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==World Wrestling Federation==

===1st Logo (1985-March 26, 1988, November 15, 2010, March 4, 2013, January 6, 2014, May 7, 2021)===

'''Nicknames:''' "The Recognized Symbol of Excellence", "WWF in Space"

'''Logo:''' Against a space background, the two halves of the WWF logo come from the top and the bottom of the screen with orange "shadow" effects, cross each other's path, then merge to form an outline of the logo (which is a stylized "W" that is "divided" to look like two W's," and also has two protrusions at the upper right for an "F"). Rainbow-colored lasers cross the logo filling it with a gold color that turns silver after they're gone. Beneath, the words "WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION" fly inwards one by one from the bottom of the screen, in white font and with the shadow effect. The logo "shines".

'''Variants:'''

'''FX/SFX:''' The flying words and logo parts; and the laser effects.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A 1980s guitar-driven pop/rock instrumental, kind of something you'd expect to hear opening an MTV program during that time. Some laser zaps are heard when the details are added onto the WWF logo, and "whooshes" are heard when the words zoom out below. An announcer says "The recognized symbol of excellence in sports entertainment" near the end.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:'''  

'''Availability:''' Seen on USA and syndicated WWF shows of the time period. You may see it on an old video. Was quite common in the early 2000s, when the WWF repeated episodes of ''Wrestling Challenge'' on TV. Was most recently seen on the ''WWE Greatest Rivalries: Shawn vs. Bret'' DVD in portions, and in full on the November 15, 2010 episode of ''Monday Night Raw''. The "THEN. NOW. FOREVER." variant appeared at the start of both the March 4, 2013 and January 6, 2014 "old-school" episodes of ''Monday Night Raw''. The silent variant is extinct as it was only seen on ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling'', which hasn't been re-aired in years.

===2nd Logo (March 27, 1988-1990)===

===3rd Logo (1990-1995)===

'''Nicknames:''' "3D WWF", "WWF Goes Nuclear"

'''Logo:''' In the twilight with the horizon, the WWF logo in a transparent blue 3D form, rises and turns to a 45-degree angle and comes closer to the camera as a glowing speck flies around the logo. The text "WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION" in a 45-degree angle zooms out in a rounded font.

'''FX/SFX:''' The logo rising, the moving speck. Good CGI for 1990.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic tune with an announcer saying "The World Wrestling Federation. For over 50 years, the revolutionary force in sports entertainment."

===4th Logo (1995-1996)===

'''Nickname:''' "The Monolith"

'''Logo:''' On a stone or ice floor against a cloudy black sky, a large monolith rises up, which has the WWF logo carved out of it and "THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION" written below on all sides. The camera pans around and stops facing up at one of the logos, with the sun in the top left shining.

'''FX/SFX:''' The rising monolith.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the last logo.

===5th Logo (1996-1997)===

'''Nicknames:''' "Red Sky", "The Rising WWF and Text", "WWF Box"

'''Logo:''' Against a cloudy red sky with lightning, several "THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION" texts circle around to the top of the screen and disappear, followed by a red and gold WWF logo from 1996-1998 (the WWF logo from before, only tilted and against a square, that is used "WWF In Your House" series) turning to face us, slightly facing the left. The text "THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION", curved at first, then straightening out, rises up from the bottom.

'''Variant:''' A more common version of the logo has blue, black, and white colors.

'''FX/SFX:''' The lightning, rising text, and rising logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Another dramatic tune with thunderclaps with an announcer saying "The following is a special presentation of the World Wrestling Federation.". For a short while, the same announcement from the 1995 logo was used instead.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' For the color variant, we also hear Howard Fink shouting "Noise, loud and Raw HERE WE GO!".

'''Availability:''' Same as before.

===6th Logo (1997-November 11, 1998)===

'''Nicknames:''' "Around the World", "Flying and Flashing Text", "WWF Box II", "Worldwide Leader"

'''Logo:''' Hard to describe, but it had some random images and text flying around and flashing (names of countries, languages, and several "5,000,000"'s) ending with a globe background, with some blue hexes, and another globe at the bottom left of the screen. The WWF logo from the previous logo appears, this time it is tilted towards the right, the square is blue, and the outline of "WWF" is blue as well. "THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION" (with "THE" displayed over "WORLD") is shown below, along with the URL www.wwf.com.

'''FX/SFX:''' There's a lot going on in this logo, that's for sure!

'''Music/Sounds:''' A hip hop-like tune with an announcer saying "In 80 countries, in seven languages, to over a half billion homes each week, the World Wrestling Federation: The worldwide leader in sports entertainment.". Sometimes, a different announcer is used, and later on in the run, the spiel is altered as: "In over 100 countries, in seven different languages, to more than a half billion viewers each week, the World Wrestling Federation: The worldwide leader in sports entertainment.".

'''Availability:''' Same as before.

===7th Logo (March 2, 1998-May 5, 2002)===

'''Nicknames:''' "Attitude", "The Seizure-Inducing WWF Logo"

'''Logo:''' This one is hard to describe. We see a looped video of a neon Earth with a outlined sun, the bottom of a ring close-up, another Earth zooming in, crowds cheering and explosions which speeds up faster as time goes on, "#1 Worldwide Leader", "World", "Wrestling", "Federation", and other stuff like that are seen (the words "World Wrestling Federation" are not seen at the same time). The animation abruptly ends and "ATTITUDE" is seen for a fraction of a second, followed by a quick pan of the WWF logo (much like the original, but it seems like a 5-year old's scribble of the logo with a red line underneath). The WWF logo is stylized to have a harder edge, like their product, and is modeled after the Nike "swoosh".

'''Variants:'''

'''FX/SFX:''' The quick cuts and quick animation of the words on the scenes.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Electric 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 2001 variant, fitting in with the event, uses the 5th logo's music (the event was the climax of the WWF vs. Alliance storyline, with the losing company going out of business).

'''Availability:''' Very rare/near extinction.

'''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 pro wrestling company sharing their initials, and WWF's popularity around the world was spreading like wildfire, due to famous wrestlers like The Rock, Stone Cold, Val Venis, and Kurt Angle, among others.