The WWE has a rich history and as the world's largest wrestling promotion it is one that contains the most significant parts of professional wrestling history itself. As it relies on audience entertainment to continue as a business, the 'product' is often tweaked and overhauled to reflect what viewers want to see. as a result of this, significant events and the overall product can be categorized into different 'eras' from the 1950s to present day...
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The WWE has a rich history and as the world's largest wrestling promotion it is one that contains the most significant parts of professional wrestling history itself. As it relies on audience entertainment to continue as a business, the 'product' is often tweaked and overhauled to reflect what viewers want to see. as a result of this, significant events and the overall product can be categorized into different 'eras' from the 1950s to present day. The McMahon family has ran the WWE from the early 1920s.
Former professional wrestler Joseph Raymond "Toots" Mondt had come up with a revolutionary concept. He decided to take wrestling to a higher level, bringing it out of back alleys and rough areas into sporting arenas. At the time, pro wrestling consisted primarily of mat grappling; and while the sport had flourished a decade earlier under Frank Gotch, the fans had since grown tired of the painfully deliberate pace of the bouts. However, Mondt discovered a solution that would completely...
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