WWE Originals: Difference between revisions

* On the March 4, 2013 "old-school" episode of ''Monday Night Raw'', a variation of this logo was used. The logo was remade with present day computerized graphics. The "F" was removed from the logo, and "THEN. NOW. FOREVER." replaced "WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION". The logo was also used on the January 6, 2014 "old-school" edition of ''Monday Night Raw'' and will most likely be used on future "old-school" tributes, including the throwback special episode of ''SmackDown'' with "TOGETHER" added on the bottom.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A 1980s guitar-driven pop/rock instrumental. 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.

'''Variant:''' Starting in 1989, the logo became static, lasting only for two seconds. No music plays here.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A guitar-driven, more imposing hard rock instrumental. An announcer says "The WWF; what the world is watching!" The voiceover was done by the WWF's interview man at the time, "Mean" Gene Okerlund. Howard Finkel, the WWF's ring announcer, also did the voiceover at one time, when Okerlund temporarily left the company.

'''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 the Futura font.

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

'''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.

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

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

'''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.

'''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.

'''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.".

* Another variant shows several past logos as the logo goes, the last few seconds of this logo is shown. This was seen at the 2001 Survivor Series event during the WWF vs. Alliance (WCW/ECW) storyline.

'''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).

* On episodes of ''Monday Night Raw'' sometime between 2004 and 2005, a pan of Eric Bischoff replaces the WWE logo due to his tenure as the brand's general manager from 2002 to 2005.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A somewhat calm rock-like tune mixed with sped-up audio clips from the footage.

* In 2012, footage of the Undertaker was replaced with that of Kane.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic fanfare mixed in with sound bytes and announcer chatter from the clips, ending with a sound bite of Jim Ross saying “The world is watching!” along with a humming sound. The audio was changed along with the footage sometime around 2010 with the sound bite of John Cena saying “The Champ Is Here!”.

'''Variant:''' Beginning with the August 18, 2014 edition of Monday Night Raw, the scratch logo is replaced with the new WWE logo. The new logo is smoothed out to remove the scratches. The closing variant was also updated to feature the new logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of fireworks for the opening, followed by a short guitar piece with ticking noises in the background. When the arenas flash, there is some explosion like noises. The closing variant features a rising violin piece with a large explosion like sound when the WWE logo appears.

'''Logo:''' Starting off on a black background, slightly curved footage of Hulk Hogan slamming André the Giant from WrestleMania III rises up from the bottom of the screen. The screen begins to zoom out as various scenes from WWE's past begin to play and the word "THEN" appears above the scenes. The camera quickly turns to the right and goes down a hallway consisting of scenes from the past before rotating to the left once more. The screens are showing modern WWE footage as "NOW" rises up facing the right on the left center of the screen. The camera then quickly pans down another hallway showing more scenes. The camera stops than begins to zoom out to reveal that the hallways are in the shape of the current WWE logo. As it finishes rotating back, the "W"s turn white while the "slash" turns red. The word "FOREVER" rises from below as the WWE logo flashes. "FOREVER" flashes as the background turns dark blue.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic theme composed by CFO$, WWE's in-house composer. In 2020, the theme was updated to a dramatic fanfare.

'''Variant:''' An alternate variant is also used on some episodes of shows where "FOREVER" rises up in the same position from the 3rd hallway with clips from the wrestlers interacting with the fans, with "TOGETHER" on the bottom of the WWE logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatical-pop musical theme with choral accompaniment and soundbites from WWE's legends and superstars, with an eagle-flying like sound effect at the near end of the theme.

'''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.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually the closing theme.