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Nicknames: "What the World is Watching", "WWF in the Sky" | Nicknames: "What the World is Watching", "WWF in the Sky" | ||
Logo: A silver-gray, three-dimensional WWF logo with no details flies across a landscape of rivers and mountains. It rises up, and the background is now an orange and purple sky. Lightning strikes the logo, adding the silver details, first to the first "W," then the second, and finally the "F. | Logo: A silver-gray, three-dimensional WWF logo with no details flies across a landscape of rivers and mountains. It rises up, and the background is now an orange and purple sky. Lightning strikes the logo, adding the silver details, first to the first "W," then the second, and finally the "F". | ||
Variant: Starting in 1989, the logo became static, lasting only for two seconds. No music plays here. | Variant: Starting in 1989, the logo became static, lasting only for two seconds. No music plays here. | ||
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Music/Sounds: A dramatic tune with an announcer saying "The World Wrestling Federation. For over 50 years, the revolutionary force in sports entertainment." | Music/Sounds: A dramatic tune with an announcer saying "The World Wrestling Federation. For over 50 years, the revolutionary force in sports entertainment." | ||
Availability: See 1st | Availability: See first 1st logo. | ||
Editor's Note: None. | |||
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Availability: Same as before. | Availability: Same as before. | ||
Editor's Note: None. | |||
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Music/Sounds: Rock guitar riffs and sped-up sounds from the video clips that culminate in a thunderclap-like sound. There is a loud and quiet version. The Survivor Series 2001variant, fitting in with the event, uses the 5th logo's music (The event was the climax of the WWF vs Alliance story line, with the losing company going out of business). | Music/Sounds: Rock guitar riffs and sped-up sounds from the video clips that culminate in a thunderclap-like sound. There is a loud and quiet version. The Survivor Series 2001variant, fitting in with the event, uses the 5th logo's music (The event was the climax of the WWF vs Alliance story line, with the losing company going out of business). | ||
Availability: Very rare/near extinction. The World Wildlife Fund now allows this logo so it has a very slim chance of reappearing. The logo itself debuted on TV on the November 17, 1997 edition of RAW IS WAR and made | Availability: Very rare/near extinction. The World Wildlife Fund now allows this logo so it has a very slim chance of reappearing. The logo itself debuted on TV on the November 17, 1997 edition of RAW IS WAR and made its debut as a opening logo on March 2, 1998 and on PPV on Unforgiven: In Your House. The last show to have this logo was the May 5, 2002 edition of Sunday Night Heat and the last one on DVD was the Tagged Classics DVD. As for PPV's, Insurrection 2002 was the last pay-per-view to have this logo. It resurfaced "unblurred" on the DVD release Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain. In The UK, the logo is a bit more common and appears on some of Silver Vision's WWE Tagged Classics DVD's without blurs. | ||
Final Note: On May 5, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation changed | Final Note: On May 5, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) because the World Wildlife Fund sued them in 2000 due to the WWF sharing their initials, and WWF's popularity in the world was spreading like wildfire, due to famous wrestlers like The Rock, Stone Cold, Val Venis, and Kurt Angle, among others. | ||
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Availability: Seen on WWE shows and PPV's from the era. | Availability: Seen on WWE shows and PPV's from the era. | ||
Editor's Note: | Editor's Note: This one is more mellowed-out, primarily because it was the 2000s by then. | ||
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The first variant showed "THE POWER IS BACK" next to the WWE logo. | The first variant showed "THE POWER IS BACK" next to the WWE logo. | ||
The end of WWE programs use logo | The end of WWE programs use the first logo's closing variant, though larger and more three-dimensional. | ||
Sometime around 2010, the footage was slightly changed to show scenes of Gorgeous George, Ric Flair, Ted DiBiase Sr., Sheamus, The Miz, and John Cena. | Sometime around 2010, the footage was slightly changed to show scenes of Gorgeous George, Ric Flair, Ted DiBiase Sr., Sheamus, The Miz, and John Cena. | ||
Beginning on January 16th, 2011 with the name change to WWE, the end has been changed to the WWE logo assembling and shooting sparks on a dark blue background. Also in 2012, The Undertaker's footage was replaced with Kane. | Beginning on January 16th, 2011 with the name change to WWE, the end has been changed to the WWE logo assembling and shooting sparks on a dark blue background. Also in 2012, The Undertaker's footage was replaced with Kane. | ||
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Music/Sounds Variant: When the opening logo debuted, a hum like noise was heard instead of the guitar sounder. | Music/Sounds Variant: When the opening logo debuted, a hum like noise was heard instead of the guitar sounder. | ||
Availability: Despite no longer being in use, it's still quite common. Seen on all of WWE's flagship programming which includes Monday Night RAW, SmackDown! Live, Main Event, 205 Live!, WWE NXT and all PPV's and DVD's. The original opening variant debuted on Raw 1000, the 1000th episode of Monday Night Raw and was last used on the 2014 SummerSlam pay-per-view event. The closing variant also debuted on Raw 1000 but it was only occasionally used due to time constraints. The logo was last used on the September 19th edition of WWE NXT. Should still appear on | Availability: Despite no longer being in use, it's still quite common. Seen on all of WWE's flagship programming which includes Monday Night RAW, SmackDown! Live, Main Event, 205 Live!, WWE NXT and all PPV's and DVD's. The original opening variant debuted on Raw 1000, the 1000th episode of Monday Night Raw and was last used on the 2014 SummerSlam pay-per-view event. The closing variant also debuted on Raw 1000 but it was only occasionally used due to time constraints. The logo was last used on the September 19th edition of WWE NXT. Should still appear on its respective programming on the WWE Network. | ||
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FX: A combination of CGI and live action. | FX: A combination of CGI and live action. | ||
Music: A dramatic theme composed by CFO$ | Music: A dramatic theme composed by CFO$, WWE's in-house composer. In 2020, the theme was updated to a dramatic fanfare. | ||
Availability: Very common. Appears at the beginning of Monday Night RAW on USA, SmackDown! Live on FOX. 205 Live!, NXT on USA, and NXT UK on the WWE Network as well as pay-per-view events and WWE Network specials. | Availability: Very common. Appears at the beginning of Monday Night RAW on USA, SmackDown! Live on FOX. 205 Live!, NXT on USA, and NXT UK on the WWE Network as well as pay-per-view events and WWE Network specials. | ||
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Nickname: "TWN", "Cheesy Wrestling" | Nickname: "TWN", "Cheesy Wrestling" | ||
Logo: A white screen appears with a black circle, which fades out to a blue/red/black gradient. As the white screen dissolves, we "TWN" with a star in between the "W" and "N" as well as "The Wrestling Channel". After that, the words " | Logo: A white screen appears with a black circle, which fades out to a blue/red/black gradient. As the white screen dissolves, we "TWN" with a star in between the "W" and "N" as well as "The Wrestling Channel". After that, the words "Distributed by" appears above the logo and, "copyright (Roman numeral for year)" underneath the logo. It might cut out (due to the network), or fade out. | ||
FX/SFX: The "spiraling", dissolving, and fading | FX/SFX: The "spiraling", dissolving, and fading | ||
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Music/Sounds: Usually the closing theme. | Music/Sounds: Usually the closing theme. | ||
Availability: Extinct. Can be seen on late 80s programs | Availability: Extinct. Can be seen on late 80s programs distributed by them. | ||