bret, Dynamite and the rest being former ‘WWE Superstars’ certainly would. Likewise the ‘WWE Champion’ should be called ‘the World Heavyweight Champion’ and so on. That way, history is preserved yet without further legal action. I’m sure there’s a lot of people who agree with this so please post your support as I for one don’t want to be brainwashed into thinking for the last 12 or so years I’ve been watching ‘WWE’ when I haven’t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oldschoolwrestling Report post Posted June 7, 2002 I think the WWE has no choice in doing this. They can't use WWF anymore and since they are now WWE they have to do what they can to make it a seamless transition. You know Vince is pissed that they lost the name and is doing what he can to put it behind him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Risk Report post Posted June 7, 2002 Eh, I've gotten used to the name change. It's not really that big of a deal. When WWWF was changed to WWF, all former champions were usually called former WWF champions. It's similar to that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sakura Report post Posted June 7, 2002 What's the difference? How is this "insulting"? I really doubt they are trying to "brainwash" anyone into thinking it wasn't once called WWF. I've always thought this kind of crap would only bother the die hard fan. I am really doubting past champs are upset over it. Yokozuna himself has more things to worry about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 7, 2002 it was just one letter that has changed and that was it. doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted June 7, 2002 Vince has no option and its better to do this, because you need to get your fans and yourself used to WWE...I'm sure people did not like hearing WWF instead of WWWF back in 1982. It's just apart of the change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 8, 2002 Yokozuna himself has more things to worry about. Probably not, considering he's dead and such. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 8, 2002 Yokozuna himself has more things to worry about. Probably not, considering he's dead and such. I don't think corpses do much worrying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted June 8, 2002 I thinkthat was what the guy was saying...Yoko has more things to worry about, being dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 8, 2002 Yokozuna was never a ‘WWE’ champion he was the WWF Champion and should be remembered as such as should everyone else who gave their blood, sweat and tears for the Federation. It's just a name change. This isn't like the situation that involved the NWA and the WCW where the WCW was an entirely different organization that broke away. Technically when they used to talk about the great WCW champions like Lou Thesz, they were lying because the WCW title isn't linked to the NWA title. It was completely seperate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mountie Report post Posted June 8, 2002 OK, I get all of your points its just annoying that’s all and I was a little emotional yesterday after the England/Argentina game. Personally, I have no problem with them referring to everything from this April onwards as ‘WWE’ It’s just the alteration of the past that bugs me (I feel it’d be like Steinbrenner changing the Yankees into the New York Spacemen and saying that the Babe was a ‘Spacemen’ legend.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted June 9, 2002 I thinkthat was what the guy was saying...Yoko has more things to worry about, being dead. That can play havoc with a guys career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 9, 2002 I completely agree Mountie. That name change is a crock. I myself refuse to acknowledge the "WWE". It doesn't exist. It is still the WWF. The federation was around longer than the World Wildlife Fund. Lets see, WWF (Wrestling)- 60's WWF (Pandas)- mid 80's Plus the Pandas are non-profit, you'd think that they wouldn't be so upset over a name change. Those damn things change their names more often than Prince. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
