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Because WWE got sued by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Since WWF of Nature was formed in 1961 and WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation) changed to WWF of Proffesional Wrestling in 1979, the name technically belonged WWF to the World Wildlife Fund.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) realized this in 2000 and sued the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), forcing them to change their company name in 2002. They chose WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment).
This is why in some of the WWF DVD's are censored when ever said or showed. The actual name World Wrestling Federation was acceptable. An example of this was in the game, Legends of Wrestlemania. If you have the game, take a close look at the Stone Cold vs. The Rock Storyline movie. All WWF logos are censored out, however the people that are talking refer to it as WWF, since they said that when the clip was filmed. The outcome of the lawsuit said this was acceptable. Also, notice how they named the game WWE Legends of Wrestlemania, instead of the name WWF. All in game logos were W, instead of the attached WF. The announcer would also say "The WWE Champion, Hulk Hogan," for example, even though the game setting was place in the 80's and 90's.
On the January 26th, 2009, a special edition of Raw was aired - it was the old theme of "Raw is War", the brand name used in in the late '90s to 2001. They used the old, yellow WWF logo (not the WWF Attitude one), but called it World Wrestling Entertainment. This was also acceptable.
Furthermore, the WWE was required to inform the millions of people watching at home as well as the fans at the arena (on the first day the show was aired as "WWE) that a lawsuit had taken place and that the WWF was to be the WWE.
For the first year, the show was called "WWE! Get the 'F' Out! Coincidentally, John Cena joined the WWE around this time (2002-2003) and The Rock was leaving.
In addition, old Video Games such as WWF Know Your Role and WWF No Mercy are allowed to keep the WWF Attitude logo without market change or game modifications.
The one we have today is just a modification of the WWF logo, and will probably be for a long time.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoa new Wrestling company opened up and it had the same initials as the WWF therefore WWF had to change its name to WWE.
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∙ 12y agobecause of the world wildlife federation (wwf) and because it was fake
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∙ 13y agoThe World Wildlife Fund sued the wwf to become the wwe
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∙ 13y agoBecause WWF stands for World Wildlife Foundation and the World Wildlife Foundation had their name first, and so the court mandated that the World Wrestling Federation change their name.
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∙ 13y agoWWF also stand for World Wildlife Federation.
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∙ 12y ago2001 because the wildlife thing sued the wwe for having the same name
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Is WWE and wwf related?
The WWE is the WWF, just with a name change (and less attitude).
Why is it the WWE and not the wwf?
Its WWE now because there was something else called WWF so they had to change it.
Tell you about the history of the WWE?
wwe was called wwf until someone said change it into wwe wwf started in 1950
Why did mr McMahon change wwf to WWE?
WWF (World Wrestling Federation)'s name had to be changed to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) due to a lawsuit by the World Wildlife Fund for use of the initials WWF.
Why did wwf finished?
WWF (World Wrestling Federation) had to change their company's name to WWE because WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) sued them for using the same initals, and WWE lost the case, thus changing their company's name to World Wrestling Entertainment.
What was the WWE before the WWE?
Because Vince McMahon Sr. wanted it to WWF and then Vince McMahon didn't like it so he change it to WWE.
What was the name of WWE when it started?
WWF.
What was WWE World Wrestling Entertainment originally known as?
WWF - World Wrestling Federation. World Wildlife Foundation had already taken the name WWF, so they had to change to WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment.
Should WWE change back to WWF?
Legally they can not!
What month did WWF change to WWE?
May of 2002
Why did mrmcmahon name wrestling WWE wwf?
Well, basically yes. But, WWF changed to WWE because WWF was already taken as "World Wildlife Federation" so that's why WWF is WWE. Vince McMahons Father Or Grandfather Found WWE in 1952.
How did wcw become WWE?
WCW didn't become WWE, WWF became WWE. Back in the late 1990's-early 2000s, both wrestling promotions WWF and WCW were feuding with each other in the ratings, until WWF bought WCW out and now no longer exists. The reason WWF became WWE is because the World Wildlife Foundation (Also known as WWF) was established 1961, which was before WWWF shortened their name to WWF in 1979. So even though "the company WWE" existed before the World Wildlife Foundation, it changed its name to the World Wildlife Foundation's initials "WWF". So in 2002, the World Wildlife Foundation decided to sue WWF, for the initials which forced the WWF to change its name and it was decided to be from there called World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Basicly it went from WWWF to WWF to WWE. No WCW was involved in the process except the fact that WWF bought WCW out.
