NEW YORK — Smackdowns, hammerlocks, body slams — and we’re talking about WWF’s executives, not its wrestlers. The World Wrestling Federation and satcaster DirectTV went public Friday with a bitter ...

The first installment focused on laying down the foundation by providing high level details of the state of wrestling in 1983 and before. This installment will focus on the remaining years of the ...

Note: Historical business information all sourced from back issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. In 1983, pro wrestling was booming all over the country. While there were some signs of what ...

No beating around the bush needed to kick this entry off: The first ever Survivor Series in 1987 was the WWF's bid to screw with NWA event Starrcade. McMahon launched his own end of year/Thanksgiving ...

Ever heard of WrestleVision? No, it wasn't a new-fangled way of watching wrestling that quickly faded away. It was, in fact, a new venture created by the WWF that hoped to follow up on the wild ...