Classic Vault · 1979–2002
The Golden Era and Hulkamania, the New Generation and the Attitude Era, up to the 2002 rename to WWE.
The company
Vince McMahon bought the company from his father in 1982 and broke the territory system by going national with cable TV, Hulk Hogan and WrestleMania in 1985. After the early-1990s steroid and scandal years came the New Generation of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, then the Attitude Era of Steve Austin, The Rock and D-Generation X, which beat WCW in the Monday Night War. A lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund forced the switch to the WWE name in 2002.
Standout stars
On the site
WWF · WCW · Memphis / USWA
Mid-South / UWF · WWF
AWA · WWF · WCW
AWA · WWF · WCW
JCP / NWA · WWF · WCW
WWF · WCW
WWF
WWF · WCW · ECW
JCP / NWA · WCW · WWF
WCW · WWF · WWE · AEW
WWF
WCW · WWF · WWE · TNA
Reviewed
WrestleMania 13 · Submission match · Ken Shamrock as special referee
The double turn that kicked open the Attitude Era.
WrestleMania III · WWF Intercontinental Championship
The match that set the standard for WWF in-ring work in the Hulkamania years.