Professional wrestling in the United States
Summary
Professional wrestling in the United States, through the advent of television in the 1950s, and cable in the 1980s, began appearing in powerful media outlets, reaching never before seen numbers of viewers. It became an international phenomenon with the expansion of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Throughout the 1990s, professional wrestling achieved highs in both viewers and financial success during a time of fierce competition among competing promotions, such as WWF, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling.
Originally created by Normy132
7/13/2006, 10:38:38 AM
Modified
5/28/2026, 11:29:38 PM
Recent revisions
Post-move cleanup, following [[WP:ROBIN|swap]] of [[AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door]] and [[Forbidden Door]]: Changed link from [[AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door]] to [[Forbidden Door]] using [[User:BilledMammal/Move+|Move+]]
Rescued 1 archive link. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#canoe.ca]]
Move 1 url. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#canoe.ca]] - STEP 1 (2-edit bot: Step 1 deletes archives. Step 2 re-adds archives)
reddit linking youtube
Rescued 3 archive links. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#canoe.ca]]
Move 3 urls. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#canoe.ca]]
/* The Forbidden Door */ Removed promotional-looking text from a website name (3)
/* The Forbidden Door */ fix common [[MOS:REFSPACE]] spacing errors, replaced: . <ref → .<ref
Altered template type. Add: magazine, date. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | [[:en:WP:UCB|Use this bot]]. [[:en:WP:DBUG|Report bugs]]. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_toolbar
[[WP:NOPIPE|unpiped]] links using [[User:Nardog/Unpipe|script]]
Typo/[[MOS:CURLY|quotemark]] fixes, replaced: Neflix → Netflix, 2000's → 2000s, ’s → 's, also removed promotional-looking text from a website name
Removing link(s) [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EssentiallySports (2nd nomination)]] closed as delete ([[WP:XFDC#4.0.16|XFDcloser]])
/* The Forbidden Door */ replaced: wholly-owned → wholly owned
Rescued 1 archive link. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#misc.vice.com]]
Reverting anonymous edit
/* After the War */
