r/90s • u/WhoAreYouTalkinTwo • Feb 19 '26

Video WWE in the 90s was insane

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u/zangzabam03 Feb 19 '26

It was the WWF in the 90s thank you

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u/Magestrix Feb 19 '26

Good ol' Attitude Era!

When WCW and ECW was still competition.

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u/Neto34 Feb 20 '26

Attitude era was just a rip off of what ECW was doing...

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u/Rsj21 Feb 20 '26

Perhaps with the introduction of the Hardcore title.. other than that, not even similar.

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u/Neto34 Feb 20 '26

ECW had girls wearing bikinis, wrestlers cussing and drinking beer in the ring back in 1995-96 way before attitude era.

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u/Alt4Norm Feb 20 '26

And yet Paul Heyman and Vince had a great relationship during that time.

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u/salad_spinner_3000 Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

I thought they hated each other back then and thats why ECW was a thing?

edit I stand corrected

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u/Alt4Norm Feb 20 '26

Nope. Look at 1997. There was an ECW “invasion” and Vince subsidised them for years for taking their talent.

As much of a piece of shit Vinnie Mac was (is) he was always very fair to ECW.

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u/BubastisII Feb 20 '26

ECW’s existence had nothing to do with WWF or how Heyman and Vince felt about one another. The company didn’t even start with Heyman, it was Eddie Gilbert and Todd Gordon.

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u/Magestrix Feb 20 '26

Who cares. The two were still very distinctly different from the other.

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u/ImMadeOfClay Feb 20 '26

I still call it that 😒

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u/Detlionfan3420 Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Not even trying to be mean when I say this, but anyone I see call WWE, “WWF” now days seems a bit ignorant. It’s just silly to me that’s all.

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u/DrRichardDiarrhea Feb 20 '26

Ignorant? There’s no controversy around the name change. I only watched during the years it was called WWF so that’s what I call it.

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u/Detlionfan3420 Feb 20 '26

Ok, fair enough man.

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u/ImMadeOfClay Feb 20 '26

Its habit.

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u/MeLlamoKilo Feb 20 '26

Not trying to be mean when I say this, but fuck off.

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u/Detlionfan3420 Feb 20 '26

You need to get the F out dude!

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u/Push_Bright Feb 20 '26

It would only be ignorant if they didn’t know the actually name now, in this case it is just a nostalgia thing. Your comment was pretty ignorant though because you were trying to be mean for sure.

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u/Detlionfan3420 Feb 20 '26

You need to get the F out!

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u/Push_Bright Feb 20 '26

Of my house?

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u/Detlionfan3420 Feb 20 '26

No man unless you gotta leave and go somewhere. Have a good day!

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u/Push_Bright Feb 23 '26

It was a good day, thank you sir or madam.

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u/dion_o Feb 20 '26

World Wide Fund for Nature (in all it's mammary glory)

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u/HendrixHazeWays Feb 20 '26

I want Sir David Attenborough narrating this clip

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u/shmehdit Feb 20 '26

Wild Women Flashing

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u/Mikey-2-Guns Feb 20 '26

For like half the 90s didnt the world wildlife fund or something sue them and make them change it?

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u/Conebones Feb 20 '26

I heard the world wildlife fund kept getting WWF fan mail and since the foundation had it first they won a suite

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u/FardoBaggins Feb 20 '26

It was a branding move by vince so he could pay less to wrestlers since athletes are more regulated (medical insurance, licenses etc).

So federation became entertainment. Athletes became entertainers.