Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted July 27, 2020 Paid Members Posted July 27, 2020 18 hours ago, garynysmon said: I was just about to post if anyone else finds the term "WWE" a bit awkward and doesn't slip off the tongue like "WWF" did. I keep thinking i'll get used to it, but after 20 years? Fucking hell. Goes to show just how little impact they have had on popular culture in the last 18 years that so many non-wrestling fans still use 'WWF wrestling' as a point of reference. I'm certain that I've heard football commentators on Sky Sports use 'WWF' as recently as this year when describing a tussle between players, and that's coming from employees of the same network that broadcast WWF/E for thirty years. Quote
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 27, 2020 Paid Members Posted July 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Goes to show just how little impact they have had on popular culture in the last 18 years that so many non-wrestling fans still use 'WWF wrestling' as a point of reference. I'm certain that I've heard football commentators on Sky Sports use 'WWF' as recently as this year when describing a tussle between players, and that's coming from employees of the same network that broadcast WWF/E for thirty years. To be honest, that's why I have to laugh when someone even insinuates that wrestling's popularity right now is anywhere near its zenith. You can argue that WWE's social media reach and pure accessibility is more expansive than ever, but that's not the same thing at all. Who was the last WWE wrestler to appear on a mainstream TV show over here? You couldn't move in the early 90's for wrestlers popping up on kids TV shows etc. But I really don't think that most non-fans could name three active full-time wrestlers right now. Quote
Factotum Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 I find myself and my friends refer to WWE as just 'wrestling' and then the other companies we use the federations name. WWE just sounds weird and I've never liked or used it. Quote
lanky316 Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 There was that brief spell when they were WWFE but realised pretty soon that was never going to work and catch on. Quote
wordsfromlee Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 9 minutes ago, lanky316 said: There was that brief spell when they were WWFE but realised pretty soon that was never going to work and catch on. Wasn't WWFE the name of the parent company of WWF? It was renamed that from Titan Sports Inc. in the late '90s then changed to just WWE along with the name change of the fed. Quote
lanky316 Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 I remember a Shawn Michaels promo where he said "WWF, sorry WWF EEEEEEEEEE" in a snarky way from around the time of the S Club 7 panda wrestling shirts so it may have been a bit up in the air where even they didn't know what direction to go in. Quote
Sergio Bellend Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, lanky316 said: There was that brief spell when they were WWFE but realised pretty soon that was never going to work and catch on. Seem to remember the Sky guide listing it as WWFE for a while before the official change, but they still called it WWF on air didn’t they? Quote
GeronimoJacksBeard Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, wordsfromlee said: Wasn't WWFE the name of the parent company of WWF? It was renamed that from Titan Sports Inc. in the late '90s then changed to just WWE along with the name change of the fed. Here's an unpopular opinion - wrestling is a shit name/term to refer to what pro-wrestling has evolved into. Something like Titan Sports might actually be better. Had i grown up on '80s and '90s WWF being called 'Titan Sports' instead, my infant brain would have happily accepted that into my world and imagination alongside things like X-Men and Gladiators no questions asked. In general though, in this day the performance art of professional wrestling should have it's own completely unique name/term that entirely separates it from legitimate combat sports. Oh and 2005 and early 2006 WWE was indeed banging. For all the reasons mentioned. Raw anyway. Up until the DX bollocks shat on everything. Edited July 28, 2020 by GeronimoJacksBeard Quote
iPumaPants Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 6 hours ago, GeronimoJacksBeard said: In general though, in this day the performance art of professional wrestling should have it's own completely unique name/term that entirely separates it from legitimate combat sports. Do you mean "professional wrestling"? Quote
iPumaPants Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, GeronimoJacksBeard said: Uh, quite obviously not. No. Well ok then. Quote
DavidB6937 Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, iPumaPants said: Well ok then. Well "ok then." Quote
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 28, 2020 Paid Members Posted July 28, 2020 14 hours ago, GeronimoJacksBeard said: Here's an unpopular opinion - wrestling is a shit name/term to refer to what pro-wrestling has evolved into. To be honest, the emphasis on the in-ring action nowadays is probably closer to that of pre-1970's than the general emphasis of the market leader during the 80's and 90's of hulking big men in pretty non athletic contests but compelling characters and storylines. Obviously all the flippy stuff is new though. Quote
Paid Members Chris B Posted July 28, 2020 Paid Members Posted July 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, garynysmon said: Obviously all the flippy stuff is new though. You say that... Quote
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 28, 2020 Paid Members Posted July 28, 2020 32 minutes ago, Chris B said: You say that... Not enough superkicks for my liking.... Quote
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